One morning, Lillian was sitting in the garden.

    She was looking at the wonderful 1 of every colour. Her favourites were the big yellow sunflowers. They had 2 yellow faces.

    She 3 that the sunflowers turned their big heads towards the sun as it rose in the east. "Wow! That's why people call them sunflowers," she thought.

    "Do sunflowers 4 LOVE the sun?" she wondered.

    At noon, Lillian looked at the sunflowers again. 5 !The sun moved across the sky. And all the sunflowers turned their heads to 6 it as it moved.

    That evening, 7 the sun was setting(下山)，Lillian noticed that the sunflowers were all facing west- 8 the setting sun. Their faces turned again!

    "Sunflowers really do love the sun," she thought to 9 . "They follow it across the sky each day, turning their faces to 10 as much sun as they can."

    The sunflower-what an interesting name and plant!

    We cannot stop earthquakes, but we can do things to make sure they do not destroy (破坏) whole cities. First, it is not a 1 idea to build houses along the lines where2of the earth's plates join together. Second, if you think there 3 be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rock, not on 4. Third, you must make the houses as 5 as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may 6.

    Scientists are 7 that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around S an Francisco. They call it “The Big One”. But people today are still building more 8. The population in and around San Francisco 9 is ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that 10 there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.

    Nowadays, WeChat is becoming more and more popular in China. No matter where we are, we can sign up and send text or voice messages to our friends. We can also find a stranger to talk to by shaking the 1^. Another funny function is that WeChat can help to search for people  2 live nearby with the programme on. Many people like this function, 3 it can help them to find more people who they may know.

    In my opinion, WeChat is really4 useful chatting tool. It can help people 5 with their friends more easily.6 , it is also bad for people, especially for students .As you see, some people use WeChat 7 too long. It is not healthy to them .So I have some 8 on how to use it in a correct way. First, we should not use it when we are studying. We can't focus on our study if we use it. Second, we must be careful. We should neither show too much personal information9 trust strangers so much.

    We should learn how to use it properly. Remember, WeChat is not everything in your life.10depend too much on it.

    Saving the environment is actually quite simple, when you come to think about it. It does not have to be a problem. If you and everyone follow these tips, you are helping save the environment easily.

    Switch off the lights when you leave the room. By now you have probably wasted thousands of watts (瓦特) lightening your room 1 you weren't there. If you work on a home office, this habit is not only bad for the environment, but also for your pocket.

    Turn off the computer when possible. If you know that you will be 2 for four hours or more, turning it off could lead to large savings over the long run.

    Print only when necessary. Sure, reading on paper might be more comfortable, but you should avoid printing those two-line e-mails every time. Read it on the screen and print only necessary documents. Remember also to use 3 sides of the sheet.

    Use fluorescent lamps (荧光灯). The fluorescent lamps may 4 more in the stores, but within the time you use one, you should have already recovered the investment. A normal incandescent light bulb (白炽灯泡) lasts 750 hours but a fluorescent bulb will give off the same amount of light yet last for 7,500 to 10, 000 hours with 1/3 of the wattage.

    Use low-flush (冲洗) toilets. In your household, 40% of the pure water is flushed down the toilet. You can 5 this easy way at home; use small plastic bottles, filled with water or stones to displace (置换) the amount of water in toilets. This will make it a "low-flush toilet", or you can use a displacement bag in your tank, which might reduce 1-2 gallons per flush.

    Many people like to watch TV. Watching TV is one of the most important activities of the day. TV1the outside world closer to people's homes. Some people say the world is smaller than before because of TV.

    What' s going2in other countries? How do people live in faraway places? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What's life like in the deepest part of the3? If you want to4these and other questions, just turn on the TV and watch it. Of course, people can also learn through reading or listening to the radio. But TV can help them learn better and more easily, because they can hear and watch, too. TV can give5new ideas. It's a wonderful thing.

Now students' English handwriting（书法）gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel worried. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!

u  Using paper with lines (线条)

Using paper with lines can keep you writing straight when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size.

u  Slow down

If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going slower makes the handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it's hard for you to stop where you should, and even worse, you may make more mistakes.

u  Hold your pencil right

When you hold your pencil the correct way, writing is much easier. Try to be relaxed and don't hold the pencil so hard while writing, and then it makes your handwriting nice and clean. If you do so, people will think you are a student with a good habit.

u  Draw more pictures

Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to control(控制) your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. If you have no time for drawing at school, you can practice it at home.

Some have good handwriting and some don't. Anyway, handwriting is very important. You need to take time to improve it.