I’m a student of the 9th grade. I study at school No. 22. I would like to tell you something about my school ________.

I go to school five days a week except Saturday and Sunday. Classes start at 8 o’clock in the morning and ________ till 14:30. Then I can go home. ________ we have 6 or 7 classes a day. We study a lot of different ________: Russian, English, History, Geography, Chemistry, Math, etc. I like history and English most of all.

A school year is ________ into four terms. It begins on the 1st of September and finishes in May. Each term is ________ by holidays.

Our school was built about ten years ago. Our classroom   is on the third floor. Its ________ face the school-yard. A great ________ of flowers grow in pots （花盆） that stand on the window-sills （窗台）. The students of our class are ________ to water the flowers several times a week.

I like going to school because here I have many good friends and ________ teachers who can always give advice. And I like studying as well It brings me a lot of pleasure and I like to learn new facts about the world.

When talking about swimming, you may think about sharks （鲨鱼）, fish and other animals that live in the sea. Swimming is a must _________ for them. In fact, some land animals, such as pigs, dogs, even elephants can swim, too.

Swimming can _________ land animals in lots of ways. It helps them keep _________. Many farmers force their pigs to swim for ten minutes a day. They find these pigs are more active and _________ an illness less than those that don’t swim.

The ability to swim can help land animals get more _________. Moose（驼鹿）are excellent swimmers. When the food is not _________, they head into the water to eat certain green plants that grow there. Sometimes, elephants also _________ across rivers to eat grass on the other side.

Swimming is one of the best ways to keep _________. If a predator（捕食者）comes, land animals that can swim can jump into water to _________ it. They are less possible to become lunch than those that can’t.

In hot summer days, swimming is also a good way for them to __________ from flies（苍蝇）. It can help them keep cool, too.