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Water, it’s a problem for the whole world. A bottle (瓶) of water may not seem like much to us,  1  it can help the people who live in drought-hit (遭受旱灾的) areas in China.
　　In the past few months, many places in southwest China have 2     a serious drought. There has been very little  3 since last autumn. More than 20 million people are 4   trouble finding safe drinking water.
　　After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by  5   away water, money and other resources (资源) to the people there.
　　Last week, the Young Pioneers and the Communist Youth League in China called on (号召) each student to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit area. In Xi’an, 900 students bought over 1000 bottles of water 6     their pocket money. They also wrote their  7   on the bottles. “I hope you get more rain there. I hope you are happy.”
　　A bottle of water isn’t much, but thousands of bottles will be very  8  . The serious drought has also made students  9  the importance of saving water. One student said, “I have decided to take a shower twice a week  10   every day to save water.”

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Big schoolbags have been a serious problem for students for a long time.Maybe your schoolbag is too 　1　 to carry，and it troubles you a lot 　2　 you want to find a book out to read，Now an e-textbook will 　3　 you.

It is said that e-textbooks are going to be 　4　 in Chinese middle schools.An e-textbook，in fact，is a small 　5　 for students.It is much 　6　 than a usual schoolbag and easy to carry.Though it is as small as a book，it can 　7 　 all the materials（材料）for study.The students can read the text page by page on the 　8　，take notes with the pointer（屏写笔）.Or even “　9　” their homework to their teachers by sending e-mails.All they have to do is to press a button.　　

Some people say e-textbooks are good，but some say they may be 　10 　 for the students’ eyes.What do you think of it?

　The students were having their chemistry（化学）class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What's water ?”No one spoke for a few minutes．Miss Li asked again，“Why don't you answer my question？Didn't I tell you what water is like？”
Just then a boy put up his hand and said，“Miss Li，you told us that water has no color and no smell．But where to find such kind of water？The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell．”Most of the children agreed with him．
“I'm sorry，children．”said the teacher，“Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier．That's a problem．
【小题1】The students were having their _______ class．

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  The worst traveler in the world was Paul of San Francisco. Once he f  1.  from the U.S. to his hometown in Italy to see someone at home. The plane made a one-hour stop to get oil at an airport in New York. Paul thought he was in Rome,  s 2.  he got off the plane.

　　When nobody was there to meet him, Paul thought maybe the heavy  t  3.   made his friends late. While looking for their address, Paul found that the old “Rome” had changed a lot. He found many high m    4.   buildings instead of old ones. He also found that many people spoke English but not Italian and that main street signs were w   5.   in  English.

　　Paul knew very l    6.  English. So he asked a policeman in Italian the way to the bus station. He happened to meet a policeman who was also born in Italy and answered in the same l    7.    .

　　After twelve hours’ traveling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to  a  8.  policeman But this time, this policeman could only speak English. So Paul asked the policeman why the Rome police employed(雇佣)so many people who spoke English as policemen.

　　Paul didn’t b    9.  he was in New York when he was told so. To get him on a plane to Italy, he was s 10.     to the airport in a police car.