How are you?

I'm in England now.I'm writing this_______in English.I have got some new friends here—Kate,Kevin and Ronny.They are _______ a football match on TV at my home at the moment.

I like English breakfast—I always eat comflakes(脆玉米片)with a lot of milk.Every morning I get up at 6 o’clock _______ the milkman comes at that time.I can get a big bottle of milk from him.In the morning school starts at 9:00 and the classes finish at 12:30.In England,students have lunch at school.In the afternoon we_______ have two lessons and we go home at 4:00 pm.I always have many things to do after school.

I am very_______ every day,but I'm still happy.

Yours,

Daming

Jayden Miller, a vlogger(视频博主), 26, has lived in China for five years, teaching English in China. In his free time, he likes making videos about his trips to villages and has shared over 10 such videos on the Internet.

Miller has seen the big changes in those villages during his trips over the years. The old bumpy roads in the village become much better now.

“Now you can easily spend a day in a village. You can go to a restaurant to buy some food. You can go to the park to relax. You can pay for everything with your phone. There is always 4 G or even 5 G, so I can use the map on my phone to get back to the city. But there was nothing when I went there for the first time,” says Miller. In some villages, traders told him that they could sell more local products to make more money—thanks to the growing number of visitors brought by the more convenient transport(交通).

Miller thinks it’s China’s effort that makes these changes happen in the countryside. He hopes to go on logging the changes to show the real China to the world.

Here is story: man sees butterfly（蝴蝶）. The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis（蛹）. Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn’t struggle（挣扎；奋斗） to leave the chrysalis, it can’t fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make them fly.

When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father’s death forced him to mature fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.

Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rock-climbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders of tomorrow. For countries to continue to become successful. it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them.

Congratulations! You’ve finished junior high school. Now you come to the next part—senior high school. As far as studies go, your life in senior high school may not seem too different—you still have books, teachers, homework and exams. If you enjoy studying, this may sound exciting. Senior high school can also help you change for the better.     76    

Manage your time wisely

    77     But try to finish your homework quickly and get enough sleep. A planner or a schedule can help you.

Don’t compare yourself with others

In your class, there might be many excellent students from all over your province.     78     If you always compare yourself with the top students, you may not feel good about yourself and lose heart.

Make friends

    79     But that’s OK. Keep your old friends close, but make new ones, too. Make sure you know someone in your class so that you can ask him or her questions.

Keep studying hard

Senior high school teachers will not take care of you all the time like that in junior high school.     80     Don’t waste your life, or you will regret later.

Born in 701, Li Bai was one of the     81     (great) poets of the Tang Dynasty. At the age of 24, he left home and started to travel a    82     China. Throughout his life, he wrote more than one     83     /ˈθaʊznd/ poems about natural world, friendship and many other wonderful things.

“To Wang Lun” was one of Li Bai’s     84     (poem), which was about his   friendship with Wang Lun, an important person to him. It is said that Wang Lun respected Li Bai for his talent and dreamt of seeing him.     85     he heard that Li Bai was travelling to a place nearby, he wrote a letter to Li Bai and invited him     86     (visit) his hometown. In the letter, Wang Lun pictured his hometown as having peach flowers extending ten li and ten thousand wine houses.

Li Bai c    87     find the scenes described by Wang Lun when he arrived. Wang Lun explained that “peach flowers” was the name of a pool of water and Wan was the family name of the wine house owner. Li Bai laughed about Wang Lun’s little trick. He understood that Wang Lun really wanted to see him and the two became good friends.

It is known that Li Bai and the other poets of the Tang Dynasty     88     (leave) many great poems to us. Together they     89     (success) created the “golden age” of classical Chinese poetry and they will always     90     (remember) by Chinese people.

91. 双减背景下，家庭作业的变化是同学们关注和讨论的话题。假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Mike来信向你了解你校英语家庭作业的情况。请你结合下面表格内的要点用英语给他写一封回信，介绍你校英语家庭作业的变化，并谈谈你喜欢的作业类型以及原因。

Glad to hear from you. I’m OK. You want to know something about English homework in our school. Now let me share some with you. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Could you please tell me something about your homework? I’m looking forward to your letter again.

Yours,

Li Hua