In order to know a foreign language thoroughly （完全地） , four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear {#blank#}1{#/blank#} spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (correct) with confidence and without hesitation（犹豫）. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

    There is no easy way to success in language learning. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only {#blank#}5{#/blank#} ( memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (advise) for those {#blank#}9{#/blank#} are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (write) the language whenever we can.

    Look! That is our school. It is very nice. There are many trees and many flowers in our school garden. Our school is not big. There are fifteen {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （班级） in our school. There are about fifty students in every class. We have {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （四十） teachers and we have one headmaster . The headmaster is Liu Ming.

    In class, every student {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （听） to our teachers carefully . We study hard. After class, we {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （或者）play ballgames or talk and laugh. Sometimes, our teachers will say:＂Don't be so  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （吵闹）＂.They are {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （严格）with us, but we know that's right.  We {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (仍然)want to say to them:“ Thank you a lot for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （教） us so well”. Our school {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （生活）is really {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （有意思）. We like our school, our headmaster, our teachers and our class.

    Cape Town is the second largest city in South Africa．And it is home to four{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (百万)people．However，it may also be the first major city in the world to run out of water．The city's water{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (主要地)comes from six reservoirs(水库)．They hold about 870，000 cubic meters of water．But in the last three years，the city has {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (面临)the worst problem in a century．These reservoirs now have just 26％of the water, according to National Geographic．

    A government{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(官员)in Cape Town is telling people to save water．Or, the city will have to cut off water to homes and businesses．Tile day of that cutoff is being called "Day Zero"．The city said "Day Zero" could fall on{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(七月)9^th ， the New York Times reported．But the date may{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(改变)according to the water levels of the city's reservoirs．On "Day Zero"，people will only be{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(有能力的)to get water from 200 water-collection points across the city．Every person will only be allowed about 0.02 cubic meters of water a day．

    The city's government is rushing to{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(解决)the problem．It has set up{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(工厂)to turn seawater into drinkable water．It is also {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(再同收)more used water in the hope that "Day Zero" will come later．Or it will not appear at all．

    Once, in a small village, lived a family with two children, James and Jack. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of them loved painting very much, but the family was so {#blank#}2{#/blank#} that it was impossible to send both of them to study at the art college at the same time. After many discussions, the two boys finally worked {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a plan. They would throw a coin. The loser would go to work in the mines（矿井） to support his brother's studies at the college. Then, when the brother at college {#blank#}4{#/blank#} his studies after four years, he would support the other brother's college studies.

    James {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, and so Jack went down into the mines. James worked with all his heart, and his paintings were soon much {#blank#}6{#/blank#} than those of most of his teachers. By the time he graduated, he was beginning to make a lot of money from his paintings.

    When James returned, the family held a big dinner to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} his great success. Soon after {#blank#}8{#/blank#} dinner began, James stood up from his seat to drink a toast to his dear brother. He said, "Jack, now you can go to the art college and your dream will come true. I will take care of you."

{#blank#}9{#/blank#} Jack said softly, "Brother, the four years in the mines has done too much to my hands, so it's too late. Now I can't even hold a glass."

James was heart-broken. One hour {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, he drew a simple picture of his brother's hands. This drawing is today known as the famous picture named The Praying Hands.