Zhang Guimei, the principal of Huaping High School for Girls, has been given the title (头衔). “Role Model of the Times” for     1     girls from poor families.

The school was the first high school in the country to     2     free education for girls who would have been unable to continue their studies after finishing their nine years of education.

Zhang moved to Lijiang at the age of 17 to teach in the middle school in Huaping County. Once, she got     3     ill but had no money for the treatment. With the help of the people there, she was able to get the necessary treatment. “From then on, I told     4     that I must do something for those people     5     helped me,” Zhang said.

Slowly, a dream     6     setting up a free high school for girls in Huaping County appeared in Zhang’s heart. From the year of 2002, she began a     7     and hard journey to look for funds (资金). In 2008, Zhang finally set up. Huaping High School for Girls at the foot of the Shizi Mountain in Huaping.

Thanks to her     8    , more than 1,800 girls from poor families have entered universities through her education,     9     the school opened.

Zhang has been helping to improve the area as a whole.     10     by her, many of her students have chosen to teach in poor areas. Now, with Zhang having got the honorary title, education for girls from poor areas will receive more attention.

Diana is Australian. She once     1     in a big company (公司). She lived with her friend in a     2     apartment (公寓) and drove to work. She went on trips to many     3    , but she never took the plane. She was afraid of flying.

One day, Diana saw a     4     program (节目) about ORBIS. She learnt about the Flying Eye Hospital. She wanted to help poor people     5     eye problems, so she decided to train (接受训练) as a     6     after work.

Diana is working for ORBIS now. She has to travel     7     300 days a year. She is used to     8     the plane now.   

Diana enjoys     9     work. She is glad to help people see again. She does not have as much money as before,     10     she thinks her life is more meaningful.

Nowadays many people leave the countryside to search for work in the cities. But some people still live in their     1    . Mr. Zhang is among them. He's lived in his village since last century. He is working in a crayon factory close to a railway station. As for a crayon     2    ，Mr. Zhang is a truthful man and saves every cent in his life.

Last week, Mr. Zhang held a     3     sale. He cleared out many old things from his bedroom, such as soft toys, a scarf, a bread maker, a toy bear, a board game and many old things he     4    . To be honest, Mr. Zhang felt sad to     5     with certain old things. He     6     them as his favorite. He thought they could give him some sweet     7    ，especially his childhood. So he     8     them out again and again before selling.

According to him, his home is just opposite a junior high school. It's a     9     that he couldn't read or count because he had no money to go to school when he was young. So he is     10     holding the yard sale and donating all the money to the school.

What a kind man he is!

Tigers are beautiful animals. They are important to the    1    . But they are    2    now. It is hard to believe that there are only about one    3     South China tigers left in the world-and few live in the wild. Why is the situation    4     serious? Some people have caught and killed tigers    5     money. Some people have    6     a lot of trees. What should we do to protect the tigers? People need to think about these questions    7    .

To make it easier for the tigers to live, we should protect their home in the wild, and build    8    natural places for them. We should also work hard to stop people from    9    tigers. If we can do these things well, there will be more tigers    10    . Let's start now!

Have you heard of dodos (渡渡鸟)? The dodo was a(n)     1     of bird that was very large. You might not think it was a bird at all because the dodo could not fly. It lived happily and     2     until people arrived.

European sailors (水手) found those birds in the 16th century on Mauritius Island in     3     Indian Ocean. When the sailors found the strange birds that could not fly, they were     4    . The Europeans on Mauritius Island found the birds very delicious. So large numbers of dodos were     5     and no living dodos were found on the island in the following     6    . Later, the samples (标本) of some dodos were brought to England in the 17th century for the future study.

    7     fact, the extinction (灭绝) of dodos was caused by people. This was how the phrase “as dead as a dodo” came. It teaches     8     a big lesson.     9     we are not able to get along with nature, we will lose the things more than we would expect. We should     10     action to protect them. We should also stop the activities that will be bad for the environment or other animals.