Hello, I'm Amy. This is my ____________ . It's heavy. There are seven ____________s , eight ____________s , nine ____________s  and a ____________  
in it. It's beautiful. I like it very much.

      It's sunny today. My friends and I are playing on the beach (沙滩). It's a very beautiful place (地方). The
water is clean and blue. We are having a good time. Many birds are flying over the sea. Some are standing on
the rock (岩石). Many people are swimming. Some boys are playing football. Some people are lying (躺) on
the beach. Mary is sitting on a chair and drawing a picture. John is taking pictures of his friends. And I'm
sitting on a rock and writing to you! What are you doing now? I hope I can get your letter soon.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Best wishes,
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Tim
1. What's the weather like today?
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2. Where are Tim and his friends?
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3. Can they see birds?
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4. Is Tim playing football on the beach?
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5. What is John doing?
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      Miss Hu is our 1. E___________ teacher. She loves us very 2. m___________. One day, my classmate,
Lily had 3. g___________ a 4. b___________ cold. Miss Hu took 5. h___________ to see a 6. d___________,
and got some medicine 7. f___________ her. When Lily 8. s___________ at home, Miss Hu went to her home
and 9. h___________ her with her English. She's a 10. g___________ teacher. We love her, too.

      It's Sunday morning. The students of Class 3 are giving their classroom a good cleaning. Miss Huang,
their teacher, is working with them. The children are busy. Some are carrying water; some are cleaning the
windows; others are sweeping the floor. Zhang Hua is putting up a map on the wall. It is a map of China.
Wang Fei and Wei Qing are mending some broken chairs. The children are listening to the radio while they
are working. The classroom looks nice and bright after the cleaning. The children are very happy. They go
home for lunch at noon.
(     ) 1. The children are playing in their classroom on Sunday morning.
(     ) 2. Miss Huang, their mother, is working with them.
(     ) 3. There is a map of China on the wall.
(     ) 4. Two of them are repairing the broken chairs.
(     ) 5. They are singing while they are working.

A: Yang Ling, what did you do last Sunday?
B: I visited Liu Tao's grandparents.
A: Where do they live?
B: They live in a small town near Nanjing. They have a really nice house. I went there with Su Hai, Su Yang,
    Gao Shan, Liu Tao and Ben. They were very glad to see us. Liu Tao's grandpa showed us a lot of stamps 
    from different countries. His grandma cooked us a nice lunch. We liked the food very much.
A: What did you do there?
B: In the morning, we cleaned their house. In the afternoon, we worked in their garden. Su Hai and Su Yang 
    watered the trees and flowers. Liu Tao and Gao Shan picked apples. Ben and I planted some trees. We 
    worked for about two hours (小时).
A: Were you tired?
B: No! I like working in the garden. We had a really good time.
A: Great! I'd like to visit them, too.
(     ) 1. Gao Shan and Yang Ling visited Liu Tao's grandparents last Sunday.
(     ) 2. On the farm, Yang Ling planted trees.
(     ) 3. Liu Tao's grandma cooked a nice lunch.
(     ) 4. Yang Ling and Su Hai planted flowers.
(     ) 5. They worked in the garden for about two hours.