A: Hello, I'm Barry Lai, a reporter with TV News. Would you mind {#blank#}1{#/blank#}a few questions about the events of this afternoon?

B: Not at all

A: All right then. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}were you when the birds landed?

B: I was shopping in Central.

A: How many birds do you think there were?

B: I'd say there were about 1,000 birds in all.

A: Can you tell me what {#blank#}3{#/blank#}looked like?

B: They were small brown and green birds.

A: And what did they do, exactly?

B: Well, they {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and landed in Statue Square. They stayed there for about 15 minutes before flying off again.

A: How did people react?

B: Oh, everyone was amazed. Traffic stopped {#blank#}5{#/blank#}and the police had to be called.

A: OK. Thanks very much for talking to me.

    Alice was born with a strange disease. She was taken to many hospitals. None of the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} knew the cause of the disease. They told her parents she would go blind and deaf.

    Now Alice is fifteen years old. Her eyesight and hearing are so poor that she can't see or hear {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. But she is a bright and happy girl. She says to {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, "Whatever happens, I will never give up. " She {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to enjoy her life. With her {#blank#}5{#/blank#} help, she is travelling as much as she can. She is also {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the interesting things she experiences along the way.

    She also wants to help people like her. Her dream is to help researchers {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a method for her disease. If she can get {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, people who have the same disease may also be cured (治愈). In fact, she has {#blank#}9{#/blank#} money for a foundation (基金会) fighting the disease since she was in Grade Two. Until now, she has got over $150，000!

    Alice thinks helping others can make her {#blank#}10{#/blank#} than having fun alone. She is doing her best to live her life without any regret.

— {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I swim here?

—I'm sorry. Children {#blank#}2{#/blank#} swim alone here. It's very dangerous.