A rich man began to learn painting when he was sixty years old, and he{#blank#}1{#/blank#} it very much. He painted and painted. After twenty years, there were {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of pictures in his workroom, and he thought they were very good.
One day, the old man was seriously ill in bed, but he didn't {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his pictures. He said to his grandson, Alan, “I want to give my pictures to a school, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the students will remember me. But which school do you think is the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} , my child?”
“Well,” said the little boy. “You'd better give them to a school for the blind!”

    Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means to make things {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Pollution comes in many forms. We see it, smell it, drink it and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} hear it.

    Man is now slowly polluting the whole {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}it is not the only kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us {#blank#}5{#/blank#}more easily.

    Many countries are making rules to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}pollution. They stop people {#blank#}7{#/blank#}burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO₂ is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is {#blank#}8{#/blank#}by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} air pollution.

    The Earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the land, water and air clean .And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.

A: Hi, Peter. How's it going?

B: Not bad. What about you, Eric?

A: Pretty good! {#blank#}1{#/blank#}you free this Sunday afternoon?

B: Yes, I am. What's up?

A: There is going to be a basketball match in our school. Would you like to watch it?

B: Yes, of course, But which team is our school {#blank#}2{#/blank#}to play against?

A: The team from No. 2 Middle School.

B: Really? I think {#blank#}3{#/blank#}team is very strong. Perhaps we will win the match.

A: But I hear that their team is strong, too.

B: I'm sure it must be a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}match.

A: I think so. When shall we meet?

B: Let's {#blank#}5{#/blank#}on the playground at 3:00 p. m.

A: OK. See you then.

B: See you.

    Ever since his new movie Guardians of the Galaxy(《银河护卫队》became a hot topic at the box office, Chris Pratt has become{#blank#}1{#/blank#}around the world. But do you know that the actor comes from a poor family? His road to fame has not been easy. After{#blank#}2{#/blank#}high school, Chris attended college. However, his time as a college student was short. He dropped out(辍学) one year later. Then, he made a living with different kinds of jobs, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}a salesman and a restaurant waiter. For a short time, he was homeless and slept on the{#blank#}4{#/blank#}.