Most people love animals. Many children’s books use animals as the main characters (角色). Many people look after animals as pets. Do you know     1     people enjoy going to zoos? The love for animals may     2     the reason.

In the past, zoos were usually started by rich (富有的) people. The     3     zoo was started by a queen (王后) in Egypt in 1500 BC. Sadly, the animals in the early zoos were not treated well. They didn’t receive (收到)     4     attention or care.

Today, zoos still bring people pleasure,     5     they try to protect animals and teach people as well. Zoos must follow rules. People must provide animals     6     a clean place to live, food and water, and health care. In this way, the rules help protect the animals.

Some people think the     7     are not enough. They want to do more to protect the animals they love. For example, people were against the use of some large animals in shows. They thought the zoos didn’t have enough     8     for the animals to show. With so many people against the shows, the zoos     9     to make a change.

People see animals in zoos. At the same time, they try to learn about and protect     10    . Both people and animals can get a lot from each other.

Hello! Nice to meet you here. My     1     is Wang Hui. And my English name is David. I’m a high school student. I’m from Shanghai,     2    . I’m thirteen years old. I have three friends, Li Wei, Kate and Hill. We are in     3     same grade, but in different     4    . I’m in Class Four, Grade Seven. Li Wei is from Shanghai, too. He is twelve. He and I     5     in the same class. Kate and Hill are from the USA . They are in Class Five, Grade     6    . Kate and Hill are good at (擅长) English. They help Li Wei and     7    study English. But     8     Chinese isn’t good. We     9     them study Chinese. We are very happy to be     10    .

Spiderman is one of the most famous comic book heroes of all time. He was created by Stan Lee and first appeared on the pages of Marvel comic books.

Spiderman’s story is the story of Peter Parker, a child who     1     his parents in an accident (事故) at a young age and has to live with his aunt and uncle now. Peter is     2     shy, quiet boy wearing glasses and he has few friends.

One day,     3     the way to a science museum, he gets bitten by a special spider. Soon Peter finds that he has amazing powers: He is     4     strong and quick as a spider, and he     5     has a type of sixth sense (第六感). He no longer needs his     6     because he can see things clearly! Remembering something his uncle Ben has told him: “With great power, there must come great duty”, Peter decides to     7     his power to fight enemies (敌人) who do bad things to people. And so, Spiderman is born.

Although Peter is a superhero, life is not easy for him. He is in love with Mary, but he cannot tell     8     about his amazing power. Besides, his best friend Harry hates Spiderman! Peter is always short of     9    . So he has to sell photos of Spiderman (himself) to a newspaper to make a living. And he keeps losing his other jobs because he’s so     10     saving people!

I didn’t have any confidence (信心) in myself when I was young. That was because I was the strongest girl in my class but I had never been the     1     kid among the classmates. But one thing changed me later.

It was the first day of     2     new school and I didn’t know anyone. In the math class, the teacher explained a couple of problems to us and showed us how to deal with the similar problems. After solving the     3     problem, she asked us to solve a problem by ourselves and write our answers on the whiteboards (白板) she gave us. Then we were     4     to hold up our boards so that the teacher could see the answers. It seemed that everybody had the same answer except me. I could not     5     crying because I was afraid that my classmates would laugh at me. The teacher came up to see     6     was wrong. After looking at my answer     7    , she said with a smile, “You are the     8     one in the whole class that got the right answer.” The moment I heard that, I started to smile. When the math class was     9    , it was time for lunch. Everyone in the lunchroom was discussing how smart I was.

    10     then, I have stopped doubting myself. I have also learned to believe in myself and feel sure of my abilities.

Robert and Kelly are brother and sister. They are both students. This morning, they go to the pet (宠物) shop and see some     1     rabbits. They     2     the rabbits very much, but they have no money (钱) to buy them. Kelly has a good     3    . She and Robert go     4     home. They help their father clean the house. So their father     5     them some money. In the afternoon, Robert and Kelly go to the pet shop     6    . After playing with the rabbits for a short time, each     7     them buys a rabbit. Robert’s rabbit     8     white and Kelly’s rabbit is black. They     9     the white rabbit Judy and the black rabbit Bunny. They like     10     a lot. They are glad to see them.

At midnight, an artist woke up. He reached for his pencil and started to     1    . He started with a single dot (小圆点). It     2     the artist hours to finish his picture. He was quite satisfied with his work and went to sleep again.     3    , the dot was not happy. It looked around the page and saw colorful lines all around. “I am not so colorful as the lines. I am just a small and     4     dot,” it thought. “This picture does not need me. I wonder     5     the artist drew me.” So the dot jumped off the page.

The next morning, the artist got up and looked at his picture. “Where has my seed (种子) gone? This is a picture of a small seed in the soil before it grows into a large tree, but     6     the seed, it is useless. And I cannot draw another so perfect as I did the first time,” said the artist     7    .

The dot began to realize that it was not only a dot, but     8     a seed. A seed may start off small, but there’s no telling how     9     it will become, how many leaves it will grow, and how many people will find shelter under it.

The dot jumped back onto the     10    . It jumped onto the exact spot it had left because it knew that, although it was just a small dot, it meant much more in the big picture.