There is a nature park in the southwest of our city. The government built it to{#blank#}1{#/blank#}the rare animals. The nature park has been the{#blank#}2{#/blank#}of our city.

    Yesterday my friends and I{#blank#}3{#/blank#}it. The workers there asked us not to{#blank#}4{#/blank#}animals. Many animals are in{#blank#}5{#/blank#}because people kill them for their meat and fur. Another reason is that people are taking{#blank#}6{#/blank#}their land and{#blank#}7{#/blank#}their water dirty. The{#blank#}8{#/blank#}is becoming very serious.

    I learnt much yesterday. I think people should{#blank#}9{#/blank#}up more comfortable houses for the animals and help them live in{#blank#}10{#/blank#}. We should do our best to protect them, because protecting them is protecting ourselves.

    William Shakespeare (1564—1616) was an English writer. He {#blank#}1{#/blank#} lots of famous plays, such as Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. We can still see {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in English and in many other languages today. When he left school at fourteen, he decided {#blank#}3{#/blank#} an actor. He married in 1582 and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} three children. Later, he went to London. He became a great actor and began to write plays there. He was {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and successful. He died when he was 52 years old.

A: Where did you go last night?

B: I went to see a robot show.

A: That sounds {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. And it means you saw real robots?

B: Yes. They looked very funny.

A: What did they {#blank#}2{#/blank#}?

B: They sang and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, sometimes fast and sometimes slowly.

A: Could they speak like people?

B: One of them could. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}it offered customers food, it could answer their simple questions. Though its voice sounded a little strange. It could speak very {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

A: How wonderful! I hope I can go.

Anna: What is the topic of your project?

Alice: About {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in our city.

Anna: It is a good topic.

Alice: The pollution is rather serious. It's said that some {#blank#}2{#/blank#} pour waste water into the river near our city.

Anna: It may pollute our water.

Alice: You're right. We should do a survey near the river and take action.

Anna: {#blank#}3{#/blank#} great your idea is!

Alice: I'll write my report and do something for it. Would you love to do it with me?

Anna: Sure! Let's work {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

Alice: The city is our home. It is our duty to make it clean and {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

    Captain Joseph Mackey's airplane was flying over the ocean on its way to Great Britain when engine trouble started. He turned back and made a crash-landing at night in the deep snow of Newfoundland, All the men in the plane were killed except Captain Mackey who was badly hurt.

    Captain Mackey waited all the next morning for an airplane to come{#blank#}1{#/blank#}him. In the afternoon he set out to find help. He went about a mile but found that he was too weak to go on through the snow. Half walking and half{#blank#}2{#/blank#}, he made his way back to the plane.

    The second day many planes passed above him, but none of the pilots saw him. In his plane was a flask(长颈瓶)of aluminum(铝)powder. He poured this on a huge stone to make the stone shine, but the wind blew it off.

    The third day Captain Mackey heard a plane coming nearer, flying very low. It flew right over him and passed on. Then he gave up hope of being found. In a few minutes the plane returned, and the pilot dipped(稍微降低) one wing to get a{#blank#}3{#/blank#}view. He had seen the aluminum powder blown by the wind on the snow.

    The pilot came for a better look, and then he saw Captain Mackey{#blank#}4{#/blank#} his arms. Jim Allison, the pilot, was an old friend. Allison quickly climbed higher and sent a radio message. In a short time a plane came and dropped a sleeping bag, food, medicine and tools for Captain Mackey. Later two men arrived with a sled to rescue him.