Different (不同的) students have different ways to go to school. Some ride their ________ to school. Some go to school by bus. Some ________ the subway to school. Some walk to school ________ their homes are not far from school.

Liangliang is an 11-year-old boy. He ________ in a small village in China. He goes to school from Monday to Friday. There is a very big ________ between his school and the village. There is no bridge on the river. The river runs quickly, so he can’t go to school ________ boat. So it is very ________ for him to get to school. ________ does he go to school every school day then? He goes on a ropeway to ________ the river to school.

Many of the students and villagers never leave their village. Their ________ is to have a bridge. Can it come true?

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Blue Sky Middle School’s Rules

Hello, boys and girls. My name is Wu Dong. It is Saturday today, but we are in the classroom. Look! Our English teacher is talking with some students. What are we doing? We are having a party in the classroom. Now, Linda is singing an English song. Who is playing the piano? Oh, it’s Laura. She has two piano lessons every week, and she can play the piano very well. Jane and Emma are dancing. They like dancing very much. Who is sitting on the chair? That’s Guo Kai, our English teacher’s son. He is only six years old. He is eating an apple. Why are we having a party? Because today is Steve’s birthday. His parents work in another city, so we have a party for him. Steve looks very happy.

Jim is American. He is now living in China. He gets up at about half past six and has breakfast at seven o’clock.     41     breakfast, he says     42     to his parents and     43     home at half past seven. He usually goes to school on foot. He     44     there at five     45     eight. He has his first class at half past eight. He can relax himself     46     classes. Morning classes     47     at twelve and he has lunch five minutes later. After lunch he plays with his friends. Afternoon classes begin at half past one.     48     there are two classes in the     49    . After that, He plays games with some other boys. He leaves     50     his home at about a quarter past five. He has supper at six and then does his homework. He goes to bed at about half past ten.

How do the students around the world get to school? In North America, most students go to school by school bus. Some students also walk or ride a bike to school. In other parts of the world things are different. In Japan most students take trains to school, although some also walk or ride bikes. In China, it depends on where you are. In big cities, students usually ride bikes or take buses to school. And in places where there are rivers and lakes, like Hongshanhu. Hubei and Kaishandao, students usually go to school by boat. That must be a lot fun than taking a bus.

Alice is 14 years old.__________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________