Kate is     1     American girl. She is from New York. But now she lives in Wenzhou with her parents. Her home is on the     2     (two) floor. On weekdays, she often gets up at about 6:30 and     3     (have) a glass of milk, an egg and some bread for breakfast. And     4    , she goes to school at 7:30 a.m. They have six     5     (lesson) a day. At 3:50 p.m, they play games. She likes     6     (dance) and she dances really     7     (good). She can speak a little     8     (China) now, but not much. She is looking forward to     9     (go) to the cinema     10     her favorite film Spiderman is going to show this weekend!

Today’s story is about Zhu Hui, a student from Shenzhen. He’s now     1     (study) in the United States. He’s living with     2     American family in New York. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. It’s 9:00 a.m. and Zhu Hui’s family are     3     home. His mom and aunt     4     (make) zongzi. His dad and uncle are watching the boat races     5     TV.

Is Zhu Hui also watching the races and eating zongzi? Well, it’s 9:00 p.m. in New York, and it’s the night before the festival.     6     there isn’t a Dragon Boat Festival in the US, so it’s like any other night for Zhu Hui and his host family. The mother is reading a story to     7     (she) young children. The father is watching a soccer game on TV. And what’s Zhu Hui doing? He’s     8     (talk) on the phone to his cousin in Shenzhen. Zhu Hui misses his family and wishes     9     (have) his mom’s delicious zongzi. Zhu Hui     10     (like) New York and his host family a lot, but there’s still “no place like home”.

【推荐3】Hi, my name is Jeff Smith. Smith is my     1     name. I have short curly hair. I’m     2     English boy. I’m fourteen     3     old. I live in Puning     4     my father and my mother. I like playing computer games and     5     songs. My favourite colour is     6    . I like green clothes. I study in Honghua Middle School. I am in Class Eleven,     7     Seven. In my class, there     8     thirty-two boys and thirty-three girls. Guo Runfeng and Wang Xuanhan are in Class Eleven with me. We are in the     9     class. They are my good friends. They help me with Chinese and I help them with English. My English teacher is Kelly Wu. She is a very good teacher. Her     10     are very active（活跃的）. We all like her. And she likes us, too.

【推荐1】In England, people often talk about the weather because they can have four     1     (season) in one day. In the morning it is w    2     just like in spring. After an hour black clouds come and then it     3     (rain) hard. The weather     4     (get) a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be clear. The sun will     5     (come) out again, and it’ll be summer at this time     6     the day. In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have w    7     in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes. When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an u    8     or a raincoat with them even on a     9     (sun) morning, but you shouldn’t laugh at them. If you don’t take     10     umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.

Ben would hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama. Black clouds were making the s    1     very dark. With no l    2     outside, it felt like midnight. The news on TV r    3     that a heavy rainstorm was in the area.

Everyone in the neighborhood was b    4    . Dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were w    5    . She also put some candles and matches on the table.

Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows. After dinner, they tried to play a card game, b    6     it was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside.

Ben could not s    7     at first. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m. When he w    8     up, the sun was rising. He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a m    9    . Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere. They joined the neighbors to help clean up the neighborhood together. Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors c    10     together.

In Britain, people usually begin their talks with weather. For example, they will say “It’s a fine day,     1     it?”

“Do you think it will rain?” Many people believe that they are able to tell     2     the weather will be like. But they never agree     3     each other. One man may say, “How     4     (cloud) it is now! It’s going to rain.” Another man will     5     (say), “No, it’s going to be fine     6     (late).”People always hope the weather they want. For example, when a farmer     7     (need) water, he looks for something to tell him it’s     8     (rain). When a man wants to travel, he is sure the weather will be fine quickly. Now almost everyone     9     (listen) to the weather report. It doesn’t always tell us the weather we want. It only tells us what the weather will be like. But sometimes it makes     10     (mistake).

【推荐1】Welcome to Cape Town!

Cape Town isn’t the only capital city and it isn’t the b    1     city in South Africa either, but it is the most popular city. Every year, millions of t    2     visit Cape Town. From the beautiful beaches to great shopping centres, Cape Town has something for everyone.

For outdoor or sports fans, Cape Town p    3     fantastic activities like hiking and climbing. The beautiful beaches are good for water sports, i    4     surfing. If you are brave enough, you can even try to go down into the deep sea and get close to a great shark in a cage! But of course, it’s also a good choice for you to walk a    5     the wooden roads and enjoy the n    6     sights around if you are not so brave.

The w    7     in Cape Town is pleasant. In summer, the l    8     temperature is about 26℃. And remember mid-summer here is in January! And the winter temperatures don’t usually fall below 10℃. Two of the m    9     languages here are Afrikaans and English. The population of Cape Town is about 3.5 million.

Cape Town is the city that has e    10    . It will make your vacation unforgettable.

Thanks for your letter．I'm happy    1    （hear） that you're getting on well with your study in Australia．You    2    （leave）your home town five years ago， so you must want to know something about life here．Things in Jinhua     3     （be） not the same     4     before．Now almost every family has    5     computer．We often communicate（交流）with each other by email．There are many tall buildings in    6    （we）city and also in the countryside． The roads are much    7    （wide）and cleaner．But the population here gets larger     8    larger．We often climb the mountains on weekends and have great fun．You can write    9    me．We can write to each other    10    （much） often．

Have you ever     1     (be) to Wuyuan? It is in the northeast of Jiangxi Province. People call it “the hometown of books”, “the hometown of tea” and “the     2     (beautiful) village in China”.

I     3     (go) there with my friends in April last year. We had a wonderful experience. With green trees and brooks (溪流) around, the ancient     4     (build) which were built during the Tang Dynasty caught my eyes. We also visited Changxi village, a place famous for     5     (make) green tea. People live     6     quiet and simple life there. They shared the tea culture with us and told us how to enjoy the fresh tea. Next we passed through the oldest lane (空中走廊)     7     (experience) the beautiful Rainbow Bridge.     8     it was built 800 years ago, it stands as strong as ever. So it is still in use by the villagers now. I really liked this bridge because it could protect people     9     getting wet on rainy days.     10     (final), we had a look at the Yuanyang Lake. It is in the west of Wuyuan and got the name of “Provincial Nature Reserve (省级自然保护区)” in 1997. Along the lake is a forest with about 185 kinds of plants that are green all year round.