Erden Eruc has been rowing across the Pacific Ocean in a rowboat since he left California on July 10, 2007. He has been heading for Australia with only birds, fish, and sharks ever since.

    Crossing the Pacific is only part of his journey. Eruc has decided to go all the way around the world using his own energy. He will row, bike, walk and climb the world without help from any motors(发动机) at all. His plan includes climbing the tallest peak on six of the continents(洲) along the way.

    For the first part of his trip, he bicycled 5,546 miles from Seattle, Washington to Mount McKinley in Alaska and back, walked 67 miles to base camp and climbed 20,320 feet to McKinley's peak. Now in the second part of his adventure(冒险活动), he is rowing to Australia.

    Why would he try to go around the world this way? He explains that he wants to encourage kids to dream their dreams and get to their own goals. He wants to show kids that there might be hard parts along the way, and sometimes they might not even get to that final goal. But they can have adventures and learn a lot along the way.

    When his trip around the world takes him across land, he enjoys meeting people—especially children. He has already visited many schools and shared his story. Eruc encourages all kids to set their eyes on a goal and not give up. He says, "with goals, we will make progress, and we will be farther along than when we started, even if we don't get to some goals. That's called life!"

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    Droughts(干旱) are common in Kenya. Before, they came every 10 years, but now they seem to be hitting us more often and for a longer time.

    We gave the droughts names "longoza" was the drought when many animals died; there  was the drought of the "planes" because food was dropped from the air by planes; and one particularly bad drought was called "man who dies with his money in his fist(拳头)", because, even if there was money, there was simply no food to buy.

    I was born in 1951 in Machakos. From what my mother tells me, when I was 7, there was a serious drought . I clearly remember the terrible weather and the hunger. I can't tell you how many times I went to bed without eating. "I slept like that," is how we described it. I can't count the number of days when "I slept like that," or describe the feeling of going to sleep hungry, knowing I'd wake up and there would still be no food for breakfast.

    My father would leave early in the morning carrying a little basket to ask for food on credit(赊欠). Each night he would return home around 10:00 pm. My mother would try to encourage me by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water. I would keep the fire burning and the water boiling, along with the hopes that we would eat that night. But my father would arrive frustrated and empty-handed. And I would sleep like that.

    Mrs. Green works very long hours every day. She usually gets up(起床 ) at 5:40. She brushes her teeth(刷牙) and goes to her workplace (工作地点). Then she runs with some kids. After that she takes a shower(淋浴). she eats her breakfast at 7:00. Her work starts(开始) at 8:10. she is good at(擅长 ) history and many boys and girls learn history from her. All the kids（孩子） like her very much. She often talks or plays games with the kids. She  usually goes to bed(睡觉) after 22:00. she is often very tired(劳累) but she likes her job and loves the kids. She doesn't work on weekends. Mrs. Green likes reading at home on weekends(周末). Sometimes some kids' parents come to her home to talk about their kids. When Monday comes, Mrs. Green gets busy again.

Li Wen is a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}15 -year-old boy from the countryside. When he was a little boy, he seldom cause any problems. However, things began to change a few years ago. His parents moved to the city to look for jobs and his grandparents came to take care of him. But he missed his parents so much and he often felt lonely and unhappy.

Li Wen's unhappiness {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to influence his schoolwork. He became less {#blank#}3{#/blank#}in studying. Sometimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations. Finally, Li Wen's parents made the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to send him to a boarding school. However, Li Wen was shy and not {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to make friends quickly. He found life there difficult. One day he told his teacher that he wanted to leave the school. His teacher {#blank#}6{#/blank#} him and she called his parents to come here." It was exactly what I needed," he said. After that, Li Wen's parents had much more {#blank#}7{#/blank#} with their son than they used to." I'm much {#blank#}8{#/blank#} now and I work even harder than I used to." said Li Wei.

When my daughter was in primary school, one day she brought home1 tiny twigs(细枝). They were trees given to the students by the school to plant.2 of them looked strong enough, but with a hope for the future I got a tool and3 them in our back yard. Over the years, an accident with the lawnmower and poor soil brought three of them to a(n)4 . Only one tree was left.

It grew5 .It never got very tall or very straight. Then, I noticed that it was going to die. The leaves on the6 branches(树枝)had fallen off. Those on the branches a little further up had turned brown. Only the top part of the tree was 7 green. I did my best to save it by feeding it with a lot of fertilizer(肥料)8 failed.

This morning I went to the9 and looked at it again. I was thinking if it would be better to just10 .I would no longer have to watch it slowly decay(腐烂). As I walked over to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed11 moving within the leaves in the topmost branches. It was a bird patiently building a nest to live in. I12 when I saw it and thought that maybe this old tree had some life and usefulness left in it yet. It may not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a13 .

This tree reminded me of something too. All life has14 .It doesn't matter if we are young and strong or old and weak.15 the last moment we still have things to do, love for us to give, and joy for us to share.

分享能令人快乐， 分享能改善人际关系， 分享能……。近期学校英语俱乐部举行"主题征文"活动， 请你就"分享"这个主题简单谈谈自己的观点并简述自己在校内或校外一次分享的经历， 写一篇英语短文投稿。

内容包括： 1) 就"分享"这个主题简单谈谈你自己的意见(opinion)。2) 简述你自己在校内或校外一次分享的经历。3)你的收获和体会 4) 你的呼吁。

作文要求：1)可使用文章中的一些词汇， 但不能照抄原文的句子； 不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和考生的真实姓名。2)语句连贯， 词数不少于80个。文章的开头和结尾已给出， 不计入总词数。

参考词汇: improve 改善

 In my opinion, 

 Let me share my experience with you.