（1）Last Wednesday, I had tennis {#blank#}1{#/blank#}with the school team. It made me tired.
（2）Bill is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} than the other boys in my class.
（3）Kobe is always {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in P.E. class.
（4）Yesterday's talent show was a great {#blank#}4{#/blank#} .
（5）Mozart started {#blank#}5{#/blank#} music at the age of four.

Last year, I went England to study for three months. The first station was Cambridge — a city {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is a university and famous {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the university. I visited some places of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the morning and took English lessons in the afternoon. To me, the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} thing to do in Cambridge is boating along the River Cam. It is really beautiful. I stayed with an English family as a guest. After class, we could take part in their daily life or take trips by ourselves. My English was poor but the family kept communicating with me in English. With their help, My spoken English improved {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Day by day, I was more{#blank#}6{#/blank#} with my conversation with them. Then I got to London, the capital city of England it is also the busiest city in England, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a population of 7.5 million and a history of 2000 years. On the middle and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} area, there are plenty of farms. The weather is fine all the year round and I notice the countryside is green everywhere! Time {#blank#}9{#/blank#} while I was in England. Soon Christmas came, we decorated the Christmas tree, wore new clothes tasted delicious food and said “Merry Christmas” to friends or even strangers. It was really amazing! The next day, I {#blank#}10{#/blank#}to return home, however, there was only one thing I didn't do: it was a pity that I didn't take the London Eye to see the whole city on the clear days!

    People already know a lot about animals. However, there are still some things about animals that may surprise you. Here are {#blank#}1{#/blank#}about animals you probably didn't know.

    Cows do have best friends and feel stressed when they are separated. Scientists have found that cows are very social animals and that a cow always {#blank#}2{#/blank#}other cows. When a cow is with its friends, it feels relaxed, compared with when it is alone.

    During a breeding season, a male penguin will offer a small stone to a female penguin as a gift. If she takes it, they will become partners. When the female penguin lays an egg, she and her partner may carry it {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, because some penguins don't build nests.

    Crocodiles (鳄鱼) swallow (吞) stones. Crocodiles always swallow their food instead of eating it like other animals. They swallow stones which break the food into very small pieces in their stomachs. These stones may stay in their stomachs {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

    Elephants use plants to treat pain or other illnesses. Scientists once found a pregnant (怀孕的) elephant in Africa who ate a kind of plant which was not part of her normal food. Four days later, she {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a baby elephant. The same plant was used by the local pregnant women.