My friend Tony is an American_______. He is ten years old. He lives_______his family in China now. There are_______people in his family; his mother Mrs. Green, his father Mr. Green and his little sister Amy. He has a white cat. _______name is Betty. Look！Amy is playing_______Betty. His father, Mr. Green, is watc­hing TV. His mother is doing housework. What about Tony? He is doing_______Chinese homework. He can't_______Chinese well, but he likes Chinese very much. Tony's_______works in a TV station. His father works in a school as an_______teacher. Tony and his sister________to the same school.

“Class, this is John Evans,” Mrs Parmele said to us. We saw a boy in old clothes and shoes. John ______ and smiled, hoping someone would smile back. Nobody did.

I kept my head down and hoped Mrs Parmele wouldn’t notice the ______ desk next to mine. She did, and pointed (指着) at that desk. Jim came and looked at me when he sat down, ______ I looked away.

By the end of his first week, John came ______ in our weekly Maths test. “He even doesn’t know ______ to count,” I told my mother one evening at dinner.

When I ate lunch with him the next day, he ______ his stories with me and I listened to him. I found that in fact it was happy to be with him. I wanted to be his friend.

One night, a few weeks later, I said to Mum, “Tomorrow is John’s birthday, and I’m afraid he is not going to get anything. Nobody even ______.” “Don’t worry,” Mum said, “I’m sure everything will be fine.”

I wished John a happy ______ the next morning, and he was glad I remembered it. By mid-afternoon, I almost decided that birthdays weren’t that ______. Then, when we were having a lesson, I heard a familiar (熟悉的) ______ singing the birthday song.

Moments later, my mother came through the door with some cupcakes. She was carrying a ______ in her hand. She put the cupcakes and the gift on John’s desk and said “Happy birthday, John.” John was excited. Then he kindly handed out (分发) his cupcakes to the class.

Sadly, John moved away soon, and I ______ heard from him again. But every time I hear that familiar song, I always remember the happiness in a boy’s eyes, and the taste of the sweetest cupcake.

My name is Bill. I’m _______ American boy. I’m twelve. I’m a student _______ middle school. I’m in Class 4, Grade7. Li Lei is _______ friend. We’re in the _______ class. He is eleven. Here is a picture of _______ family! _______ look at it. His _______, the one behind the tree, is a policeman. His mother, the one in the red hat, is a Chinese teacher. He has _______ sisters. They are twins. Their names _______ Li Xue and Li Hua. They have a cat. ____________ name is Maomao. Look! It’s ____________ the floor under the table. __________ twins are middle school students, too. They are in different ____________. They look after ____________ at school. We are good ____________. We often play games together after school.