The school music club opens. Tony wants to join the club, but he doesn’t want to go alone (单独). He wants to ask his friends to go to the _______ with him. So he _______ them at home, but everyone is busy.

Martin is doing his homework at home. It usually takes him two hours to _______ it. Peter is replying (回复) to the e-mail from his pen friend Gina on the _______. He is telling _______ about his school life. Lily likes _______ very much. And Mr. Green is teaching her and her _______ to sing songs at school. They are having a singing contest. Alice is having her birthday party. Her parents are making dinner for her. Kate is helping her brother _______ his English. He always doesn’t do well in his tests. Tom is playing baseball with his sister. It is his favorite _______. Tony is not happy _______ no one can go to the club with him.

I have a beautiful mother. She is very     16     every day. She gets up at     17     o’clock. She brushes her teeth and takes a shower. Then she     18     a nice breakfast for my father and me. We eat breakfast at half past six. My father works in a hospital. He is busy too. He can’t take me to school, so my mother takes me to school in the car. It takes     19     twenty minutes to get to school.     20     I ride a bike. The bike     21     is about 40 minutes. I’m never late for school. After school, my mother comes to the school to take me. She drives     22    , because she is good at driving. When we     23     home, she does some work in the rooms. And then she watches TV for one and a half     24    . Then she goes to bed at half past nine. She is busy every day,     25     she is happy. I love my mother.

Hello! My name is Alice. I have a great family. There are four people in my family—my parents, my brother and me. We all like music very much.

Jenny is my mother. She is a great musician. She likes playing the violin. She can also play the piano. She likes to sing and she can sing very well. My father Tony can’t play any instruments(乐器), but he likes music. He thinks it’s relaxing. When my mother plays the piano, he always listens to her. I like to play the guitar, but I think it’s difficult. I play it every day, so I can play it well. But my brother Bill can’t play the guitar. He thinks it’s boring. I want to teach him, but he doesn’t want to learn to play it. He only likes to sing. He thinks it’s interesting.

Xiao He is from Guangdong, China. He lives in Heyuan, a small city in Guangdong, with his grandparents and sister. His parents leave home and work in a factory (工厂).

There is a famous school in the city. Xiao He and his sister study there. Every day, they get up at 6:30 a.m. They have to eat quickly for breakfast in the morning, because they can’t be late for school. Then they ride a bike to school. The school is far from their home and it takes them about 45 minutes to walk there. There are many rules in their school. Students have to do morning exercises at 8:00 a.m., and they can’t bring music players to school. The teachers are strict there, too. But Xiao He loves his school and his head teacher, Mr. Bai. Mr. Bai teaches English, and he can speak English well. Xiao He thinks strict rules help him grow up (成长) better.

Americans’ Weekends

What do American families usually do on weekends?     36     Running, playing volleyball, biking and swimming are all popular sports. The weekend is also a time for American families to work in the yard, the garden or the house.     37     Sometimes some families spend the weekend painting their houses. They are busy on weekends, but they are very relaxed.

    38     They can go to the park, the zoo, the cinema and many other places they want to go.     39     Sometimes they help their parents do some work at home and their parents will take them to the restaurant to have a good dinner.     40    

58. 如果你是Mary, 你想和美国的Tom做笔友。请你根据以下内容提示给他写一封信，作一下自我介绍。

内容：1.你的日常活动。     2.你的学校生活。   3.你的爱好。

要求：1.语句通顺，逻辑清楚，可适当发挥；2. 词数不少于50，开头结尾已给出，不计入总字数。

I’m happy to write you this letter. Let me introduce myself first.

If you want to be my pen pal, please let me know you. Can you write to me soon?

Yours,

Mary