I will never forget an accident that happened in my own childhood. When I was a boy of twelve, something happened to me that made me never1any birds in a cage.

    We lived on the edge of a2in South Carolina, and every evening many mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isn't any sound that can be3 than the song of the mockingbird.

    I decided to catch a young bird and keep it in a cage, 4in that way, I could have my own musician. I finally caught one and put it in a cage. The bird was5and fluttered about the cage, but finally it became quiet in its new home. I felt pleased with6 and looked after my little musician carefully.

    On the second day, the bird's mother flew to the cage7food in her mouth. The baby bird ate up8she brought. I was pleased to see this. Certainly his mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.

    The following morning when I went to see9my little bird was, I found it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was very surprised! What had happened! I had taken great10of the little bird, or so I thought.

    Arthur Wayne, a famous scientist, happened to be in the forest where we lived at the time. Hearing me crying over the11of my bird, he told me what12. "A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison(毒药) food. She thinks13better for her young to die than to live in a cage."14I have never caught any birds or put them in a cage. All the birds have the right to15in the sky .

    Mike and Dick work in the same office. They don't like the cold weather. And one day they decided 1 their holiday in Australia. Their plane 2 Sydney at nine in the morning. They had a good rest in a hotel. The next morning they 3 a car in the city and began their travel. A few hours later the sun 4 in the sky and there were no shade trees beside. It was so hot that they could hardly go on driving. They had to stop 5 around. Mike found a river was about half a kilometer away from them. They were both very happy and drove the car 6.

    there. Soon they got to the river. Before they jumped into the water, Dick saw a boy 7 under a big tree. He asked, "Are there any sharks in the river, boy?" "No, there aren't." answered the boy. So they began 8 in the river. After a while, Dick felt something hit 9 his leg. He told Mike about it. They were afraid and stopped swimming. Dick asked 10, "Is it true that there aren't any sharks in the river?"

    "Yes, sir," said the boy, "There're a lot of crocodiles(鳄鱼)in the water. All the sharks（鲨鱼） have swum away!"

下面材料是五则新闻报道。阅读这些新闻，从A-F选项中为每一条新闻选择一个恰当的标题，有一项是多余选项。

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Drivers to Dapeng for the Qingming Festival holiday between Saturday and Monday will not have to order in advance. However, they will still need to ask for a spot for their vehicles to Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, police warned Thursday.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Drinking strong coffee — half an hour before exercise can increase fat-burning, according to a new study published in the Magazine of the International Society of Sports Nutrition(营养).

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}According to meteorological（气象学的） methods for calculating seasons, summer in the city likely began on, what might be the earliest date in this city's history, March 25, the Shenzhen Meteorological Observatory said yesterday.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Tokyo 2020 organizing committee(主委会) said that unlike the Olympic torch relay, which covers Japan's all 47 local governments, the Paralympics(残奥会) torch relay will only pass the four hosting regions of Tokyo, Shizuoka, Chiba and Saitama between Aug. 17 and 24.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Chinese musician Lyu Kanzhe will give a night of chiba music at the theater in MixC World. The chiba is one of the oldest Chinese woodwind instruments. It is a type of xiao, or flute. The shakuhachi is a Japanese chiba which was originally introduced to Japan from China in the eighth century and grew in the early Edo Period (1603-1868).

Dear Mom,

I can't wait to tell you something about my trip in Providenciales!

It was already dark when I arrived here, so I stayed at the hotel and had {#blank#}1{#/blank#}rest. The next morning, I went to a beach to enjoy the beautiful sea. While I {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(play) on the beach, I saw many volunteers taking boats to clean up the rubbish in the sea. I thought it was really meaningful, so I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (join) in the clean-up activity. When I {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(see) the clean sea in this area, I got a great feeling of satisfaction. Through this activity, I have been friends{#blank#}5{#/blank#} many people of my age. When the sun was setting, we returned to the beach and had a barbecue (烧烤) together. After that, while some people were putting away the dishes, I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(pick) up the rubbish with my new friends. For the rest of the two days, I have {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(be) to many other beautiful places in Providenciales. I am so excited that I don't go to sleep{#blank#}8{#/blank#} I finish this letter.

Although I've just been here for three days, I have already{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (experience) many interesting things I have never tried before. When I come back, I will tell you more things about my trip. I think Providenciales may be the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good) place I have ever visited! I will see you soon!

Love,

Anne

Zhu Yanjun won the second place in the Chinese Poetry Competition for his excellent poetry skills.

Born in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} village in Jingning County, Gansu Province, Zhu only received primary and middle school education. His love for {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(read) poetry and books came from his Chinese teacher who has published many {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(article) in magazines. "I also wanted to publish stories, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} I started to read," he told China Daily.

Although Zhu left school so early, he didn't stop his poetic journey. He worked {#blank#}5{#/blank#} more than 10 cities. Whenever he got to a city, he visited the bookstores and libraries there. He took a notebook to write down paragraphs from books and recite（背诵）{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(they).

Most of his favorite poems from the Tang Dynasty, and some of them {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(write) by Chairman Mao Zedong. Why? Because he found them easy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(remember). Over the years, he has read thousands of poems and he can recite more than 1,000 of them now.

Reading poetry {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(help) Zhu stay calm and he never complains about hard work. "Whenever I face any difficulty, I think of a famous saying 'Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it'," he told China Daily.

Zhu's children were {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(interest) in poetry too. They were accepted into universities in different cities.