My name is Liang Lan and I am a middle school student in Beijing. Wang Mei, 1. 11-year-old girl, is my pen friend. She 2. (live) in a small village in Sichuan. In her village, there 3. (be) 196 people. Wang Mei's school is not far from her home, 4. it's difficult for her to get to school. Why? Because there is a river 5. her school and home. There is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for 6. (boat). She must go on a ropeway 7. (cross) the river to school. That's really dangerous. Wang Mei usually gets up at about 6: 30 in the morning. It is early. She helps her mother make breakfast. After breakfast, she 8. (leave) for school. 

Wang Mei says that she and the other 9. (village) all dream to have a bridge. I hope （希望）10. (them) dream can come true.

Anna is my best friend. It is about 10 kilometers from her home to school. She gets up at six on school days. She takes a shower, gets 1. (dress) and then has breakfast 2. (quick). Then she goes to school at about six thirty. 3. (one), she rides her bike 4. the bus station. She thinks 5. (ride) a bike is good for health. That takes her about ten 6. (minute). Then, the early bus takes her to school. The bus ride takes about 7. hour. She gets to school at about 7: 40. She likes to take the bus 8. she can meet her friends on the bus and talk to 9. (they). Sometimes she goes to school 10. car. That usually takes her twenty minutes.