Bill and Simon were good friends. One summer they were on v{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. They wanted to sail around the Caribbean Sea in their boat {#blank#}2{#/blank#} two weeks.

    During their trip, they saw many whales(鲸). Bill and Simon were very e{#blank#}3{#/blank#} because they had wanted to see them very much. Unluckily, w{#blank#}4{#/blank#} they were watching them, the whales began to hit(撞) the side of the boat.

    Suddenly, w{#blank#}5{#/blank#} started to come in, and they realized(意识到) they were in trouble. They {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (quick) jumped into the lifeboat before the boat sank(沉没), and watched it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (消失) under the sea.

    Luckily, they had enough food and water for about twenty d{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. They also had a fishing line and a machine which could change sea water into drinking water. These two things helped them to survive during their terrible experience.

    For the next fifty days they caught about ten fish a day and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (eat) them. They saw about twenty ships, but although they waved and shouted when the ships were passing, nobody saw them. They were becoming {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (weak). Then, just as they were beginning to lose hope, a fishing boat saved them.

    Marie Kondo is good at organizing(整理). Although she is not a popular star or a young actress, she. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (become) very famous in the world. She has written some{#blank#}2{#/blank#} on organizing. In her books, Marie says that if you hope to spend{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (little) time on housework, you should make things right {#blank#}4{#/blank#} first. She tells people not to keep things by season. She also thinks we can do housework {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (cheap) without spending a lot of money. For example, she asks people not to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} money on expensive organizing boxes.

    She was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (interest) in organizing when she was young. As a little girl, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} of her hobbies was to read books about organizing. In school, she cleaned up bookshelves while her classmates were having a, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(wonder) time in P. E. classes.

    Some people don't think her ideas {#blank#}10{#/blank#} right. However, she has a large number of fans. She has made many speeches on TV. And someone made a movie about her life stories. And she is very famous now.

    Today, the popularity of basketball has {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (rise) around the world, with many young people dreaming {#blank#}2{#/blank#} becoming famous players. In China, you can {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (see) people playing basketball now and then in parks, schools and even {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (factory). Basketball has not only become a popular sport to play, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} also become a popular sport to watch. Although America's NBA games are the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (famous) in the world, the CBA games are becoming more popular in China. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} number of foreign players, including Chinese players, in the NBA has increased. There {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) also more and more foreign players in the CBA. Many young people look up to these basketball heroes and want to be like {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (they). These stars encourage young people {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (work) hard to achieve their dreams.