Last year, four students waited for their school bus every day for ten minutes, on the same dirty street. There {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be)old bottles, parts of old bikes, and empty soda cans （易拉罐）everywhere around the bus stop. The trees were brown and had few leaves（树叶）， and you couldn't see flowers at all．

    One Friday, one of the  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (child) looked at the street and decided to do something. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}next Monday, she brought a bag and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(find) some of the old bottles to recycle(回收 ). On Tuesday, she spent another ten minutes{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (pick) up old bottles. And her best friend helped pick up （捡起）soda cans and put {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(they) in different bags. On Wednesday, all the students joined together. The street became much {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(clean) than before!

    The street looked better {#blank#}8{#/blank#}it was still not very beautiful. So the next day, the girl brought some seeds (种子). She planted the seeds and watered them. She only had ten minutes a day but that was enough. A few months later, this street became a beautiful garden{#blank#}9{#/blank#}pretty flowers and green trees. It only took ten minutes a day. Do you have ten minutes a day to{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(help) your city?

    In America, when people say "man's best friend", they don't mean another person. Instead, they are talking {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a lovely animal--dog!

These words show the friendship {#blank#}2{#/blank#} people and animals. Dogs and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (others) pets can give joy to people's lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. Some people even leave all their money to their pets {#blank#}4{#/blank#}they die!

    Animals can help people too. Dogs can {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (teach) to be the "eyes" of a blind person or the "ears" of a deaf person. Scientists have found {#blank#}6{#/blank#}pets help people live longer! They make people {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(happy) too.

    Americans hold "Be Kind to Animals Week" in the first week of May.  Pet shows are held during the week. Even if you don't live in America, you can do this too. How? First, think about how animals make your tile richer. If you have a pet, spend more time this week playing with it. Remember {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (give) it delicious food.

    If you don't have a pet, be kind to animals around you. For example, if you see a street dog, just leave it alone, or make {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(friend) with it. If others around you do bad things to animals, try to speak up. As people, we must protect animals that can't speak for {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(they).