Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.

    First, reading is fun. You can always keep {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（you） happy if you like reading. You will never {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (feeling) bored or tired.

    Next, you can read a book anywhere—in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) a book!

    Another good reason for reading is that it is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (use). If you read {#blank#}6{#/blank#} a hobby, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it easier to understand {#blank#}7{#/blank#} you read. As your reading skills improve, you will {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (probable) find your schoolwork becomes much better.

    Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You can read on computers, and the better you read, the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (good) your computer skills will be.

    Good readers may become {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (writer), too. They always have more things to write about.

      Three students are discussing about the books they are reading.

      Speaker1: Do you know See You at Harry's? In the book, twelve-year-old Fern feels invisible (不引人注目). It seems as if everyone in her family pays no attention to her. Fern has never {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(feel) the love from her family and she feels lonely. This book brought {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (tear) to my eyes. And the book also made me feel really {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (thank) for the good things in my life.

      Speaker2: Have you ever read Walk Two Moons? This is {#blank#}4{#/blank#}story of a thirteen-year-old girl. Her only wish is to be reunited (重聚) with her mother, because her mother leaves the family. So she starts her trip{#blank#}5{#/blank#}   (see) her again. On the trip, Sal comforts her grandparents by telling a story about her friend Phoebe,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} mother leaves their family, too.

      Speaker3: Do you want to know something about Becoming Naomi Leon? Naomi lives {#blank#}7{#/blank#}her grandmother and younger brother. Although the life is hard, they live {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (peaceful). Until one day her mother comes back to her family, but Naomi doesn't quite trust her. So they run away to Oaxaca, Mexico to look for Naomi's  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (miss) father. They must find him so that the family does not get {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (separate). This journey is hard for little Naomi but she is able to discover herself.

    Paul is very busy {#blank#}1{#/blank#} days. Every day he gets up {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the morning. Then he cleans his room. Paul {#blank#}3{#/blank#} breakfast at half past six. After that, he{#blank#}4{#/blank#} to the bus station to take the bus. He begins to work at eight o'clock. He likes {#blank#}5{#/blank#} job.

    Hello, my{#blank#}1{#/blank#} is Li Ming. I am 14 years old．I go to Ximen School. This is a photo {#blank#}2{#/blank#} my family. They{#blank#}3{#/blank#} my parents. He is my father and she is my mother. My father is 40 years old and my mother is 38 years old．My father is a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}in a hospital . My mother is an English{#blank#}5{#/blank#} in my school.My sister is 12 years old .We are in the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} school .There are two big{#blank#}7{#/blank#} in front of my house. I{#blank#}8{#/blank#} my family.

    Cape Town is the second largest city in South Africa．And it is home to four{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (百万)people．However，it may also be the first major city in the world to run out of water．The city's water{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (主要地)comes from six reservoirs(水库)．They hold about 870，000 cubic meters of water．But in the last three years，the city has {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (面临)the worst problem in a century．These reservoirs now have just 26％of the water, according to National Geographic．

    A government{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(官员)in Cape Town is telling people to save water．Or, the city will have to cut off water to homes and businesses．Tile day of that cutoff is being called "Day Zero"．The city said "Day Zero" could fall on{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(七月)9^th ， the New York Times reported．But the date may{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(改变)according to the water levels of the city's reservoirs．On "Day Zero"，people will only be{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(有能力的)to get water from 200 water-collection points across the city．Every person will only be allowed about 0.02 cubic meters of water a day．

    The city's government is rushing to{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(解决)the problem．It has set up{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(工厂)to turn seawater into drinkable water．It is also {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(再同收)more used water in the hope that "Day Zero" will come later．Or it will not appear at all．