It matters a lot if you don't have your breakfast. In the United States, recently a test {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (perform) by the scientists. People {#blank#}2{#/blank#}different ages from 15 to 80 were included in the test. They were offered all sorts of breakfasts, but sometimes they didn't get any breakfast. How {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (good) their bodies worked was seen when they had eaten breakfasts. At last, the scientists got the results {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (show) that the persons who ate breakfasts worked better. This fact appears {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) especially true for the persons working with brains. It was commonly believed that not having breakfast was{#blank#}6{#/blank#}way of losing weight. Opposite to{#blank#}7{#/blank#} many people think, you may become so {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (hunger) that you eat much for lunch, in {#blank#}9{#/blank#}case, you are gaining weight. Therefore, you may lose more weight if you reduce your other {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (meal).

    I am looking at an old friend of mine.

    He has been one of my best{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(friend )for almost 12 years. He has blessed my life with his loyalty, kindness{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(wise) and love since the day when I first met him{#blank#}3{#/blank#}doesn't matter to me that he has four legs instead of two, fur instead of clothes, and barks at me instead of talking to me.

    As I watch my friend sleeping{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the sun, I cant help{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(think) of all the goodness he has brought into my life. He has been with me every day through good and bad times. He has always been my protector. He has always reminded me that I am loved and showed me how{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(love)others at the same time.

    My friend has aged far{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(quickly)than me and had more and more health problems over the years. I am not sure how long we will be together before he {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(pass)away from this world.

    This {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(wonder)dog has helped me understand that you don't have to be perfect to be loved and{#blank#}10{#/blank#}poor health and old age might affect the body but they don't have to decrease the spirit.

After a lot of preparation, Joseph Lockwood and Philippa Amos were finally ready to start their journey into the Amazon rainforest. They were feeling {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(cheer) as they sailed down the great river. Eventually, they got out of the boat and walked into the darkness of the jungle. Neither of them had ever been in such an extreme situation before, using just a compass (指南针) to find the area where the kind of frog they wanted to study {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (live). Suddenly, Joseph, who was holding the compass, tripped and lost it in a river. The situation seemed hopeless—how would they find the frogs now? But just {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they started to feel really sad and worried that their journey {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) a failure, they saw the frogs they had come to look for.