Basketball was ______ by a Canadian doctor named James Naismith, who was born in 1861. When he was a college ______, he was asked to think of a game that could be played in winter. Dr. Naismith divided the students in his class into two teams and taught them to play his ______ game. Players on the same team must work together to get the ball into the other team’s ______. At the same time, they need to stop the ______ team from getting the ball into their own basket.

After I graduated from college, I decided to find a job in radio stations as a sports announcer (广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But ______ , I was refused every time.

At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t need an inexperienced person and suggested that I try my luck at ______ stations. Following her ______ , I went back to the place where I had grown up. There were no radio-announcing jobs, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a clerk to work for it. I wanted the job, but I was ______ again.

“Everything happens for the best,” Mom ______ me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. Then I ______ WOC Radio. The program director said they already had an announcer. “How can I become a sports announcer ______ I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked myself. While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone ______ my name. It was the director. “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to broadcast (广播) a football game. ______ with my performance, he offered me a chance to work there.

On my way home, I thought of my ______ words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen.”

R=Reporter       D=Doctor

(Lots of students have got the flu these days. A reporter from China Daily is     77     a doctor.)

Bamboo is one of the nature’s     87     plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.

Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very     88    . A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that     89     almost 1.5 meters in 24hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world     90     Europe.

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide     91     others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.

Many     92     countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for building new buildings. In fact, the cables (绳索) that hold up the hanging bridge across the Min River in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1,000 years, and is still     93     strong.

In Africa, engineers are teaching poor farmers how     94     water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap ways to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die     95     no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use. Bamboo pipes and drills (钻) can help to make the poor thirsty fields to     96    .

Over 30 percent of all food produced goes to waste, according to The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (联合国粮农组织). Supermarkets throw away food that is not sold before its sell-by date, while families throw away food that they can’t finish eating. To stop food waste, some people have come up with great ideas. Take a look for yourself.

Food bank

The world’s first food bank was created in the US in 1967. The bank took donations (捐献) of food from people and stores that had extra food. People could then go to the food bank and take the food home if they could not afford to buy any for themselves. In Shanghai, there is a "shared fridge" in some communities. It stores (储存) food that is donated by nearby markets and restaurants. It is free for anyone to take.

Pay as you like

A UK company called The Real Junk Food Project says that food that has passed its sell-by date is still safe to eat. They collect this food from supermarkets and sell it in cafes. You only have to pay as much as you feel is necessary.

If you don’t want to spend money, you can volunteer at the cafes instead. There are now 125 Real Junk Food cafes worldwide. And the number is growing quickly.

Buy less

What else can we do to stop food waste? The answer is simply buying less food. There are millions of people around the world who still don’t have enough to eat. We should be more careful about how we shop for food.