You may have heard of Niagara Falls（尼亚加拉大瀑布), but do you know about the Niagara Escarpment(断崖)?It's a long steep slope(陡坡){#blank#}1{#/blank#}runs through the US and Canada. Earlier this month, our school went on a hiking trip to this beautiful place.

    The weather was cold, cloudy and windy, so we wore more{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(stay)warm. We{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(divide)into two groups and went on different routes(路线). The whole escarpment is 725km long. But we only covered 8km for about four{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(hour).

    My favorite part of the trail(dx道)was the cave(山洞). The cave was formed from many different shaped rocks. Some were huge while the{#blank#}5{#/blank#}were small. We climbed down into the rocks{#blank#}6{#/blank#}the help of our teachers. The rocks were steep and slippery(滑的)because they were wet. It was{#blank#}7{#/blank#} exciting experience for all of us.

    After{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(walk)5 km without any rest, we were hungry and tired. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}our teacher finally said we could stop to have lunch, we were very excited. After all, this trail was a little different from the ones I'm used to. It was{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(natural)than before.

    The weekend comes again. Grace is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (shop)with her mother. She wants her mother {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (buy)a new coat for her.

    In a clothes shop, she finds an orange coat. That's her favourite colour. She tries it  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} .but it is too small. She wants a larger one {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the larger one is not orange. Grace doesn't like other colours. Her mother says, "Let's {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (go)to another shop to have a look. "Then they go out and come into the next one.

    This shop is very big and there {#blank#}6{#/blank#} many kinds of coats. Grace likes an orange one and asks, "How much {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it?"

    "538 yuan," answers the shop assistant.

    Grace's mother {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (say)it is too expensive and she doesn't have so much money {#blank#}9{#/blank#} her.

    "Would you like this orange {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (one)? It's only 210 yuan, "says the shop assistant.

    "Oh, it looks good. Do you think so, Grace?"

    "Yes. Let's take it. "Grace's mother pays for it.

    Dream House in California is not a house for only one or two children. It's a house for many {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (kid). It's a family. It's the future.

    Imagine {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (live) in a hospital for many years because of illness. Imagine that one stays in a cold street {#blank#}3{#/blank#} there is no other place to stay. These children need help. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (them) need Dream House. Many years ago, a little girl named Collin Rose {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (decide) that when she grew up, she would offer a warm home {#blank#}6{#/blank#} those sick and homeless children. When she grew up, she became {#blank#}7{#/blank#} nurse and made her dream come true. In November, 2003, Collin Rose set up Dream House.

    Collin Rose's efforts have {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (encourage) many people to help sick, and homeless children.

    "Every child should have a happy childhood. We may help make these children's lives {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (good) than before. Your small help may {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (great) change their lives. No help is too small," Collin Rose said.