A

Friendship clubs provide a platform for people to take part in     1     social activities, such as group outings, shared hobbies, and interactive events. They help to bring together like-minded individuals who are seeking to make new friends.     2    , joining a friendship club is also beneficial for people to     3     through face-to-face interaction.

B

Nature is our home. Humans and other living things on the planet couldn’t survive without the resources that come from nature. We should take care of our “home” before it’s too late. If we keep overusing and destroying nature, it will finally    4     on us. We should try our best to     5     with nature.

Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control. A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around. Now, smoke still     1     from the warm ground over the desolate hills. Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the     2     villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well. When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities     3     several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly. The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge     4     by aeroplanes. The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain. By then, however, in many places the grass had already     5    . In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the     6     soil.