Great news! Mrs. Smith just told me I would be one of the school     1     (student) to visit the University of Cape Towu in South Africa this summer! She said the program was designed (设计) for some of the brighter teenagers to experience a different     2     (文化).     3     a good chance!

The only problem is: Mom and Dad     4     (simple) won’t let me go. They said it was dangerous for me, a girl,     5     (旅行) alone. But my guess is that they think it too expensive. I     6     (keep) telling them I had been on a plane on my own before. They needn’t worry about     7     (我) because this trip would be almost the same as that time when I visited you in Texas.     8     they just won’t listen!

Will you help, Auntie Em? It will be     9     very important experience to my personal growth.

Love. ( and love you even     10     (much) if you manage to make Mom and Dad agree with me.)

Dat

Hello，everyone.My name is Mazzy，and I'm two years old.I live with my parents in a big     1    (房子)in Oregon，America.Do you know Oregon？It is a     2    (州)of America.

I think I'm different from other two-­year­-old     3    (孩子)．I love cooking and I like     4    (学习)everything about cooking.Although I'm    5    (年轻的)，I'm good at cooking.

You may not believe I can cook food well     6    (因为)I'm only two.Look at my photos!

In the first photo，I'm breaking(打破)eggs.In the second photo，I'm showing my strawberry cakes.They look very     7    (可口的)，right？I can cook many things，from pizza to     8    (汤)．Of course，I need my parents' help.They help me     9    (洗)vegetables，cut meat and so on.

My dream is to open a restaurant(餐馆)．I     10     (希望) to make food for more people.

【推荐3】Helen is my pen pal. She is an American girl. She is thirteen     1     (year) old. She is tall and slim. She     2     (have) beautiful long brown hair. She lives in a happy family with her     3     (parent) and her elder sister. She lives close to her school, so she often goes to school on foot. She likes her school very much       4     all her teachers and classmates are     5     (friend). Everyone     6     (like) her and she can make friends     7     all kinds of people. She likes reading English storybooks. Her favourite subject is English and her dream is to be     8     English teacher when she grows up. She enjoys     9     (talk) with people in English. Her favourite sport is swimming. She is good at swimming. She swims in the river for     10     hour every day.

How to Beat Sadness

We all have days when we are down and unhappy. That’s OK. You need days like this, or how would you know you are happy? You enjoy your good days even more when you have a few bad days. Sadness makes us upset,     1    , we can still come up with some ways to beat it. Here are a few simple ways to help you feel better when you are feeling     2    .

●Stand up straight. This helps your energy flow(能量流动). When your energy is flowing freely, you can flow too.

●Smile! It’s easy to do and have good results. This way can not only make you happy but also help you get     3     well with others.

●Listen to music. It can be your favorite music. Some kinds of music work better than others, so try and find out     4     kind of music works the best for you.

●Enjoy some “me” time. Sometimes happiness can     5     on how much time you spend on yourself. You can find pleasure in reading a book, watching a sunrise, going fishing or     6     else by yourself.

●Exercise. Even something simple like     7     a walk will get your blood flowing. It is a good way to clear your mind of anything that makes you sad.

These ways will cheer you up when you are down, but don’t just use them when you are sad. Try and practice them every day to make them become a     8    . You will be surprised to learn that these simple ways will keep your sadness away. But if you are still sad, go to see a doctor.

Last week, my friend Liu Lei came round with a new computer game and asked to play it on my dad's computer. I was worried,     1    (连词)I should ask my dad before I use his computer. He uses it for     2    (he)work, and I can only use it for my homework. The reason is that he thinks something will go wrong if I play    3    (game)on it.

Well, while my dad was out, we decided to    4    (try)out Liu Lei's game. We copied it to the computer, and after we finished     5    (play), we took it off the computer. However, when I    6    (start)the computer again to check if everything was OK, some of my dad's documents were missing. Then, when my dad used the computer last night, he was     7    (real) angry. He could no longer find the important documents anywhere.

I did not tell him about    8    (冠词)computer game because I did not want him to be angry    9    (介词)me. Now I feel terrible. I am not sure whether a computer repair     10    (shop)can get the documents back. Should I tell him about the computer game?

Should I pay to repair it?

Your student

Feng Guoxing