Claire is my cousin. When we were young, we often went to school{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. So I knew a lot about Claire. When Claire was at primary school, she liked junk food{#blank#}2{#/blank#}hamburgers and ice-cream. She often drank coffee in the evening. Then she stayed up late to{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. At home and at school, she{#blank#}4{#/blank#}exercised. Sure, she wasn't in good{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Her mother took her to the hospital{#blank#}6{#/blank#}a month Because of this, Claire missed a lot of lessons. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}all her classmates were worried about her. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} , when Claire was in Grade Eight her life changed. She gave up junk food. She got into the habit of eating healthy food. She liked reading and often wrote something. In 2013, Claire wrote a book about the life of a sixteen-year-old girl. Many children loved her book. As a result (结果), Claire became famous. And she became a great young{#blank#}9{#/blank#}After that people often read her articles on the Internet. Her classmates and teachers were really{#blank#}10{#/blank#} when they read her articles.

    Every year in Australia there are crocodile (鳄鱼) attacks (攻击) on humans. Two years ago, a 24-year-old German tourist died when she went {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in a lake. Although there were signs warning people that there might be crocodiles, the girl and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} friends decided to have a midnight swim. The girl {#blank#}3{#/blank#} disappeared and the next morning her body was found. Near it was a four-meter crocodile. And only last month two{#blank#}4{#/blank#} boys watched in fear as their friend was killed by a crocodile. They were washing their mountain bikes in a river at that time. Then, those two boys climbed a tree and stayed there for 22 {#blank#}5{#/blank#}while the crocodile waited below.

    The Ant (蚂蚁)and the Dove （鸽子）

    One hot day，an ant was looking for some water．After walking around for some time，she saw a river．{#blank#}1{#/blank#} the river，she had to climb up a piece of grass. While the ant {#blank#}2{#/blank#}on the grass she fell into the water．

    Just then a dove in a tree saw her．When the dove saw that the ant was in trouble，he quickly picked off a leaf and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}it into the water near the ant．The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there．Soon it carried her safely to dry ground．Just at that time，a hunter （猎人） was going to{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the dove．As soon as the ant{#blank#}5{#/blank#} what the hunter was going to do. She quickly {#blank#}6{#/blank#}him on the leg．Feeling the pain，the hunter dropped his gun．The dove was quick to fly to a safe place．

    The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. It was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt. It is so {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  that millions of tourists from around the world come to visit it every year.

    In Egypt there are over 80 pyramids and the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} one is the Great Pyramid. It {#blank#}4{#/blank#} on the west bank of the Nile. In fact, all the pyramids along the Nile are on the west bank. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life. That is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} their dead bodies were buried(埋葬) on the west bank of the Nile.

    You can {#blank#}6{#/blank#} imagine how huge the Great Pyramid is. It has over 2 million blocks. Some are as heavy as five school buses. Although they were heavy, workers were {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to put a block into the pyramid every three minutes.

    The workers, Egyptian men and women, worked in teams. The teams had different {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Some dug up the stones. Others moved them. Another team cut the stones. The last group put the stones into the pyramid. There were so many different teams, but the pyramid is perfect. No stone is in the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} position.

    But how did the Egyptians move those heavy stones to the top {#blank#}10{#/blank#} any modern machinery (机械) ? No one knows for sure. Many things about the Great Pyramid are still a mystery.