Manuel Vera, who lives in Maryland, is 71 years old. He thinks that homes must be full of old bikes because bikes are good memories of home and love. 【小题1】 . He said, “I grew up in Peru. My father taught me to ride. I remember when my father first let go of(放开) the bike. 【小题2】. I could go wherever my bike might take me.”

【小题3】. Children grow up and don’t need them any more. Some people stop riding them because of more cars. Manuel Vera felt kind of sad. 【小题4】. He would try to get these old bikes back on the road. In 2020, he sent a message to his neighbors. It said he would fix their bikes for free. Mr.Vera fixed 104 bicycles in the last year. He ran out of bikes to work on. 【小题5】. He asked if people had unused bikes in the message. He would fix them up and give them away. Mr.Vera gives the bikes away at a park. He says it is the perfect place.

Sometimes, Mr.Vera will see a bicycle he fixed. “Every old bike is shining with good memories of love,” he said with his eyes shining.

My name is Joe. I’m a student in No. 1 Middle School. 【小题1】 They are Tony and Mary. We are in different schools. Every morning, after we have breakfast at home, we go to school.

Tony’s school is about two kilometers from our home. 【小题2】 He thinks riding a bike helps him to keep healthy. It takes him about ten minutes to get to school.

Mary is in No. 3 Middle School. Her school is very far away from our house. 【小题3】 She takes a bus first. Then she has to take the subway. It usually takes her a long time to get to her school. 【小题4】 When she gets to school, she is a little tired.

I walk to school on weekdays. 【小题5】 That’s because my school is only about one kilometer from my home. I need about ten minutes to get to school. And I’m never late for school.

In America, most students go to school by school bus. The school buses are yellow. Students like to take the school bus because it’s convenient(便利的) . The school bus takes the students right lo school. And they can talk with their friends on the bus.

In America, some students like walking to school. If students don’t live far from the school, they usually walk to school. It’s good exercise, too. But it’s not fun if there are too many books in their school bags. When the weather is bad, they go to school by bus or by subway.

Most students don’t like to take the subway to school. It’s easy for them to get to school early, but there are too many people on the subway. Many subway stations are very far from school. So the subway is not convenient for students.