How is it going? I     1     (live) with my uncle in London now. I’m happy to be here. My uncle is really friendly. He     2     (tell) me many interesting things about England. Most English people like eating at home. They don’t want     3     (spend) much money on food and they enjoy     4     (cook) at home. They like fast food. But for Christmas, they usually buy much food to get ready for (准备) it. Because they’d love to have good food.

In London, the weather changes very often. You can     5     (see) a sunny day in the morning, but then a rainy or a cloudy day one or two hours later. So people often talk about the weather in London. It     6     (rain) outside now. You know I     7     (not like) rainy days. Because I have to be at home and I can’t go out.

How’s the weather in your city? What do you wish     8     (do) in your summer vacation?

My name is Paul. I live on Bridge Street. It is a good place to have     1     (fun). A hotel, a supermarket, a bank, a bookstore and a zoo are     2     it. It’s a busy street. There are always lots of people. My house is     3     (across) from the hotel. The hotel is     4     the bookstore and the bank. The bookstore is on the left     5     the bank is on the right. My favorite place is the     6    . There are many interesting books. I often     7     (spend) time there. If you want to see     8     (animal), you can go to the zoo. It is next to the supermarket. There     9     (be) also a big restaurant near the supermarket. It is clean and quiet. You can     10     (enjoy) your lunch in it.

3 . Beijing, Bangkok and Tokyo are all g    1     cities in Asia. They are all the c    2     of their countries. Beijing is n    3     of Shanghai. We can find many m    4    , palaces and parks. T    5     always visit the Great Wall. People in Beijing e    6     eating dumplings. Tokyo is north-east of Shanghai. We can go s    7     in Tokyo because there are so many department s    8     in the streets. Bangkok is famous for its temples and b    9    . Visitors can enjoy diving and s    10     at the nice beaches.

6 . New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to l    1     in. There are many i    2     things to see and to do. You can go to different k    3     of museums and see plays and films. You can also go to s    4     to buy things from all o    5     the world.

But there are many problems in big c    6    , too. There are to many people move to cities to find jobs, and to study at good schools. But sometimes these people can’t f    7     work or a good place to live i    8    . Also, too many people in a small place make it hard to keep the cities safe and clean. So before people have to move t    9     big cities, they should think a    10     the problems of living there.

New York, London, Paris and other big c    1     are interesting places to live in. There are many good things to see and to do. You can go to d    2     kinds of museums. You can also go to shopping centers to buy things from all over the world.

But there are serious problems in big cities, too. The cost of l    3     is high and there are too many people. Every year, many people move to big cities to find jobs, to study at good schools, and to get good medical care. But sometimes it is difficult to live in big cities. Too many people in a city make it hard to keep it safe and c    4    .

Some people e    5     living in big cities, while others do not. Before people move to a big city, they should think about the problems of living there.

He was just an ordinary p_________. Day after day, he went regularly across the village. For him, life was without waves.

One day, he was delivering mails as usual. When he looked up in the sky, he s_________lost his balance（平衡）. It was a little stone that caught his feet. He found it strange but beautiful. He then placed the stone in his bag carefully. Because of this stone’s arrival, his day was lightened. He had a thought—I can b_________a castle with such beautiful stones. How wonderful it will be!

His ordinary life started to be different since then. He still delivered mails, but he collected every stone he could find along the way. All those dusty stones, in his eyes, shone like diamonds. After collecting e_________stones, he started. During the daytime, he passed along the dreams of others; and during the night time, he had his own dream. No one was willing to join in. But he was still happy b_________he knew the dream and the castle only belonged to him.

After 20 years of working day and night, his dream castle was finally completed. It was a wonderful castle just as he i_________.

This is a real story. His name is Xue Waller. The stone castle has become one of the most famous tourist a_________in France. At the entrance of the stone castle, there is a sentence—“I want to know how far a dream stone can go.”

Disneyland is a    1    theme park (主题乐园). This summer holiday, my family and I went to Shanghai Disneyland. We had a good time there.

When I entered Disneyland, I was very    2    . There were many famous Disney cartoon characters (角色) standing at the gate. A lot of children queued up to take pictures     3    them. I enjoyed some amazing rides (供乘骑的游乐设施) at Disneyland. There were many kinds of    4    in the park. I ate a Mickey Mouse ice cream sandwich. It was very delicious. At night, my family and I    5    the firework display in the park and we took many pictures. I had a great day at Disneyland. I will remember it forever.