I live in a beautiful and quiet town. The people here are friendly. I think my hometown is a     11       place. Every day I get up very early to exercise. I like reading magazines. I am a quiet girl, I have some good friends. Everyone needs       12    . They play a very important role in our lives. My friends always tell me some jokes, and they make me     13    . At the same time, I also share my happiness with them. And we comfort each other when     14     terrible happens. We try to help each other out as much as possible. We really hope to live     15     together.

In the town there are some good movie theaters. I go to the movie theater at least     16    . Yesterday my friends and I     17     to watch the newest movie at Great Theater. Although it didn't have the     18     screens, it offered coffee and had the shortest waiting time. That’s     19     we chose it. Tomorrow we will go out to have dinner at Miller’s Restaurant. It is close to my home. You can eat the most delicious noodles there, but it’s more expensive     20     the Huaxing Restaurant.

In a busy bus station, there is a little girl sitting on a bench. She does not move. She seems to be lost.

After some time, a man walks up to her. He is a father himself, so he feels worried about this little girl. “Hello!” he says. “Are you OK? Are your parents here with you?”

The little girl does not even look up at him! He gently sits down next to her and touches her shoulder（肩膀）. Now she lifts（抬）her head, and he can see that she is crying. He feels terrible!

He gives her a very warm smile and holds out his hand. She looks scared, but she takes his hand. He takes her to the bus station information desk and makes an announcement（广播）over the speakers.

“Attention（请注意）: a young girl is waiting for her parents at the information desk. If you are looking for your daughter, please come soon! Thank you.”

Minutes later, a woman comes, running to the desk. As soon as she sees the little girl, she shouts and runs up to her. She lifts the girl into her arms and holds her very tight.

Then she turns to the man and says, “Thank you so much, sir. I was looking for her everywhere. I could not announce it here because she is deaf（聋的）!”

Now the man understands why the little girl did not look at him until he touched her shoulder. He feels happy that he helped her.

Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons（原因）.

First, reading books is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby, too. You can really become lost in a book.

Next, you can read a book anywhere: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane or in bed. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again.

Another good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This makes you read faster and become easier at understanding what you read. If you read enough, you will probably find that your schoolwork becomes much better.

Some people say that reading is out of date（过时的）. This is not true. You can read on computers, and the more you read, the better your computer skills will be.

Good readers are most likely to be good writers, too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about. Reading books is a wonderful hobby. Why not start reading right now?

In the dining hall at Hengyang No. 1 Middle School in Hunan Province, new banners（条幅）are put up. “Clear your plate; don’t waste（浪费）food.” This is part of a nationwide campaign（运动）to cut down on food waste in China. The teacher said that they wasted 100kg of food every day in the past.     29    .

Many restaurants in China are also joining in. They encourage（鼓励）people to order dishes using the“N-1”formula. “N” stands for the number of diners at a table.     30    .

In fact, food waste has been a big problem around the world. According to a study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese restaurants wasted 17 to 18 million tons of food a year from 2013 to 2015.     31    . The UN says there are 820 million people around the world who live in hunger. By cutting down on food waste, we could help put food into the bowls of many hungry people.

So everyone should take part in the “Clear Your Plate” campaign. First, do not order too much when you're at a restaurant. If you cannot eat it all, take the rest of it home.     32    . Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it. Third, keep an eye on how much food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially vegetables and fruit.

Anna wants to become a top musician in the future. She began to play the guitar two years ago when she saw her father play it at home. When her father     41     (find) that she was also interested in it, he began to teach Anna. Soon Anna was good at     42     (play) it. Then she began to take guitar lessons in Band（乐队）School every Saturday to learn more from musicians there.

Anna studied hard in Band School, and soon she could take part in the school's concert（演奏会）. Anna was the youngest player. Most students felt nervous（紧张的）when they took part in the concert for the first time, but Anna didn’t. She     43     (be) very relaxed, and she gave a really fantastic performance. Anna’s father bought her a new guitar last month.

Now Anna     44     (get) more and more famous in her town. Many people see her performance online every week. “Boys usually like playing the guitar, but very few girls choose it. I hope more girls     45     (join) us,” says Anna. Anna     46     (plan) to start a band herself and she expects     47     (give) more performances to her fans.

Yang Xiaomeng lives 11 km away from her workplace in Beijing. The 26-year-old woman has been cycling to work for three months. "I used to take the subway before the COVID-19（新冠肺炎）outbreak. But now riding a bike seems to be safer because there are too many people on the subway."

Finding it relaxing and healthy, Yang said she would keep cycling in the future. In fact, many people choose to ride bikes these days. On Beijing's bike-only lane（车道）, the number of cyclists increased（增加）by 17. 6 percent.

In fact, biking starts to become more popular all over the world after the COVD-19 outbreak. In Spain, bike sales increased in May. In London, large parts of the city are being closed off to cars so that people can walk and cycle safely. Cities like Berlin and Montreal have more new, wider bike lanes now.

How will this trend（趋势）change life in the city? According to one study, 91 percent of Londoners don't want to go back to the old ways of life. Because cycling can also give people a chance to exercise and enjoy fresh air. Compared with drivers, cyclists may spend more money in stores, bars and restaurants.

53. 你喜欢看电影吗？国庆假期，一部《我和我的家乡》勾起了人们浓浓的爱家、爱国情怀。请你用英语写一篇文章，介绍一下你的家乡。

My Hometown and I