Elias was a poor black worker in south Africa. The time {#blank#}1{#/blank#}he first met Nelson Mandel was a period of his life .he was twelve years old at that time. Nelson Mandel was a black lawyer to{#blank#}2{#/blank#} he turned for advice .Nelson offered{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(guide) to poor black people on their{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(illegal) problems. Elias needed Mandel's help{#blank#}5{#/blank#}he had little education. The school {#blank#}6{#/blank#}he studied for only two years was three kilometers away .he had to drop out of school because his family couldn't pay the school fees{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the bus fare .He couldn't read or write well .After trying hard, he got a job in a gold mine ,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} he didn't have passbook to live in Johannesbug and he worried about {#blank#}9{#/blank#}he would become out{#blank#}10{#/blank#}work.

    The lion is a special animal to Chinese people. A pair of stone lions, a male and a female, are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (common) seen in front of the gates of traditional buildings.

    The lion {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (regard) as the king in the animal world so it represents power. The stone lions are also used to indicate the ranks of {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(official).

    It is interesting to note that China had no lions originally. The earliest stone lions were sculpted{#blank#}4{#/blank#} the beginning of Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) with{#blank#}5{#/blank#}introduction of Buddhism into ancient China. In the Buddhist faith, the lion{#blank#}6{#/blank#}can protect the Truth and keep off evils, is considered a holy animal of nobleness and dignity. In Chinese folk tales, the lion has become a symbol of {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(brave), power and good luck.

    It was also popular{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(decorate) bridges with sculpted stone lions for the same reason. The {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(well)known of this is the Lugouqiao (also as Marco Polo Bridge){#blank#}10{#/blank#} (build) from 1189 to 1192. A famous proverb says, “The lions on the Lugouqiao are uncountable.”

    More and more public schools in America make it a rule that students must finish a certain amount of community service {#blank#}1{#/blank#} they are allowed to graduate from high school. They work on projects like making the environment better or {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (feed) homeless people.

    Many school systems in the United States now ask students {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (do) some kinds of community service as part of their studies. Students involved in service projects help {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (they) as well as their communities. They learn about the needs of people and aid {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (organize).For this reason, holidays {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (become) the prime period for volunteer work so far. Volunteers get no pay, but experts point out that it is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} excellent opportunity to learn and practice new skills.

    According to the statistics, more than 60% of young Americans have participated {#blank#}8{#/blank#} different kinds of community service, such as cooking for homeless people, or painting old buildings, etc. Some students like to do their volunteer work in {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (centre) parts of America, but the majority of teens prefer to do it in their hometowns. Tom, a 16-year-old middle school student in California, often {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (do) community service in a local hospital. He works 16 hours every week either receiving calls at the information desk, or helping push patients back to their wards (病房).

   It was already late when we started for the next town, which, according to the map, was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the hill. There we felt sure that we  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(find) a bed for the night. Soon darkness fell after we left the village,   {#blank#}2{#/blank#} unluckily we met no one when we drove fast along the narrow(狭窄的)road which  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(lead)to the hill. As our car climbed {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (high), it became colder and the rain began to fall, making it difficult  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(see)the road.

   After we had traveled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign(迹象)of the town which was  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(poor)marked on the map. We were beginning to get anxious when the car suddenly stopped. A quick {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(examine) showed that we had used up(用完)the gas. Although we had little food left, we decided to spend the night in the car.  

   With our meals {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(finish), I tried to go to sleep at once, but John, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} was a poor sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a walk up the hill. There, he found the lights of the town in a valley below.