When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you often see a lot of people{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (walk) with dogs. It is still true that the dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world. But the reasons why people keep a dog{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(change). In the old days, people used to train dogs to protect themselves against the attacks from{#blank#}3{#/blank#}beasts. And later they came{#blank#}4{#/blank#}( realize) that the dog was not only useful{#blank#}5{#/blank#}willing to obey its master. For example, when people used dogs for hunting, the dogs would not eat what they caught without{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(permit). But now people in the city need not protect themselves against attacks of animals. Why do they keep dogs, then? Some people keep dogs to protect themselves from robbery, but the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(important) reason is for companionship. For a child,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with; for a young couple, a dog is {#blank#}9{#/blank#}child when they have no children; for old couples, a dog is also their child when their real children have grown up. So the main reason why people keep dogs has changed{#blank#}10{#/blank#}protection to friendship.

    People {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four {#blank#}3{#/blank#}five hundred thousand words. But we do not need {#blank#}4{#/blank#}these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.

    The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet{#blank#}8{#/blank#}new word, look it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (much) useful book.

    How do learning habits influence learning results? It's useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (say) “Good habits lead to good endings”, which shows the importance of habits.

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” also {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (show) a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body. Thus, good learning habits can help us gain great learning results, high scores and abundant knowledge {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (include). At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitude {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the content of our learning. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (obvious), a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations. As we can see, developing a good habit is so important that I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits — keeping {#blank#}6{#/blank#} learning diary every day. We can start the habit by {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (write) a learning summary and remember to record something impressive and meaningful. Keep it in mind, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.

What's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (much), I find out that I still have some bad learning habits {#blank#}10{#/blank#} well. I can only concentrate on reading for a short time, and I will conquer this problem by spending more efforts on concentration practice.

    I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.

    Dario and his mother loved their new apartment {#blank#}1{#/blank#} living room was large enough for their piano. That night, the two of them sat side by side at the piano. They played jazz music {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate) their new home. The loud music filled the room and made them feel very happy. The next morning, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a note under their door during the night. One of their neighbors {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (write) to complain (抱怨) about the sound of the piano. Dario's mother asked the doorkeeper {#blank#}5{#/blank#} he knew anything about it. But he said 'no'. Later that morning, Dario suggested that they should hold a party at home and apologize {#blank#}6{#/blank#} their playing.

    They {#blank#}7{#/blank#} loved the idea. Over the next few days, they sent out {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (invite) and decorated the apartment with party lights. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (final), the day of the party arrived. The guests brought different presents. One woman even presented Dario with a book of piano music, which gave them a feeling of warmth. Dario apologized and was already looking forward to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (practice) the new music.