Hello! My name is John. I have a good friend. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (他的) name is Eric. He is 14 years old. He is an English {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (男孩). He and I are in the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (相同的) school. But I am in Class One, and he is in Class Two. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (喜欢) basketball. He thinks it is

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(有趣的). Eric {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (有) two basketballs. We always play basketball {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (和…在一起) our friends after school. And Eric likes soccer, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (也).He often {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (观看) TV at home in the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (晚上).

    Wang Damin is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} fisherman. Although he is over 65, he is very {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(health) and still enjoys working.

    Damin uses cormorants {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (catch) fish. Cormorants are large black birds. They are good {#blank#}4{#/blank#} catching fish because they can swim well. They can dive {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and stay under the water for up to two minutes.

    Damin usually sets off in the late afternoon and gets the cormorants ready for work. He uses several ways to attract fish. The cormorants bring the fish back to the boat. The fish are then taken and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (throw) into a big basket by Damin. No nets {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  (require) for this type of fishing.

    Cormorant fishing was once practised in lots {#blank#}8{#/blank#} places in South-East China, and there were many fishermen in the area. But today, few people are {#blank#}9{#/blank#}   (interest) in it. In 50 years, perhaps there {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(be) no more cormorant fishermen in the world.