Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged{#blank#}2{#/blank#}their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (serious) hurt and a number of other people were slightly injured. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

    A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (last) for over an hour.

    “I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “{#blank#}5{#/blank#} we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down{#blank#}6{#/blank#} top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (miss). I went back inside and found him, safe{#blank#}8{#/blank#} very frightened.”

    Mrs. Woo Mei Fong {#blank#}9{#/blank#} husband had just left for work said that she felt her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

    Soldiers helped to take people out of{#blank#}10{#/blank#} flooded area and the welfare department brought them food, clothes and shelter.

    Many people keep small fish {#blank#}1{#/blank#} pets. They keep them in a tank (鱼缸) of water. The tank {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) of glass. People can look through it. They can see inside the tank and watch the fish.

    The fish need room. They mustn't be crowded. They need oxygen {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (breath). There must be enough water for all fish. So the size of the tank is very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (importance).

    In the tank people put small plants {#blank#}5{#/blank#} are good for fish. They give oxygen to the water. Plants help in other ways, too. They can hide {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the plants and sleep, lay eggs there.

    The fish should {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (keep) in water all the time. Some can jump high. So the tank should be covered. This keeps the fish from {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (jump) out.

    The fish need food and should be fed every day. But if you give them too much food, it is very bad, for the extra food {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fall) to the bottom and make the water dirty. So the fish should get just enough food and finish {#blank#}10{#/blank#} in ten minutes. Nothing should be left.

    The Agricultural Feast {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (fall) after the Independence Day. It is not a worldwide celebration. Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its arrival for its {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (religion) origin.

    Long ago, man's ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word. So annoyed was God {#blank#}3{#/blank#} he turned up and drowned all their crops. Consequently, many people starved to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (die). In order to gain God's forgiveness, a woman poet set off {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (see) God, and made apologies, which moved God. With God's permission, human beings finally had good harvests again. Thus to wipe sadness and remind {#blank#}6{#/blank#} of the belief in God, people celebrate the festival. On the festival, people gather in the open air, such as playgrounds and parking lots, and have fun with each other energetically all night long, as though they were never tired. When a beauty {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (dress) in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} poet, everyone holds his breath. Then, it is the custom that the bone of a rooster head is given to her {#blank#}9{#/blank#} an award.

    Obviously, the story may not be true, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the festival is interesting.