( Meimei and Linlin are talking to each other in the school bus.)
Meimei = M
Linlin = L
M: Hi, Linlin. You are in Grade Nine now. Is your life quite different?
L: Yes, I used to get up at a quarter to seven. But now I have to get up at six.
M:  1 .
L: At about ten. But now I have to go to bed until eleven.
M: Did you use to spend time chatting online?
L:  2 , but now my study takes all my time at present.
M:  3 ?
L: My favourite sport is only basketball now. But I used to like many ball games.
M: Do you have a relaxing weekend now?
L: No, I only stay at home to do much homework.
M:  4 ?
L: I used to watch TV and read some books I like on my weekend, but now we aren't allowed to do so.
M:  5 ?
L: By bus. But I went to school by bike last year. It is good for our health. What about you?
M: Me too.

     One day Mozart saw an old blind street-performer (1)p______ the violin at the street corner with a hat
in front of him. He (2)f________ the old man was playing one of his compositions.
      The old man played for a (3)w______, (4)b______ nobody put money into his hat. Mozart asked the
old man, "Do you often play composition by Mozart?" "Yes, sir," answered the old man. "Now everyone knows
Mozart and they love his (5)m_______.""Do you make a living by playing the violin?" The old man said he
(6)d______. Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began to play.
     He played so (7)w_____ that all the passers-by stopped to (8)l______ to the wonderful music and
(9)g______ him money. Soon the old man felt surprised that the man could play so well. He asked Mozart,
"Who are you, sir?" "Your colleague, a poor musician (10)l______ you." Then Mozart gave the violin back to
the old man and left.

1.I’m  from  London, I’m  an  E_________ student.
2.We’re  Chinese. We  speak  C__________.
3.We  often  go  to  the  m_______  on  Sundays.
4.Do  you  l______  in  Jilin?
5.I  like  basketball.  It’s  my  favorite  s________.
6.I  don’t  like  math,  because  it’s  too  d___________.
7.He  has  pen  pals  in  the  U_________ Kingdom.

       “Come here, Li lei!” says the mother, “Give me your school report(成绩单).” Li Lei gives it
to his mother.
       “Oh, you fail again,” says his mother, “You aren’t good at your l  1  . Why not s  2    hard at
school?”
       “I’m s  3   , Mum,” says Li Lei, “I’ll do well in my lessons a  4   you buy me a computer!”
       “Really?” asks the mother. “Yes,” answers Li Lei, “My teacher s  5   computer can make
people clever.”
       “A  6    right,” says the mother, “Let’s go to the shop and b  7   one.” When they come into
the shop, the girl in the shop asks, “Can I help you?”
       “Yes, please,” answers the mother, “I’d like to have a look at your computers.” “There
are m  8   kinds of computers,” says the girl, “What kind of computer do you l  9  , madam?”
       Li Lei looks at the computers and asks, “Do you have a computer that can do homework f  10    
me?”