In a tree in a jungle, there once lived many birds. They were  h{#blank#}1{#/blank#} in their small nests（鸟巢） and sang every day. Before the rainy season arrived, all the animals in the jungle repaired their homes. The birds a{#blank#}2{#/blank#}made their homes safer.

    Many birds brought twigs （细枝） and leaves and others wove（编织） their nests."We  s{#blank#}3{#/blank#}also store some food for our children," said one of the birds. And they collected food until they had enough to see them through the rainy season. They kept  t{#blank#}4{#/blank#}busy getting ready for the bad times.

    Soon the rain came. It was f{#blank#}5{#/blank#}by thunder and lightning. All the animals and birds stayed at their homes. It kept raining for many days. One day, a monkey wet in the rain came into the jungle. He sat on a branch（树枝）, shaking w{#blank#}6{#/blank#}cold.

    The poor monkey tried his best to get a place, but f{#blank#}7{#/blank#}. The leaves were not enough to save him from the rain."Brrr! Itis so cold!" said the monkey. The birds were watching all this. They felt sorry for the monkey,  b{#blank#}8{#/blank#}there was little they could do for him. One of them said. "Brother! Our small nests are not big enough to give you shelter." Another bird said, "All ofus prepared for the rainy season. If you had, you would not be in this difficult  s{#blank#}9{#/blank#}".

    "How dare you tell me what to do?" said the monkey, shouting at the "bird. The monkey  a{#blank#}10{#/blank#}hit the bird's nest and threw it on the ground. The bird and her babies were helpless.

    The poor birds thought, "Fool never value（重视） good advice. It is better not to advise them ".

    Sometimes I wonder why I ever wanted to drive. This morning as I was backing up the car, I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the car behind me. After I dropped off my children at their school, I started driving to a small town thirty miles away, where I had a meeting. While I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} along a beautiful, quiet country road, suddenly I saw some chickens {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the road. Before I knew it, I had run over one of them,  and the farmer ran out of her house shaking her fist（拳头）at me. It seemed country roads were not so{#blank#}4{#/blank#}after all, and I decided to take the highway instead. I turned off at the third exit, and before I knew it there was a police car {#blank#}5{#/blank#} me. The policeman gave me a $ 150 ticket for going through a stop sign. I swear I didn't see it. Besides, that's a stupid place to put a stop sign.

    Anyway, to make a bad day even {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, on my way home after I picked up my children from school, my car broke down. It cost me $ 65 to pull it to the nearest mechanic and another $ 400 to get it fixed. Next time I'm going to take a taxi.

Tony: You know so much about {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Do you like them?

Mary: Yeah. I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} about them from the encyclopaedia

Tony: What is the encyclopaedia?

Mary: It is a book having a lot of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} you want to know.

Tony: It is so{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Where did you find it?

Mary: From our school library. There are different encyclopaedias. 

Tony: Can I {#blank#}5{#/blank#} what I like?

Mary: Of course.

    Do you like learning English? You may think English is important, but some students don't think so. And they find it very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to learn English. That is because they don't learn it in a right {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    Please often read English aloud (出声地), because it's good {#blank#}3{#/blank#} your listening. On the other hand, listening a lot can help you read better. Reading English aloud can {#blank#}4{#/blank#} help you speak clearly and fluently (流利地). You can read English anywhere when you are free You can get lots of information when you read. When you need to show your {#blank#}5{#/blank#} you can speak or write. That means you are using what you {#blank#}6{#/blank#} from reading. In a word, reading can help improve (提高) your listening, speaking {#blank#}7{#/blank#} writing. If you want to learn English {#blank#}8{#/blank#} you should read more.

    I used to go {#blank#}1{#/blank#} with my mum on clear nights and look at the sky. It looked like black velvet with a million {#blank#}2{#/blank#} on it. In different seasons, we saw different groups of stars. Sometimes we saw stars {#blank#}3{#/blank#} brightly {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the sky. How beautiful they were!

    Studying the stars was great {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for me. Once I learnt a little about them, I soon wanted to find out more and more. Now it is my {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. I host a TV program {#blank#}7{#/blank#} The Sky at Night. I use my knowledge to tell people about the stars in a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} way. I am proud of my TV program me—it has {#blank#}9{#/blank#} for more than 50 years!

    Nowadays bike-sharing has been very popular in China. Mobike (摩拜单车) is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of the market leaders in the bike-sharing business.

    What is Mobike?

    Mobike was founded in January, 2015. It is supported by Tencent (腾讯). People in many {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Jinan as well as Shanghai, have a chance of using the app (软件). The total number of Mobike app users is larger than that of any{#blank#}3{#/blank#} bike-sharing app users.

    Who uses Mobike?

    According to a survey，53. 23% of the Mobike users are men, while 46. 77% are {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.  Mobike is not only popular {#blank#}5{#/blank#} young people, but also wins the hearts of the old. It shows {#blank#}6{#/blank#} retired men traveled the longest distances (距离)by shared bikes.

    Why do people use Mobike?

    Chinese people use Mohike for four reasons. Users can rent (租借)a bike at a low price, usually about one yuan {#blank#}7{#/blank#} hour. It also offers people a better choice for short journeys in cities, especially when people can't find a bus {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the underground to take. What's {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, it's helpful in traffic. And the most important is that it can help {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the environment.