(1)How {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  it was to hear that some pop stars would come to our town.

(2)The micro letter is used {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  in China. It has over 300 million users.
(3)— Mary, could you tell me who invented {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ?
— A team of scientists, John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley.
(4)Do you know what the{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  of the tower is? About twenty metres.
(5)We enjoyed {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  trip to the Statue of Liberty very much. What great fun we had!

    Alice was born with a strange disease. She was taken to many hospitals. None of the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} knew the cause of the disease. They told her parents she would go blind and deaf.

    Now Alice is fifteen years old. Her eyesight and hearing are so poor that she can't see or hear {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. But she is a bright and happy girl. She says to {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, "Whatever happens, I will never give up. " She {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to enjoy her life. With her {#blank#}5{#/blank#} help, she is travelling as much as she can. She is also {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the interesting things she experiences along the way.

    She also wants to help people like her. Her dream is to help researchers {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a method for her disease. If she can get {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, people who have the same disease may also be cured (治愈). In fact, she has {#blank#}9{#/blank#} money for a foundation (基金会) fighting the disease since she was in Grade Two. Until now, she has got over $150，000!

    Alice thinks helping others can make her {#blank#}10{#/blank#} than having fun alone. She is doing her best to live her life without any regret.

    Imagine one day, the water taps in your house stop running. You have to buy water from shops. And still there {#blank#}1{#/blank#}water for everyone. Your mother has to save the family's shower water to do other things. Would you be able to stand that kind of life?

    Probably not. But that's what kids in Yemen are experiencing. Experts said Yemen is going to be the first country in the world to run out of water. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a report, the capital, Sana'a, will run out of drinking water as early as 2025.

    Because of the shortage, the government often cuts the water supply. Hannan, an 18-year-old girl from Lahej, told the Times: "In a good week we'll have the water supply all week. But then the following week there will be water only for {#blank#}3{#/blank#}."

    Hannan said only rich people have enough water to use. They can buy water from the shops or from the water trucks. Private companies own the trucks. They {#blank#}4{#/blank#}every day to sell water—at very high prices. "A lot of people can't afford it," she said.

    The government is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}making use of seawater. But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen.