Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville. When Jo’s grandparents first came to Parkville, it was a quiet village. They had a small house, _________ to fields and hills.

Parkville was near Arnwick, a city _________ 200,000 people. People from Parkville moved to Arnwick _________ jobs, and they needed places to live in. However, it was expensive to live in the city centre, _________ the government built flats outside the centre. Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick, and Arnwick became a city with over a million people. Jo’s family lives in one of those flats. It is very crowded, and rubbish is _________ a problem.

The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo now has to go to a school in Arnwick with 2,000 pupils. _________ takes an hour to get there by bus. There _________ a lot of traffic and pollution.

It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals. It needs fresh air, clean water and better public services. It also needs more police to protect its people. But to do all these things, it needs _________ money.

However, can money help _________ all these problems? Do we need more big cities like this? In fact, this is just a story. But it describes _________ is happening all over the world. Could it be your town some day?

Last year I studied English in a beautiful city named Brighton in the south of England. On the evening of the first day, I went out for a walk _________ after dinner. No one was with me. I was so _________ everything around me that I totally (完全) forgot the time. _________, I got to the beach. When I looked at the _________, it was already eleven o’ clock. I began to feel worried, so I tried to _________ a bus stop but couldn’t find one. And there weren’t any taxis, either. What was worse, while I was thinking about what to do, it began to rain. With only a _________ on, I felt a little cold. “This is my first day in the city and now I am _________ all over. What a day!” I said to myself.

Just then a car appeared round the corner and then stopped in front of me. The driver rolled down the window and asked, “May I help you?” I told him my _________. He offered to take me to my place.

On the way, he introduced (介绍) many interesting places in Brighton and advised me to _________ them. He even invited me to dinner at his home one day. How __________ he was! At that moment, it seemed (似乎) that my bad luck turned out to be a good thing.

Siting in front of the television may be relaxing, but spending too much time in front of it may take years off your life.

Australian researchers collected information from more than 11,000 people over the age of 25. The study found that if people watched too much TV, they would live a shorter life. If people watched over 6 hours of TV a day, they would live about 4.8 years less than those who didn’t watch any television. That means, if you watch an hour of TV, you will lose 22 minutes of life. The longer time you watch TV, the less exercise you do. And it will be possible for you to have heart problems.

Lennert Veerman is the main writer of the study. He thinks that the habit of sitting and watching TV for a long time can make their life shorter, even when people have a good eating habit. “Doctors should ask their patients about how long they watch TV.” Veerman suggests, “This may be a better way than just asking them to get more exercise or have a healthy eating habit.”

Veerman advises people to turn off the TV and get off the sofa to get some exercise. Even light exercise can make you healthier.

Travelling to a foreign country is a dream for many people. However, Luo Yuan and Ding Jia made their dream come     36     two years ago. They took a trip to Singapore. It is     37     island country in Southeast Asia. Singapore is very close to China. Now it has a     38     of about four million, and most of them are Chinese. English and Chinese are the main languages in Singapore. The temperature of the country is about 30 degrees every day, so it is hot all year     39    .

Luo and Ding     40     a plane to Singapore. When they arrived, they could see the happy smiles on peoples’ faces. They visited lots of places, such     41     the Night Wildlife Zoo and Merlion Park. Luo and Ding stayed in a hotel near Chinatown. They did lots of shopping     42     tried the local food. They enjoyed     43     because of the good services in this country.

“Singapore is a very beautiful country     44     a blue sky and clear water. And the fresh air here makes people feel comfortable. It     45     a warm welcome to everyone from all over the world. We will come here again one day,” said Luo Yuan and Ding Jia.