1. —Boys and girls, do you know how to spell           word “restaurant” in English?

—Yes. It begins with           “r”.

10. —Tommy, my parents will take me to Beijing to visit the Palace Museum this weekend.

—________.

Neil is a 6-year-old boy. _________ a summer night, he is thirsty and gets up to drink some water. He walks to his bedroom door and _________ it. He looks outside but walks back because it is so dark in the living room and he feels afraid.

His father says, “Don’t be afraid, Neil. Have some courage (勇气!)”

“_________ is courage?” He asks, running to his father’s bed.

“Courage is the brave breath(呼吸),” His father _________.

“Dad, _________ you have courage?”

“Sure.”

The little boy holds out his cold _________ and says, “Dad, please blow (吹) some of _________ breath of courage to me. “

After his father blows into his little cold hands, Neil _________ his hands quickly. He is afraid that his dad’s “breath of courage” will run away. Then he walks out of the bedroom towards the kitchen with _________ to be afraid of.

His father says to himself, “It will be nice if someone can __________ some courage to me. Then I can also hold it in my hands when I feel afraid.”

Courage often comes from the support (支持) we get from others.

For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable” in the same way, “She was wearing a fashionable coat.” or “His shirt was really in a fashionable colour.”

But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and in books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs and languages.

Fashions change as time goes by. If you look at the pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions are always changing. A British house in 1750 was different from one in 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1840. Now using mobile phones is a fashion, but perhaps it will be out of fashion later on.

Today fashions change very quickly and this is natural. We know about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and televisions send information from one country to another in a few hours.

New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.

My grandpa is 93 years old this year. He is very healthy and looks young. Many people ask him why he is so healthy. Grandpa says healthy food is very important to everyone. Grandpa has three meals a day regularly (有规律地). He often eats lots of vegetables and fruit. He never drinks or smokes (抽烟). He says they are bad for health. After he gets up in the morning he often drinks a cup of water. And before he goes to bed in the evening, he has a cup of milk.

Grandpa has a good lifestyle too. He likes sports. He likes playing ping-pong and badminton (羽毛球). Sometimes he goes swimming. He goes running every day before breakfast too. He says exercise can help a person keep healthy and strong. Grandpa only watches TV in the afternoon. Many old people like playing Mahjong (麻将), but Grandpa doesn’t. He says sitting in the chair for long is not good for health.

Some people like to get up early, but some do not.     41     Maybe those who don’t like getting up early will not believe this, but it is true. Scientists (科学家) find early-rising people are healthier than late rising people.     42    

Firstly, it helps to keep us healthy. We all need fresh (新鲜的) air and the air in the early morning is the freshest. Besides, it is also useful to do morning exercises.

    43     In the morning, we can learn more quickly and find it easier to understand what we learn.

Thirdly, early rising can help us make a plan for our work.     44    

Finally, early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work, such as washing our hands and faces and eating our breakfast.

    45     As an old saying goes, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy (富裕的) and wise (聪明的).”

Thank you for your letter. I’m glad to     46     here. Would you like to know     47     my life (生活) in China? Now, let me     48     you.

I’m in a middle school. My father often takes me to school in     49     car. I have many friends here. All my     50     and classmates like me. They help me with my Chinese. Now I can speak     51     Chinese. I can have many kinds of food in China like Guangdong food, Sichuan food and Hunan food.     52     Huaiyang food is my favorite. I often     53     out with my good friends after school. On Sundays, we don’t     54     classes. I play games and sing     55     with them.

I love the life here. Why not come to visit China?

Yours,

Ann

May 20th is National Students Nutrition(营养) Day. Why is nutrition i    56    ?

Just as a mobile phone needs energy from electricity (电 ), we need energy f    57     food. Eating food is the only way to m    58     us strong. What we eat and the way we eat are also very important b    59     they decide whether(是否) we can get good nutrition.

Many of us have b    60     eating habits. Some d    61     eat breakfast. Some eat too much fast food. Others often eat some food with too much s    62     like cakes and sweets. And those sweet snacks are also bad for their t    63    . 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    64     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    65     a lot of money helping students have nutrition meals.

Chinese paper-cutting or Jianzhi, is a kind of folk art. People usually use scissors (剪刀) or knives to cut paper. It has a long history of about 1, 500 years. Let’s learn something about paper-cutting.

Wonderful meanings

Paper-cutting has some wonderful meanings. Some paper-cuttings mean (寓意) happiness and good luck. At the Spring Festival, people paste “Fu” on doors or windows. At a wedding, people paste “Xi”.

Why is it red?

In China, people always love red. In our mind, red is hope and life, so red is our favourite. We can see red everywhere in China. The walls of old palaces are red. Lanterns are red. Weddings are always full of red things, too.

Black paper-cutting in Shanzhou

Many of the paper-cuttings are red, but paper-cuttings in Shanzhou, Henan Province are black. Black is the best color there. Shanzhou is a dry place. People make black paper-cuttings and wish for rain.

Now, paper-cutting gets into many schools. Students can learn how to make paper-cutting at school. Li Jie, a middle school student, says, “It’s really wonderful to change paper into different kinds of pictures, such as flowers and animals. We enjoy it.”