I am your new friend. My name is Mike. There are _______ people in my family, my wife (妻子), my _______ and I. I was born (出生) _______ the year of 1978. My birthday is on _______ —New Year’s Day. I like soccer but I _______ volleyball. I think it is _______. My wife has a clothes store. _______ clothes are at very good prices. Many people come to her store to _______ clothes. My son is a student. He goes to _______ every day. His school has a (n) ________ . It is on March 11th. He likes art very much, so he is in the festival every year.

Vera is eight years old. She has four dollars. She wants to buy a birthday gift for her mother. She comes to a big store. She looks at the things and thinks, “I’ll buy her something nice”.

“Can I help you?” asks the shopkeeper. “Yes, please. I want to buy a gift for my mom’s birthday,” answers Vera, “but I don’t know what to buy.” The shopkeeper gives her a nice skirt and says, “Do you like this skirt? It’s thirty dollars.”“Yes, but I only have four dollars,” says Vera. Then she sees a nice red hat. She knows her mother would like it. She wants to buy it, but the price must be very high.

“How much is it?” she asks. The shopkeeper looks at her, and then he says, “That’s just four dollars.” Linda is very happy, and says, “OK, I’ll take it.”

Mason’s Clothes Store

Do you know Jin Mincan? He is a boy from South Korea (韩国). He is eight years old and his birthday is on August 31st. Boys and girls like to call him Cancan. Cancan likes eating. He likes red, too. At his home, you can see lots of red clothes.

Cancan’s family is not small. In his family there are five people. They are Cancan, his father, mother, brother and sister. Cancan’s brother is Jin Mingzai. He’s six years old. His birthday is on May 1st. His sister is Jin Mingzhi. She’s only four years old. Her birthday is on January 21st. In South Korea, Cancan has a good friend. Her name is Huang Enhui. Enhui and Cancan are great stars in South Korea.

Mr. Brown is a very     72     man. He always     73     hard. He often forgets his     74     birthdays. Today, he remembers (记得) that it is his wife’s     75    . He loves     76     wife. On his way home from his hospital, he goes to     77     some     78     in a shop. When Mr. Brown gets     79    , he gives his wife the flowers and says, “    80     birthday to you, dear. It’s January 14th today. I remember your birthday this year.” Mrs. Brown laughs and says, “My birthday was yesterday, not today. But     81     you all the same.”