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1. My hobby（我的爱好）

（一）I like sports very much. We usually take exercise in the early morning. We do eye exercises in the afternoon. After school we play basketball or football.. After supper, I often go out for a walk with my parents. My favourite sport is basketball. I often watch basketball matches on TV on Sundays. I think doing sports is good for our health. Our school holds a sports meeting every spring. It really can relax myself and build my body.

（二）I have many hobbies, such as reading ,painting, running ,looking after animals and so on. My favorite hobby is reading. I began to read at the age of 5. I often read in my spare time. It can make me feel free. I can also get knowledge and new skills from reading. Reading has brought me enjoyme nt and success. By the way ,what’s your favorite hobby? Tell me ,ok?

2.Friendship（友谊）

Everyone has friends . Friendship is one of the most important thing in our daily life. A friend is one who is there for you when you are in trouble . And when you are happy , you are willing to share them with him/her. You can not live without a friend , just like you can not live without air . Your most close ones are friends besides your parents .

If you have friends , remember to take care of each other and to forgive his/her mistakes . Only in this way can your friendship last longer. Friendship can make us happy and warm. So we should make more friends.

3.用一般将来时描述未来的生活

In the future I think my life will be more interesting and our world will become more beautiful. I will be a teacher and make friends with my students. Also, I will live in an apartment with my parents. Every day I go to work happily and at night I will relax myself. Besides, I will have a pet, perhaps a lovely dog. Every day I can go out for a walk with it. When I am at work, I will work hard and be a good teacher. In my holiday I will go to visit every part of the world, especially some famous cities. I will be happy every day.

4. 用过去进行时描述某个时间正在发生的事情。

（一）One day a girl was going to the park at 11:00 in the morning. She put her bike near the swimming pool. She saw two boys swimming in the pool. At 11:15, while she was sitting, a boy took her bike away. A moment later, she found her bike was lost. Then she called the police.

(二)Jim’s day

Jim had a busy day yesterday. He was getting up at 6：15 in the morning, then he had breakfast and went to school. After having two classes, he began to do some exercises. He was having lunch at noon. After that, he was playing football at 3：40 in the afternoon. At 6：20 he was having supper. Then he did his homework. At 10：45 he was going to bed.

What a busy day it was!

5.自己的爱好

（一）I like to collect many things, such as nice stones, names of movies, books, toys, photos of famous people. But I like collecting stamps best. I have been collecting stamps for five years. When I was very young, my uncle sent me a stamp from Australia. I loved it at once. Since then I tried to collect stamps and fell in love with it. I have more than one hundred stamps. Some were sent by my friends, some were collected by myself; some were from foreign countries, some were Chinese. I like them. Often, I take them out and show them to my friends.

(二)my hobby

Different people have different hobbies.For example,someone likes reading,someone likes swimming and someone likes collecting and so on.

I used to read books and draw pictures because by reading books I could learn many funny things.But now I don't like it.I can only learn from books.I couldn't get knowledge from others.I need a change.Traveling is my favorite hobby now.But I can't go traveling a lot.I can visit many different places of interest by traveling.I can learn a lot about people,places and history.It's very interesting.What is your hobby?Let's share each other！

6.请写一篇关于你外出旅行的短文，内容包括：时间、地点、

人物、交通方式、天气、食物、活动及感受。

I went to Guilin with my parents last winter vacation. Guilin is a small but very beautiful city with mountains and rivers around. It’s not cold at all, even in winter. I took the train there so that I could enjoy the scenery on my way to the city. When you go to Guilin, one thing you can’t miss is the Guilin rice noodles. It’s my favorite. We also went boating and enjoyed the songs sung by local people. Amazing! And we had fun playing in the water.

I hope I can go again in spring time. It should be more beautiful at that time

7.根据汉语提示及要求，以My Dream Job 为题用英语写一篇短文。

提示：1。想成为一名记者。2。打算给报纸，杂志写文章。

3。高中毕业后想去北京上大学。

4．想在一家电台工作并环游世界。

My Dream Job （我的理想工作）

When I grow up, I’m going to be a reporter. Next year, I’m going to write articles for magazines. I’m going to a universit y in Beijing after senior school. Maybe I’m going to find a part-time job and save some money. Next, I’m going to work for a radio station as a journalist. Then I’m going to travel all over the world.

8.my gift for mum.（给妈妈的礼物）

（一）Mother’s Day is co ming. I want to give my mother a big surprise. I’ll buy a special gift for her. I know she likes computers and she also likes taking photos. So ,I want to buy a new one. Because our computer is too old to use .But I don’t have enough money .So , I must buy another one. I’ll go to the shop to buy a new album and write my favorite words on it. Tomorrow I will give it to my mom. I think it’s the best gift for her. Because this album falls my love.

（二）I think the greatest person in the world is mother. I can understand my mum's fraught with hardship. I ought to repay her many kindnesses to me.It's her birthday tomorrowI want to send her a gift What is it?I don't like magnificent gifts,because that's just a surface.I plan to show my practical action to her.I'll study hard and behave better every day. Like some simple things,i'll do housework for her,cook for her and so on.In a word,i'll do everything I can to be a good daughter.There's no more words for me to say,i just wanna express my best sincere wish to her:Mom,i love you.My only gift for you is my love for you. Happy birthday!

9. The summer holiday plan (假期计划)

(一)The summer holiday is coming. My parents doesn't work, too. So I am going to Shanghai with my parents on vacation. I am going sightseeing and going shopping. We also are going to visit the museums. I am going to the bookstore to buy some books. I hope we will have a good time there. （二）As we all know ,Summer vacation is come ,I think I have lot of something I could do .First of all ,I will doing my home work well,If I finsh my work,I want to try to travel with myself .I want to go Beijing,because I want to see The Bird Nest 。I think I will learn lot of something to make me grow up in Beijing 。I will not afraid problem on my way。

I belive nothing is improbable if you do。So I will study harder than before。（三）My holiday

Today,I'm planning to do some exercises on my summer vacation in order

to make me stronger.If you ask what the summer vacation in my dream

is ,I'll tell you traveling around the world is the only one dream I have.I'm interested in traveling,because I can meet lots of different people and can do some sightseeing in the places of interest all over the world.How interesting it is!I hope I can have two summer vacations in a year.

10我们在学校学习很多课程，如数学、语文、英语、体育…在这些课程当中我最喜欢…因为…在这门课中我学会了…

I am a middle school student. I study many subjects at school. There are Chinese, maths, English, PE and so on. Among them, I like English best, because in class I can not only learn how to use the language but also know some foreign culture. Sometimes they sound interesting, for they are quite different from ours. With the teachers’ help, my English has improved a lot. It’s known that Beijing is going to host the 2008 Olympic Games. At that time, English must be the most useful language in our city. I have made up my mind to learn English well and be the top student in English learning.

11 David上周日晚上邀请了Lucy参加他的生日聚会。Lucy在聚会上玩的很高兴，认识了许多朋友，觉得晚餐也非常可口。请你以Lucy的名义写一封感谢信，谢谢David的邀请，并把上述内容表达出来。词数60或80词。

Dear David,

Thank you for inviting me to your birthday party last Sunday .I had a good time that evening .We sang songs and danced together ,we enjoyed ourselves .I also met a lot of new friends and the supper was very delicious .I was really happy !Thank you !

Yours ,

Lucy

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