In northern Scotland there is a deep lake called Loch Ness. It is more than 200 metres deep and it is the _________ lake in the UK. People say _________ huge monster lives in the dark, cold water. It _________ more than 1,000 kilos and is at least ten metres long. Some people say that it looks like a snake _________ dark grey colour. Many people travel to Loch Ness _________ this strange monster. However, only _________ people say that they saw it. _________ knows whether (是否) these people really saw it or not.

People first _________ the story of the Loch Ness Monster over 500 years ago. _________ it became popular only in the twentieth century. __________ 1993, two people reported that they saw a big monster in the middle of the lake. From then on, many __________ people said they saw a monster in Loch Ness. A few photos __________, but some of __________ weren’t real. During the 1960s, people created an organization to __________ the truth. They took many photos and made movies. But they __________ find a monster.

Now there are lots of curious (好奇的) people go there every year.

Many of us enjoy watching animals in the world. But do you know they can teach us?

Geese (雁), for example, teach a very good lesson about __________.   In the fall, geese fly to the warm south to __________ the cold winter. They lift off in no order. Yet __________ they form a V shape, with one bird leading the group.

This V shape allows geese to __________ energy. When the front bird moves its wings up and down, the resulting force of the air lifts the next one. This continues down the line. The bird __________ has the hardest job. When it gets __________, it moves behind, and another bird moves into the lead. By sharing the role, the group can travel great distances. Geese flying in a V shape can fly 70 percent farther without __________ than birds flying alone.

During the long flying journey, geese communicate with one another. They honk (鸣叫) to __________ the birds to keep up the speed. They also cheer each other up __________ working towards a common goal.

What have we learned from the lovely geese’s experience and skills? __________ together! Whether it is in our personal lives or our jobs, we need other people. We need the spirit of teamwork!

Su Su is a 16-year-old Beijinger. She studies at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University. She has just published(发表) her first book, The Enigma of the Universe.

The Enigma of the Universe tells a story of a girl called April. One day she meets an alien(外星人) boy named Kaka. Kaka takes April on a journey into the universe(宇宙). Later April finds out a big secret about Kaka...

What’s special about this book? It’s a book written in both Chinese and English.

Su wrote the book when she was 14 years old. She was influenced(影响) by the book Sophie’s World and the movie The Truman Show. Sophie is a girl who is interested in philosophy(哲学). Truman’s life is run by television.

These stories gave Su an idea for her own book. She decided to write it in English. “My English teacher asked us to write something,” says Su, “I thought I’d write about my idea.”

Su spent a whole summer vacation writing the story. “Sometimes I had to stop because I couldn’t find the right words,” says Su. “I used the dictionary all the time.”

After finishing the English novel, Su had another idea. She decided to turn it into Chinese. The job took her just a few days. “It was easy because Chinese is my mother language,” she says.

Su says her story is “a mixture of philosophy and detective (侦探) story and science fiction”. “My classmates and I have turned it into a DV play,” says Su. “I wrote the play and I played April. We will show it in our school soon!”

The idea of life in outer space has been talked about for a long time. Some scientists say that life development on Earth was far too unlikely for it to have happened anywhere else. Things had to be perfect for us to make it on this planet.

Other scientists say that space is too big. Stars and other planets are far too numerous for there to be no other life in the universe.

For many years, there have been reports of visitors from other planets. People all around the world have claimed to see alien spaceships or even aliens themselves.

There have been glimpses of these so-called UFOs (unidentified flying objects) flying through the air and they have even ben captured on video. Some Americans believe that the U.S. Army found an alien spaceship crashed in the desert and then lied to the press about it. Although these sightings may be true, scientists have not found significant evidence that aliens exist.

If you go out into the countryside on a clear night and look up, you can see thousands of stars. Those stars make up a tiny part of our universe. There are more stars, planets, and galaxies than we can count. Even the smartest scientists can’t even come close to defining how big space is. The number of possible stars and planets out there is bigger than our ability to count. If we are really on the only planet that can sustain life, then we are very special in a universe full of amazing things.

One morning I got up very early. I wanted to go to see my teacher. I was walking along the street when I heard a strange sound coming from the sky. I held up my head and saw strange animal with a big head and small body flying around. It has beautiful f    51    , its eyes were as big as a bulb, its mouth was like a pan, and its nose was too small to be seen. “It must be an a    52    ” I said to myself, “Great!Great!” I was so p    53     and excited that I stopped to watch it carefully. It walked into a shop, the assistant in the shop was very scared. Then she called the police. When it heard the police whistle, it rushed o    54     of the shop and got into a UFO. The UFO flew away q    55    .