It's Saturday today. It's Betty's birthday. She 1_____ a new white T-shirt and a pair of blue 2_____. She
looks cool! There are some drinks and 3_____ on the table. Her friends have a lot of 4_____ for her－hair clips, CDs, comic books and some 5_____. She is very happy. All the friends 6_____ the party. Some of them 7_____ about interesting films. Some sit on the sofa and 8_____ with each other, and some boys play computer games
in the room. At last all her friends 9_____ to her and sing 'Happy birthday' to her. Then they 10_____ the big
birthday cake with her. Betty has a nice birthday and all her friends have a good time.

     People in    1    like Christmas very much. They    2    it with their    3   . It usually comes in    4   . On
that day, children are very happy,    5    they can get lots of presents from their    6   . Usually, there is a
Christmas tree in their house. People sing and    7   . They all look very happy. At    8    , they have a nice
   9   with a lot of delicious (美味的)   10    .

     I'm Linda. I __1___ in China now. Lucy and I go to the __2___ school. We have __3___ friends
here. They are very nice. I am __4___ the USA. We teach __5___ English and they teach __6___
Chinese. I can __7___ a little Chinese. I like Chinese very much. Lucy __8___ Chinese __9___, too.
We like Chinese __10__ very much. Zaijian!

     There are 1.            seasons in a year. In spring, the weather is 2.            too hot 3.           too cold.
It is 4.           . In summer, it is very 5.           . And we can 6.            . In fall, it is 7.           . In winter,
it is 8.           . We can make a 9.            and 10.            on the snow.

     American young people make friends in many (1)__________ ways. Some young people are good
at (2)__________ friends and other young people have to work harder at making friends. Many young
people make friends (3)__________ group activities. In middle school and high school, the members of
a sports team or a school (4)__________ often share an (5)__________ in the same activity. They work
and play together, and they meet together often.