Linda and Betty were both nineteen years old. In June, after a school year was over, they {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  to take a vacation in the countryside. They went to several towns and villages, visited some places of interest, saw and heard a lot of interesting things. They enjoyed  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}very much.
    One afternoon, they  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  going to stay overnight in a small town. It was too hot to go  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and they wished they could find a river and swim in the cool water. They were driving the car  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}while they were looking around. Suddenly Linda saw a lake not far away. They drove there   {#blank#}6{#/blank#} and stopped the car by the lake. They looked around and found a woman sitting on a stone and   {#blank#}7{#/blank#}   there. After they took off their clothes and were going to jump into the water, the woman came up to them and shouted,
  “Sorry, madams.  Swimming is not   {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  in the lake!”
  “Why didn't you tell us about it before we took off our clothes?" Betty said  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}   .
  “But it isn't forbidden to take off clothes by the lake,”  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the woman.

—_________ 15.

—Yes, G-E-O-R-G-E, George.

    Tigers are very strong and scary. We may see tigers in Europe, Asia and America in the mountains. The tigers live far away from {#blank#}1{#/blank#} houses. They eat birds, hares (野兔) and other small {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. In the day they hide in the dens (巢穴), and at night they go out {#blank#}3{#/blank#} food.

    In {#blank#}4{#/blank#} when tigers are hungry, they will become very {#blank#}5{#/blank#} But now, people cut down many {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, so tigers are losing their homes. Also, some people kill tigers to get {#blank#}7{#/blank#} fur. Some people even buy things made {#blank#}8{#/blank#} tiger bones (虎骨). So the number of tigers {#blank#}9{#/blank#} getting smaller and smaller.

    Animals are our {#blank#}10{#/blank#} friends. In order to protect them, we must build many natural reserves. And we must stop people from hunting.