You may like reading novels for fun. But you need to get{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(organize) if you are reading a novel for school. Here {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) a few tips.

        First, pay attention to characters. What do they do in the novel? What do they want? Everything{#blank#}3{#/blank#} is about a character can help us to understand him, from his{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (appear) to the kind of food he eats.

        Besides, the order ofthe story and the plot are {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(equal) important. Make sure that as you read, you make {#blank#}6{#/blank#}quick note of what happens in each chapter. This will help you bring the things you have noticed about thecharacter, setting, language andso on together. It's also an enormous help for you to retell the story after you have read it.

        Next, themes. They are ideas that a novel explores. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} is a must to get the hang of the theme if you want to fully appreciate the novel. Perhaps loveis a major theme, or justice，or  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(survive).

        Furthermore, novels are made up {#blank#}9{#/blank#}language. Writers use language in a special way{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(make) their novels work. They may use metaphors, invent symbols, or show different characters' personalities through their speech styles.

    Rachel and her husband, Jason, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}were both experienced climbers, were on a climbing holiday in Switzerland.When they were 3，000 metres up in the mountains, there was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} storm.The wind was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (extreme) strong and the snow was two metres deep.They couldn't move.Rachel had her mobile phone with her, so she sent a text message to five friends in the UK {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (get) their help.

    About four hours later, one of her friends, Martha, responded {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. her with a text message.Martha said she had phoned the police in Switzerland and that they had got in touch with the mountain rescue team.

    But the weather was so bad {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. the helicopter (直升飞机) couldn't get to the two climbers.The rescue team sent a message to Rachel, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (say)：“So sorry Rachel. We tried.Wind is too strong.Have to wait till morning.Take care.Be strong.”Rachel felt {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (hope) and thought they were going to die as it was freezing, －15 ℃.However, Jason encouraged her, telling her not to give up.

    Next morning the storm {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (pass) and the helicopter arrived to take them off the mountain. After the accident, they cared for each other with greater {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (devote)．

    In Hangzhou, borrowing books from the library is now as simple as shopping online: click, pay {#blank#}1{#/blank#} wait for delivery.

    The city's public library recently launched a program on WeChat,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} popular Chinese messaging software, enabling its readers to check out books online and get them {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (deliver) to their homes at low prices.

    To enjoy the “Hangzhou enjoyable reading” service, one first needs to follow the library's official WeChat account, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} provides a list of books. After picking books, borrowers are required  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (present)the information such as their library membership cards, cell phone numbers and so on. The selected items will be delivered by express within three days after payments. Each reader can borrow up to 5 books once and 20 books at most {#blank#}6{#/blank#} total. The books can be borrowed for up to 40 days. Reading now can borrow the library's most popular books in this way. The online books will be renewed and enriched {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (gradual) according to readers' borrowing habits and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (prefer). At the end of December, the library's old and classic books {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (put) online too, making the total number of books available and bringing borrowers a lot of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (convenient)

    A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus. They sat next to each other. "What's that in your bag?" asked the young man. "Gold." answered the old man. The young man could not believe his own ears. Then he began to think about how {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (get) the money. The old man was very tired and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. After a while the old man {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(lie) down on the chair and fell {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(sleep). The young man took {#blank#}5{#/blank#} big bag quietly. But when he was just about to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the man's body. Several times he tried to pull it out, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he couldn't make it. At last he took off his coat, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(think) that the gold in the bag must cost far more than his fur coat. Then the young man ran out of the station {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(quick), until he reached a place {#blank#}9{#/blank#} he thought the old man could not find him. He opened the bag but he just found many small stones in it. Then he ran back to the station only to find that the old man was {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(go).

Is Hothouse Earth Avoidable?

    Nearly 50 years ago, the Club of Rome's report "Limits to Growth" warned that if economic growth continued fast without regard for the environment, the world could face ecological and economic collapse in the twenty-first century. Yet that is essentially {#blank#}1{#/blank#} has happened. As new research for the Club of Rome shows — and the latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states — the world {#blank#}2{#/blank#} well be headed towards disaster.

    Many wrongly {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(interpret) the "Limits to Growth" as an attack on uncontrolled economic expansion. In fact, the report argued that {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the unlimited-growth pathway was chosen, it would require complementary policies (including funding) {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (preserve) the planet's limited life-support systems.

    This argument {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (ignore). Instead, the world has continued to pursue fast growth, without regard for the environmental consequences. This has enabled us to make enormous progress in reducing poverty, increasing longevity, and increasing wealth. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it has come at a high cost to the formation of the society and the restoration of the planet.

    As scientists have conclusively shown, in the last decade, we have entered a new geological era, the Anthropocene, in which human activity — in particular, economic activity — has been the dominant factor {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(influence) Earth's climate and environment. In the Anthropocene, our planet's life-support system is changing faster than ever.

Climate change now represents a clear and present danger. If our planet becomes just 2℃ warmer than pre-industrial temperatures, we may be placed irreversibly on the path toward "Hothouse Earth" — a situation {#blank#}9{#/blank#} temperatures are many degrees warmer than today, sea levels are considerably higher, and extreme weather events are {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(common) — and more destructive — than ever.