1．　　I'm Alice. I'm a middle school student. I like ball games. I often play them (1)       my friends after school. I can (2)       basketball and ping-pong well. I think they are (3)      . I have a great sports collection (收藏). I (4)       a ping-pong ball, 2 ping-pong bats, 2 basketballs and 3 soccer balls. Lisa is my sister. She likes ball games, (5)      . She (6)       plays volleyball with her friends, and she is really good at (7)      . She also has a great sports collection — 5 basketballs, seven volleyballs and four baseballs and bats. But she doesn't have (8)       ping-pong balls. Lisa and I are in the same school, but we are in different (9)      . We get (10)       interesting name in our school — "Sports Sisters" because of our same hobby.

2．　　Look at the photo. It's my family. The old man and the old woman are my grandparents. They like (1)       TV. This is my father. He is next to his brother, my (2)      . You can see three (3)       in the photo. The two girls are my sisters. We often play volleyball with our classmates because it's relaxing and (4)       for us. The girl in a purple dress is Cindy (5)      the girl in a yellow dress is Anna. Do you know who the boy is?It's me. My grand-parents live in the USA. I live in Beijing with (6)       parents now. My father is a (7)      . He works in Beijing No. 2 Middle School. He often (8)       milk and bread for breakfast. And he often does (9)       after work. My mother is a teacher, too. She has very good eating habits, because she doesn't want to (10)       fat.

3．　　Dear Lily, How are you?I'm glad to get your e-mail. You tell me you want to know about my school courses. Here is my timetable.

　　How about your timetable?
Yours, Billy

4．　　Paris (巴黎) is famous for the Eiffel Tower (埃菲尔铁塔). And it is also famous for baguettes (法棍面包)!
　　Everyday food in Paris
　　Baguette is a kind of bread. It's thin and long. It's dry and hard outside but soft inside. French people eat the bread every day.
　　How do people eat baguettes?
　　The baguettes taste the best when they are fresh and warm.
　　Hold baguettes with your hands.
　　Eat baguettes with soup, coffee or sauces (酱汁).
　　It's very common to eat baguettes on the street!
　　Choose the best bread
　　People in Paris pick the best baguettes every year. The winners will make baguettes for the French president (总统) for one year.
　　Do you know?
　　There is a fashionable (时尚的) bag called "Baguette". It's small and thin, just like the bread.

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21．　　My name is Liu Yun. I'm a 12-year-old girl. My birthday is on (1)       1st. It's also National Day. My parents have a (2)       for me on that day. My friends come to the party. They (3)       me lots of birthday presents, and they (4)       Happy Birthday to me. We eat some fruit:strawberries, bananas and peaches. We eat noodles and cakes (5)       dinner. We also play games. We have a wonderful time!
　　When is your birthday?How do you usually celebrate it?

22．　　I'm a 12-year-old boy. My name is Chen Xin. Three are four members in my family. My father is a policeman. He is tall and strong. My mother is a doctor. She is kind and patient. I have a elder brother. His name is Chen Tao. He is fourteen years old. My brother and I are in the same school. I'm in Class Two, Grade Seven. He's in Class One, Grade Nine. We like our school very much. We go to school from Monday to Friday. We have no classes on weekends. I usually get up at 6:30. Classes begin at 8 a. m. We have four lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. I have lunch at 11:40. After school, we usually do sports together. We learn many subjects at school, such as, Chinese, English, math, art, music and so on. We both like English and art because they are really interesting and useful. We like our school life.
根据材料内容简要回答下列问题。

23．假设你是 Kate，刚转学到中国一所学校读书，你的朋友 Jane 很担心你在新学校的生活，请根据提示信息给她写一封信，告诉她你适应得不错并且喜欢上了这里的学校生活。
内容包括：
1. 介绍所学科目及自己喜爱的学科和原因；
2. 介绍每天的课程数量和课后活动；
3. 介绍学校每学期举行的活动并谈谈你的感受 (至少两个)。
Dear Jane,
　　Thanks for your letter. Don't worry about my new school life here. I'm fine here because ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________