Hi, friends! I’m Alice. Welcome to 【小题1】 (I) home. Look! This is a photo 【小题2】 my family. You can see an English girl in it. 【小题3】 is she? Well, she is my cousin. Her name is Linda Smith. 【小题4】 (this) are my parents. My mother is a teacher in a middle school. My father is a teacher, too. Their 【小题5】 (student) like them very much. Look at this boy. He is my brother Bill. He 【小题6】 (have) a sports collection. But yesterday he lost his soccer ball. He wants to know where he can 【小题7】 (find) it. He loves to play soccer, 【小题8】 he doesn’t like baseball. It’s difficult for 【小题9】 (he). Can you find me in the photo? Yes, 【小题10】 girl in a red jacket is me. I love my family.

I grew up in a small town in Italy. One morning my dad told me to drive him to a village, about 18 miles 【小题1】. Then he asked me to take the car to a nearby garage for a service (保养). Thinking that I just had my driving license, and I hardly had the 【小题2】  /tʃɑːns/ to use the car, I agreed happily. Then I drove to the garage and 【小题3】 (drop) off the car. Because there were still a few hours left, I decided to watch movies at a theater near the garage. But I was two hours late when the last movie finished.

Dad could never let me drive again 【小题4】 he knew what I did. So when I drove to the place where we had planned to meet and saw Dad waiting patiently on the corner, I told him that I came as 【小题5】 (quick) as I could. I was late because the car needed some special repairs.

“I’m very sorry that you told me 【小题6】 lie, Jason.”

“What do you mean, Dad? I’m telling the 【小题7】 (true). “

“I called the garage to ask if there were any problems. I’m angry not with you but with m【小题8】. I’ve failed as a father, so I’ll walk home now and think it over.”

I begged all the way, telling him how sorry I was. But nothing helped. I had to drive behind him for 18 miles.

It was one of the most 【小题9】 (pain) moments in my life. But it was the best lesson.

I am writing to apply to study music at the Berklee College of Music.

My full name is Laura Jane Ash. I am eighteen years old and I live in Bosley, a small village in England, 【小题1】 my parents and my two brothers. I am attending Bosley High School 【小题2】 my subjects are English, Music, Art History and Spanish. I am one of the 【小题3】 (member) in a band. I play 【小题4】 guitar and keyboards. I love all kinds of music but my band 【小题5】 (like) playing “Indie” music. I always enjoy 【小题6】 (me) learning new things. I am also interested in 【小题7】 (make) friends with people—especially if they like music! It is the 【小题8】 (happy) thing to make music with my friends. I always get lots of useful 【小题9】 (inform) from them.

My dream is to be a musician and I would like to study at your college, because it is famous centre for the performing arts. I 【小题10】 (be) very excited if I can study at your college. I hope to hear from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Laura Ash