Yesterday I visited the Hong Shan Forest Zoo. I was{#blank#}1{#/blank#} to find few people there. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} are very important places. They provide homes{#blank#}3{#/blank#} many endangered animals .They also help to educate the public about
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} them . If we {#blank#}5{#/blank#} our zoos, they won't have enough money to take care of so{#blank#}6{#/blank#} fine animals. Therefore, People should go and visit the zoos more often to learn about animals and help to protect them{#blank#}7{#/blank#} .
However, some people don't think so. They think zoos are terrible places for animals to live.“I've visited a lot of zoos in my life, and I have never seen one I like or one that{#blank#}8{#/blank#} animals to live in .”Jenny said The animals{#blank#}9{#/blank#} in small cages and can {#blank#}10{#/blank#} move at all .What's more, they are only given food once a week That's terrible.

    People use money {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  food, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they {#blank#}2{#/blank#} .When they {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ,they usually get paid in money.
    Most of the money used today{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  metal or paper. But in ancient times people often used all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells（贝壳）.
    In ancient China, cloth and knives {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  money. Elephant tusks（象牙）,monkey tails（尾巴）and salt were used in some parts of Africa. Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people on some islands. Cows and other animals were used as money. too.
The first copper（铜）coins {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  China. They were round and had a square（正方的）hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later some countries {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  to make coins of gold and silver（银）.But gold, silver and copper were heavy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  paper money. The first paper money didn't {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  like the paper money we use today.

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    It was Saturday yesterday, so we had a day off. But I didn't do anything fun. I wanted to go out to play{#blank#}1{#/blank#},but the weather was very{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.It rained all the morning. So I stayed in the house and{#blank#}3{#/blank#}for the math test. When it stopped{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, I went to the supermarket and bought a gift for my{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. After getting back home, I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}lunch quickly.After that, my parents wanted to visit my grandpa. I went with them{#blank#}7{#/blank#}car. When we got to grandpa's home, he was not at home. My mother called, but{#blank#}8{#/blank#}answered. Then we had to come back. I watched TV the whole afternoon. It was very{#blank#}9{#/blank#}.When I went out with my friend in the evening, It started to rain again. Unluckily, we didn't bring any {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. So we both got all wet. What a bad day off!

Bob: Excuse {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, are you Eric?

Eric: Yes, I am. Are you Mike?

Bob: No, I'm not. I'm Bob. Nice to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} you.

Eric: Nice to meet you, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

Bob: What's {#blank#}4{#/blank#} phone number, Eric?

Eric: It {#blank#}5{#/blank#}278-6926. What about yours?

Bob: It's 278-7928.

    I had been in London for two years. During the time I was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} there, my strong wish was to go back home instead of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the city I didn't know well.

So when the day came for my {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. I had a strange feeling and my mind was full of beautiful things in London—-the tall trees around my {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, the clean streets, the school library, the old church near the school and so on. I was for the first time not sure {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I really wish to go. I was becoming good at spoken English and interested in the different way of living in London.

    Most important of all. I did not want to leave my {#blank#}6{#/blank#} who were near and dear to me during the two long years. I felt like running into the head teacher's office and telling him that I really didn't want to go home. But on the second thought I stopped myself {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the plan. My parents are quite old and I might have no time to see them again if I gave up this plan. At the airport, most of my teachers and friends came to see me off and quite a few gave me {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Many group photos were taken and before long the final moment came. Everyone shook hands with me and said goodbye to me. Their eyes were filled with {#blank#}9{#/blank#}and I knew they were {#blank#}10{#/blank#} at the moment.