One evening I was resting in a cafe.I wore a pair of newly bought white leather shoes,  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  were rather expensive.Then a boy came to me.

     He was in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} old and not fit shirt, looking pale and about eleven.No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe­polishing.He was busy doing his work{#blank#}3{#/blank#}  heavy rain began to pour down.People rushed to the cafe for {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  (protect) from the rain.More and more people crowded in and gradually separated the boy {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  me.

     Hours passed，and it turned dark.I had no shoes on my feet and wondered where the boy had been.I thought I would have to go home on my bare feet. When it was near midnight, the cafe was to be closed.I had to move to the door，just as I went to the gate，I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (surprise) found that a boy of about eleven, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  (look) very familiar，was sleeping at the door with his head leaning  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  a box.I shook him slightly and woke him{#blank#}9{#/blank#}  .He opened the package hurriedly, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly.I paid him and wrapped him with his {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  (fit) shirt.On my way home, the image of the boy stayed in my mind.

    An American skydiver has survived a 7, 600-meter jump from an airplane, although he did not use a parachute(降落伞). Luke Aikins dropped into a huge safety net on Saturday after falling for about two minutes over the desert in California. Aikins reached a speed of 193 kilometers per hour during the jump. He fell safe into a net. Cranes(起重机) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hold) the net about 65 meters over the desert floor. The 42-year-old husband and father has jumped out of planes thousands of times, but never once  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}he left a plane without a parachute. Aikins said he was nervous before this jump. “We're talking about jumping without a parachute,” he told reporters. "I take that very  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(serious). It's not a joke.” Aikins prepared for two years  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(make) the jump. Three skydivers with parachutes made the jump with him. They recorded the event with a video and carried the  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (equip) that Aikins needed, like an oxygen mask. Aikins rolled in the air just moments before he hit the net so as to land on his back. The sky-diver did not move for several seconds as the net was lowered to the ground. Then, Aikins stood, waved his arms and hugged his wife.

    Qixi is an important festival that celebrates love and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(devote), which falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar. The love story of Niulang and Zhinu, and the Qixi Festival have been handed down for generations. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} actually these ancient traditions and customs {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(die) out nowadays.

    Many a Chinese, particularly youngsters, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(seem) to know more about St Valentine's Day on February 14th, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}people celebrate it with bouquets of roses, chocolates and romantic candlelight dinners.{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(refer) to as the “Chinese Valentine's Day,” Qixi, as a traditional Chinese festival, is more similar {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a western festival since fewer people than ever will gaze at the heavens to pick out the two stars shining bright on either side of the Milky Way. There are reminders dotted about, in {#blank#}8{#/blank#}form of big ads saying “Sales on Chinese Valentine's Day!” in shops, hotels and restaurants. However, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(differ) from traditional practices, few young women will mark the festival with their boyfriends, or take part in traditional activities to celebrate {#blank#}10{#/blank#}.

    Friendship's Day in India falls on {#blank#}1{#/blank#} first Sunday of August every year. It is celebrated with many activities.

    Young people in India spend the day with their {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (close) friends and have fun together. Most youngsters in India plan a movie or lunch with their best friends. A large group of friends may also go on a drive to tourist places or make a plan {#blank#}3{#/blank#} camping. Some friends go to the supermarkets to do some shopping. On Friendship's Day most stores offer discounted prices for {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (customer) and it is the perfect day to buy something for friends.

    Some friends go to parties {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (organize) by many restaurants in order to attract youngsters. Such parties are very enjoyable. You can get food at a discounted price. Some friends just decide to meet up at someone's home and talk about {#blank#}6{#/blank#} happy time in the past. The time good friends spend {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (sit) together and talking over a cup of coffee is precious and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (forgettable).

    Long-distance friends call up each other on this day {#blank#}9{#/blank#} wish each other with warm feelings. Some of them even plan to meet up on this particular day. Yet some others plan a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (surprise) visit just to see their friends in pleasant shock!

    With the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(develop) of industry, air pollution is getting more and more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because {#blank#}2{#/blank#} air pollution.

    Air pollution is caused by the following {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (reason): about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (harm) gases.25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another factor is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to others. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (beside) these, about 10% of air pollution is caused by other reasons.

    We should take some measures to fight {#blank#}7{#/blank#} pollution. New fuel can be used to take {#blank#}8{#/blank#} place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (important) of the environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (solve).

    The giant panda {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(love) by people throughout the world. Chinese scientists{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (recent) had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby. She was a very{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (care) mother. For 25 days, she never left her baby, not even to find something (eat)! S{#blank#}4{#/blank#}he would not let any other pandas come near. She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean. Any smell might attract natural{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (enemy) that would try to eat the little comforting pats. The mother held the baby in her front paws much the way a human does, it {#blank#}6{#/blank#}cried, she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats, The mother continued to care for the young panda {#blank#}7{#/blank#} more than two years. By that time, the panda no longer needed {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (it) mother for food. However, it stayed with her and leaned about the ways of the forest. Then, after two and a half years, the mother {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(drive) the young panda away. It was time for her to have a new baby, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it was also time for the young panda to be independent.