Laura and Susie were born on the same day in the same hospital and at the same time. They{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) very close friends since they were very little. One bright sunny day, as I{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (walk) home from the shops, I decided to take a short cut {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the park. All of a sudden I heard a loud scream. It sounded like a child. With fright I dropped my shopping bag and ran in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (direct) of the noise.

    As I was getting {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(close) to the noise I saw two little girls, one of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} was screaming in pain. The other child was frozen to the spot with a look of terror on her face. As I ran towards them, I quickly realized that I knew the children. One was my daughter Laura and the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}was her best friend Susie.

    I was totally shocked to see the girls there, as they knew they were not allowed to go to the park alone. Obviously the girls {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(hear) strange noises and then decided to run as fast as they could to get away. While {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(run), Susie fell over and could not get up.

    Susie's mother and I had another talk with the girls about not wandering off without an adult then. Both of them learnt a {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(value) lesson.

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    How do you usually buy what you need, shopping on line or going out to shop in person? With the help of the Internet, shopping is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(easy) than before. We can just click our mouse to choose the things we like, pay for them online, and the shopping {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(finish). It is easy and quick. It helps save money, too. We can save thousands a year if we compare the prices of similar items (商品) before deciding which{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(buy).

    However, there are always{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(trap) in shopping online. If we are {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(care), we may get into trouble. For example, we may find the color of the item different {#blank#}6{#/blank#}that in the picture online. Sometimes, the size of the item we receive can be too big{#blank#}7{#/blank#}too small. To avoid such troubles, we should compare similar items on different online stores and pay more attention to what other customers say. From their opinions, we can know {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(well) about an item's color, size as well as {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(it) shortcomings. In this way we increase our chance of buying{#blank#}10{#/blank#}more satisfactory item.

    Some poems tell a story or describe something in a way that will give the reader {#blank#}1{#/blank#} strong impression. Others try to express certain emotions. Poets use different forms of poetry to express {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (they). For example，the language of nursery rhymes is concrete but {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (imagine), and they delight small children because they have strong rhyme and a lot of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (repeat). And list poems have a flexible line {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (long) and a rhythm to the poem. Another simple form of poem is the cinquain, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} is made up of five lines and can convey strong {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (feel) in just a few words. Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that is made up of 17 syllables. And of course there are Tang poems from China which you may enjoy {#blank#}8{#/blank#} particular. With so many different {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (form) of poetry to choose from, students may {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (eventual) want to write poems of their own.

    One day, Daisy went to see the animals in a flying carpet. It{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(fly) away to Tibet in China first{#blank#}2{#/blank#}she saw an antelope. The antelope told her that they were killed for the wool taken from their {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（stomach）.Then the carpet got to Zimbabwe, where Daisy saw an elephant. The elephant said they were {#blank#}4{#/blank#} danger. Now the government allowed tourists to hunt only {#blank#}5{#/blank#} certain number of animals if they gave money to the farmers.

    The flying carpet rose again and soon they arrived at a thick rainforest. There was a monkey {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(rub) a millipede insect over{#blank#}7{#/blank#}body because the insect could protect it from mosquitoes. The monkey told Daisy, “ Attention should {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（pay）to the rainforest where animals live. Our natural habitats are of great {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(important).” Daisy was affected by what the monkey said. She decided {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(make) a difference to wildlife protection.

Food from the air

    Everyone has seen plants growing, but have you ever thought {#blank#}1{#/blank#} they get their food? In the seventeenth century, a European scientist {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (call) Van Helmot asked this question. Like most people, he thought that plants must get their food from soil. However, Van Helmot decided {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (test) the theory with experiments.

    First, he dried some soil, put it into a pot and weighed it. Next, he weighed a small tree, planted it in the pot and added rain water. Then, he watered it {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (regular) with rain water.

    After five years, he removed the tree from the pot and weighed it again. He found that the tree had gained {#blank#}5{#/blank#} huge amount of weight. When he weighed the soil, however, it was almost exactly the same as it had been five years {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. So Van Helmot drew the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (conclude) that the tree grew by drinking water. Though it turned out to be wrong, he showed the importance of the use of scientific evidence to support ideas.

    We now know that plants and trees make their own food. Their leaves, when exposed {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the air and sun, are like factories {#blank#}9{#/blank#} can change the energy from the sun into chemical energy. During this process (过程), oxygen and sugar {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (produce). The oxygen is released back into the air, and the sugar is used by the plant as food.

    Mandarin(普通话) is the most {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (use) non-European language for children to learn, the UK parents believe. It will boost(促进) their children's career prospects (前景),according to 55% of parents, while 56% felt it would open their children's minds {#blank#}2{#/blank#} an “exciting and dynamic（动态的）” culture. Arabic and Japanese, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} were both picked by 14% of parents, were the other key non-European languages. The figures were gained after 1,138 UK adults with children aged under 18 {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) questioned in a survey {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (conduct) by the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP).

    French, Spanish and German were the top choices overall for young people in the UK     {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (learn) after being picked by 57%, 54% and 40% of parents respectively.

    Mark Herbet, of the British Council, said: “With the global economy {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (become) more interconnected and the drive to boost exports, language skills are increasingly important for work and life. Mandarin is one of the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (language) that matter most to the UK's future prosperity (繁荣).If the UK is to remain competitive on the world stage, we need far more of our young people leaving school with a good grasp of Mandarin in order to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (success) work abroad or for businesses here in the UK. Learning Mandarin is also a fascinating process that brings {#blank#}10{#/blank#} valuable understanding of Chinese culture.”

    The MEP aims to help at least 5,000 young people in England to speak fluent Mandarin by 2020.