How are you? This year, I’m in a new school. And I’m in Class 5, Grade 7. I have _______ ID card in the school. And my name and telephone number are _______ it. I have a new friend Eric, and _______ last name is Green. He is a very _______ boy and he is good to us. He has two little _______—Kate and Amy. They _______ five years old. Kate’s favorite color is yellow. Her pen _______ ruler are yellow. Amy often _______ others (其他人), “How old are you?” or “_______ your name?” They are so cute (可爱的). I like my school life here. How about you? Do you have any interesting things? Please let me _______.

Yours,

Alice

My name is Wu Hai. I _________ a middle school student. I’m thirteen _________ old. I’m _________ Grade One. My English teacher _________ Mr Zhang. He is _________ old teacher. I like his lesson _________, so I learn English very _________. I _________ a good friend. _________ name is Liu Mei. She is in my class too. She _________ Hangzhou, Zhejiang. She is a kind girl. We both like our school and our class.

【推荐1】Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just ________ minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music ________ listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head.

Two years ago, Samuel played his ________ piece Moonlight Sonata (奏鸣曲) by Beethoven. He surprised ________ around him. He can’t understand ________ people are so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. When I start to play the piano, it is ________ to m—I hear the notes and can keep them in mind—each and every note,” says Samuel.

Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college. ________ piece has more than a thousand notes. It is so difficult that many professional pianists can’t play it. But Samuel says ________, “It’s all about super memory—I guess I have that gift (天赋).”

Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn’t know what he ________ to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and go on with ________ studies.

【推荐3】Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying _______ Jerry, but he never has any success. Almost every cartoon ends with Tom in trouble and Jerry _______ him. The stories are full of fun and have _______ long history.

William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM _______. _______ boss told them _______ funny cartoons. Together they thought _______ the idea of a cat and a mouse. They thought it would be funny if the mouse was clever and always _______ the cat into trouble.

The first Tom and Jerry cartoon _______ in cinemas in 1940. It was a great ________. Over the next 17 years, they made many Tom and Jerry cartoons. Most of them are around seven minutes ________.

In total, Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons. The cartoons were so good ________ they won ________ awards. The famous cat and mouse remain ________ today, ________ the cartoons are still shown on television around the world.