Lucy, a nine-year-old little girl, grew up in a small village near a forest. She liked feeding birds bread and knew a lot about them.

One summer morning, she was listening to birds’ joyful singing when she heard a sharp whistle （哨声） not far away. It wasn’t a friendly bird’s whistle but a whistle of a person.

“Hello, little girl,” a young man greeted cheerfully. Lucy looked up into a face of a tall young man carrying a gun. Then the young man explained that he was a scientist, who collected birds.

“Do you put them in a cage?” Lucy asked. “No,” he answered slowly, “I shoot them and keep them with special chemicals （药剂）. I have over 100 different kinds of birds from all over the United States at home.” Lucy felt surprised to hear that. “I have been looking for a heron （苍鹭） not far from here. It’s a tall, white, strange bird with long thin legs. It often lives at the top of a tall tree. Have you seen it? I will give ＄10 to the person who shows me where the white bird is.” said the man.

Lucy’s heart began to beat fast. She knew that strange white bird! She had seen it on the other side of the forest. She remembered how the white bird came flying through the golden air every morning. But Lucy decided not to speak a word. She would not tell the bird’s secret and give its life away. They were good friends. So Lucy shook her head and the young man had to go away disappointedly.

3 . Lost Buzz is back

Losing a toy is never a good feeling, especially if you’re a little kid and the toy is a big talking “Buzz Lightyear”(巴斯光年)

Hagen, a 2-year-old boy, recently traveled with his family and unluckily ________ his Buss on the plane. Hagen didn’t even know Buzz was gone until the family were in their car.

That was too ________ . Hagen’s mother explained that Buzz was on a“ special mission(任务)”and planned to buy s a new one for him. Bat to the little boy, it was still the end of the world. However, the family didn’t expect that Buzz would soon be ________.

Jason William Hamm, a Southwest Airlines worker, noticed Buzz on the plane. He knew someone was missing his “friend” badly and he decided to ________ Buzz to his owner.

But he didn’t know whose the toy was. Luckily Hagen’s ________ was on the bottom of Buzz’s shoe and the plane only had one passenger named Hagen that day.

A few days later, Hagen ________ a big box. Jason sent Buzz home. There was also a ________ from “Buzz lightyear”for Hagen and some photos of his adventure around the airport.

“It’s surprising to see what the ________ man has done for my son. People are still do something good for strangers.” said the boy’s mother. “It will be a memory to cherish（珍惜）forever.”

In America hitching a ride（搭便车）is very common. Many people there love hitching a ride during     1     (they) trips. I also once hitched a ride when I was travelling in America.

I     2     (drive) on the road when my car stopped. I was going to a town that was     3     (far) than I had expected. My tank（油箱）became empty     4     I got to the town. Standing there, I didn’t know what to do. I just knew I needed help. But I could see nobody around. Who could I turn to? Then I thought     5     the scenes that I had seen in Hollywood     6     (movie). I remembered that people in America loved hitching a ride. I told myself that I could do that too.

So when a car was coming, I tried to hitch a ride. To my joy, the car     7     (real) stopped in front of me. The driver was     8     old man. After knowing my problem, he said he could help me out. He took me to the nearest gas station. But then he left as he had something important     9     (do).

I couldn’t walk all the way back to my car. Therefore, I tried to hitch a ride and I was     10     (help) out once again. I was greatly moved.

5 . For 17 years, Mohamed Nasar has supported his family of five by fishing in the Nile River.

But the 58-year-old says fishermen like himself catch fewer fish every year as the Nile has been filled with plastic bottles, bags and other waste.

“The fish are caught in the bottles, and they die,” said Nasar.

A local environmental group named “VeryNile” has asked the island’s fishermen to use their boats to collect plastic bottles from the river. VeryNile says it buys the bottles at a higher price than the market price offered by traders or recycling factories.

The initiative (倡议) provides a solution for helping to clean up the Nile, while providing a way to make more money for fishermen like Nasar.

“This job has helped us a bit. We come and collect about 10 to 15 kilos of plastic bottles, and we get about 12 Egyptian pounds for each,” Nasar said when he sat in his boat collecting bottles.

Nasar, who made about 100 EGP a day after six hours of fishing, can now make another 200 EGP by collecting bottles.

Another fisherman said cleaner Nile water would mean more fish. “On the one hand, the Nile is cleaner, and on the other hand, the fisherman now has more ways to make money,” he said.

With the help of more than 40 fishermen, over the past year VeryNile has collected around 18 tons of plastic bottles, and most of them went to the recycling factory and were made into new things.

Now the children can read books for free in some villages in Indonesia. A moving library lends books to them in exchange for the waste. 1. They only need to collect waste. The special library was founded by Raden. 2.她经常给孩子们准备许多书。Each weekend, she uses the books to exchange for plastic bags, cups, bottles and other waste. 3. As soon as she arrives, the children will carry their waste to ask for books. Raden collects about 100kg waste each week and then sorts it out. Then she sends it for recycling or sells it. 4. Now the children are spending less time on online games but more time in reading. It’s a good way to help children develop their reading habits. It can also help them learn to care for the environment. Kevin is a 15-year-old reader and he always spends time looking for waste in his village. “When there is too much waste, our environment will become dirty. 5.这对我们的健康不好。That’s one of the reasons why I pick up waste in order to borrow books.” he said.

Last Tuesday, I went to school for an English test. _______ my way to school, I saw a woman lying on the ground. No one was around _______. I got close to her and found that she was losing blood. I was sure that she was in a very _______ situation. I had to make a decision: should I move on and go to school for the test _______ help the woman in need? It was hard for me to decide because I believed I could do well in the test. If I could get a good grade, my teacher and parents would _______ me. However, the woman would probably die if no one helped her.

Finally, I decided to help the woman. I called _______ and got in touch with her family. The doctor and her family came soon, and they took the woman to the hospital _______.

When I got to school, it was too late to have the test. Two days later, _______ told me that I could take the test alone. I was very surprised. Later, I knew that the woman’s family _______ my teacher and told him the truth on the phone. Anyway, I got a good grade on my test ________ and was happy to know I had saved someone’s life.