I have three friends. They're Jennifer, Alicia and Scott. Jennifer {#blank#}1{#/blank#} math. She says it's difficult {#blank#}2{#/blank#} interesting. Her favorite teacher is Mr. Miller {#blank#}3{#/blank#} school,she goes swimming.Alicia likes history best {#blank#}4{#/blank#} school. She thinks history is very {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. She is in the school history club. Miss Brown is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} history teacher. She also likes singing. Scott {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to school at 7:30. He likes to have {#blank#}8{#/blank#}because science teacher Mr White is his favorite. He {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Mr white's class is very interesting. He likes {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his friend Mike when he is free.

    Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means to make things {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Pollution comes in many forms. We see it, smell it, drink it and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} hear it.

    Man is now slowly polluting the whole {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}it is not the only kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us {#blank#}5{#/blank#}more easily.

    Many countries are making rules to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}pollution. They stop people {#blank#}7{#/blank#}burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO₂ is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is {#blank#}8{#/blank#}by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} air pollution.

    The Earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the land, water and air clean .And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.

A: Hello, Jim. Do you like {#blank#}1{#/blank#}basketball?

B: Oh, yes, I like it very much.

A: How often do you play it?

B: Four {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a week.

A: Who do you often play basketball with?

B: I often play it with some {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

A: How long do you play basketball every time?

B: For about an hour.

A: {#blank#}4{#/blank#}do you usually play basketball?

B: On Tuesday and Friday afternoons.

A: Tomorrow is Sunday. Would you like{#blank#}5{#/blank#}a basketball match with me?

B: Yes, I'd love to.

    The New Year was coming. Grace and Alice were going shopping with their mother. The mother wanted to{#blank#}1{#/blank#} them to a Farmers' Fair (集市),but Grace wanted to go to the supermarket. The mother explained that they{#blank#}2{#/blank#} buy fresh fruit and vegetables there, and could support (支持) local farmers as well. Grace agreed.

    The girls were{#blank#}3{#/blank#} when they arrived there. The farmers sold things that they grew{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Alice found a stall (货摊) with red strawberries ,and she{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, "Where did you get so many good strawberries?" The woman answered, "I grow them on my farm. You can come to visit my farm{#blank#}6{#/blank#} you like." "That will be great!" said Alice. At last, Alice asked her mother to buy{#blank#}7{#/blank#} strawberries. They also bought something else.

    At the dinner, the father asked each person to say something{#blank#}8{#/blank#} this day. Alice said, "I want to thank not only the strawberries, but also the{#blank#}9{#/blank#} They needed to work so {#blank#}10{#/blank#}to grow strawberries." Grace then said, "We should thank the food and the people who bring it to us every day." Alice and Grace's parents smiled.