There is a nature park in the southwest of our city. The government built it to{#blank#}1{#/blank#}the rare animals. The nature park has been the{#blank#}2{#/blank#}of our city.

    Yesterday my friends and I{#blank#}3{#/blank#}it. The workers there asked us not to{#blank#}4{#/blank#}animals. Many animals are in{#blank#}5{#/blank#}because people kill them for their meat and fur. Another reason is that people are taking{#blank#}6{#/blank#}their land and{#blank#}7{#/blank#}their water dirty. The{#blank#}8{#/blank#}is becoming very serious.

    I learnt much yesterday. I think people should{#blank#}9{#/blank#}up more comfortable houses for the animals and help them live in{#blank#}10{#/blank#}. We should do our best to protect them, because protecting them is protecting ourselves.

Education helps to change his fate(命运)

    17-year-old Cui Qingtao lives with his family in a village of Yunnan. He is the family's {#blank#}1{#/blank#} son. With a brother in a high school and a sister in Fourth Grade, Cui graduated from a high school this summer. To help his poor family {#blank#}2{#/blank#} money. He worked on a construction site(工地){#blank#}3{#/blank#} his parents. On July 22,when he was working, Cui got the admission letter(录取通知书)from Peking University. He was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} by the famous University. When the mailman arrived, Cui was too busy{#blank#}5{#/blank#}to notice that there was a letter for him. Peking University is one of the top {#blank#}6{#/blank#}in China. Cui Qingtao made his parents very {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. His father can't read. When his mother read the admission letter to his father, a big smile broke out on {#blank#}8{#/blank#} face. "My son, you are amazing!"

    Cui got 669 points in this year's gaokao. Cui said he {#blank#}9{#/blank#} come back after graduation and try his best to bring prosperity(繁荣)to his village. "Getting an education is not only a way to change one's fate, but it's the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} way for people like me "Cui said.

A: Hello, Li Ming. What's your plan for this summer holiday?

B: I have no idea. What about you?

A: I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}part in a social activity with my sister.

B: It sounds {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Is it your first time to join in such an activity?

A: No, I have been a volunteer(志愿者) in a poor village. The children there don't have money {#blank#}3{#/blank#}books.

B: Have you sent books to them?

A: Yes. I bought them 30{#blank#}4{#/blank#}with my pocket money.

B: What else did you do there?

A: I helped them with their lessons. And now we are good friends.

B: Wow! It was a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}experience! I'd like to join you.

A: Great! I'm sure we'll have a meaningful holiday.

    Do you have a favorite place to go? A place with family, good weather and fun {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to do, like flying a kite in the park and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} volleyball on the beach? I'm glad I do. New Jersey is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} favorite place.

    Over half of my family {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in New Jersey. I often go there during my summer holiday. My aunts take my cousins and me to see animals in the zoo, go {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in the river and so on. We laugh (笑) and play. We have a(n) {#blank#}6{#/blank#} time.

    The weather in New Jersey is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} nice. When I think about my visits, I can feel a warm summer sun {#blank#}8{#/blank#} my face. If I meet the crab season (捕蟹季节), we crab. Once (曾经) my cousin {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a crab. It was so big that it got stuck (卡住) in the crab cage. I think it's good to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a favorite place, and you can really enjoy yourself.

    Two men walked through the countryside toward another village. As they come to the edge of a river, they saw an old woman sitting there upset because the bridge was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}by the storm, and she was too weak to walk across the stream. The first man said {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, "We are tall enough, we can carry you across." The second man thought it troublesome, but he agreed reluctantly(不情愿地) . So the two men{#blank#}3{#/blank#}hands, lifted her between them and carried her across the river. When they got to the other side, they sat her down and she went on her way gratefully. After they had walked another mile or so, the second man began to complain. "My back began to hurt for lifting her." The first man{#blank#}4{#/blank#}smiled and nodded without a word