Nine-year-old Jimmy was given a task in school to write a story on "My family's ancestors(祖先)". The purpose was for the kids to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} their family history.

    In search of some {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for his task. Jimmy interviewed his grandmother who of course {#blank#}3{#/blank#} nothing about the reason why Jimmy asked such questions.

    When she was asked, "Granny, where did I come from?" his grandma was quite{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Why didn't he ask his parents? She had to be quite careful when talking {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a kid about such a subject. She wanted to buy some time, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} she replied," Well, sweetie , the stork(鹳鸟) brought you." She said no{#blank#}7{#/blank#}, hoping that the subject would be dropped until Jimmy's parents came back.

    "So , where did Mom come from?"

    "The stork brought her also."

    "Well, then where did you come from?"

    " The stork brought {#blank#}8{#/blank#}too, sweetie"

    "All right, thanks, Granny"

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} grandmother did not think anything more about his questions. Three days later, when she was tidying up and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} at Jimmy's desk, she read the first sentence of his paper," For three generations(辈)there have been no natural births in our family".

    Young people are the future masters of the country. Being a youth is one thing, and being a good one is a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Everyone tries to be good, but not everybody has the right idea about it. Age will test youth, and youth will create age. Because we'll have heavy responsibilities（责任） upon our shoulders in future. We must educate o{#blank#}2{#/blank#} to be good. What are the qualifications（素质） for a good young person?

    A good youth should have these qualities. First of all, health, a healthy body is the best riches．W{#blank#}3{#/blank#} it, nothing can be done well. If you are poor in health, you'll have to take m{#blank#}4{#/blank#} day after day. Even you can't work, do sports and so on. Secondly, one must be of good quality. Always do something for others. Help those in trouble and care about the people around you. If everyone did the same, what a w{#blank#}5{#/blank#} world this would be! Thirdly, one must have the ability to work with others. Cooperation（合作）and communication are two important keys to better human relations. Everyone needs friends b{#blank#}6{#/blank#} no one can live through his life alone or do everything he wants to.Besides the examples above, patriotism（爱国主义）is the one we should never forget. Patriotism m{#blank#}7{#/blank#} a love of one's country. It is one of the h{#blank#}8{#/blank#} qualities of humans. Everyone should love his o{#blank#}9{#/blank#} country.

    I think a good youth of today should also have some training in art. If everyone can enjoy art and be able to make more of it for others, then people will live better and e{#blank#}10{#/blank#} more.

    Once there were six blind (失明的) men. They often heard of elephants, but never knew what they {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(look) like. One morning, when they knew that a man was riding an elephant down the road, they {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (ask) the man to stop so that they could "see" it. They thought that by {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (touch) it they could learn what kind of animal it was.

    The first man put his both {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (hand) on the elephant' S body. "'It is like {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (冠词) wall," he said.

    The second man only touched the, elephant's  ivory (象牙). It is not like a wall at all,' he said. It is more like a spear (Yi')."

    The third man touched the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (elephant) long nose. "You are not right," he said. "This elephant is like a snake."

    The fourth man touched one of the elephant's {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (leg). "Oh, how blind you are!" he said. "It is round and tall like a tree."

    The fifth man was very tall {#blank#}8{#/blank#}( 连词) touched the elephant' s ear. "This animal is like a big fan (扇子)," he said.

    The {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (six) man touched the elephant's tail (尾巴). He said, "The elephant is like a rope (粗绳)."

    They all didn't agree {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (介词) each other. The elephant moved on and the six blind men still talked about it ……

Dear Liz,

    Thank you very much {#blank#}1{#/blank#} your letter and the photos of your {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (friend) and family. Your parents and friends look really nice {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the photo. Now I can tell you something about me and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (I) family here in New York.

    I've got two brothers. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (they) names are Lukas and Andreas and they {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (be) 16 and 19. My mother is French and her name is Christine. Dad is American and his name's Dieter. Our house {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (have) got four bedrooms and a small garden. My room is tidy, but my {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (brother) is not. They don't often clean it. We have a dog, Zak, and we think he's cute. We {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (love) it a lot.

    Please tell me all about {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (you) friends and school in your next letter. I'd like to know about English schools.

Love,

Laura

    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．