Dear Li Ming,

How are you? My name is Mary. I’ve been looking forward to ___1___ a pen pal for a long time now. I hope we can become great ___2___!

Ever since I got your name and address from my teacher, Mrs. Brown, I have been thinking about ___3___ to write. First, I thought of telling ___4___ what it’s like to go to school here in London. But then, I thought you could ___5___ London on the internet and read about it yourself. And then I had the idea to tell you about my family, but I realized that the story of my little brother losing a tooth ___6___ the time we got a new kitten might be kind of boring. After that, I thought about asking you questions about what it’s like to live ___7___ Gansu, but I was afraid you might think my questions were ___8___.

I guess I can tell you ___9___ about myself. In fact, you’ve probably already learned one thing about me. I ____10____ have a hard time making up my mind! I hope you will write me back anyway.

Sincerely,

                                                                                                                                                                    Mary