I’m going to start high school next month. I’m very nervous about this. I’m afraid that I ______ get on with my new classmates or get good grades. Can you tell me what ______?

Yours,

Tom

I am sorry to hear that you’re having ______. You are not alone. All the first year students worry about the same things. Well, it’s true that it’s not easy to go ______ being one of the oldest middle school students to one of the youngest high schoolers. However, you can see it as ______ new beginning for your life. High school has ______ activities than middle school, such as clubs, music and theater groups, and sports teams. This is a wonderful time ______ up a new hobby and make new friends. Who says school has to be all work and no play? Besides (此外), teachers will treat you ______—they will treat you more like an adult.

As for grades, don’t worry about them. ______ you study hard, you will get them without any problems. You’ll soon find high school is not as difficult ______ you expected (预料), so take your time and relax.

Good luck with high school!

Yours,

Anita

3 . Duanwu Festival is a traditional Chinese festival held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar. It is also known _______ the Double Fifth. It has been celebrated in various ways in _______ parts of East Asia as well. In the West, it’s _______ known as Dragon Boat Festival.

The exact origins of Duan Wu are unclear, but one traditional view holds _______ the festival memorializes the Chinese poet Qu Yuan of the Warring States Period. Qu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 278 B. C because of the corruption (腐败) of the Chu government. The local people, knowing him to be _______ good man, decided to throw food into the river to feed the fish _______ they would not eat Qu’s body. They also sat on long, narrow paddle boats called dragon boats, and _______ to scare the fish away.

In the early years of the Chinese Republic, Duan Wu _______ as “Poets’ Day,” due to Qu Yuan’s status as China’s first poet of personal renown (声誉).

Today, people eat bamboo-wrapped steamed glutinous rice (糯米) dumplings _______ zongzi and race dragon boats in memory of Qu’s dramatic ________.

7 . Gabriel Rochet is a 16-year-old French boy. He made the Paxo phone. This phone _____ less than 30 euros (about 240 yuan). It’s so cheap!

“People can put the phone together by _____,” Gabriel said to French television channel (频道) TF1. They can buy the parts online and watch videos to learn _____ to do it.

Rochet wanted _____ that everyone could make a phone. “If you know a lot about it, you can put it in less than _____ hour. _____ if you’re just starting, it might take a day,” Rochet said.

The Paxo phone can make calls. It can _____ the time and show you the way. There are also two _____ to play.

A lot of people are interested _____ the Paxo phone. “About 20 people want to help make the next one much ______,” said Rochet.

I am Li Ming. I am in a junior high school. I’m in Class Two, Grade Seven. I ________ two good friends. ________ are Jim and Jane. Jim is ________ English boy. He ________ in my class. He is in Class Three, Grade Seven. He ________ English. But now he ________ speak a little Chinese. He loves reading books, so he knows ________. Jane is a nice girl. ________ is her Chinese name? Oh, her Chinese name is Mu Lan. She and I are ________ the same class. She likes singing and she can sing many ________. We all like her a lot.

9 . Hello, my name is John. I have _________ big family, and there are seven people in _________ family.

Jack and Mary _________ my grandparents. They are 70 _________ old. They are old, _________ they look young. At home, they always help me with my study. Sometimes they _________ TV with me. I love them very much.

Henry and Linda are my parents. They are teachers _________ my school. Every morning, I _________ to school with them. My father is a math teacher and my mother is an _________ teacher.

Mike and Tina are my brother and sister. Mike is seven. He likes ____________ soccer. Tina is only six months old. She likes sleeping! This is my happy family!

Alexa and Brittany are good friends. They play together almost every day. But ________ fact, they are very different.

Alexa does ________ in school work than Brittany does. However, Brittany enjoys ________ soccer with other kids. Sometimes they can spend hours together happily, ________ other times they just can’t agree what to do.

Last week, Alexa asked Brittany ________ with her. “I don’t want to read now, and I just want to play soccer outdoors,” Brittany answered.

“We always do ________ you want to do. You should at least listen to ________ once,” Alexa shouted.

“It’s not true. We just read books yesterday. Now, I’m going to play soccer,” Brittany said. Then they quarreled (争吵).

The next day at school, Mrs. Stone ________ what happened and talked with them. She said, “You don’t have to do ________ same every day to be best friends. Best friends always ________ each other. They can just play together a few times a week, and take turns picking their activities.” After hearing this, Alexa and Brittany agreed and became good friends again.