I arrived in Penang in Malaysia this morning ______ my family. It was sunny and hot, so we decided ______ to the beach near our hotel. My sister and I tried surfing (冲浪). I felt like I was a fish. It was so ______! For lunch, we had something very special Malaysian yellow noodles. They were delicious! In the afternoon, we went to Georgetown ______. There are a lot of new buildings now, but many of the old buildings are still there. In Weld Quay, a really old place in Georgetown, we saw the houses of the Chinese traders from 100 years ago. I wonder what life was like here in the past, I really enjoyed ______ around the town.

How was your school trip? I had ________ happy school trip with my classmates. We went to Luofu Mountain. The weather ________ warm and sunny. All of us were ________ and happy. We went there ________ bus. Along the way, we saw lots of interesting things. ________ took us about an hour to get there. At about nine o’clock we ________ to climb the mountain. The mountain was so ________ that we were all tired when we got to the top (顶端). So we sat under a big tree and relaxed. Then we felt ________ moving in the tree. ________ we looked up at the tree, we got a surprise. A squirrel（松鼠） was in the tree. He was not afraid ________ us. He even jumped down the tree and played with us.

Yours,

Tina

Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. The population of Australia is nearly as large as ______ of Shanghai.

The government has made enough laws to fight pollution（污染）. The cities in Australia have got little air ______ water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean.

Last month we visited Perth, _______ city in western Australia, and went to a wild flowers’ exhibition（展览）. There we saw a large number of wild flowers that we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its flowers. In ______ spring every year, Perth has the wild flowers’ exhibition. After visiting Perth, we ______ the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path（小路）______ the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed _______. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. We were made to pick up all our things by what we saw. We ran back to the car as quickly as we could ______ us from the sheep. There were about three _______ sheep coming towards us down the path.

Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, I wondered ______ I was driving in a kingdom of sheep. Sheep, sheep, sheep are everywhere.

Welcome to this short tour of London. This square is Trafalgar Square and it is the middle ______ London. We’re standing opposite the National Gallery, a famous museum with lots of famous _______ . From here, we’ll go along the red street to Buckingham Palace. The Queen lives there.

_______ left and go to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. Opposite you can see the London Eye. ________ takes you 135 metres above the River Thames. You can see most of London on a clear day.

When you are tired, the best way _______ London is by boat. You can get the boat near Big Ben. As you go along the river, the London Eye is _______ your right.

Get off the boat at Tower Bridge. Next to the bridge _______ the Tower of London. It’s over 900 years old.

After visiting the Tower of London, take the boat back along the river to the railway station. _______ you get off the boat, go past the station and walk along the street. Turn left into King’s Street and go past _______ church. You’re now back at the square. And this is where we’ll _______ our tour.

【推荐3】The Big Merino is _______ the city of Goulburn. Merinos _______ a type of sheep. They can live in dry weather. Some places in Australia are very dry, so these sheep are very important _______ the farmers there. Inside the Big Merino, there is a small museum about the history of wool in Australia. Visitors can also _______ up to the Big Merino’s head and look at the view through _______ eyes.

Norman Bethune is one of the most famous heroes in China. He was a ________ doctor. He came to China to help the Chinese people and died for them.

Norman Bethune was born in 1890. He became a doctor in 1916 and went to Spain in 1936 to treat the wounded soldiers ________ the war there. He soon realized that many people were ________ because they did not get to hospital quickly enough. Dr. Bethune developed new ways of taking care of ________ sick and he invented special medical tools so that doctors could treat the wounded more quickly. His inventions saved many ________.

In 1938, Dr. Bethune came to China and helped treat the ________ during the Anti-Japanese War. At that time, there were ________ doctors, so he had to work very hard on his own. He developed training courses for local doctors and nurses, and wrote books so that they ________ learn about how he treated the sick.

Dr. Bethune often worked very hard without resting or taking care of himself. One day, in 1939, he cut his finger during an operation, ________ he continued his work without treating it. In the end, he died of his wound.

Dr. Bethune’s work for the Chinese people made ________ a hero in China. There are many books and films about him, and he is still remembered in both China and Canada today.

Lijia was born ________ a small town of Shantou in 1990. When she was a little girl, she often ________ people cut the red paper into different pictures. Her mother told her, “The red paper ________ into common things such as lovely animals and beautiful flowers. The paper cutting can show our good wishes. It also brings us good luck and a ________ life. So people like ________ it.”

“________ great it is! ” the little girl thought. And she began to make paper cutting ________. At first, she always failed to do it. However, her mother said to her, “My kid, you can do it much ________ than you think. ________ you put your heart into it, you will do it well.”

Now Lijia is teaching kids to make paper cutting at school. She said, “I hope ________ young people will think of paper cutting as a cool thing.” She is using new media (媒体) to help the traditional art form keep up with the times.

【推荐3】Every Saturday, Wang Weifang puts on a play with his friends in a small town near Xi’an. The audience can hear them, ______ they cannot see them. That is because they are putting on a shadow puppet play.

Shadow puppets ______ hard leather. The leather is cut out ______ the shape of a person, an animal or an object. Each puppet ______ in bright colours and put on a stick. Some puppets have ______ arms and legs.