A great way to limit(限制) your impact(影响) on the planet is to follow other animals' way of eating. Squirrels（松鼠）, 1, eat nuts close to their tree houses. Elephants eat trees or plants that 2 around. What these animals are doing is eating in season and locally. We can do the same.

    Most of our favourite fruit and vegetables have their own natural seasons. Modern farming techniques make it 3 for us to eat all kinds of things any time of the year. However, 4 we eat our food in their natural seasons, we will save more energy.

    Eating locally means eating things that are grown close to your home. It will lower the impact that you and your eating 5 have on the environment. An easy way to 6 local produce is to shop at a nearby farmer's market.

    One of the best things you can do is to grow your own food. It may seem like a lot of 7but people and communities all over the country grow some or all of their own food.

    There are many 8 to grow your own food. By doing this, you can 9 where your food comes from. Besides, you can make sure that your food is fresher. It can 10 weeks for the food to get from the farm to the supermarket.

    By growing your own food, those weeks become just days, hours or even seconds. Now that's fresh!

    Imagineyou are taking a walk on the beautiful beach. Just then, your feet step oversomething and you hear a crack (噼啪声) —an empty plastic bottle. Things like thisare happening more often because of sea rubbish.

    Studiesshow that 80%of all the waste is from the land. The waste is mainly plastics (塑料制品) which are really hard todegrade (降解). So the rubbish will remain there for along time. Some of the pollution is caused accidentally. For example, about10,000 product-filled boxes are lost at sea every year from business ships.Sometimes people just throw things into the water from boats or land. Manylarge rubbish areas are formed in the North Pacific Ocean.

   Thankfully, the situation isn't ignored (忽视). Groups like the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAssociation (NOAA) are taking action to help clean the sea. Since 2006, 76projects have cleared out 3,814 metric tons (公吨) ofrubbish from the sea. Methods of rubbish cleaning include using machines toremove (移除) the waste away from the surface of seawater. Besides, special nets are set by the mouths of rivers to stop therubbish before it reaches the sea. If everyone does his part, sea rubbish seemslike a problem that can be solved.

When something is troubling us, it's natural to try and make it go away. We might head to the doctor or make a trip to the local drug store for medicine. Unluckily these methods can be expensive and it takes time.

But have no fear, because you might be able to come up with useful home remedies (治疗方法)with nothing more than a few simple ingredients from your house.

At one time or another, it seems everyone comes down with the flu. Along with taking it easy and getting plenty of rest, you can tur to chicken soup to make you feel better. Mothers from around the world have been making it for thousands of years for sick relatives. The hot soup warms you up and its pleasant smell helps to clear up your nose. It's often prepared with onions, carrots ... which all provide vitamins.

Nothing drives people mad quite like getting the hiccups (打嗝). In some cases, nothing seems to drive them away. Next time you've got a bad case of the hiccups, try this sweet solution. Take a full teaspoon with sugar and swallow it down. The sugar is thought to get your throat muscle (肌肉) to relax. Just don't overdo it, or you might have to take a trip to the dentist.

Headaches are another trouble. If you get one, try putting a pencil in between your teeth. A major cause of headaches is stress, and when we're worried, we often tighten our jaws (咬紧牙关), which pulls a muscle that connects to our head, and this action causes the pain, By placing a pencil in our mouths, we are giving our minds a signal to relax our jaws. This can reduce (减轻) the headaches almost immediately, But just remember not to bite(咬) it hard.

It is known that there are different seasons in a year. But do you know the seasons in China? China is a large 1 and different parts have different features (特征). There are many 2 between the north and the south.

In 3 , it is quite cold in the north of China. The temperature is often 4 and the water freezes (结冰) in the river. Sometimes it snows 5 and everything is white after the snow. People often wear 6 coats and shoes to do outdoor activities, such as making 7 , throwing snow balls and going skating. But in most southern cities, the 8 is usually not that cold but much wetter in winter. People in Hainan can even go swimming in the sea and enjoy the bright sunshine on the beach.

People's way of 9 in the north is quite different from that in the south. In the north, people like eating food like buns and noodles, while rice is the main 10 for people in the south. People in the north usually come and go by land, but people in the south travel by land and by boat.

In general, if you decide to visit China, spring is the best time for the trip. Temperatures in most areas are warming up, but not yet so hot.

My name is Mike. I'm in No.14 Middle School. My school is big{#blank#}1{#/blank#}my teachers are nice. I go to school in my{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(father) car every day. We have seven classes - four in the morning and three in the afternoon. Our{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(one) class is at 8:00 in the morning. Do you know{#blank#}4{#/blank#}it is ? It's PE!{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (I) favorite subject is English. I think English is{#blank#}6{#/blank#}exciting subject because I can watch some videos and play some{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(game) in class. I really want{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(have) English classes every day. I have lunch{#blank#}9{#/blank#}my classmates at 12:00. After school, we often do sports. I can play ping-pong{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good).

Most of us think the telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Beil. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

In fact, an Italian named Antonio Meucci was officially recognized（认定）as me inventor a few years ago. Who is Meucci and why wasn't he known for his invention at the time? 

Antonio Meucci was born in Italy in 1808. He studied engineering and drawing. During his studies, Meucci started to experiment with electricity. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}When two places were connected with wire, people in those places could hear each other talk. 

In 1850, Meucci and his wife, Ester, moved to New York. Meucci was worried about his wife, because she had become very ill. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}To solve this problem, he connected metal cables between his home and his workshop. This way, they could talk to each other conveniently. 

Meucci invited a group of people to see his new invention. They listened in amazement as the voice of a singer was heard through the wires. 

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Even worse. Meucci never applied for a patent（专利）on his invention. Meanwhile, Alexander Graham Bell was working on the same idea and in 1876 the patent for the telephone was given to him. 

In 2002, more than a century after Meucci's death, his work was finally recognized by the government. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}