It was two days before Christmas, and David wanted to give a card to everyone in his class. He opened' the bag and looked 1," What are you looking for?" his mum asked. "Ms Ross gave us a 2 of everyone in the class," said David." I can't find mine. If I don't have my list, I won't know what names to put on the cards."

"Take 3out and we'll look together, suggested Mum. They searched all his books and 4all the pockets in his bag, but no Christmas list. "Now I can't give out cards at school," David said sadly.

"Don't 5so easily," said Mum. She took a piece of paper and asked him how many children are in his class." Seventeen," answered David. "I'll never 6 them all."

"Wait," said Mum, numbering the paper one to seventeen.

"Now, who do you often play with?"

"Brian, Todd and John. "She wrote down their 7_."And who sits in the first row in your classroom?" "Hmm... Angie, Jill and Brad. "David tried to remember what his 8 looked like and who sat where." And Rebecca, Travis and. Erin in the second row. "David s mum wrote as fast as she could.

Now, they had 9names. Who' had he missed? David thought hard.

"Why don't you write out the 10that you have names for?" said Mum." Maybe you'll think of the 11name while you're writing.

David picked out a card. He 12it and then put it into the envelope(信封). He did this sixteen times." 13is missing?" One more time he thought about who sat where in his classroom.

 14he said, "I know! I know who is missing from the list!"

"Who?" said Mum.

"We forgot 15 !"David said. "I'm going to wish me a Merry Christmas, too."

Each year, thousands of Chinese middle, school students go to study in foreign countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and Japan.

"Chinese children hope very much to go 1 to get a wider view of the world," said/ Chen Yi, a Chinese writer. He has lived in the US for 16 years. In a talk Chen told more than 300 parents and their children that 2 in foreign countries can be hard for young people." They have to 3a culture shock(冲突) and language problerms."

However, these are not the most difficult things. To most 4, looking after themselves when studying alone in a foreign country is a big 5

Zhang Jia, a 16-year -old student, began to study in a high school in Sydney, Australia last October. 6 his surprise, his teachers there 7 pushed students to study. And 8 there wasn't homework. "With these education systems, we have more 9time and more space for thinking,"said Zhang." But if you don't know how to 10 your time and money, you will not have 11. "Some of his friends spent their whole year's 12in the first two months of the term, and they didn't pass their exams. "Studying abroad at a young age can help students learn foreign languages 13 and broaden (拓宽) their minds, 14 students and parents should know about the challenges," Chen said. "If you want to study abroad, try to talk to someone with 15 in. foreign countries. Make sure that you are ready for it."

Mr Tang often smokedcigarettes(香 烟) in his school's washingroom. He started smoking at the age of 14. One day he learnt that thebasketball star Yao Ming, am ambassador (大使) to theChinese Association on Tobacco Control(中 国控烟协会), askedpeople not to smoke. Yao Ming was Tang's favourite star, and his words meant alot to him. He decided to give up smoking.

According to theChinese Association on Tobacco Control, about 310 million Chinese smoke. Among them,50 million are teenagers. A professor of Peking University said,"Teenagers can get cigarettes easily, especially when their parents smoke, orshops offer cigarettes to them. It's very important for parents to help theirchildren stop smoking."

A 15-year-old boynamed Li Kun from Bejing said his family didn't smoke. Because they thought smokingcould make people feel badly ill, they only allowed him to play with friendswithout smoking. Living in such a good family helped Li say no to cigarettes.Some of his smoking classmates once told Li that smoking made boys look nice, butLi disagreed. He said," Smoking is unhealthy and it's not cool at all.Please stop smoking now!"

We all need exercise. Exercise uses up(用光) what we eat and keeps the body full energy. Exercise makes your heart and muscles(肌肉) strong. Exercise makes you feel relaxed. If you exercise several times a week, you will stay happy and (health). There are many (way) to exercise. You can walk, run, play sports or swim.

However, most people cannot do this. It is too far from their homes to their offices. They have no choice to drive to work. First, these people don't have a chance to exercise because they are sitting in their cars for two to four hours each day. Second, driving is challenging (挑战性的), (especial) in rush hours, and needs too much attention. It makes a person tired out. When these people arrive home after work, they don't want to take exercise.

Some Western countries, such as the United States, have (problem) with exercise. Many people don't have enough exercise. They have to work from morning till night, so they don't have time (take) exercise.

Today, many people in the West are fat, which causes health problems. Doctors say exercise can help people both lose weight improve their health. So many people are trying to get more exercise. But it takes time to change, and when people don't see a (different)right away, they will lose heart and stop exercising.

Good morning, everyone! I am a (主持人) from Shanghai TV Station. I want to know what people like to watch. So I (采访) 100 people about it. Here is the result.

Twenty people like to watch CCTV programmes, (尤其) the news channel, because they can know the (最近的) news in the world, not only national, but also (国际的). About ten people (更喜爱) CCTV-3 shows, because they love music and dancing very much. About 15 people say that they like to watch the movie channel. They can enjoy the most (激动人心的) movies at home. They also think it is the (最便宜的) way to enjoy movies. Some old people say they like operas, for example, Beijing Opera, so they like to watch the opera channel. About five people don't (似乎) to mind which channel to watch.

So if our TV station wants to have a larger audience, we should try to make the best programmes and (避免) making any mistakes.