Maria          wear a dress at the party yesterday.

—Maria likes singing. Do you often hear her _______ after class?
—Yes, I do.

Maria was born in Peru（秘鲁）.She grew up in a small village. She  46 when she was six years old. She went to elementary school，but she  47 to high school. Her family was very  48 ，and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She  49 in a shoe factory.
When Maria was seventeen years old，her family   50 to the United States. First they lived in Los Angeles，and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria   51 in the United States，she was not very happy.
She missed her friends in Peru，and she didn’t  52 a word of English. She began to study English at night，  53 worked in a factory during the day.
Maria studied very hard，and now she speaks English well. She’s still  54 at night，but now she’s studying typing. She wants   55 a secretary. Maria still misses her friends. But she’s very happy now，and she hopes she will have a good future（将来）in the new country.

Maria lives in the beautiful countryside．She usually gets up early in the morning， 16  she’s never late for schoo1．After getting up，she often showers and has a good breakfast．Then she  17  for school at around 6：30．  18  her home is very far from school，she likes riding her bike better than  19 the bus．It takes her about an hour   20  her bike．It’s so long! On the way，she sings and sings so she always feels  21 ．Also she thinks that it’s good for her health   22  to school by bike．
After school she usually goes back   23  with her friend，Linda．Linda’s home is nearer than Maria’s． It’s only three miles from her home   24  schoo1．Linda likes riding，too．And she also thinks that it is a good  25 of transportation．