I am Kate, and my sister is Gina. I’m tidy,     16     Gina is not. In our room, my books and tapes are in the     17    . My keys are in my schoolbag. I have     18     clock. It’s on the desk. Gina’s books are     19     — on her bed, on the sofa and under the chair. The white model plane is     20    . It’s under the desk. “Where is my schoolbag?” Gina always asks.

My name is Grace. Look! This is a picture of ________ family. A boy is in it. He is my brother, Tommy. Tommy is ________ the sofa. A woman (妇女) is in the picture, too. She is my mother. She is at the table. My father isn’t in the picture. He is a teacher. He is at ________ with his students. A plant and a schoolbag are on the table. The schoolbag is my brother’s. Two ________ are under the chair. They are also my brother’s. He loves playing sports. You can see some ________ . They are in the bookcase.

I’m Maliya. I am American. I study at Shanghai Middle School now. I usually get up at 6:30 in the morning and then I take a shower. I go to school at 7:30. We have the first class at 8:10 in the morning. At 12:00, I eat lunch at school. Hamburgers are my favorite food. We finish school at 3:30 in the afternoon. After school, I go to the library or play tennis with my friends. I never watch TV on school days. I go to bed at 9: 00 in the evening.

Mike is my father. He gets up early every day, at about 5:30. And then, he runs for half an hour. After a quick breakfast, he goes to work. He works on the computer at home. He usually works until (直到) about 12:00 a. m. He always has a big lunch. After lunch, he still works on the computer until about 6:00 p. m. In the evening, he always takes a walk after dinner.

What’s behind a Chinese name?

What does your first name mean? In China, first names always have special meanings. They show the culture of an era.

In the old days, first names such as Wangcai (旺财) making the family prosperous and rich were popular (流行的). During the 1950s and 1960s, many boys had first names such as “building the country” (Jianguo) and “celebrating National Day” (Guoqing). Girls had names of flowers like Guihua and Hehua.

During the 1970s, many children got the first name of Bo, or Yuhang. Their parents wanted them to learn more and have big dreams. In 2010, the Shanghai World Expo made Shibo (世博) a popular first name. Over (超过) 6,200 babies (婴儿) got the name of Shibo in the first nine months of that year, according to Xinhua News Agency.

Name: Li Xin English Name: Lily Age: 13 First name: ___________ Last name: ___________ QQ number: 871870932 Phone number: 637-8256 Friends: Jim Green, Jiang Yiyi Favorite (最喜欢的) color: pink, green

Hello, everyone, I am Li Xin...