Today is October 4th．It's World Animal Day．Gina  and her sister Sally go to the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}early．They want to do some things for the{#blank#}2{#/blank#}there．In the south of the zoo，Gina finds an elephant．Its{#blank#}3{#/blank#} are kind of dirty．Gina and Sally get some{#blank#}4{#/blank#}and clean them．After that they get some food for this elephant．After the elephant eats the food，the two girls take a photo with it．Then they play with it．

    This elephant is{#blank#}5{#/blank#}．It can draw．It can play soccer,too．Gina and Sally like it very much．Gina and Sally play with it for a long time．They have a great time in the zoo．

    My name is Alice. Today is my birthday. I am {#blank#}1{#/blank#}My mother and father make a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}for me. There are some oranges {#blank#}3{#/blank#}it. They are my favourite fruit. My friends come to my home with a lot of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.I prepare (准备) many apples and bananas food for {#blank#}5{#/blank#} .We talk and share delicious food and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Well, where is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}little brother? He sits and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}a picture for us.

    In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey. Most of them were hearing this story for the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} time. However, this story is not new to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} character in the traditional Chinese book Journey to the West.

    The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In fact, he {#blank#}3{#/blank#} does not even look like a monkey! This is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he can make 72 changes to his shape and {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, turning himself into different animals and objects. But {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a man. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Sometimes he can make the stick so {#blank#}8{#/blank#} that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long.

    The Monkey King has excited the children of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program came out more than 30 years ago, Western children became {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in reading this story because the clever Monkey King {#blank#}10{#/blank#} fighting to help the weak and never gives up.

    Why do you think people who live in some hot countries eat very spicy(辛辣的)food？Is it because the spices(调味品)make the food taste better？Is it just because their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents liked hot food, or is there some{#blank#}1{#/blank#}between spices and healthy food？

    Researchers from Cornell University think that it is because spice plants have some important chemicals. These chemicals can kill bacteria which spoil food.

    "Most common spices can kill 75 to 100{#blank#}2{#/blank#}of the bacteria in food, "explains one of the scientists. The bacteria grow more{#blank#}3{#/blank#}and spoil food more quickly at higher temperatures. For this reason, it is more difficult to keep food from spoiling in hot climates.

    Do you like your food spicy？You answer probably tells something about the country you come from. If you like spicy food, it is possible that hundreds of years ago, when there were no fridge, people in your country started using spices to keep the food from spoiling. The traditional spicy dishes helped those people to live{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, healthier lives. Today, in a time of fridges, the spices just make the food taste good.