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The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication. Life today is much {#blank#}1{#/blank#} than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, drink it and even hear it.
Man has been polluting the earth. The more people are, the more pollution is. Many years ago, the problem was not so {#blank#}3{#/blank#} because there were not so many people. When the land was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} up or the river was dirty in a place, men moved to another one. But this is no {#blank#}5{#/blank#} true. Man is now slowly pollution the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad to all living things in the world, but it is not {#blank#}7{#/blank#} one kind of pollution. Water pollution {#blank#}8{#/blank#} our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us become angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} pollution. They stop the people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from blowing dirty smoke into the air. The pollution of SO2 is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. It is certain that if there are fewer people driving, there will be {#blank#}10{#/blank#} air pollution.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means {#blank#}11{#/blank#} the land, water and air clean.

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    The Congo River(刚果河) is a famous river in Africa. The Congo River gets its {#blank#}1{#/blank#} from the Kingdom of Kongo. It is an {#blank#}2{#/blank#} country on the left bank(河岸) of the river.

    The Congo River is the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} largest river in Africa and the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} river in the world.This river runs for about 2920 miles {#blank#}5{#/blank#} going into the Atlantic Ocean.  The river runs {#blank#}6{#/blank#} several African countries. Because the Congo River runs around the equator(赤道), the water in this river is usually {#blank#}7{#/blank#}.That is different from the water in any other {#blank#}8{#/blank#}.

    As we all know, there is a large {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in Africa,but there are many forests along the river.Many plants and animals{#blank#}10{#/blank#} along the river. It's very important to Africans.