Helen and Linda are good friends. They are in the same class. They go to school five days a week.     1     They have English, music, art, math, science and P.E. Helen likes playing basketball and Linda likes basketball, too.     2    

The two girls’ mothers are friends, too. They like sports. Linda’s mother likes tennis and Helen’s mother likes tennis, too.     3     Yes, they can play it well. The four friends always play tennis on weekends (在周末). It is very relaxing!

The two girls have good eating habits. They both (都) like fruit.     4     But they don’t like pears.     5     Helen likes tomatoes and Linda likes carrots. They like hamburgers but they don’t eat them because they think they are not healthy. What good friends they are!

Good morning.     1     are you? Nice to meet you. My name is Nancy Hand. Nancy is my     2     (one) name. Hand is my last name. I am from the UK. I am 13 years old. I’m a student     3     China now. I’m in Xingzhi Middle School. Students in my class     4     (be) very nice. I like to play(玩) with them.

Peter is in Class One, Grade Seven. He’s my classmate. I can     5     (spell) his name, P-E-T-E-R. He’s 13, too. He likes black very much. He has a black phone, three black     6     (ruler) and a black eraser. And 325-2145 is     7     (he) telephone number. Cathy is my friend. She’s     8     English girl. Her favourite color is white. She has a white jacket, a white pen     9     a white cup. Her favorite     10     (number) are six and eight, because she thinks they are lucky numbers. Her telephone is red. Her telephone number is 365-2458.

I am happy to tell you about my school life(生活).

I have two terms (学期) every year. 1. I go to school from Monday to Friday. I don’t have any classes on weekends. 2. I like Wednesday because I have history. History is my favorite subject. I am good at English. I’m very busy on Friday. At 8: 00, I have science. 3. 它有用，但它不容易。 Then at 9: 00, I have math and English class. Lunch is from 12: 00 to 1: 00. All of us have lunch in the school dining hall (食堂). After lunch, we have history and Chinese class. My classes finish at about 3 o’clock. But I have basketball practice (练习) for two hours! I have homework for each class. I like doing homework. 4. Some of the homework is interesting.

How about you? Do you have much homework to do? When are your classes? 5. 你最喜欢的科目是什么呢？

Yours,

Qiao Yi

Hi, everyone! I’m Nick Brown. I’m English. My _______ name is Li Ke. Now I live in Shanghai.

I am a student at a middle school. It’s small _______ beautiful. I’m in Class 1, Grade 7. Look! This is my student card (卡片) . My name, my class and my student number are on it.   _______ is my number? It’s 359.

I have got three good friends in my class. They are Wu Hao, Zhao Lei, and Ding Xuefei. We all like _______ and we often play football after school. _______ favourite football star is Messi.

Wu, Zhao and Ding are very _______. They often help me and teach me Chinese. I like them very much.