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He his host family, still "no place ".

He an American family in New York.

It's nine o'clock on Saturday morning. I'm at home1my family. We are all busy now.

2! My grandpa is doing t'ai chi. This year he is 66 years old3he is still very healthy. My grandma is also4, but she isn't doing t'ai chi. She is doing5 exercises when she listens to music. 6are my parents? My father is reading a7in the living room. Beijing Morning News is his favorite 8. My mother is cleaning the rooms and she will go to the supermarket 9. What about me? I am 10 my computer to do my homework. Our science teacher asks 11 to find some news about animals. I think it's easy and interesting to do our homework 12 this. Is there any 13member in my family? Yes! Our pet cat is 14 on the sofa. It's Dingding. She's kind of 15and she always sleeps in the daytime.

It is late at night. Arthur is sitting on his bed and he's looking at his clock. His neighbors are making a lot of noise and Arthur is very angry.

The people in Apartment(公寓) 2 are dancing. The man in Apartment 3 is vacuuming(吸尘)the carpet (地毯). The woman in Apartment 4 is practicing the violin. The teenagers in Apartment 5are listening to loud rock music. The dog in Apartment 6 is barking. And the people in Apartment7 are having a big argument(争吵).

It's very late and Arthur is tired and angry. What a terrible night!

It is Saturday today, but we are in the classroom. Are we having a class? No, we are having a party. Look! Linda is singing an English song, and Laura is playing the piano for her. The music is beautiful. June and Emma are also singing, and they are dancing, too. What are the other students doing? They are playing games with Steve. Why are we having the party? Because today is Steve's birthday. His parents aren't here, so we have a party for him.

1）阅读短文，填写表格。

2）作者通过什么方式把这些人物的活动串联起来?

通过用，等词汇以及句。

3）文中三个问句有什么作用？