1970 was World Conservation (保护) Year. The UN wanted everyone to know that the world was in danger. They hoped something could be done.

    Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were about 1,300 kinds of plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only about 866 are left. The others have been destroyed by modern people and their science. We are polluting earth, air, water and everything around us. We can't live without these things. If things go on like this, we shall destroy ourselves.

    What will happen in the future? Perhaps it's more important to ask "What must we do?". More and more young people have known this. Many of them are helping to save our Earth. For example, they plant trees. In a small town in the United States, a large group of girls cleaned the banks of 11 kilometres of their river. Young people may hear about conversation through an album called "No One's Gonna Change Our World". It includes songs of Cliff Richard and other singers. The money from selling it will help to conserve tigers, elephants and pandas on Earth.

Justin was so good at basketball that he could beat any of the older guys at the court, and the younger guys didn't have any chances. But one day everything changed. When Justin was shooting around at the local court, some guys from another neighborhood appeared before him. The biggest one said that he had heard that Justin was the best and he wanted to see if it was true. Justin didn't want to play. But his cousin begged," Come on, Justin, beat this guy!" Justin decided to do what his cousin wanted.

Just as Justin was going to win, the big guy knocked him down hard. Justin broke his right leg. The doctor said he might never play basketball again.

During the first six weeks, Justin just lay in bed with his leg in a long cast. He watched TV all day and ate one bag of potato chips after another. Justinblew up like a balloon as he watched his future fade away as a basketball player.

Then Justin's sister Kiki came home from the university, bringing exciting stories of a far away land called college During those days, they talked and studied together, and Justin felt much better. Because of that, he realized he shouldn't give himself up. Basketball used to be his favorite thing, and he was good at it. But now there was only school, so he had to get good at that.

Justin worked so hard. By the time he got to senior year in high school, his GPA was high. The last thing that Justin had to do to get into college was score well on the ACT. Well wouldn't you know it?

Using the study skills he had learned from his sister, Justin made a score of 24 on the ACT.

Every university that Justin applied to accepted him. When the fall came, Justin had his choice in colleges.

Last Saturday evening, my old car broke down on my way home. It was 25 kilometres away from my 1 , so I wanted to take a bus. 

I went to a bus stop and then a bus came. But it was not the 2 bus for my town. The bus driver was 3 and she told me that I needed to take the No. 5 bus. I 4 there for about thirty minutes, but no bus came. At last a 5 came to me and a woman walked out of it. I got a surprise. She was 6 the bus driver. 

"I got to7 that the bus to your town couldn't come, so I come back here. I can't8 you here," she said. "9 my car and I will drive you home. " Her words made me feel really10 .

On the way she told me a11 . A week ago, there wasn't gas(汽油) in her car. An old man drove12 to a gas station and then back to her car. When I got to my house, I wanted to pay some money to13 her, but she didn't take it. "I only want to do something for others, " she said.

I learnt a lot from the woman,14 I joined a club called "Giving a Hand" later. Now I can also do something to15 those in need.

Hello, I'm Zhang Xia. I have a good friend. He is English and his name is Jim. Look! This is 1 bedroom. It is a 2 nice room. A clock 3 some pictures are4 the wall. 5 are on the desk. There is a schoolbag on the chair. It's not his schoolbag. It's his sister's. 6 schoolbag is on the bed. Where is7 baseball? It's behind the door. What's that? 8 a cat! Its9 Mimi. It10 a hat.

Judy is my best friend. She studies at Happy Junior High School. She always gets up early at 6:40. She usually has breakfast at about 7 o'clock. Her mother often makes her breakfast, but sometimes her mother is busy and Judy makes her own breakfast. Her first lesson starts at 8 o'clock. She is never late for school. She is good at Math and English. After school, she often plays sports with her classmates. She arrives home at 5 p.m. She finishes all her homework before supper. After supper, she does some reading. She goes to bed at 9 o'clock.

Do you feel lonely(孤单的) when your best friend isn't in the same class? Here's our advice for you.

It's hard when a best friend isn't around— maybe because he or she moved to a different school or a different class. You may feel left out during break or lunchtime. You want to make new friends, but how do you find them? Maybe it seems like everybody has his or her own friends. But remember, there's always room(空间) for more friends.

Start by looking around your classroom— think about which kids you'd like to play with during break. Try saying hello to them, smile, and be friendly. Share something with them. Ask some classmates to play with you or say " Do you want to play together?" in the playground. When you're at break, walk to kids you want to play with, and say " Hi, can I join you?" or just join in them.

If you still don't know how to make friends by yourselves or if you're shy, ask your teacher to help you. Teachers are usually very good at finding people who need friends. The best way to make friends is to be a friend. Being kind, being friendly, sharing, saving nice things, giving other people— soon, you'll have one, or two, or more new friends.

Maybe you still miss your old friends. But when you see them again, you can share something you see recently. You can also introduce him or her to your new friends.