Gymnast Shawn Johnson is my favorite athlete. Back at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I was very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (excite) when she won the gold medal on the balance beam. Years later, Shawn wrote an autobiography, Winning Balance. I was only ten years old{#blank#}2{#/blank#}she wrote her book and I wanted to wait a few years to read {#blank#}3{#/blank#} since I had a feeling that I wouldn't understand the book then.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (release) in June 2012, the book won much popularity among her fans.

    Shawn talks about her experiences as a gymnast and her post-Olympic life in her book. One of the things that she wants her readers{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(get) from reading the book is that “behind all the glory and glitz(浮华) I am able to have a normal life”. She hopes that her reader, especially {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (girl) in middle school and high school, will get really{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(encourage) by reading her book and believe that dreams will{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(actual) come true. I believe that gymnasts around the world {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(take) a lot from this book because in some situations they experience {#blank#}10{#/blank#} same things in gymnastics.

    I can't help but feel {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(concern) about the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(destroy) of tropical forests. It is one of the most serious environment problems today. From {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I know, people are damaging thousands of square {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(kilometer) of forests every day. This is killing hundreds of wild animals that live in the forests.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(fortunate), we do nothing but talk about it. We don't do anything {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(protect) the forests. We need to stop people doing it. There should be {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(strong) laws. I think that people who cut {#blank#}8{#/blank#} forests should go to prison. That's what should happen to people who destroy the forests and kill wildlife.

    In my opinion, we, human beings, must protect wildlife {#blank#}9{#/blank#} future generations. Hopefully, our children {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(be) more responsible than we are today.

    For thousands of years, fishes {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (feed) the people of Peru. It was only when the industrial fishing boats got started in {#blank#}2{#/blank#}1950s that people lost interest in the fish. Modern fishery turned most of its catch into fishmeal(鱼饲料) for feeding other animals. In fact, most of the fish {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (catch) yearly around the world are for use other than eating, and 90% of them are {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (perfect) good to eat.

    White is a researcher at the University of British Columbia and he spent years {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (research) into fishery catches around the world. According {#blank#}6{#/blank#} his study, about 27% of ocean fish which were caught became fishmeal or fish oil. Those products were used to feed farmed fish or used in agriculture.

    "There could be a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (good) use of these fish," says White. Instead of feeding fish to fish, the fish could feed people, especially those {#blank#}8{#/blank#} need high-quality protein. But the reason why that doesn't happen is a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (combine) of economics and regulations(法规). In many places, a fisherman can get more money if he sells his catch for fishmeal than if he sells it to the locals for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} meals. And in Peru, a change in how fishes are handled could both satisfy the need to feed the people and supply the fishmeal industry.

    Once there lived a rich man{#blank#}1{#/blank#}wanted to do something for the people of his town.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.

    In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed {#blank#}3{#/blank#} very large stone. Then he {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

    "Who put this stone in the centre of the road?" said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}man came along and did the same thing; then another came ,and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(say) to himself: "The night {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone."

    Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the stone, he found a bag of money.

    I had hardly sat down on the train and opened a bar of chocolate {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a really old man with huge bags sat down across from me. I said hello {#blank#}2{#/blank#} him, smiling sweetly and then I suddenly thought, "Why not offer him a piece of chocolate？" So I did. He was quite {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (surprise), but accepted and thanked me. He said that people didn't usually do things like this for {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (strange) and at least that was what I understood, because he was speaking a really {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (usual) dialect.

    Then he opened one of his bags and gave me {#blank#}6{#/blank#} handful of freshly picked cherries, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (explain) that he had just taken them from his orchard. The cherries were really lovely, better than those in the shops, and I enjoyed them very much. It had been just an impulse (冲动) to offer him a piece of chocolate, but if I {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (not do) so, I would never have tasted those lovely cherries, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} I didn't even know he had at the time. Life is about giving and taking, and it's {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (general) true that if you give, you will receive.