Hi! My name is Simon. I’m sixteen and I ______ from Ireland. I am Irish. My family isn’t very big. I have two brothers. I live with ______ and my parents. I don’t have a sister but I want ______ one.

I live ______ Dublin, the capital of Ireland. Dublin is ______ small city. I like it very much ______ there are many young people here. We can ______ many things here like going to the cinema, to the theatre or to the park. There are also good gyms（体育馆）for people to do sports. I think all the people in the city ______ very nice. But I ______ like the weather in Dublin. I don’t like the rain or the cloudy days. It is really very cold in winter.

Last Saturday, my family gave me a great birthday party ______ some of my fiends came. My best friend Mathew didn’t come because he went to Cork to see ______ grandmother. At the party, we sang songs happily and ate different kinds of food. I got ten presents（礼物）and one of them was ______ new bike. I love riding a bike.

Guangzhou is a beautiful city in the south of China.

________spring comes, the weather becomes warm in Guangzhou. It is often________and cloudy. In March and April, there is________rain lasting for a long time.

Summer is quite long and hot. The________months are July and August. During summer, bad weather such as storm and typhoon(台风)________very often. So it’s important________raincoats and umbrellas.

Autumn in Guangzhou is short.________lasts from October to early December. The weather is sunny and cool________little rain. Many tourists go to Guangzhou because it’s the best season of the year.

Winter lasts from December to early March. It is a little cold,________it seldom snows. Different________cities in North China, Guangzhou becomes a world of flowers in January. You can see flower markets here and there.

China’s “Ice City” Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, welcomed lots of visitors during the past New Year holiday. People go there to enjoy the world of ice and snow. Harbin even has ________ Ice and Snow Festival every year. Usually, it ________ from January to February. This year, all kinds of celebrations of the 25th Ice and Snow Festival brought in many “little potatoes from the south.” Harbin people did not make fun of southerners with this name, ________ wanted to create a sense of warmth with humor.

Over the New Year holiday, the Ice and Snow Festival received more than 163, 000 tourists ________ came from all over the world. “We thank all the tourists for ________ Heilongjiang. Because of you, our land is full ________ love and joy in this cold winter. It’s so great to have you here.” The Heilongjiang Provincial Tourism Office shared this thank-you letter online.

In the Ice and Snow World this year, tourists could see thousands of great ice sculptures (雕塑) with ________. All of the ice came from Songhua River, the ________ longest river in China. There were many interesting sports and performances, and the giant ice slide was one of ________ places to visit. You’ll have a great time ________ you visit the Ice and Snow World. Why not go there and enjoy the ice and snow with your family?