On Sunday morning, Mark, Rose and I take a bus to go {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Now we are in the shop. We'd like {#blank#}2{#/blank#} something for a picnic. We want buy three {#blank#}3{#/blank#} of water and some {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. We don't have bags, so we need to buy some new{#blank#}5{#/blank#} . Then we can take the food to the hill.

As we know, the world has a population of 6.8 {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (billion/billions) and it is increasing {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (by/to) 80 million every year. China has already {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (reach/reached) 1.3 billion, so it has the largest population in the world. It's reported that the population in developing countries {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (is/are) larger and is growing faster than {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (those/that) in developed countries.

As a result, the population problem has become more serious in {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (developing/developed) countries. 

    Ever since I was a young girl, my favourite kind of music has been blues ( 布鲁斯音乐 ). The {#blank#}1{#/blank#}CD I bought was Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits when I was 11 years old. I really {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it and I would singalong and dance around my bedroom to the music. Even now, whenever I {#blank#}3{#/blank#}one of Chuck Berry's songs ,I can't help but(无法不……) sing along to the music.

    As I got older, I started to listen to other {#blank#}4{#/blank#} . I would listen to Elvis Presley almost every day after school. I {#blank#}5{#/blank#}loved music that made me want to dance. I started to love soul music(灵乐) too after a friend bought me a Motown Classics CD {#blank#}6{#/blank#} my 15th birthday. My favourite hobby was listening to Aretha Franklin or Katrina and the Waves. I looked up to ( 尊敬) a lot of these {#blank#}7{#/blank#} artists and performers(表演者) and still do that to this day. As quite a(n) {#blank#}8{#/blank#} person, hearing these people perform with such Confidence and such talent was inspirational(鼓舞人心的) to me.

    I find that if I have had a hard day {#blank#}9{#/blank#} I'm feeling a little low , listening to something upbeat( 积极向上的) can cheer me up. In fact, scientists have {#blank#}10{#/blank#}that people can make themselves feel good by listening to upbeat songs!