The world is not only hungry, it is also thirsty for water. This may seem s_______ to you since nearly 75 percent of the earth's surface is covered with water. But about 97 percent of this huge amount is sea water, or salt water. Man can only drink and use the o________ 3 percent: the freshwater that c________ from river, lakes, underground and other sources. But, unfortunately, some of it has been p________ and is unfit for drinking.
However, as things stand today, this small amount of freshwater is still e_________ for us. But our need for water in increasing rapidly--- almost day by day. Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now can we avoid a serious worldwide water shortage later. So we all have to l______ how to stop wasting our water.
Mr. White and his wife decided to paint the outside of their house. To save money they wanted to do it t_________. On Saturday morning they bought some paint and two brushes. That afternoon they began w________ the back of the house. The next Saturday Mr White went to a football m__________ while his wife painted the front of the house. On Sunday they found they could not o_______ any of the front windows. They got them all open in the e______, but they broke three of the seven and they were very expensive to repair. Next time when they try to save money, they'll c_______ pay someone to do the work.
I asked my friend what happened that night. He said he had just got into bed about half past eleven w_______ he felt the floor shaking under him. The bed was a_________ shaking. He got out of bed and went to look out of the window. He saw the houses on the other s_______ of the street were shaking , too. Then he k________ what
was happening. Earthquake! Quickly he took his clothes and ran out into the street.
\" Hadn't the newspaper said that there might be an earthquake?\" i asked. \"Well, I had read s_________ about it, but I hadn't given much thought,\" he r___________.
Lei Feng left us thirty-eight years ago, but he'll always be r____________ as a great man. Lei Feng was born in a poor family in 1940, when he was still a child, his grandfather died, only two years later, his father followed and before long his brother and mother died, too. He was a_______.
Only when the People's Republic of China was founded was Lei Feng able to live a happy life. His sad c__________ in the old days taught him to love the happy life given by the Party. This always encouraged him to be ready to help o_______. When the people t________ him for his help and asked his name, he said, \"My name is PLA.\"
Lei Feng died in 1962. Today we are p________ to see more and more living Lei Feng appear.
Long, long ago, in a small town, there l________ a doctor. He was good and kind. At anytime of day and night, he was always ready to go and help sick people. Everyone in the town liked him and people always went to him when there was anything w_________ with them.
But when the doctor became old many years later, he began to lose his m__________. This made him do foolish things sometimes. When people noticed this, they did not
go to him any more. They thought he might give them the wrong m_________, and so they were afraid.
\"Why does no one come to me now?\" the doctor wondered. But no one wanted to tell him b_________ they did not want to make him sad. They just said, \"You have cured all the sick people in the town. There are no sick people now.\" the good old man was pleased when he _______ this.
Jack London was a famous American w_______. He was born on January 12, 1876 in America. His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to m______ money when he was twelve. He worked hard in many different jobs.Later Jack returned to school. He was strict with h_______, and worked hard at all kinds of s_________, especially literature. In 17 he went to Alaska in search of gold. Instead, he found ideas there for his books and stories. He returned home and started to write. His writings were successful , and he became rich and famous in his t________. But Jack London was not a happy man, he took his own life in 1916. Many American people had a m__________ to mourn for him.
Which is the best way to learn a f________ language? We all remember that we learn our o______ language well when we were children. If we can learn a second language in the same way, it won't seem so difficult. Think of what a small child does. He listens to what people say and t________ to imitate what he hears. When he wants something, he asks for it. In this w_______, he is using the language. He thinks and speaks in the new language all the t________. If people use a second language like this, they will learn it more q_________ than before.
One day a hungry fox came up to a cock and said,\" I remember what a wonderful singer your father was. I w_________ whether you can sing better than your father.\" The cock closed his e______ and began to sing. The fox caught him with his mouth and carried him away. The people of the town saw t______ and cried, \"look, the fox is carrying off our cock.\"
Then the cock said to the fox, \"Hello, do you u_________ what they are saying? They are saying that you are carrying off their cock. Tell them quickly that it's y______, and not theirs.\" The fox opened his mouth and said, \"It's not yours. Its' mine!\" At that m_________ the cock got away from the fox's mouth and flew into a tree.
Many people like to read the Guinnness Book of World Records, and some people want to be in it! H_______ do people get their names in the book? They do something new and different, such as making the world's l_______ cake with more than 54,000 eggs. For many people, it is fun to make world records. It is exciting. But who ate the cake?
While some people are making world records, o________ do not have much food to eat. Hunger is a very serious p________ in the United States and around the world. How many old people do not have enough money to buy good food? How many children go to bed w_________dinner? The a________ is \"Too Many\".
It h__________ to a friend of mine a year ago. While my friend, George, was reading in bed, two thieves climbed into his kitchen. After they came into the house, they went into the dining room. It was very d_________, so they turned on a torch.
Suddenly they heard a v_________ behind them. \"What's up? What's up?\" someone called. The thieves dropped the torch and ran away as quickly as they could. George heard the noise and came downstairs quickly. He turned on the light, but he couldn't see a__________. The thieves had a__________ gone. But George's parrot, Henry, was still there.\"What's up, George?\" he called. \"Nothing, Henry,\" George said and smiled. \"Go back to s__