Kingfishers (琴鸟) are small beautiful birds. They have blue bodies, and look 1 cute. Fish is 2 favorite food. They don't live 3 the trees. They live in holes (洞) in the riverbank. But kingfishers are in great 4 now. People change (改变) many rivers. The rivers have new riverbanks, 5 kingfishers are losing their 6. People also make many rivers very 7, so there 8 no fish in the river. There isn't 9 food for kingfishers. We must 10 kingfishers.

    I can't remember when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of 1 litter nearby that I realized no one else was going to pick it up.

    I live near a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there  2 three minutes. I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was 3 much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided to clean up the forest, and I wanted to 4 happy when I went again. I made my first trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes 5  I started to pick up litter, my bag was full! There were cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers in it.

    From then on, I 6  to the forest four times a year to pick up litter. I often stay there for three hours. It makes me feel 7 to do something for the environment. After each trip, I look through all the litter that I've collected. If 8  of it is recyclable（可回收利用的）, I'll keep it. I can't understand why people drop litter. But I will keep on picking it up  9they stop dropping it. I know I am only doing a small bit  10 the earth, but I still think it is important.

    Everyone knows water is important to all living things. But do you know these interesting 1about water?

    Without water, the Earth would look 2the Moon. People can live for a long time without food, but only 3 days without water. Scientists say about 70% of the human body is made up of water. Water4 up about 83% of our blood, 75% of our brain, and 80% of our lungs(肺）. About 95% of a tomato is water, and about 80% of an apple is water. So 5can we do to help with water problems?

    Keep a shower to 10 minutes or6 time. It helps save much water. Use a broom to sweep the floor, the stair, the garage(车库），or the sidewalk instead of water.

    7throw your used water away. Instead, you can use some to water plants or run the toilets. Use a bucket(桶）of water to 8 your bike or the family car instead of water pipes.

    Use water only9you need it. Don't leave water running. Be sure to turn the tap 10when you are not using it.

    Arctic fox (北极狐) is a kind of small fox that lives in the Arctic. It grows about 50 centimeters long, not including its tail, 30 centimeters tall and 1 from 3 to 7 kilos.

    The Arctic foxes are white or blue 2 color. The white ones are white in winter,3 gray-brown in summer. The blue ones are blue-gray all year round. The Arctic foxes have long thick hair 4 is called fur. And the long fur covers their whole bodies, including both their cat eyes and rabbit feet, to keep them 5in the low temperature in the Arctic.

    The Arctic foxes feed mainly on birds, birds' eggs and other small animals. Teamwork is the way they look for food, and they don't like to do that 6.

    Baby Arctic foxes are very lovely. They don't.7their eyes until a week after their birth. For the first half of the year, their parents offer them food. They begin to 8food on their own when they are about six months old. The next year they can live alone.

    Today,9the Arctic foxes is becoming smaller and smaller, because people kill them for their 10to make beautiful coats for money. Something must be done to protect the Arctic foxes.