At only 12, Milton Hershey stopped {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (attend) school and began to work for a candy maker in Lancaster. There, he learned to mix sugar and water to make candy products,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} he moved to Philadelphia to set up a candy store. However, his store was a complete {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (fail). So he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to Lancaster and began making caramels (焦糖) in his own way — with fresh milk and he made it.

Then in 1893 he bought the chocolate-making machines made by Germany. He was developing a(an){#blank#}5{#/blank#} (usual) plan — to build a large chocolate factory and a town to support it. So soon he bought a town {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he set up his chocolate factory in the following year. The factory provided free accommodation and all his workers lived in it. He found a way to make large amounts of milk chocolate. The Hershey Candy Company was on its way to success.

    Today, in the town of Hersey, the streetlights {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (shape) like the candy. The air often smells {#blank#}8{#/blank#} chocolate. At Hershey's Chocolate World, visitors can learn {#blank#}9{#/blank#} chocolate is made. This special town calls {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  “The Sweetest Place on Earth.”

    Most people{#blank#}1{#/blank#}get a text message from a wrong number either let the person know{#blank#}2{#/blank#}just ignore it—but this wrong text was one that the receiver felt he had to answer.

    When Mark and Lindsey Lashley had their baby boy,Cason Knox,one of their{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(relative) sent a group text message to let a few{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(friend) know about the birth—but it turned out that one of the phone numbers no longer belonged to someone they knew.Dennis Williams,the new{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(own) of the phone number,responded to the{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (excite) baby news,“{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (congratulate),but I think someone got the wrong number.”

    When everyone else in the group text message realized what was going on,they laughed and apologized to this kind stranger for getting him caught up in the baby birthing news,but Williams ended up{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(surprise) everyone. “What's the room number...we have gifts,”Williams's follow-up text read—and the best pan is that he{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(actual) showed up at the hospital to welcome Cason.And they talked about turning{#blank#}10{#/blank#}embarrassing situation into a sweet one!

    I wonder if it is because I haven't been able to be outdoors for so long {#blank#}1{#/blank#}I have grown so crazy about everything to do with nature. I can well remember that there was a time{#blank#}2{#/blank#}a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(keep) me spellbound. That has changed since I came here. For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wake) on purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself. But as the moon gave far too much light, I didn't dare open{#blank#}5{#/blank#}window. Another time five {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(month) ago, I happened {#blank#}7{#/blank#}be upstairs until the window had to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (shut). The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(entire) in its power; it was the first time in a year and a half that I{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(see) the night face to face...

    Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant(木材商), and he got it. The pay was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(real) good and so were the work conditions.  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do {#blank#}3{#/blank#} best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he was supposed to work. The first day, the woodcutter {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (bring) 18 trees. "Congratulations," the boss said. "Go on that way". Very {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(motivate) by the boss's words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} he could only bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder. But he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees. "I must be losing my {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(strong), " the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(say) that he could not understand what was going on. "When was the last time you sharpened your axe? " the boss asked. "Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(try) to cut trees. "

    In Hebei Province lies a vast forest called Saihanba. This green Great Wall, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} at its peak during the Qing Dynasty covered thousands of hectares, had by the 1950s {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（virtual）disappeared. This allowed sand to blow into Beijing from the northern deserts.

    Saihanba is a combination of Chinese and Mongolian, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（mean）“beautiful highlands". Until the Qing Dynasty, it was a royal hunting land because of its cool summer weather and beautiful surroundings. However, most of the area had turned into a desert by the end of the Qing Dynasty.

    In fact 56 years ago there was only one tree left. But without that tree, there {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（be）no miracle of Saihanba today. In the early 1960s, over 350 foresters {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（send）to this area to fight the desert. They were required {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（rebuild）the forest in Saihanba. Few people, including the foresters themselves, believed they would succeed.

Their doubt disappeared, however, when they found the 200-year-old tree, swaying alone in {#blank#}7{#/blank#} wind. If one tree could survive here, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} could millions of trees, they thought.

    After decades of hard work, three generations of the foresters have restored almost 80% of the original Saihanba forest. Recently, they were awarded the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（high）environmental honor from the United Nations for their great {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（contribute）to creating a greener world.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(see) from outer space, Earth is a blue planet, due to the fact that the ocean covers over 70 percent of its surface. According to a new study published in the journal Science, the ocean plays a great role in {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(slow)down global warming. It is" {#blank#}3{#/blank#}important buffer(缓冲物)", {#blank#}4{#/blank#}The New York Times put it.

    The oceans can absorb 93 percent of the heat trapped by the greenhouse gases {#blank#}5{#/blank#}humans release into the atmosphere. And the other 7 percent {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(absorb)by the air, land and ice caps, according to the Guardian.

    "If the ocean wasn't absorbing as much heat, the surface of the land would heat up much {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (fast) than it is right now," said professor Malin L. Pinsky at Rutgers University in the US. "In fact, the ocean is saving us from rapid warming right now."

    However, the ocean itself, as Discover Magazine noted, is heating up 40 percent faster on average than the United Nations {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(believe) five years ago. That means if the ocean temperatures increase {#blank#}9{#/blank#} this speed, the high water temperatures "will kill off marine ecosystems, raise sea {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (level) and make hurricanes more destructive (破坏性的)", the Guardian reported.