Happy Father’s Day to you! On this special day, I’d like to talk to you in a special way. I don’t think I am good at telling you my thoughts face to face,     1     I write this letter to show my love to you.

You are not a rich man or a famous person. You are a common     2     (work) in a factory. But I think you’re the     3     (great) father in the world. I am proud     4     you. You remember that, Dad? When I was in     5     (five) grade, I fell ill and felt so terrible one night. You     6     (send) me to the hospital at once.     7     (lucky), I got better the next day. You were so tired, but I could see the smile on your face.

You often tell me to believe     8     (I) and keep on trying. Sometimes we may have different     9     (opinion), but I am quite happy to have such     10     good father. I love you, Dad.

Best wishes!

Yours,

Tom

【推荐2】Hello, I’m Tony. I am     1     English boy. I have a sister.     2     (she) name is Alice. I like     3     (she) very much.     4     (us) go to the same school. She     5     (have) a new schoolbag. Her pencils, rulers and books are     6     it. A    7     school, she has some     8     (friend). I don’t know their     9     (name),     10     I know they often help her.

Hello! My name is Mary. Frank is my     1    . He is my     2     (uncle) son. He is     3     English boy. He is 14 years old now. We are     4     the same school and same class. We are     5     (classmate).

Frank’s father is a teacher in our school. He teaches (教) Chinese. Frank’s mother is also a Chinese teacher,     6     she isn’t in our school. Frank     7     (have) a brother.     8     (he) name is Mike. He is a student,     9    . My English is not good, and Frank always     10     (help) me with it. I feel lucky to be with Frank.

The future is so     1     (excite)! Why? Because we are going to do so many different things! Our magazine Young People looks at what some cool young people     2     (be) going to do with their future.

13-year-old Tom is from Cairo, Egypt. He is going to a     3     (sport) school to learn how to be     4     excellent basketball player. He thinks he’ll be a little nervous (担忧的) when he plays in his first big competition. But he also thinks his team will win because they are going to practice     5     (hard).

Sylvia, 14, is from London, UK. She says that she wants to be a famous actress and that she is going to study     6     (act). When she is learning how to be a good     7     (perform), she is going to take a part-time job in the theater.

Dan is 13 and he is from Paris, France. He can speak four languages     8     he is going to travel around the world when he finishes school. He wants to travel     9     five or six years and then go to university to study education. He thinks it will be hard to stop     10     (travel), but he has to go to university if he plans to be a teacher.

The winter holiday is coming soon. Our favorite teacher, Ms. Steen, is leaving to go back to the US. We’re very sad that she’s leaving     1     she is a fun teacher. To show how much we’re going to miss her, we’ll have a     2     (surprise) party for her next Friday. I made an invitation and here are some     3     (reply).

Jake would like     4     (come) to the party, but he is not available. His family     5     (take) a trip to Wuhan at the end of this month to visit his uncle. However, he would still be glad to help with the party preparations like     6     (plan) the games.

Another classmate He Wei likes Ms. Steen a lot. She     7     (help) He Wei to improve his English so much over the last two years. This party is the     8     (good) way for He Wei to say “thank you and goodbye”. He can help to buy some of the food and drinks. He can also help to bring Ms. Steen to the party     9     telling her so that she can be surprised. He already has a great idea about it. I hope his idea will come     10     (truth).

As we know by now, our favourite English teacher, Ms Steen     1     (leave) for her country. She is so good     2     we are so sad to see her go. We would like to have a party for her. We think it     3     (be) the best way to say “Thank you and goodbye”.

We plan     4     (have) the party this Saturday. Now, we are making     5     (preparation) for it. We want to show how much we’re going to miss Ms Steen.     6     (luck), most students will come to the party. We need someone to bring Ms Steen to the party without     7     (tell) her. Li Wei has an idea about     8     to do that. But Jake can’t come. He is taking     9     interesting trip to Hangzhou to visit his uncle and aunt. Although he is not available, he is glad to help     10     any of the party preparations.

Do you want to know more about Xiamen? Read Eric’s 4-day trip to have a closer look at it.

Day 1:

In the morning, he took     1     walk in Jiannan Great Hall, the landmark in Xiamen with his friends. It     2     (lie) in Xiamen University. In the evening, they enjoyed     3     (不同的) foods at Dianqian Night Market.

Day 2

They took a taxi     4     (visit) Xiamen Science and Technology Museum in the morning. After lunch, they went to Gulangyu Island.     5     a great place it is! There are so many     6    (房子) with a long history. They also visited two museums. They saw some talented boys and girls     7     (give) amazing piano shows in Gulangyu Piano Museum!

Day 3

    8     riding bikes on Air Bikeway, they had lunch at a fast food restaurant. And then they went to Xiamen Wetland Park. The beautiful lake and sunset there made them     9     (拍摄) many photos. They wouldn’t forget the beautiful scenery!

Day 4

They went to a famous temple in the morning. In the afternoon, they went shopping, and they     10     (买) some tea and some seafood.

【推荐3】July is coming. People all around the world are talking     1     their vacation. Some people enjoy quiet life, so many of     2     stay at home watching TV, using computers and so on.

However, some people spend time differently. My pen pal Tony     3     blonde hair is a boy from the US. He says that Americans like going to the countryside. Just like his big family, they often go to a farm.

There, some can feed animals, some can play and others can watch nice sky and rivers. They can     4     taste delicious food. They are quite     5     in the life there.

The world we live in is becoming a “village”. Every day, t    1     of people travel to different countries. They are sightseeing, s    2    , working or volunteering. Perhaps in the near f    3    , you will also be one of these people.

Living in a f    4     country is exciting and also life-changing. You can see beautiful scenery, t    5     many kinds of food and meet people from different backgrounds. Most importantly of all, you can try living a new lifestyle and maybe even become a part of the local c    6    .

Your stereotypes (成见) break d    7    . You might find French people are not always “romantic”. Americans don’t eat McDonald’s all the time. And you won’t get malaria (疟疾) from a mosquito (蚊子) bite in A    8    .

In fact, that’s probably the most interesting part of t    9     abroad. If you don’t have a try to change your way of thinking, there’s no point in leaving home at all. It’s better to be o    10     to new experiences (经历).

Yesterday we visited Red Star Farm in the countryside. It was quite     1     (excite). There were many robots working there. And the farmers grew quite a lot of flowers around the farm. We did many interesting things there. And we learned a lot about     2     (farm). Every year there are many     3     (visit) to come here.

In the morning, we milked cows and     4     (feed) chickens first. Then we rode horses. At the beginning, the horses ran very fast. The guide worried about us a lot, so he     5     (make) the horses slow down. I thought the horses were quite     6    (love), because they could     7     (hear) and understand the guide’s order.

At noon, we had lunch on the farm. The food was quite delicious. It     8     (be not) expensive, and it was really cheap.

In the afternoon, we visited the painting museum near a fire station. We were     9     (interest) in everything in the museum. And the guide taught us how     10     (draw) a horse. When we got back, it was dark. We were tired, but happy. All in all, we enjoyed everything there.