The Earth Needs a Helping Hand

    In most scientists'{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（观点）, the earth is getting warmer and warmer because of people's activities. We should find some{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（有用的）ways to protect it. Here are two ideas. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（几乎）each of us may have a try.

    Go to school by bike

    Do you go to school by bus or by bike? Many people have{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（意识到）that buses, cars, trains and planes produce a lot of CO₂. If your home is{#blank#}5{#/blank#}（在……旁边）your school, why not go to school by bike on spring mornings? Or you can{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（的确，实在）walk to school to save energy. If you ride a bike, you are doing something for the earth, in other words, it is for {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（我们自己）!

    Wash in a green way

    Do you often help mom and dad wash clothes? {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（无论什么）you wash, use the cold water to save energy, but not in hot water. Try to wash them by hand instead of any{#blank#}9{#/blank#}（工具）, like the washing machines. While they're clean, dry your clothes in a {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（自然的）way—by hanging them on a line in the sun.

    Treasure Island is one of the most popular novels. It has been m{#blank#}1{#/blank#}into films many times. It was w{#blank#}2{#/blank#}by the famous writer Robert Louis Stevenson.

    Jim Hawkins is one of the main characters in the story. He finds a map showing where the terrible pirate(海盗) h{#blank#}3{#/blank#} his treasure. Jim joins Squire Trelawney and Dr Livesey on a j{#blank#}4{#/blank#} to find the treasure along with a number of pirates, led by the fearful Long John Silver. One of the main themes of the story is Jim Hawkin's coming of age. At the b{#blank#}5{#/blank#}of the story, Jim is a 10-year-old child, living in a safe world with his parents. When his father dies, Jim goes to s{#blank#}6{#/blank#} for treasure. This adventure tests his courage and morals. F{#blank#}7{#/blank#}, Jim finds the treasure, but he also has become a mature young man who chooses good over evil and a quiet life over adventure, his search for treasure is l{#blank#}8{#/blank#} his search for himself.

    Treasure Island has greatly influenced our idea of pirates and has introduced many popular images into our c{#blank#}9{#/blank#}: treasure maps marked with an "X", tropical islands, one-legged sailors with parrots and the black spot. Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver with his pet parrot, Captain Flint, have become legends all over the world.

    No one knows where Treasure Island really is but some experts think it may be Norman Island in The British Virgin Islands, it is a l{#blank#}10{#/blank#} island where real treasure was hidden and nobody lives in.

—It was terrible. It rains h {#blank#}1{#/blank#} all day.