My friend Tony is an American 1  . He is ten years old. He lives 2   his family in China now. There are 3   people in his family; his mother Mrs Green, his father Mr. Green and his little sister Amy. He has a white cat. 4   name is Betty. Look ! Amy is playing 5    Betty. His father, Mr. Green,is watc­hing TV. His mother is doing housework. What about Tony? He is doing 6   Chinese homework. He can’t 7    Chinese well, but he likes Chinese very much.
Tony’s 8   works in a TV station. His father works in a school as an 9    teacher. Tony and his sister 10     to the same school.

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I have many pen pals in many countries. Do you know the girl on the bike in the photo? She is one of my pen pals. Her name is Reiko. She is a Japanese student. We are the same(相同的) age - 13 years old. She lives in Tokyo. She has two brothers. They live with their parents.
I like Reiko very much. But I don’t know Japanese, and Reiko doesn’t know Chinese, either(也). But we know English. So we write letters in English. Sometimes(有时) we talk on the phone. My favorite subject is math. Her favorite subject is music. We have the same hobbies. We like seeing comedies, playing volleyball and eating hamburgers.
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Mr.  Smith is a good teacher.  He teaches English very well.  He  is _1__ to  his  students ,  so  they  like  him  a  lot . There  are (有) fifty  students  in __2__class.  Mr.  Smith   always _ 3___ English   in class.  He   and   his students are _ 4__ friends, too.
Now some of the students __5__on the playground.  Bill and Mike __6 _. Tom and John are jumping.  Mary and Lucy are__7__ a kite. Are Lily and Maria flying a kite, __8__?  No, they are playing_ 9 __.  What’s Mr. Smith doing?  Look!  He is also playing_ 10____them.  How happy they are!

In Singapore, many middle school students spend lots of their time on their studies．Most people think good education is a ticket to success（成功）in their future. So, many of these students try their best to get a good mark in their exams. They have a lot of homework every day and exams are a big trouble. Sometimes, some of them are even made to go to after-school classes.
Schools run activities outside school hours. The students can join in sports and games, music and dance, swimming and climbing, etc. They are also very interested in community service(社区服务)．
In their spare time, most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood blockbusters(大片), Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very popular among them. They understand IT very well. Some of them also spend their free time searching the Internet, e-mailing their friends, playing computer and video games.
They sometimes go to cafes, fast-food restaurants, shopping centers and big bookshops.
So, life as a middle school student in Singapore is not easy but it is rich and colorful.
【小题1】Many students want to get good education to be ________ in the future．