Mr Smith lives in a small town, but he works in an ______ in a big city. He goes to work by train in the morning and comes ______ the same way in the evening.

One morning, he is ______ his newspaper in the train. A man taps(轻拍) him on the shoulder(肩膀) from behind. Mr Smith thinks, “Who is he? I have never seen him before. ”So he looks ______ the man in surprise. The man says ______ to him and then begins to talk to him. The man says, “Your life isn’t interesting, is it? You ______ on the same train at the same station at the same time ______ morning and you always sit in the same ______ and read the same newspaper. ”

When Mr Smith hears this, he puts his newspaper down, turns round, and says to the man angrily(生气地), “______ do you know all this about me?”

“Because I am ______ sitting in the same seat behind you. ” The man answers.

Peter is a middle school student. His father has a black car, so he usually ______ Peter to school. Peter’s best friend Ben goes to school by ______ because he thinks it is good for his health. So Ben often ______ Peter to ride a bike with him together. Peter thinks Ben is ______

After Peter goes home, he says to his mother, “Mum, I would like to ______ a bike. Would you please buy one     ______ me?” His mother smiles and asks, “______ do you want to ride to school?”

“First, it’s good for my health. Second, there are a lot of ______ on the road, so it is faster (更快的) to ride a bike to school.” “______. Let’s go to the supermarket and choose (挑选) one. But you must be ______ on the road.” “Okay, Mum.”

An Invitation(邀请)

Please come to my birthday party at 10: 00 on Sunday morning.

You can come to my home. To get to my home, turn left at the school gate. Walk for five minutes, you can see a hospital, and then turn right. Go straight, and you will see the People’s Park. My home is next to the People’s Park. I will wait for you downstairs.

There will be eight friends in my birthday party. We will eat cake and play games. After the party, we can go to the park to fly a kite. See you on the weekend!

Yours,

Lily

Jim and his parents are going to Kunming this     1    . They won’t travel by train because trains are     2    . It will take them three and a half hours by     3    . Mike tells Jim the weather in Kunming is nice. It feels like     4     all year round. The four seasons are not very     5     there.