Tang Ling often smoked cigarettes（香烟）in his school's washing room. He started smoking {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the age of 14. One day he learnt that the NBA star Yao Ming, an ambassador（大使） to the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control（中国控烟协会）, asked people not {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（smoke）.Yao Ming was Tang's favorite star, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}his words meant a lot to him. He decided to give up smoking.

    According to the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, about 350 million Chinese smoke. Among {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, 50 million are teenagers. Sun Jiangping of Beijing University said, "Teenagers can get cigarettes {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（easy）, especially when their parents smoke or shops sell cigarettes to them. It's very important {#blank#}6{#/blank#}.parents to help their children stop smoking."

    A 15-year-old boy {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（name） Li Kun from Beijing said his parents didn't smoke. Because they thought smoking could make people feel badly ill, they only allowed him to play with friends {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（with） smoking. Living in such a good family helped Li say "{#blank#}9{#/blank#}" to cigarettes. Some of his smoking classmates once told Li that smoking made boys look cool, but Li disagreed. He said, "{#blank#}10{#/blank#}（smoke） is unhealthy and it's not cool at all. Please stop smoking now!"

    Birthday is an important day in one's life, especially for children. For 365 days the child waits for that special day because he'll become one year {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(old). Birthday is also the best time {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(have) a party with your friends and family members. To have {#blank#}3{#/blank#} different birthday party, you have to prepare lots of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(thing). You should get everything ready. You may invite your friends {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(come) to the party because you hope to celebrate the meaningful day with the ones you love. It's best {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(send) some beautiful birthday invitation cards to them. There {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(be) many ways for you to have the invitation cards. You can buy some invitation cards in the shops or choose some e cards on the Internet. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}you have time, you can even make cards by {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(you). They will show your effort to invite friends. I'm {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(sure) people would be happy to receive those hand-made cards.

    If you travel around China you {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (notice) a very popular activity everywhere you {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (go)--basketball. This much-loved sport {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (enjoy)by many, for fun and exercise.

    It {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (believe) that on December 21st, 1891, the first basketball game in history {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (play). Then in 1936 in Berlin, it became an Olympic event. A team from China took part and although they {#blank#}6{#/blank#} win they used the experience to help develop the game at home. Since then the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (popular) of basketball has risen worldwide, and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} number of foreign players in America's NBA {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (increase). Basketball has become a more and more popular sport for people to watch, and many young people dream of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (become) famous basketball players.