Today is my first day of middle school. In the morning, I get up at seven. Then I eat breakfast with my family. We ________ bread, eggs and milk for breakfast. After breakfast, my mom ________ me to school. The school is big and nice. There are 42 ________ in my class. I’m so happy to ________ them. I have two new ________ this term — geography and science. They are useful. The ________ here are nice, too. They help us with our subjects. ________ time is from eleven thirty to one thirty. For lunch, I have a burger and some fruit. School ________ at four twenty. After school, we can play sports at school, but we must ________ at five. After dinner, I read (阅读) some books. But I don’t like to go to bed ________. So I go to sleep (睡觉) at nine. It’s a really relaxing day.

This is my home. Come in, please. My parents are on the sofa. They like ________ TV on it. They watch baseball ________ every evening. They really love sports and they ________ sports every morning. Who are on the long chair? They are my grandparents. They have a big and ________ room. Our dog is on their bed. It is a small and white dog. It’s ________ family member, too. My grandpa’s hat is on the bed. A table is in the room and some cups are on the table.

Look, this is my room. On the desk is a ________. It’s a photo of our last school trip. My schoolbag is under my chair and my books are on my desk. I have a brother, Eric. He lives (居住) in the same room with me, ________ he is not a tidy boy. His school things are ________. I must clean (打扫) the room for us. It’s a ________ room now. He thanks me for helping him. He ________ help me next time. I’m so happy.

Hi, my name is Henry Miller. Do you want to know about my family? Let’s have a look at this photo. The man (男人) with a hat on his head is my father. He is a teacher. He helps his students with math. He is a great teacher. His students like him very much. My father thinks students are his friends, so he plays basketball with them after class. The woman is my mother. She likes all the fruit and vegetables. Apples are her favorite. She makes (制作) food for us in the kitchen (厨房). Do you see a happy boy? Who is he? Well, he is my brother. His name is Bob Miller. Where is he now? He is in his room and emails our cousin, Nick. Nick is in Shanghai. You can see a short and fat girl, too. She is my sister. She doesn’t have healthy habits. She likes eating and watching TV all day. Can you find me in the photo? Yes, the boy in a green jacket is me. I like sports and I have much milk. I don’t like thinking too much, so I’m always happy.

I love my family. Please let me know about yours.

Today is January 16th. It’s Paul’s 10th birthday. He is at home with his parents. In the morning, he has some long noodles (面条) for breakfast. He says thank you for the noodles to his mother. After that, he takes 50 dollars and goes to a mall. Why does he go to the mall? Does he buy things for his birthday? No! He wants to buy some things for his family. First, he sees a brown sweater. His mother needs a sweater. So he buys the sweater for her. It’s sixteen dollars. Then he sees a black watch. His father’s watch is too old. He really needs a new one. How much is it? It’s twenty dollars. He buys the watch for his father. After that, he sees a cool model plane. He likes it very much, but it’s twelve dollars. He buys a radio for his sister. It’s eight dollars. At twelve, he goes home. He takes all the things to his family. They are all surprised (惊讶的).

“Thank you, Paul. It’s your birthday. Why don’t you buy some presents (礼物) for you?” says his mother.

Paul says, “I don’t need presents. I have all of you, you are my presents.”

61. 假定你是Cindy，请你按照下面表格提示写一篇英语短文介绍你生日的一天。要点如下：

Today is May 6th. It’s my 12th birthday. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

This was a really great birthday.