1 . A teacher let her class play a game. The teacher _______ each child to bring a bag _______ a few potatoes. Each potato will be _______ a name of the person that the child _______, so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his/her bag will _______ the number of people the child hates.

Some children had two potatoes; some had three and others had up to _______ potatoes. The teacher then told the children to _______ the bag wherever they go for a _______.

_______ the days went by, the children started to ________ because of the unpleasant smell coming from the rotten (腐烂) potatoes. And the students with five potatoes also had to carry______________bags.

After a week, the teacher asked, “How did you feel?” The children started complaining about the ________ they had to ________. When they had to carry the heavy and ________ potatoes everywhere they went.

Then the teacher said, “This is the ________ where you carry your hate for somebody__________your heart. The smell of hate will ________ your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot ________ the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine ________ it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your __________.

Janelle used the phone of the helpful woman to call Cliff. Cliff played golf with a medical doctor almost every Saturday. Cliff, ____ but glad his wife was alive, said he would be there ____ . She told him to bring their son and her ________ set of car keys, because her keys were in the ____ purse. Cliff and Donovan arrived just before the police officer finished ____ his report. Cliff ____ his wife gently. He told Donovan to drive home in Janelle’s car. Cliff then asked the officer what the ____ were of catching the attackers.

The officer told Cliff that _____ like this happened daily throughout southern California. Cliff ____ the officer what could be done. “I know this sounds ridiculous (可笑), but we police can ____ protect you law-abiding (守法的) citizens. There are simply too many criminals. Tell all your ____ relatives and friends one thing: Don’t go anywhere alone, day or night. A woman by herself, even ____ , might as well be carrying a bright neon (霓虹灯) sign that ____ : ‘Victim here－Come and get me!’ I’m not ____ to be telling you this, because ____ the word gets out, tourism will suffer in southern California.”

The officer asked Janelle to ____ the police report. He wished her a speedy ____ , and promised to do his best to help put the attackers behind bars. He ____ both of them that the two thugs (暴徒) now had their credit cards, address, car keys, and house keys. He suggested that they make the appropriate phone calls, ____ the locks to their house, and get new keys for her car. Cliff told the officer that a couple of his friends were at his house, with guns, ____intruders. Cliff and Janelle thanked the officer and the helpful woman. Cliff drove Janelle straight toward their family doctor.

3 . In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The _______ is that countries around the world have growing mountains of _______ because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

How did we _______ a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to _______ an object than to spend time and money to repair it. _______ modern manufacturing (制造业)and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and _______.

Another cause is our _______of disposable (一次性的) products. As _______ people, we are always looking for _______ to save time and make our lives easier. Companies ________ thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.

Our appetite for new products also ________ to the problem. We are ________ buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that ________ is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we ________ useful possessions to make room for new ones.

All around the world, we can see the ________ of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To ________ the amount of rubbish and to protect the ________, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. ________, this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem.

Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions ________ throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about ________. Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.