You may have heard that many animals are endangered.What does that mean   （1  )  ? Endangered means there are very few of that kind still   (  2  )  . Some day they might die out. You may wonder   (  3  )   people can do to help endangered animals.

People  (  4  )  some ways to protect plants and animals from becoming endangered or extinct(灭绝的). One way is to protect the animalsˈ or plantsˈ habitats. Some governments have set aside   ( 5  )  for parks. No one  (  6  )   to disturb the habitat inside park lands. People cannot build houses there. They cannot hunt animals. No one can collect plants or animals from  (  7  )   the park. Mining and drilling(打孔) for oil is prevented in parks.

People have made the laws to protect plants and animals. Laws  (  8  )  be made to protect habitats. Hunting laws do not allow people to hunt certain animals. Some laws limit the   ( 9  )   of trees that can be cut down in forests. Other laws  (  10  )  that people cannot build homes, factories, or stores in certain places. Laws can protect the air and water from pollution.

In many big cities, there are usually more than one underground line(地铁线). The fastest way   (1)   in a city is by subway. How to travel by subway? Do you know? Here is some information   (2)   before you travel by subway. First, you should   (3)   the right line. If you don’t, you will have to   (4)   and take another one. Second, you need some coins   (5)   your ticket, because  (6)   the machines which sell tickets only accept coins. Coins can be changed next to the ticket machines. Or you can go to the ticket office  (7)   some.  (8)   you have a prepaid card(充值卡), you can just go ahead. After you have bought the  (9)  , you should wait for your subway outside the yellow line. You  (10)  walk too close to the yellow line. It’s dangerous.

 If you are reading a novel for school rather than for fun, you need to get   (1)  . Here are some pieces of advice.

     First, makes notes. Write notes in pencil in the book, but also write separate notes on a small piece of paper.   (2)  characters. What do they do in the novel? What do they want? Everything that we are told about a character can help us to   (3)  them, from their appearance (外表)  (4)   the kind of food they eat.

     It is also a great help to be able to tell yourself the story   (5)  you have read it. So, the   (6)  of the story and the plot(情节) are important. You’d better make a quick note of   (7)   happens in each part when you read. This will help you to bring the things you have noticed about characters, background, language and so on together.

     (8)  , themes. These are ideas that the novel shows. Perhaps love is major theme, or justice(公正), or redemption(救赎).  (9)  that you know the themes of the novel and what the author is saying about them.

    What’s more, novels are made up of language.   (10)   use language in a special way to make their novels work. They may use metaphors(比喻),invent symbols, or show a character’s personality through their speech styles.

 I have a happy family. My father’s name is Mr. Smith. He is 35   (1)  . He likes   (2)  chess and basketball very much. He likes vegetables, but he doesn’t like   (3)  . My mother’s name is Mrs. Smith. She is 34. She  (4)   like sports very much, but she ___  (5)  ___ to watch them on TV. She likes ice-cream and ___  (6)  ___ the fruits: apples, oranges, bananas, but she doesn’t like strawberries. My name is Jack. I like all vegetables and fruits. And I like French fries and ice-cream, but I don’t like hamburgers, because mom says that it is not___  (7)  ___.I have a small room. There’s(有) a desk   (8)   it.   (9)   the wall there are(有) some pictures. We can   (10)   many flowers in the pictures.

Mike is an Englishman. He lives in a  (1)  building in the   (2)   of London. There are eighteen floors in the building and he lives on the fifteen floor. He   (3)   a lift() to go up and down. He works very hard. He   (4)  to work early. Every day he leaves his  (5)  and walks to the lift. He gets into the lift. It  (6)   him down to the first floor. He gets out of the lift. Then he walks to  (7)  bus stop. The bus stop is in front o a station. It’s about two hundred meters from  (8)  home. Usually he catches the number 11 bus to work, but sometimes he goes   (9)  . he works in a factory about five kilometers from his home. His work   (10)   at half past eight, and finishes at a quarter to five. He gets back home at half past five.

For millions of Americans, baseball is not just a kind of sport. It makes them   (1)   hot dogs, cold beers and sunny afternoons. Baseball is the game of fathers and sons. Fathers and sons catch with each other on lawns (草坪) in the US. A father's favorite team becomes his  (2)   . Grandfathers talk to their grandsons about games played long ago.

  Many American kids   (3)   baseball cards. The cards have pictures of their favorite players on them. In school, friends trade (交换) baseball   (4)   and talk about the players on them.

  Players are known as" the boys of summer" because people often play the sport mostly in.  (5)   months. You don't need to be of a certain size or shape to play baseball. You don't have to be   (6)   like a basketball player or strong like an American footballer. You just   (7)   to have fun.

  Baseball is not as fast-paced (快节奏的) a game as basketball.   (8)   you go to

watch see a base-ball game, there's time to relax, talk and get to know other people.

  Baseball may not he the most   (9)   sport in the US, but it is the most traditional(传统的).It's not just a game any more,   (10)   an important part of American culture, like apple pie and grandma's house.

The SUV is short for the “sports utility(多用途的) vehicle” . It was   (1)  in the early 1990s. It quickly became very popular  (2)   families in the United States. There are several reasons for this. It is   (3)   than most of other cars. It can carry lots of people and things. It also has four doors and a big back door, so   (4)   into or out of it is easier. The SUV can go faster than other cars   (5)   it has a lot more power. It can also go on very rough(崎岖不平的）roads   (6)  where other cars can’t.

The SUV also has some   (7)  . First, if it runs in front, drivers of other cars may not be able to see the road well. If the SUV gets into  (8)   with small cars, the small cars may be in serious trouble. Second, it uses much more gas than smaller cars. Some people think that car factories  (9)   make SUVs smaller. They should also make SUVs with less powerful engines(发动机）  (10)   they would not use so much gas.

Anyway, SUVs are becoming popular with many young men in China.

How important is music? Students, teachers and parents usually answer that music is nice, but not very   (1)  . It is often only thought to beentertainment(娱乐的), but not the  (2)  choice for education. This opinion is wrong. In fact, music education is necessary for   (3)   students.

Music provides a kind of ability to know the world in a different  (4)  . Science explains how the sun rises and sets. Music works toexplore(探索)emotive(情绪的) meanings. All people in the world   (5)   every possible way to learn about our world.

Music is a form of thought. We can “  (6)  ” to each other in this amazing way.   (7)   the language we express our feelings, discoveries, ideas and hopes. All of these can be   (8)  with others. When we do not let our children   (9)  good music education, we take  (10)  away from the meanings that music expresses. So music education is much more necessary than people generally think.