Thank you for your letter. I’m glad you like your school.

I go to school from Monday to Friday. We have four _______ in the morning and two in the afternoon. We have _______ to do after class. ________ Monday and Thursday afternoon, we ______ sports. On Tuesday afternoon, _______ of us have ________ singing class. And on Thursday afternoon, some have a ______ class. On Friday afternoon, we practice _______ English. My Chinese friends would like ______ with me in English. They think I am _______ an English teacher. Isn’t it great?

Bill is from Australia. He lives in Sydney. He can speak French and English, but he can’t speak Chinese. He has a pen pal in the United States. Her name is Lisa and she lives in New York. Bill’s favorite sport is basketball and he can play the guitar. Lisa’s favorite sport is tennis. She can’t play the guitar, but she can play the piano and sing very well.

My name is Li Lin. I have a nice English teacher. Her name is Wang Mei. She loves us very much. She is very strict（严格）with us, but we all like her. She likes playing basketball best. She likes reading books very much. And she often tells us some funny stories. My favorite sports are swimming and running. I can’t play chess, but I want to join the chess club. My favorite animal is a lovely cat, Mimi. Its color is white and black. It often stays under the chair, but now it is sleeping on the chair.

Bill, Bob and Jack a    41     classmates and friends. They study at an international school. They study science, Chinese, English, math, history, geography, P. E., art, music and computer. Bill l    42     Chinese, English and history. Bob is good at science, math and computer. Jack’s favorite s    43     are P. E., art and music.

The three boys all like sports. They think sports can make them h    44     and strong. Sports can also help them relax after they have other subjects. They like p    45     basketball and soccer. They often play together after school. They can learn how to cooperate（合作）in the sports games.

Students study lots of s    46     at school, like math, Chinese, English and music. Most students think it’s d    47     to do well in math. They say it’s b    48    . Why do they s    49     this? First, some math problems are so difficult that they can’t work them out. S    50    , they are afraid（害怕的）to ask their teachers for help. They think the teachers will laugh at them.

H    51     can you do well in math? Here is some advice f    52     a teacher.

If you do the above, you will find it’s much easier to do better in math.