When I was a child in 1970s, my family was very poor, just{#blank#}1{#/blank#} other average families in the countryside. The second-hand clothes and rain leaking roof of old house became part of my memory. However, the worst{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (impress) is that I was feeling hungry all the time. Sometimes hunger bit me so severely {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I regarded dried sweet potato slices as delicious snack. At that time, my dream was getting enough to fill my empty stomach.

    In the early years of 1980s, with the reform and opening-up policy {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (carry) out, the children's dream came true. And then{#blank#}5{#/blank#}dream became clear and clear in my mind, I must try my best to escape out of my poor and backward hometown. I worked{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (hard) at my study than most of my classmates, and, after lucky{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (succeed) in the national college entrance examination, I realized my dream again: after graduation, I became a citizen working in a city. As the first college graduate out of a remote village, I set an example for my folks.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} came to realize that schooling is a good way to change one's fate. In the{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (follow) years, there were fewer dropouts and more college graduates in my village, of{#blank#}10{#/blank#} I am proud even today.

    When the construction of the new factory came to the end, a pump was put in. Then, all the settlers {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (defeat) by a severe disease whose characteristic was similar to cholera. An expert physician {#blank#}2{#/blank#}was instructed to attend to the victims and handle this case showed great enthusiasm, but he didn't foresee that it was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} hard challenge. After simple enquiry, he announced that the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (pollute) water was to blame. But without positive {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(evident), people suspected and rejected his view, saying the theory he put forward made no{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(sensible). Being much {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(strict) with himself than before, he contributed himself to the case. Apart from {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (make) enquiries, he made detailed charts and analyzed the data carefully. Finally, he drew some scientific {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (conclude), {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (link) the disease to the radium in the pump. He found out why people there got sick immediately.

    On May 9, James Givens was sitting in the car when he{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(hear) what sounded like a knock. He turned around only{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(find) a goose pecking (啄) at the car door. This was highly unusual given that the birds normally preferred to observe humans from a{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(distant).

But on this day, the goose appeared to be determined to get his attention and didn't stop pecking{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Givens opened the car door and stepped out .Though the bird then began to walk away,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}kept turning around to make sure he was following. When they finally stopped, Givens realized{#blank#}6{#/blank#}the mother goose did so— she needed help to free her baby goose that had got{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(trap) in some balloon string.

    Worried that the mother goose would attack him if he got close{#blank#}8{#/blank#}the baby, Givens called the local SPCA chapter. Unfortunately, they were{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(able) to help right away. Concerned that the baby goose would not survive the delay, Givens decided to take on the task himself.

    The mother goose watched{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(patient) as Givens saved the little bird. As soon as the little goose was free, it ran to its mom. Givens said this was the most unforgettable incident in his life!

    With the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(develop) of industry, air pollution is getting more and more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because {#blank#}2{#/blank#} air pollution.

    Air pollution is caused by the following {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (reason): about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (harm) gases.25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another factor is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to others. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (beside) these, about 10% of air pollution is caused by other reasons.

    We should take some measures to fight {#blank#}7{#/blank#} pollution. New fuel can be used to take {#blank#}8{#/blank#} place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (important) of the environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (solve).

    A 14-year-old Chinese boy overcame two of humankind's most dreaded fears—getting stuck in an elevator and getting homework {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(do) in a single night, owing to his calm-witted character.

    Sun Yixiao was on his way up on Tuesday evening after school {#blank#}2{#/blank#}the lift suddenly came to a stop. A moment of panic followed before the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(teenage) could find a way out.

    Sun said he tried to open the elevator door, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(press) all the buttons in the hope to get the elevator to work again, but it didn't work.

    Without a cell phone at hand, Sun tried yelling to get attention of people outside, but no one responded as time passed by. He slipped a note through the door {#blank#}5{#/blank#}the message "people stuck inside, please ask the property management for help," and hoped someone {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(pick) it up and act on it.

    After exhausting all his options without knowing how long {#blank#}7{#/blank#}would take before someone found him, he took out his textbooks and started to do his homework {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(patient).

    Soon after he finished his duties, Sun heard loud {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(voice) outside. A large crowd including his teachers and other parents had come to the rescue, by which time he {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(trap) in the elevator for over five hours.