Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged {#blank#}2{#/blank#} their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (serious) hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

    A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the morning and lasted for over an hour.

    “I {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (eat) with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (miss). I went back inside and found him, safe {#blank#}8{#/blank#} very frightened.”

    Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (feel) that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

    Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department brought {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (they) food, clothes and shelter.

    Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For{#blank#}1{#/blank#}it is a useful way to release their pressure. And all these make it more and more popular with high school students{#blank#}2{#/blank#} many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that managing one's micro blog will take a lot of time and energy,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}should be used to study.

    In my view, I am greatly in favor{#blank#}4{#/blank#} this activity. Today the Internet is playing {#blank#}5{#/blank#}important role in our life. Therefore as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(value) tool to communicate and display ourselves. What's more, opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities such {#blank#}7{#/blank#} writing, designing, being skillful at computer and so on. Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog. As a result, we improve ourselves while {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(organize) our micro blogs.

    In fact, micro blog {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(oneself) is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it {#blank#}10{#/blank#}matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.

Elias' Story

    Elias, a poor worker in South Africa, said that the time {#blank#}1{#/blank#} he first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of his life. In 1952, he went to see Nelson Mandela, a black lawyer for advice. Mandela was generous with his time, for{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Elias was very grateful.

    He began school at six, but he had to leave school two years later {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his family couldn't afford the school fees and the bus fare.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} a result, he had very little education. After {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (try) hard, he got a job in a gold mine. However, to live in Johannesburg, one had got to have a passbook. Not having one, because he was not born there, he worried about{#blank#}6{#/blank#} he would become out of work.

    Then Mandela helped him, telling him how to get the correct papers {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (stay) in Johannesburg. He became more hopeful about his future and later joined the ANC Youth League {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(organize) by Mandela. Just as Mandela put it, the blacks were so badly treated that they had reached a stage {#blank#}9{#/blank#} they had almost no rights at all.

    In 1963, he helped Mandela blow up some government buildings. He knew that only by answering violence {#blank#}10{#/blank#} violence could they achieve their dream of making black and white people equal.

    According to a review of evidence in a medical journal, runners live three years {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(long) than non-runners. You don't have to run fast or for long{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(see) the benefit. You may drink, smoke, be overweight and still reduce your risk of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (die) early by running. While running regularly can't make you live forever, the review says it {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) more effective at lengthening life{#blank#}5{#/blank#} walking, cycling or swimming. Two of the authors of the review also made a study published in 2014{#blank#}6{#/blank#}showed a mere five to 10 minutes a day of running reduced the risk of heart disease and early deaths from all {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(cause).

    The best exercise is one that you enjoy and will do. But otherwise… it's probably running. To avoid knee pain, you can run on soft surfaces, do exercises to{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(strength)your leg muscles(肌肉),avoid hills and get good running shoes. Running is cheap, easy and it's always{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(energy).If you are time poor, you need run for only half the time to get the same benefits as other sports, so perhaps we should all give{#blank#}10{#/blank#}a try.