Linda and Betty were both nineteen years old. In June, after a school year was over, they {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  to take a vacation in the countryside. They went to several towns and villages, visited some places of interest, saw and heard a lot of interesting things. They enjoyed  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}very much.
    One afternoon, they  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  going to stay overnight in a small town. It was too hot to go  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and they wished they could find a river and swim in the cool water. They were driving the car  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}while they were looking around. Suddenly Linda saw a lake not far away. They drove there   {#blank#}6{#/blank#} and stopped the car by the lake. They looked around and found a woman sitting on a stone and   {#blank#}7{#/blank#}   there. After they took off their clothes and were going to jump into the water, the woman came up to them and shouted,
  “Sorry, madams.  Swimming is not   {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  in the lake!”
  “Why didn't you tell us about it before we took off our clothes?" Betty said  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}   .
  “But it isn't forbidden to take off clothes by the lake,”  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the woman.

    My favourite TV programme is a reality show called Survivor(《幸存者》). It isn't on TV at the moment {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  it was on last year.

    In the show, two teams of people are taken to a(an) {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . All of them have to sleep {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  because there aren't any houses or hotels. They usually choose {#blank#}4{#/blank#} really useful like a tooth brush since they can only {#blank#}5{#/blank#} one thing with them. The people also have to find food and they spend a lot of time fishing and collecting fruits from the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} . Every week one person has to{#blank#}7{#/blank#} . At the end, there are only two people on the island and one of them is chosen {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the winner.

    I really like Survivor because it's very {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  and the people have to do things like hunting for food. I really {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  myself when I watch it. I don't want to be on the show, however, I like 1iving in a house!

    I love reading. At the age of 6, I could read Harry Potter, a difficult book for a 6-year-old, but I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(enjoy) it all the same. It soon became clear that spelling for me was not difficult and I had a wide vocabulary. This is one way I got from reading{#blank#}2{#/blank#}such a young age.

     {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(I) advice for you as English learners would be to read the English novels which you have often read{#blank#}4{#/blank#}your mother language. Reading novels is a great way of{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (improve) your vocabulary and spelling without knowing it as you are absorbed(全神贯注的) in the story. You know the story well, so it's {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(usual) easy to follow it in English even if you don't understand every word.

    This is anther way of basic point: it's not necessary {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(understand) every word. If you understand the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(mean) of the sentence, each word is not necessarily important. Quite often, if a word is used several {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(time) in a text, you'll gradually get an idea of what it means. Have {#blank#}10{#/blank#} try. If you love reading you could open up a whole new world of literature.