1 . There once was an ordinary street in the suburbs where no one cared much for their gardens. The lawns were overgrown, the weeds were taking over and the hedges(树篱)_________ needed to be cut back. It looked very terrible. _________ when the neighbors saw their gardens, they just looked at each other and laughed.

It seemed too hard to clear all the gardens and no one could be _________ to make them better because everyone’s garden was equally _________. No one felt it was urgent to change anything. Then a gardener named Bill _________ in the small town. Bill was a _________, hard-working and patient man who started working in the garden as soon as he moved in the street. He took his lawn mower(割草机) out to cut back the grass and pulled out all of the _________. Finally, he took up his gardening and started _________ his hedges, making them look like flowers, plants, stones, balls, etc. It was a huge project but his hard work _________ and his garden looked inviting.

__________ by the beautiful scenery, the neighbors walked by and admired the __________ manicured(修整的) garden. Before long, something __________ happened. One by one, the neighbors started to put in more effort in their own gardens and the sounds of lawn mowers could be heard again. After a few months, the street was transformed from a dirty, __________ collection of houses to a beautiful street that wouldn’t be out of place in a stylish magazine.

One person’s action showed everyone what could be achieved with a little hard work. It’s easy for us to __________ the environment around us because no one else cares about it. Remember what you positively do not only benefits yourself, but also __________ a change to the whole world.

3 . Food is important. Everyone needs to ________ well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is________. We begin to get knowledge even when we are young. Small children are ________ in everything around them. They learn________ while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to________ science books, storybooks and anything else they like. When they find something new, they have to ask questions and ________ to find out the answers.

What is the best________ to get knowledge? If we learn ________ ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are________ getting answers from others and don’t ask why, we will never learn more and understand________ . So we should believe in the saying that one is never too old to learn.