—Yes, he is.

    Here is some information (信息) about three students. They are all Americans. Do you want them to be your pen pals?

—No. I think everything in it is boring.

—Of course.

Once upon a time, an old man lived in a village with his son. He1lots of rice. Every day he went to the field to see the seedlings (秧苗). The young seedlings grew tall little by little, but he was 2unhappy. "The seedlings grow too slowly. How could they grow 3?" During the night, he lay in bed and could not 4.

Suddenly in the midnight, a(n) 5 came into his mind. He 6 the bed and ran to the field. He began working on the rice seedlings. One by one, he pulled up all the 7 plants by half an inch. When he finished pulling, it was 8 and the sun rose. He said to himself happily, "What a 9 idea! How tall the seedlings are!"

After he went back home, he told his son about the seedlings. His son hurried to the field. "Oh, no!" he shouted sadly. The seedlings all 10 in the field.

I think  the match on TV is  than going to the stadium.

— They _____ England.

Dear Lisa,

Thanks your letter. Do you want to about my evening? Well, I usually dinner at around six ten. I my homework from 7 o'clock eight thirty. Then I do some reading. I go to bed about nine thirty. My father often TV in the evening. I'm always very . I like sleeping a longer. Please write and tell me your evening.

    Do you care if your friends are the same as you or different from you? I don't. And my favorite(谚语)is, "A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. "Tara is my good friend. We often share some (信息)from school. We are both(有才干的)in music. But I'm more outgoing than her. She is more(严肃的)than me. She(几乎不)ever surfed the Internet, read(杂志)or watched TV(节目). She is more hard-working than me. Last Sunday, I went to a farm near a(山丘)with her. We did many interesting(活动). We saw hens, ducks and pigs there and we had a(精彩的) time.