If you go to London, you can see a lot of buses and cars on the roads. You can also see many bikes because more and more people go out by _________. Why is that in such a big city? There _________ many reasons (原因). First, it is very cheap to buy a bike. Second, people often need to wait for a bus for half an hour. Finally, when the bus _________, so many other buses and cars also go on the roads, so the bus moves very slowly.

I go to work by bus for about four years. I often _________ at work late and feel tired. One day, a friend of _________ says, “I ride a bike to work. Why don’t we go to work together?” “My bike is old. I leave it at my home for a long time. I can see many buses and cars on the roads.” I answer. “Don’t be afraid. If you _________ me and we ride slowly, you’ll be fine.” he says.

Later, I buy a new bike. We ride slowly, _________ we arrive at work early. It takes me about 40 minutes _________ to work by bus, but only half an hour by bike! Now I love _________ a bike to work every day. And I feel _________. Many people think my idea is good and maybe you can see more bikes on the roads in London.

I’m Bob. I’m _______ 11-year-old boy. I study in a new school this term. It takes me about 15 minutes _______ to school on foot every day. Here, I’m good _______ my new teachers and classmates. My new English teacher is Mr. Zhang. He is good at _______ interesting stories. He is fun and we all like him.

We are having a music class in the music room now. Look! The teacher _______ the piano. We are singing _______ with the music. The boy who sits behind me is Liu Jun. He _______ music very much. _______ favorite musician is Lang Lang. It’s his _______ to be an excellent pianist like Lang Lang. ________ he practices playing the piano every day.

How is your school life? Do you love your school?

My name is Li Fang. I have a pen friend, Betty. She is 14 years old. Betty is _________ California, but now she doesn’t live in America. Her father has a new job in China, so she moves to China with her parents.

September 23rd is her birthday. She gets up _________ in the morning and has breakfast at six thirty. Then she goes to school at seven o’clock. She usually goes to school by bike. She likes _________ a bike. She thinks it can make her healthy. She has four _________ in the morning. They are Chinese, English, Math _________ P. E. She likes Chinese best because she thinks it’s _________. She comes home from school at twelve. Then she has _________ big birthday meal with her parents. Her parents _________ her a present. That is a new and beautiful bike. Betty likes _________ very much and she is happy. _________ good day it is!

One evening, I went out for a walk on the path with my husband. I wore a ring ________ a beautiful diamond. It was a special ring ________ my grandmother gave me for my 23rd birthday.

At the end of the path, ________ I looked down at it again, I found the diamond was missing. I started back to look for the tiny stone. In my heart, I knew ________ seemed impossible to find it. The path was long and covered with leaves. As I ________ the ground, I met an old lady. “What’s the matter, love?” She asked. I explained about the missing diamond of my ring. She said, “Tell me what it is ________. I walk along this path every day, and I’ll ________ my eyes open for it.” I thanked her and thought it couldn’t ________.

Two days later, my husband and I met ________ old lady again. “Guess what? I found your diamond!” She said. To our ________, she found the tiny stone and was willing to hand it back to me. “________ lucky it was for me to find it!” When we provided her with some money, she refused ________. I was so moved. She could have kept the diamond, or sold it, for it’s worth ________ dollars, but she didn’t.

Every time I look at my ring and remind ________ there are kind and beautiful hearts in the world. And I’ll spend time ________ to do something like that.

The train No. 5609/5610 runs between Chongqing and Xiushan County. It is _______ slow train. In some carriages (车厢) of it, there _______ some desks and chairs next to the windows. These carriages are called “study carriage”.

There are also “study carriages” on other slow _______ , such as No. 5619/5620 and No.5633/5634. The trains _______ along the Chengdu-Kunming Railway. Students often take the train between school and home. The trains are _______ their “school buses” and many students finish _______ homework in the study carriage.

On the train No.Z150 between Guiyang and Beijing, a “book bar” carriage is _______ popular. The carriage is open at night to give students a _______ place with free tea. And there is only one rule—don’t be _______!

A teacher came into the classroom. There was a white board in _______ front of the classroom. _______ drew a black dot (点) on the board. Then she asked her students, “Please look _______ the white board. _________ can you see here?”

All her students looked at the white board carefully and _______, “We can see a black dot.”

The teacher asked again, “Is there only a black dot here?”

All the students looked at the white board _______ again. “There was only a black dot.”

The teacher smiled and said, “Don’t you _______ the big white board? _______ is much bigger than the black dot.”

Everyone has “black dots”. Those _______ his or her bad points. We ________ only look at the bad points. In fact, there are more (更多的) good points than bad points. So we should see his or her good points.

Hans Christian Andersen is a world-famous writer of children’s books. He is ______ popular that there is a big award in literature (文学) named after him: the Hans Christian Andersen Prize. It is the ______ award in children’s literature. A writer can only get it once in a lifetime.

A Chinese writer won the award for the first time in 2016. His name is Cao Wenxuan, ______ he is well-known for writing children’s books.

Cao has special ideas about children’s books. He thinks that children’s books ______ only bring joy to young readers. In his books, you can read about beautiful scenery (风景), friendship, love and a little sadness.

The Grass House is one of his most famous books. The story is about ______ primary school boy named Sang Sang. He likes to help ______ , but fate (命运) tests Sang Sang, when he ______ a serious disease.

“Sadness is a beautiful emotion (情感). It helps kids understand the real world when it is expressed (表达)   ______ the right way,” Cao once told Wen Hui Daily.

In Western children's literature, you can find similar ideas. The Little Match Girl and The Little Mermaid are examples of sad stories.

“ ______ we talk to children about sadness, we don’t want them ______ hopeless,” Cao said. “It is an experience in their lives, It is a kind of growing pain.”

Hi, everyone! I’m Li Xian. I come _______ a family of five people. They are my grandparents, my parents and me. We live in a tall building in Shanghai in the middle of China. We live in a tall and comfortable building. We’re living _______ happy life. My grandfather doesn’t work now. He often wants _______ me something about his past.

My grandfather was born in 1958 in a small village. At that time, there wasn’t any school in the village, _______ my grandfather couldn’t go to school. There was a lake behind my _______ house. The water was clean and there _______ a lot of fishes in it. People in the village were _______ and they got on well with each other. People were busy on the farm all day. There were many interesting games for children to play. My grandfather spent much time _______ there. That’s why he could make friends with _______ children. He wasn’t sad or very bored.

My grandfather often _______, “The life in the past was hard, but it was happy.”

Germany is wonderful! If you _________ here, you will surely love it!

The view in the countryside is very beautiful. The city is exciting, and _________ many shops. People here like to go out more often, _________ in China, people like to stay at home in their free time.

Our choir (合唱队) _________ for the children in a school yesterday. How beautiful our voices were! It was really _________ amazing show. Later, we went sightseeing around the main square. I found some old buildings _________ a long history. They are perfect.

As for food, they eat _________ bread and meat and one of their favourite drinks is beer. I was surprised to see teenagers drinking huge cups of beer, right in the square!

People here dress well, and everyone _________ beautiful and energetic. Most people don’t have cars! _________ is usual to see them travel on foot. I used to be a bit heavy. Now I’m getting thinner by walking around so much.

My friends and I __________ a good time here. We made friends with some older kids here and learned more about the country from them. It is interesting that music and traveling can bring a group together.

Well, I have to go to sleep now. Talk to you soon!

Yours,

Amy

My mother is a nurse. She usually leaves at 5:45 a.m., so I have to get up, make breakfast, and walk to take the bus by ________. I don’t like that. Happily, my mom works during the day, so ________ she can pick me up after school.

One day, I saw ________ old lady walking towards us with a big smile, but I didn’t know her.

“Jenny! Jenny!” she said, calling my mother’s name.

“Hello,” my mom answered. “How are you feeling?”

“Very great! Thanks. Oh! ________ is this lovely young girl?” she asked and laughed cheerfully.

“This is my daughter, Amy,” Mom replied.

“Well, it is very nice ________ you, Amy. I hope you know how lucky you are!” she said.

I didn’t know what she was saying ________ I didn’t feel lucky at all.

“You have the most wonderful ________ caring mother,” she said. “When I was in hospital last month, she took care ________ me and made me better every day. I shall never forget her.” Then, she kept thanking her.

At that time, I suddenly knew more ________ my mom’s job. She was caring for and loving those people, often during one of ________ times in their lives. It was the first time I understood why I stood at the bus stop every morning.

The Earth is our home. We must take care of it. Life today is easier than it was _______ years ago, but it has brought some new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. We can see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it. Pollution problems _______ more and more serious now.

There are many kinds of pollution around us such as air pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution and light pollution. They are bad _______ our health in many ways. Air pollution from industry and cars is _______ to our environment, which can cause sore eyes and breathing problems. People throw away _________ rubbish. Rubbish is everywhere. It makes the environment _________. Noise pollution is also around us, so it’s difficult for _________ to study or work well. People may even lose their hearing _________ they work in a noisy place for a long time. Too much noise can cause high blood pressure (高血压) _________.

We have only one Earth. The pollution problems are __________ serious that we should act now to protect the environment. Let’s start out small and make our home more and more beautiful.

Do you want to do well in everything you do? If so, then how? Here is _______ example.

_____ a farmer in the village. He grows corn（玉米）all his life. Each year, he takes his corn to the market. Then each time, his corn is the best. So he often wins the _______ prize.

One year, a newspaper reporter interviews him about _______ he grows the corn. His answer makes all people _______. He says, “I give my corn seed（种子）to my neighbors.”

“How can you share your corn seed ________ your neighbors? ” the reporter asks, “You know they are _______ taking part in the competition（比赛）with you each year.”

“Why not, Sir?” says the farmer, “Don’t you know the wind ________ pollen（花粉）from corn? Then it moves the pollen ________ from field to field. If my neighbors grow bad corn, then cross-pollination（异花传粉）will make my corn ________ worse. ________ I must help my neighbors if I want to grow good corn.”

The farmer knows ________ about the life. His corn ________ grow well if his neighbors’ corn doesn’t grow well.

A meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, but by how much we can give to ________. Giving, instead of ________, makes us different from other people.