It’s Sunday afternoon. It’s my son’s eighth birthday today. I go into a ______ shop to buy a big birthday cake for him.

There are a lot of people in the shop. When I am ______ a cake, I find a little boy watching the cakes for a long time. He is ______ old clothes. At last he chooses a cake. Then he gives money to the girl shopkeeper and says to her.” I want that small cake.”

“Sorry, this cake is 15 yuan, but you only have ______ yuan,” says the shopkeeper.

“I... I have no more money,” says the little boy and he begins to ______.

“Oh, my boy. Who would you like to buy the birthday cake for?” I ask.

“ My ______, madam.”

“______ doesn’t she come and buy one?”.

“ My father left us three years ago,” the boy says.” We don’t have much ______. My mother has to ______ from morning to night every day. She celebrates my birthday every year, but she ______ celebrates hers. It’s her birthday tomorrow. I want to buy a small cake for her, but I don’t have enough money...”“ Oh, my boy! I’m your mother’s friend and I work with her,” I say.” I will buy her a nice birthday cake.” I give the money to the shopkeeper and leave the shop.

Mr and Mrs White are from London. They work in Yancheng now. They teach English in a middle school. They like their work very much. They have two children, Tony and Mary. They both study in the middle school where their parents work.

Mr White can’t speak Chinese, but his wife can speak it very well and she often teaches her children to speak Chinese. So Tony and Mary can speak Chinese well, too. They are very nice and helpful and they have many Chinese friends. Mr White likes swimming and his wife likes reading. At the weekend, Mr White usually goes swimming. Mrs White usually goes to the school library. Sometimes, she takes her children to play in the parks.

Tony and Mary’s uncle John is the shopkeeper of a bookshop in London. He also wants to work in China, but he can’t speak Chinese. So he is learning Chinese now. He hopes he can come to China as soon as possible(尽快地).

Do your parents ever say, “act like a lady” or “be a gentleman” to you? But in the eyes of today’s teenagers(青少年), what should a lady or a gentleman be like? Let’s take a look.

What is a gentleman? The girls have their ideas:

Huang Xiaoyu of Guizhou: A gentleman doesn’t always get angry. He wants others to be well and happy. He is always ready to help. There is a boy in my class and I think he is a gentleman. If I don’t do well in the English exam, he will say “You will do better next time.” That makes me feel happy.

Chen Tingting of Shenzhen: A gentleman always says, “Ladies first”. When students clean up the classroom, he does the heavy work. He lets girls go into rooms first. There are no gentlemen in my class. When there is something to eat, the boys in my class always get them before girls!

What is a lady? Boys tell us what they think a lady is:

Li Yifan of Dalian: A lady is quiet and kind, but she’s not shy and she can talk about her ideas in front of others. To me, Dong Jie, a film star, is a lady. She is pretty and kind. She does a lot for others.

Wang Lichao of Tianjin: A lady is not just beautiful but clever. She never says bad words. She is quiet and kind to others. I don’t think there is a lady in my class. Most of the girls are “wild beauties”, I think.

Different countries have different eating habits. The Chinese have a saying, “Eat good things for hreakfast, eat a big meal for lunch, but eat less at dinner.” Many people in the USA agree that one starts a day with a good breakfast, but their ideas about lunch and dinner are different.

Most people in America do not have much time to have their lunch, so they eat a small lunch. After work, they can have much time to eat a big dinner. Also a quiet dinner at home with all the family talking about their day is a way to take a good rest after a long, hard day of work.

Eating at restaurants is also different. In China, very often you can hear people talking and laughing loudly, and they are just having a good time. In America it is not like this. They usually eat a good meal far away from the noisy places. If they are making some noise, other people will look at them angrily, even the manager (经理) will ask them to be quiet.

May 20th is National Students Nutrition(营养) Day. Why is nutrition i    61    ?

Just as a mobile phone needs energy from electricity (电 ), we need energy f    62     food. Eating food is the only way to m    63     us strong. What we eat and the way we eat are also very important b    64     they decide whether(是否) we can get good nutrition.

Many of us have b    65     eating habits. Some d    66     eat breakfast. Some eat too much fast food. Others often eat some food with too much s    67     like cakes and sweets. And those sweet snacks are also bad for their t    68    . These bad habits may cause (引起) health problems, which are bad for the growth of our bodies.

More and more students of Chinese middle and primary schools are now h    69     nutrition meals, such as milk and fruit. This year, the theme of National Students Nutrition Day is “improve (改善) the nutrition of students in the countryside”. The government(政府) will s    70     a lot of money helping students have nutrition meals.

71. 同学们步入鹿鸣路初级中学已经一学期了，相信你的初中生活一定丰富多彩！假设你是Lily，你的笔友Jenny想了解你的学校生活。请根据下面的要点提示，用英语写一封邮件给Jenny。请根据下面的要点提示，用英语写一封邮件给Jenny。词数80左右。信的开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

I’ve been in Luming Junior High School for a term. I love my school very much. I would like to say something about my school life.

Lots of love,

Lily