Thank you for    19    (invite)me to visit your house next week. I'd like to come，    20     I can't. I have a     21    (real)busy week. This evening I'm going to my     22    (cousin)birthday party. And tomorrow, I have to     23    (go)to the dentist. The day after tomorrow，I'm     24    (play)tennis with the school team. And I have to study     25     my science test on Thursday. On Friday, I'm going sightseeing with     26     family for one and a half     27    (day). We're going to have     28     big dinner in the evening when we are back home.

Yours,

Mike

“Hi,John!” Mary ran towards me with a bright smile, saying, “I'm going to have a dance performance tonight. I hope you'll come. Here is the ticket. Don't forget!” Then she _______ in a hurry.

“What? Dance? Is that _______?” I asked myself. Mary was not such kind of girl. She was quite a _______ one. I had never seen her wearing colorful clothes. In fact，she really did not know _______ to dress up. What a terrible thing!

“I should go there, and I must go there,” I thought.

I arrived at the hall with the ticket, found my _______ and sat down. Her performance was the seventh one. I knew I would have a _______ time before her turn, for I had no sense of art._______ her performance was worth watching, no matter how long I would wait.

Time went _______.I tried my best not to fall asleep.

Just then, came the _______,“Let's welcome the next exciting dance—Latin!”

Hearing this, I opened my eyes as large as possible, hoping not to ________anything.Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared. She ________ with a sweet smile, looking like a pretty butterfly flying…I could ________ believe my eyes.

After the performance ended, I ________ her at the gate.

“Hi!”She stood in front of me with her crystal(水晶)shoes.“________ do you feel?”

“Fantastic!” I answered.

“Ha，ha.” She could not hide her excitement, laughing ________ a child.

At that time, I realized that every girl had a pair of special shoes which were like the crystal shoes of Cinderella(灰姑娘).

Gary is having a potluck after the exams! He invites all of us to come. It's a potluck_party, so I think I can bring some beef noodles. As I know, Lily is bringing some drinks and Gina is bringing a big homemade chocolate cake. Can you ask your mom to buy us some fried chicken from the KFC? You know it's too far for all of us to ride a bike there，but your mom often drives there. We can pay the bill(账单)together.

The party begins at noon on March 25^th, so be sure to be at Gary's place around 11：30 a.m. to prepare for the party. Don't forget to invite Amy. She is good at music. If you have any questions，just call me or write back to me. Take care!

Leo

Everyone wants to have a     72    (美妙的)New Year's party，but do you know how to hold a     73    (成功的)party? OK, now let me tell you about planning your New Year's party.

The     74    (第一)step to any great party is the planning. Think about what kind of New Year's Eve party you want to have. Will this be an adults­ only party? Will this be a music，    75     (跳舞), drinking or performance party? Will you invite all of the     76    (家庭)members for fun to the party？Will this be a party for teens? You have to think about who is     77    (来到)to your party when you plan it so that you can make it fun for everyone! Once you have decided who you are inviting and what kind of party you are having，the fun     78    (开始)!

Second,     79    (寄)your New Year's Eve Party Invitations out     80    (早地)so that everyone you want to invite has a lot of time to write back to you and you know how many to plan for.     81    (然后)，you can start your New Year's party.

Jess really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the _______ that morning, he found an _______ on his desk. It was from several of his _______ asking him to join them in a camping trip. This was the _______ time he was asked to join in an out­ of­ school activity. Why were they asking him then? _______ seemed to like him. In fact, he was so lonely that he put his feeling with _______. As a _______, he had put on a lot of weight，and this gave the kids something more to make fun of him. Cindy, who was standing near Jess when he _______ the invitation, went _______ quickly to tell the others that the trick had ________.Everyone was so ________ that Jess thought that was true. But there was no camping trip. The whole thing was made up.

At first, Cindy thought it was fun.________ later, when Jess told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag with his savings, Cindy had second thoughts. She knew that Jess's family had ________ money, and she hated to see him ________ his savings on something he would never use. Cindy also hated to tell Jess the truth. Her close friends would be angry with her.________ could she do now?

It was Mary's birthday. She received a letter from her uncle. “Dear Mary,” he wrote in his letter. “Happy birthday! I'm sending you some chickens. They will arrive tomorrow. I hope you'll like them. Uncle Toby.” Mary was very pleased. She liked eating eggs and chicken. “I can keep the chickens for their eggs or eat them,” she thought.

When the chickens arrived the next day, they were put in a box. Mary was very happy. She took the box off the truck and began to carry it into her garden，but the box of the chickens was so heavy that she dropped it. The box fell on the ground and broke. The chickens all ran out. They ran here and there. Mary spent hours in trying to find them.

A few days later, her uncle came. He asked, “Did the chickens arrive safely?” “Yes，but I dropped the box. It broke open and the chickens ran everywhere. It took me the whole morning to look for them,” Mary said. “Did you find them all?” asked her uncle. “I hope so,” Mary answered. “But I only caught eleven of them.”

“That's very interesting. I only sent you six,” her uncle said with a smile.

It took me about 2 months     122    (plan)my daughter's birthday party. She was three years old. I got many     123    (idea)from the Internet that I thought I could use for the party. I had sleepless nights because I wanted this to be the     124    (good)birthday party. I     125    (look)for a place to have our party. Luckily，I found Monte Verde Park. It is     126     very beautiful park. After booking(预订)it, we started to buy gifts for     127     the kids. We went to LA for good prices. I had 40 gifts in my room for a month and I wanted to give them all away. I bought two beautiful skirts for my     128    .I also bought red cards at Tall Mouse. I then sent them to my daughter's friends. I     129    (invite)them to my daughter's third birthday party     130       September 25 at 6：30 pm at Monte Verde Park. They could eat the birthday cake and     131    (have)a good time.

These days more and more students like to have parties on weekends. But is it good or bad for them？Different people have different ideas. Some people are for it, but others are against it.

Some people think having a party is good for students to know and understand each other well. On weekdays, the students are always studying. They don't have any time to have fun, they seldom sing or dance, and they have no time to communicate. A party can make them relaxed and happy. On the other hand, each family has one child. The children need to make friends with each other.

However, some parents are against having parties. They think it's a waste of money and time. The students always buy many expensive gifts that will cost them a lot of money. But the students don't earn money, they have to ask their parents for money. And some students are always serious about the parties. They spend too much money and time. Some parents say nothing can be done when the students get together and they only amuse themselves. They think the students can't pay more attention to their studies in the following week.

In my opinion, I am for having a party. But the students can't spend too much time or money.

Introduction to Invitations

Invitations are important. In the west, people often give invitations to their friends. Most invitations are for dinner or a birthday party.

When people accept an invitation to a dinner or party, they usually ask what they can bring. They often take flowers, chocolates, or other presents. People usually take a birthday present to a birthday party.

After a dinner or birthday party, most people telephone the host to say “thank you”. Some people write a short thank­you note or send an e­mail to the host.

How is everything going? I was     142    (开心的)to hear from you yesterday. Thank you for     143    (邀请)me to your birthday party. But I have to say sorry because I'm not     144    (有空的)on Thursday. My school will have a basketball     145    (比赛)with another school on Friday. It is a big     146    (公开活动)to everybody. A lot of people will come to     147    (观看)it. As the captain(队长)of our school basketball team, I have to     148    (待)with other players together and     149    (准备)for it well. Oh, you can tell me     150    (如果)you need my help. Finally, please     151    (接受)my best wishes to you.

Happy birthday!

Yours,

Li Ming