Now Nancy is reading an e-mail from her friend Jack. She is very _______ to get the e-mail. Jack writes about his school and his weekends in it.

Jack likes his school very much. It is very big and he _______ likes his classroom. The desks and chairs are new. And there are lots of pictures _______ the wall. They clean the classroom every day.

Jack doesn’t go to school at the weekend. But he usually gets up   _______, at six, at weekends. He exercises in the park for half an hour. Then he eats his breakfast. At eight, he begins to do his homework. At noon, he has lunch in a fast-food restaurant. In the afternoon, he goes shopping with Mum. Sometimes he plays computer games or chats with his friends on the Internet in the evening. He enjoys his _______ very much.

Now my mother is s    78     a weekend at Mother’s Camp in a small island. At Mother’s Camp, my mother has a room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV in it, and no one will bother (打扰) her. I will not ask, “Mum, what’s for dinner?” And my father can’t say, “Oh, dear, I can’t find a    79     clean socks.”

In fact, almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work all day and then come home to do a second job—taking care of their homes and f    80    . These working women say one of their biggest problems is the housework.

Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get away from the housework. For two days, they don’t need to cook or clean, and they don’t need to look after their c    81     and husbands. What do they do? They just enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and singing songs. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful t    82     at Mother’s Camp in the small island. Is your mother coming?

Last summer, Cathy’s whole family went to New York City for their summer vacation. They stayed there for two weeks.

New York City has more than seven and a half million (百万) people. It is the largest city in the United States. It is also the home of the United Nations (联合国).

On the first day, they visited the Statue of Liberty. It is one of New York’s most well-known historic sites (历史景点). Millions of people visit it every year. On the second day, they went to the Empire State Building. It is the tallest building in New York City now. From the top of the building, they saw most parts of New York City. On the third day, they visited the Metropolitan Museum. In this museum, they saw a lot of famous paintings. During the rest time of the week, Bob went to the Bronx Zoo with his younger brother and sister. There they were glad to see a lot of their favourite animals—tigers, lions, monkeys and elephants.

In the second week, the family visited the Long Island. On the island, they spent most of their time swimming, sunbathing (晒日光浴) and playing on the beach. They all had a good time.