{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(keep) a diary in English is one of the effective ways to improve our English writing abilities.

    Compared with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(little) time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. If we keep doing this，{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (gradual)we'll learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English，we will certainly meet many difficulties. First, it often happens that we have difficulty{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(find)proper words and phrases to give expression to our mind.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (two), there are so many idioms(成语)in Chinese{#blank#}6{#/blank#}it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly.

    In my opinion，my{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(suggest)is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English  dictionary  within  easy reach. Whenever something{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(beat)us，we can first put it down in our notebook and then refer {#blank#}9{#/blank#} our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help，if necessary. In short，I believe that it is of great use to keep{#blank#}10{#/blank#}diary in English for the development of our writing skills.

    There was a farm in a small country. The farmer's daughter had to carry fresh milk to customers in various villages, one of{#blank#}1{#/blank#}was a priest(牧师). {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（reach）his house, the milkmaid had to cross a stream. People crossed it by raft(竹筏).

    One day the priest, finding it arrived very late, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(scold) the poor girl. “What can I do?” she said. “I started out early from my house, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}I had to wait a long time for the boatman to come.”

    Then the priest said, “What! people have even walked across the ocean by{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(repeat) the name of God, but you can't cross this little river.” This milkmaid took his words very seriously.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}then on, she brought the priest's milk punctually(准时地) every morning. He became curious about it and asked her how it was{#blank#}7{#/blank#}she was never late any more.

     “I crossed the river repeating the name of God, just as you had told me to do, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}waiting for the raft,” she replied. The priest didn't believe her, so they went together to the water and the milkmaid began to walk over{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Looking back, the milkmaid saw the priest floundering(踉跄) in the water.

     “Sir!”she cried. “You are uttering the name of God, but all{#blank#}10{#/blank#}while you are holding up your clothes from getting wet. That is not trusting in God.”

David will never forget what happened to him the day before yesterday. He was eating something at home{#blank#}1{#/blank#} he received a strange phone call from a hospital. The caller said that his son{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(fall) to the ground unconscious on the way to school. It was he {#blank#}3{#/blank#}took him to the hospital. David hung up his cell phone and rushed to his son's classroom, only to find him listening to the teacher attentively. He suddenly realized that he had been cheated, but he felt {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(relieve). Just at that time the phone rang again, saying, "Your son is in great danger and he needs {#blank#}5{#/blank#}immediate operation which costs 48,000 yuan. The doctors here say they will not operate {#blank#}6{#/blank#}your son until they receive the money." When{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(ask) from where the caller had taken his son to hospital, the caller rang off. David gave a big smile and said. "What a pity!"

If the cheater thought he could get money from David in such a（an）{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(honest)way, he was wrong. Such phone calls are common these days. A few of them might have fallen victims to such tricks. Most parents are sensitive to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. It was really silly to cheat well—educated men like David.

    Believe it or not, it's a true story. The{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(colleague)in his office can confirm it, such as Tom, Peter and so on.

    Every Wednesday at 7 pm, a group of running enthusiasts from different countries gather at a bar in Shanghai before setting {#blank#}1{#/blank#} on their 5-kilometer run. But this is no ordinary run. These people {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (arm) with trash (垃圾) bags. The members of this group don't simply run for the sake of good health. They do it for the sake of the Earth {#blank#}3{#/blank#} well.

    Called "plogging", this new fitness activity originated in Sweden in 2016 and was introduced to Shanghai in 2018. The term is a combination of the words "jogging" and "plocka upp", {#blank#}4{#/blank#} means "pick up" in Swedish.

    By the summer of 2018 just a few months after Trash Running China was founded, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (it) WeChat group had grown to include more than 400 runners. To make the activity more fun for both {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (newcomer) and regular ploggers, Trash Running China also {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (frequent) organizes longer weekend runs in the suburban areas. "We want more people to hold small 'plogging' groups and have a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (responsible) to organize trash running activities in their own neighborhoods," says Eisenring, who founded Trash Running China." 'Plogging' is a way {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (know) the people and the city a bit more," says Robbin Trebbe, one of the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (late) runners to join the group.

    Every year, butterfly(蝴蝶) lovers in California go out in November to count monarch butterflies. They {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(get) a worrying result from their fall monarch count in 2018—{#blank#}2{#/blank#} number of monarchs had dropped by 86% since 2017.

The orange and black monarch butterflies are famous {#blank#}3{#/blank#} their long migrations(迁徙)—they fly thousands of miles every year. In the spring and summer they fly north; in the fall they fly south again.

    Monarchs, like most butterflies, are {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(terrible) important for plants. They help create more plants by spreading pollen(花粉) between plants. In turn, monarchs depend on plants for food. And they depend completely on a plant called milkweed {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(lay) their eggs.

    But monarchs have been facing growing problems for years. As more and more wild land has been turned into large farms, the monarchs have had trouble {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(find) enough milkweed. Many farms also use chemicals {#blank#}7{#/blank#} will kill insects in order to protect their plants. These chemicals also affect monarchs. Besides, pollution has made milkweed less {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(health) for the monarchs than it used to be.

    Scientists say monarchs will be in danger of dying out in the next 20 years if nothing {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(do) to save them.

   {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(thing) that people can do to help include planting milkweed, controlling the use of chemicals, protecting wild areas, and planting trees.