Mary has four cousins (堂、表兄弟姐妹). They are Betty, Peter, Bill and Ann. Mary is the oldest of the five. Betty is thirteen years old. She is two years younger than Mary and one year older than Peter. Bill is nine and Ann, the youngest, is seven.

Both Betty and Peter like to run. They can run very fast. Peter is one of the fastest boys in his class. Mary and Betty like to play table tennis. Mary plays much better than Betty.

Mary and Betty study in a middle school. Peter, Bill and Ann are in primary (初等的) school. They don't always work hard, but Betty does. She works the hardest. She does her homework more carefully than any of her cousins.

Son: Look, Dad! How bright and near the moon looks tonight!

Father: But it isn't as near as it looks.

Son: I know it's far away from the (1) ______ .

Father: It's three hundred and eighty thousand kilometers away.

Son: How (2) ______ is that?

Father: Well, it takes more than three days to get there (3) ______ spaceship.

Son: A spaceship flies much (4) ______ than a plane, doesn't it?

Father: Yes. It flies at about eleven kilometers a second.

Son: Can people go to the moon and (5) ______ there?

Father: Well, people can fly to the moon by spaceship, but they can't live there. It's too (6) ______ in the day and too cold at night on the moon. And there's no air and no water there.

Son: So there are days and nights on the moon, too?

Father: Yes, but they are much (7) ______ . One day on the moon is as long as two weeks on the earth. So is a night.

Son: (8) ______ interesting! I hear walking on the moon is more difficult. It's like (9) ______ and flying at the same time. Is that true?

Father: Yes. Everything is lighter on the moon. You can jump much (10) ______ on the moon than on the earth.

Son: I wish I could fly to the moon in a spaceship some day. It must be very interesting.

9. T ______ t ______ , also called ping-pong, is very popular in China.

8. Lang Ping was the head of Chinese Women V ______ team several years ago.

7. Many people like playing f ______ , but a few people don't know it's different from soccer.

6. The softball looks like the b ______ , but they are different.

5. The bat of b ______ is smaller and lighter than the bat of tennis.

4. Yao Ming is one of the most excellent b______ players in the world.

3. Most people like s ______ in the rivers, lakes or seas in summer.

2. S ______ is one of the best sports in winter.