As 　1 she nor her husband smoked, Mrs. Trench was surprised to see cigarette ash on her doorstep as she entered the house. When she opened the living-room door, she was astonished to see a strange man fast 　2 in an armchair! Taking care not to disturb him, Mrs. Trench left the house immediately. She called a taxi and went straight to the police station. When she got there, she lost no time to explain 　3 had happened and added that the man 　4 have got into the house 　5 an open window. Mrs. Trench returned home 　6 a police car together with two policemen. But it was too late: the man had disappeared. 7 (hurry) upstairs, she went to her dressing-table. She smiled 　8 relief when she saw that the only thing the man had taken was an imitation diamond necklace 　9 was almost 　10　 .

Dear Xiao Hua,

I am sorry to learn that you have the bad habit of smoking. Though 　 1．_____

we’ve been friends, I think that is my duty to call your attention 2．_____

to such a bad habit,  that may be harmful to your health and 3．_____

which you may spend much of your money. Yesterday a doctor  4．_____

gave us a lecture on the dangers of smoking. He said, “Tobacco has 5．_____

the element of nicotine which is great harm to human body. 6．_____

It causes coughing, bronchitis, pneumonia and any other diseases.” 7．_____

Dear friend, I sincerely hope you to stop smoking. When we meet 　 8．_____

this summer I’ll be very happy if you still hold a cigarette between 9．_____

your lips. Please you consider seriously what the doctors said. 　 10．_____

　　　　　　 Yours sincerely

　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Li Ming

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　　One Sunday morning a 1 car-driver threw a 2 cigarette out of his car ten miles of the small Canadian town of Stanton． The forest at the side of the road was 3 because there had been no rain for many days． 4 a few minutes the trees were 5 fire．

　　A truck-driver saw the 6 when he was on his 7 to Stanton．As soon as he reached the town he told the police about it． Soon fighters were 8 westwards．When they reached the fire they 9 that it was very big．It 10 spread to the north because of a lake or to the south because of a wide river．But a west wind was carrying the fire towards Stanton and the fire fighters had no way 11 it．Then,one of the five fighters sent a message back to the town 12 radio．

　　The chief fire officer and hundreds of people hurried to a place about half a mile west of the town．There they 13 dynamite(炸药)to blow the trees and to clear a wide path through the forest．When the fire reached the path it began to die down because there was nothing left 14 ．After several hours they 15 to put out the fire and save the town．