I dreamed of being a football star when I was a high school student. During my first year there I was a very _______ boy. I was only 50kg. I joined in some football games but spent most of my time _______ on the bench (替补队员席). So I decided to do _______.

Drinking a lot of milk made me much _______. Before the football season started, I thought I could make _______ succeed in being stronger at last. But I was soon _______ when I saw that I was still smaller than most of the other boys.

During one of the games of the season, the teacher let me play first. I was happy and jumped up and down. But I still lost.

I lost many times. I hoped to be a football player. But finally I found that I couldn’t make it come true. For a long time I was really unhappy about this and thought about giving up. _______ as time went by, I knew that enjoying the feeling (感觉) of working hard was necessary. In fact, the _______ wasn’t the most important thing. Now, my friend is celebrating for me in a party because I _______ a football game this morning. I didn’t succeed before. I succeed after lots of ________. I never give up and fight on.

Have you ever tried Shaxian Snacks（沙县小吃）? You may find Shaxian Snacks restaurants in nearly every Chinese city. But now the popular restaurant chain（连锁店）is going overseas（海外）.

Two months ago, Shaxian Snacks opened its first store in the United States. The store is in New York City. It was so popular that all of its food was sold out within three hours on the first day when it was open.

Shaxian Snacks come from Shaxian County in Fujan Province. Many local people left the county in past years to work in other parts of China. And of course, they brought their food with them. Shaxian Snacks sells local food from Shaxian, such as peanut butter noodles（花生酱拌面）and pork wontons（猪肉馄饨）. There are many dishes to choose from. Some are traditional, while others are new. But the thing they have in common is that none of them is expensive. That might be why they are so popular. At the Shaxian Snacks store in the US, a full meal costs about the same as a meal at KFC or McDonald’s.

A primary school headmaster Zhang Pengfei became famous on the Internet because of doing cool moving exercise with his students. 41-year -old Zhang Pengfei works at Xiguan Primary School in Linyi County, Shanxi Province. Every morning, he leads about 700 pupils in dancing “ghost shuffle routine”（鬼步舞）on the playground. The dance includes jazz（爵士）steps with heel（脚后跟）, toe（脚趾）and arm movements. If people join in the interesting activity, they’ll have a great time. The fun exercise certainly makes the students relaxed. The new 30-minute dancing has replaced the old broadcast （广播）exercise program which began in 1951. “I thought we needed a change because the students are losing interest in doing the old one,” Zhang told the reporter.

He saw a group of people doing the ghost shuffle routine in summer in 2018. Then he decided to learn the dance himself. In October, he showed it to all of his students. Soon even teachers and workers joined in the activity.

“Now the students don’t keep playing games on their phones all the time. I sometimes see them watching different dancing videos and learning new moves!” the headmaster said. “I think the dance is great for kids. The music is full of energy（活力） and it really brings people the happy feeling.”

What comes to your mind when you hear the word “twins”? Be born(出生)on the same day? Looking almost the same? Or liking the same things? Well, I have a twin brother. He was born on a different day from me. We don’t look the same and we are always interested in different things.

Twelve years ago, my brother, Dennis, was born at 11:58 on the night of May 28. Five minutes later, I was born on May 29. I’m always heavier and stronger than Dennis, so people usually think I’m the older brother.

But Dennis is always smarter than I. He loves reading and learns many things quickly. He knows a lot about animals, although he does not spend much time with our dog and birds. He knows a lot about bikes, but never likes to ride bikes.

Though we are very different, I love my brother very much. I hope both of us can have a happy life in the future.

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What do you usually do in your free time? Do you watch short videos on some apps? According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the number of short video users reached 773 million (百万) in March, 2020. That is, about 86% of all Chinese Internet users are watching or making short videos, or both! If you say short videos are only popular in China, you are wrong. TikTok has more than 800 million users around the world.

Many users like short videos. They say the videos not only make them relax, but also teach them useful skills (技能). “I love watching Lao Qiao’s short videos on my phone,” Francis, one of the short   video users, says. “Lao Qiao is a famous cook and his videos are my favorite ones. From his videos, people can learn how to make Shanxi noodles in no time at all.”However, quite a few people think short videos are not that good. “There are many other ways to relax, like watching movies, reading books and playing sports,” they say. “All of them are more meaningful to people.”                                                                        

What’s more, if people start watching the short videos, they can hardly stop. There are always new ones waiting for them, so they always spend hours on them. Some educators say people should not spend much time on short videos. “Most of them are just for fun,” they say. “They don’t teach people to think or to improve themselves. It’s not good for the people, and not good for society (社会), either.”

The reality show（真人秀）is a kind of television p    46    . Usually a reality show has many series（集）. And it can be on TV for many years.

The reality show is different     47     other kinds of TV shows. Because it shows the life of     48    （普通的）people and no actors or actresses play in it. The stories in the show     49    (true) happen in people’s life. So many people like to watch reality shows.

The     50     (one) reality show came out in the 1990s in America. At that time, the     51    （famous）reality show was Survivor（《幸存者》）. It was popular not only in America, but also around the world.

Reality shows also show different kinds of     52    （比赛）. For e    53    , there’s a Chinese reality show called The Voice of China（《中国好声音》）. In this show, there are four famous Chinese singers. Their job is     54     (find) their favorite students and help them be the winner. The show is very     55     (success). Many people love to watch it.

61. 假如你是一位在中国学习的美国学生Bob，请根据以下表格信息内容给你的妈妈写一封电子邮件，介绍你的好朋友李华，以及你们上周去公园野餐的情况。

How is it going?

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Bob