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　　How do you usually get to school? Buy bus? On foot? Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little 　　1　　－he goes by horse(马)．

　　Burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and from school 　　2　　 the beginning of the semester．“Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I’m on my way at 6 am．” Burch says, “The streets are mostly 　　3　　 at this time of morning．It’s a nice way to start the day．”

　　The idea was his 　　4　　．His family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer, “My dad just said, ‘Roby, you 　　5　　 ride your horse to school every day．’” says Burch．He thought it really was a good idea．

　　When they got back home, Burch asked for permission from the headmaster(校长), Joe Cox, and surprisingly, he got the green light．Cox even 　　6　　 Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster’s house．Then his dad helped Burch find the best route to school．It is along back streets and has 　　7　　 cars than the others．

　　For the return trip every afternoon, Burch leaves school at 5∶45 pm．Even now, as the days grow shorter and colder, he 　　8　　 to ride his horse．“ I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather．” he says．

　　Burch says the first time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy he was afraid．　　9　　 now, “it’s what I do best．” It’s no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy(牛仔)when he grows up．“I love riding horses more than 　　10　　 else．” He says, “It’s really a guy thing．”

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　　In England, people often talk 　　1　　 the 　　2　　 because you can have 　　3　　 seasons in one day．　　4　　 the morning of the day the weather is 　　5　　 just like in spring．

　　An hour 　　6　　, black clouds come, and then it rains hard．The weather gets a 　　7　　 cold．In the late afternoon the sky will clear(晴朗), the sun will begin to shine, it will be 　　8　　 at this time of day．In England, you can also have summer in winter, 　　9　　 have winter in summer．So in winter you can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes you should 　　10　　 warm clothes．

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　　Mr Li was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring．He turned on the light and looked at his clock．It was half past twelve．“Who can it be at this time of night？”he wondered．He decided to go and find out．So he got out of bed，put on his dressing gown(浴衣)and went to the door．When he opened the door，there was nobody there．“That' s very strange，”he thought．Then he went back to his bedroom，took off his dressing gown，got back into bed，turned off the light and tried to go to sleep．

　　A few minutes later he heard the bell ring again．Mr Li jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door．He opened it，but again he found no one there．He shut(关上)the door and tried not to feel too angry．Then he noticed a piece of paper on the floor inside the door．He picked it up．There were some words on it：“It is now after midnight，so it is April 1st．April fool to you！”

　　“Oh，it was the English boy next door！”Mr Li exclaimed(惊叫)，and almost smiled，He went back to bed and fell asleep immediately．The bell did not ring again．

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