Lionel Messi，{#blank#}1{#/blank#} player from the South American country Argentina，is one of the greatest soccer players alive today.At a young age，he {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (move)to Spain and now plays {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (profession)for the FC Barcelona.Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (own)by his father. Even as a young boy，he did very well.But when he was 11 years old，he found out he had a sickness which would prevent him from growing much {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (tall)．There was a way to help him grow more，{#blank#}6{#/blank#}his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs.So，they looked around for a soccer club{#blank#}7{#/blank#} would be able to do this for them.The clubs in Argentina couldn't help him，but the famous FC Barcelona in Spain offered {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (accept)Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills.The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain.In the FC Barcelona，Messi was one of the best {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (play)through his teen years. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his incredible talent，Messi has surprised the world.

    There once was a forest filled with happy animals. One day a raccoon (浣熊) found some socks left behind by picnickers, and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(decide) to wear them. They fitted so well, and felt so {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(comfort), that he kept them on. He spent his days {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(walk) through the forest in his new socks.

    Other animals became envious(嫉妒) of the raccoon's new look and followed his trend. First it was squirrels in {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(shirt), then rabbits {#blank#}5{#/blank#}hats on, and finally birds wearing underpants!

    Doctor Bear, the forest physician, disapproved and tried to warn the clothes-wearers. But no one listened. Instead, they urged him to follow the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(late) trend too.

    Soon, the problems started. The squirrel caught his shirt on a branch and crashed to the ground. The rabbit tried entering his hole while wearing his hat and got stuck. Even the raccoon, thanks to his {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(bright) coloured socks, slipped into the river and almost died.

    When the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(injure) animals came to see Doctor Bear, he told them, “Your clothes are killing you. You don't need {#blank#}9{#/blank#}.”

    Those {#blank#}10{#/blank#} listened to the doctor's advice finally understood they didn't need clothes. They'd only started wearing clothes to make others envy them.

    One day Mary was busy working in her office in London {#blank#}1{#/blank#} she received an E-mail from her friend Joan .In Joan's e-mail, she persuaded Mary {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (look) for a flat in London for her. As she had {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (little) money at her command than before, the flat had to be cheap, but it had to be modern, with elevators, gas lines. It had to be in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (east) part of London, with petrol and subway stations nearby. Though Mary found {#blank#}5{#/blank#} difficult to find such a flat, she still went from one block to another, looking for a flat {#blank#}6{#/blank#} would meet Joan's requirements. Having tried too many times, Mary met her boss and politely asked him {#blank#}7{#/blank#} advice. It was the first time that she {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (talk) with his boss about her personal problems. It happened that the boss just had such a flat for rent, so they quickly reached {#blank#}9{#/blank#} agreement. But to her surprise, when she e-mailed Joan, telling her the good news, Joan said that she had changed {#blank#}10{#/blank#} mind—she was not returning to London.

    The debate {#blank#}1{#/blank#} junk food in schools has gone for many years, and people on both sides feel very strongly. Some people believe junk food, such as candy, cookies, potato chips, and soda, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (taste) good, but it's not good for the human body. This is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they have made an effort to ban it from schools. They think taking junk food out of schools will make kids healthier.

    Others, however, believe this kind of ban doesn't make much of a difference. Instead of banning junk food, they suggest students should be given choices between healthy and unhealthy ones. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (learn) to make healthier choices on their own is an important part of growing up.