B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

    Carrots are grown on farms and in small family gardens all over the world. It is one of the most popular sweet v{#blank#}1{#/blank#}  . When people think about the carrots, they usually think they are a kind of long, thin, orange-colored vegetable w{#blank#}2{#/blank#} a good taste. In fact, carrots are in many different sizes and s{#blank#}3{#/blank#} And not all carrots are orange.
Carrots should be grown in a field that doesn't hold w{#blank#}4{#/blank#} for a long time. That is to say, the field should not be too wet. To prepare your carrot garden, dig up the earth and turn it over.  Weather, soil condition, and time
a{#blank#}5{#/blank#}  the way that carrots taste. Warm days and cool nights are the b {#blank#}6{#/blank#} time to grow great tasty carrots. The quickest way to know if a carrot is ready to be harvested(收获) is to see its color. Usually, the brighter the color is, the better the taste is. Many people do not know that carrots can be grown d{#blank#}7{#/blank#} the winter months. If the winter is not cold enough, you can grow carrots the same way as you d{#blank#}8{#/blank#}  in the summer months.
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FAJTHFUL（忠诚的）TO DEATH

    Some time ago, a fire broke out(爆发) in a building late at night. Nearly all the families were s{#blank#}1{#/blank#} inside the house. After the firemen came, they rushed into the burning building and saved the people to the safe p{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

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    This fireman realized there must be someone in the little room, as the dog was acting so strangely. So he followed the dog u{#blank#}8{#/blank#}the ladder, there he saw the two girls and saved them.

    Where was the d{#blank#}9{#/blank#}? A brave fireman rushed into the room to look for him and found him lying near the window, choked (窒息) with smoke. He brought him down with care, but he was already d{#blank#}10{#/blank#}. He had given his life for his friends. What a faithful friend!

    Stonehenge, a rock circle, is one of Britain's greatest mysteries. Every year it {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（接待，接受） more than 750, 000 visitors. People like to go to this place in June to see the sun rising on the longest day of the year.

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