In my living room, there is aplaque that advises me to “bloom {#blank#}1{#/blank#}youare planted”. It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program. Thejob {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(responsible) requiredoccasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. Dorothystands out in my memory as on one {#blank#}3{#/blank#}bloomed in her remote area.

       Dorothy taught in a remote school nearHarlan. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(wind) around the mountain. In theeight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving thepossibility of {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(catch) by thesame train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive throughmountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the smallshabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(hope).

        From the moment of my arrival at thelittle school, all my gloom disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy's classroom,I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(prepare) to show me their {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(late) projects. Dorothy told me witha smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread they madethemselves for dinner.

        Lonely {#blank#}9{#/blank#}she was far away from the moderncivilization and convenience, she never ran out of reports of excitingactivities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooleddown. She passed all the tests {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(excellent)and I found that Dorothy was really blooming where life had planted her.

    Overhead bridges are found in many parts of big cities, especially in place{#blank#}1{#/blank#} traffic is very heavy and crossing the road is dangerous. The purpose of these bridges{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) to enable pedestrians to cross roads{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(safe). Overhead bridges are used in very much the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}way as Zebra crossings. They are more efficient although{#blank#}5{#/blank#}little) convenient because people have to climb up a long flight of steps. This is{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(convenient) especially to older people. When pedestrians use an overhead bridge, they do not hold up traffic. However, when they cross a busy road using a zebra crossing, traffic is held up. This is why the government has built many overhead bridges{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(help) pedestrians and to keep traffic moving at the same time. For their own safety, pedestrians should be encouraged to use them instead of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(risk) their lives by dashing across the road. Old people, however, may find it a little difficult climbing up and down the steps, but it is still much safer than walking across the road with all the danger of moving traffic. Overhead bridges serve a very useful purpose. Pedestrians, both old and young, should make{#blank#}9{#/blank#}a habit to use them. This will prevent unnecessary accidents and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(lose) of life.

Food from the air

    Everyone has seen plants growing, but have you ever thought {#blank#}1{#/blank#} they get their food? In the seventeenth century, a European scientist {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (call) Van Helmot asked this question. Like most people, he thought that plants must get their food from soil. However, Van Helmot decided {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (test) the theory with experiments.

    First, he dried some soil, put it into a pot and weighed it. Next, he weighed a small tree, planted it in the pot and added rain water. Then, he watered it {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (regular) with rain water.

    After five years, he removed the tree from the pot and weighed it again. He found that the tree had gained {#blank#}5{#/blank#} huge amount of weight. When he weighed the soil, however, it was almost exactly the same as it had been five years {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. So Van Helmot drew the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (conclude) that the tree grew by drinking water. Though it turned out to be wrong, he showed the importance of the use of scientific evidence to support ideas.

    We now know that plants and trees make their own food. Their leaves, when exposed {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the air and sun, are like factories {#blank#}9{#/blank#} can change the energy from the sun into chemical energy. During this process (过程), oxygen and sugar {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (produce). The oxygen is released back into the air, and the sugar is used by the plant as food.

    I am Adam Rouse. I first {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (buy) cannabis from a man in the street and continued to buy cannabis from{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (he) for six months and as a result, I got addicted {#blank#}3{#/blank#} it. One day, the man offered me some crack cocaine, a more {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（power）addictive. When I went back to the man for more crack cocaine, he asked me for a lot of money. I was in terrible pain when I couldn't afford to buy any drugs. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (get) money, I broke into{#blank#}6{#/blank#} house and stole something to sell for money. The more drugs I took, the more addicted I became. So I had to steal something every day to pay for the drugs. One day, I{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（catch）stealing and sent to the police station. The next day, a doctor came to see me and told me that I could die {#blank#}8{#/blank#} I couldn't stop taking drugs. I took his advice and stopped {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(immediate). Now I work in a center for drug addicts, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (help) others to stop taking drugs.

    I have always enjoyed listening to music. It helps me calm down after {#blank#}1{#/blank#} busy day, and I am also one of those {#blank#}2{#/blank#} can listen and study at the same time. I am not fond of jazz music, but I like many other {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (type) of music. When I was a child, I used to listen to music on the radios. With the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (invent) of personal computers and cellphones, I prefer to listen on the phone, as new functions {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (add) to them in the past few years. The technology was developed in response {#blank#}6{#/blank#} customer demand. Some people {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (affect) by anxiety start to feel relaxed while listening to music on the phones. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} worry about not being able to use it well. However, I am {#blank#}9{#/blank#} dependent on the cellphones that I fail {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (live) without them.

    Ji'an lies next to the Luoxiao Mountains with the Gan River {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (run) through the middle of the city. It's a place {#blank#}2{#/blank#} pleasant climate and abundant rainfall. Mountainous and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (hill) regions (区域) occupy more than seventy percent of its land.

    As an ancient cultural city, Ji'an, went through wind and storm for thousands of years, with so many {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (hero) making a commitment to this land. The great {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (write) Ouyang Xiu and the national hero Wen Tianxiang were {#blank#}6{#/blank#} representatives of the 2855 successful candidates and 18 No. 1 Scholars in the highest imperial examinations (科举考试), {#blank#}7{#/blank#} are the pride of the local people.

    There is picturesque scenery of the endless cloud-kissing mountains, the clear water and attractive view sights; everyone is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (amaze) at the strange flowers, the bright bird singing, as well as the unusual animals. The Mount Wugong, and the Mount Jinggang {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) both famous tourist attractions, As the Beijing-Kowloon high-speed railway goes through here, Ji'an will be refreshed not only in the image of an old revolutionary base area, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} also the deep-rooted traditional conception.