A thousand years ago, Hong Kong was covered by a  1 forest. As more and more people came to live in Hong Kong, these trees were 2 and burnt. Now there are only a few forests left and we call these 3, a small area covered with trees.

    Elephants, tigers and many 4 animals were living in the thick forest. Early farmers needed fire to keep themselves 5 in winter, to cook their food and to keep away the dangerous animals. They 6 rice and kept pigs and chickens in the valleys. They cut down the trees and burnt them. Elephants quickly disappeared 7 there was not enough food for them. So did most of the wolves and tigers. Monkeys and many other animals soon 8 in the same way.

    There are about 36 different animals living in Hong Kong now. One of the most interesting of Hong Kong's 9 is the barking deer. In Hong Kong the barking deer has only a real enemy human beings. There are now not 10 barking deer left. So it is important for people to protect wild animals.

     Some inventions are very important. For example, the telephone allows people to communicate all over the world. The 1 lets people travel long distances in a short time. Life is much easier with these 2inventions.

     Some inventions are just fun. A company in Japan has invented3 flowers. You can listen to music that comes through real flowers. Customers in restaurants can smell the beautiful roses 4listen to pleasant music while eating. People in the dentist's office can look at pretty lilies and listen to Mozart while having their 5examined!

     There is now a vehicle that gets you around with almost no effort 6. In fact, you drive this invention while standing on it ! This vehicle runs by electricity. It 7 quite easily. When you lean forward, it moves forward, and when you lean 8, it moves backward!

     A new kind of bubble(气泡) liquid（液）has been invented. If you blow bubbles 9 this liquid, they can last for several minutes! 10 are very strong. You can even pick them up and throw them around!

     Do you have your own ideas about inventions now?

    We live in computer age(时代). People 1 scientists, teachers, writers and even students use computers to do all kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago. 2 couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. Very few people were 3 in them and knew how 4 them. Today computers are smaller and 5. But they can do a lot of work. Many people like to use them.

    Computers become very important because they can work 6 than people and make fewer mistakes. Computers can 7 people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to 8. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to 9. Computers can also remember what you 10 them. Computers are very useful and helpful. They are our friends. Do you want to have a computer?

    Nowadays, WeChat is becoming more and more popular in China. No matter where we are, we can sign up and send text or voice messages to our friends. We can also find a stranger to talk to by shaking the 1^. Another funny function is that WeChat can help to search for people  2 live nearby with the programme on. Many people like this function, 3 it can help them to find more people who they may know.

    In my opinion, WeChat is really4 useful chatting tool. It can help people 5 with their friends more easily.6 , it is also bad for people, especially for students .As you see, some people use WeChat 7 too long. It is not healthy to them .So I have some 8 on how to use it in a correct way. First, we should not use it when we are studying. We can't focus on our study if we use it. Second, we must be careful. We should neither show too much personal information9 trust strangers so much.

    We should learn how to use it properly. Remember, WeChat is not everything in your life.10depend too much on it.

    In some science fiction films, people in the future have their own robots. These robots are just like humans. They help with the housework and do the most1 jobs.

    Some scientists believe that there will be such robots in the future. However, they agree it may take hundreds of years, Scientists are now trying to make robots look like people and2 the same things as us. Japanese companies have already made robots walk and dance. This kind of robot will also be fun to watch.

    But robot scientist James White disagrees. He thinks that it will be3 for a robot to do the same things as a person. For example, it's easy for a child to4and know where he or she is. Mr White thinks that robots won't be able to do this. But other scientists disagree. They think that robots will be able to talk to people.525 to 50 years.

    Robot scientists are not just trying to make robots look like people. For example, there are already robots 6 in factories. These robots look more like huge arms. They do simple jobs over and over again. People don't like to do such jobs and will get bored, But robots will7 get bored.

    In the future, there will be more robots everywhere, and humans will have8 work to do. New robots will have many different9. Some will look like humans, and others might look like10 ， After an earthquake, a snake robot can help look for people under buildings. That may not seem possible now, but computers, space rockets and even electric toothbrushes seemed impossible a hundred years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!