During this summer holiday I took part in special

（1）_______

summer camp with some of my classmate. There we

（2）_______

made some new friends who were senior students from

（3）_______

Canvey, a town in the Thames, lying to the east of London.

（4）_______

As hosts, we showed him round many places of interest

（5）_______

in Beijing, such the Palace Museum, the Great Wall and

（6）_______

the Summer Palace so we told them about the changes

（7）_______

which have been taken place in Beijing. They said that

（8）_______

Beijing was quite different with what they had heard of and

（9）_______

it was as beautifully as Canvey. I think the summer camp

（10）_______

is of great value.

England no a big country: from north to south and

(1)______

from east to west, it is only about three hundreds miles

(2)______

across. But for a small country it has a surprised range

(3)______

of climates. People who have ever visited England, or

(4)______

who has visited only one part of it, often make the mistake

(5)______

of thinking that it is cold and wet country. Except for

(6)______

the summer months of June to September, this is probably

(7)______

true in the north of England and the Midlands.

To the south, however, the climate is much more

(8)______

pleasant. One result is because when people retire from a

(9)______

job in the north they often pilfer move to the milder south.

(10)_____

　　“One of tallest and most interesting animals　　　　(1) ______

is the giraffe (长颈鹿). Male giraffes are usual　　　　  (2) ______

about 6 metres tall. Half of the giraffe's　　　　　　    (3) ______

height comes from its neck, that is longer than its legs  (4) ______

Giraffes like to live small groups and　　　　　　　　    (5) ______

often feeds with other animals. A baby giraffe　　　　    (6) ______

is 2 metres tall at birth. It can stand by　　　　　　    (7) ______

himself within a few minutes and can run　　　　　　　　  (8) ______

well in about two days. Giraffes have two methods of self-protect.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  (9) ______

If something frighten it, it can run away at　　　　　　  (10) ______

about 30 miles an hour or stay to fight with its strong legs.

　　An interesting new sport in the United States

is sky diving. People like this sport

(1)________

often form a club. The members of the club

get into airplanes and fly highly above the

(2)________

clouds. When it is the time, each person jumps

(3)________

from the airplane and falls toward the

(4)________

earth at very high speed. Each of the

(5)________

members have parachutes(降落伞)and they

(6)________

do not open the parachutes for long time.

(7)________

Seeing from the ground they look like big

(8)________

birds. The sky divers say that they

sometimes feel like birds also. Some

people like to swim in the ocean and

(9)________

to play in the snow, but the favorite

place for sky divers is sky.

(10)________

　　I was late in the evening. There was a knock

(1)________

on a door. I opened it and found a young man

(2)________

worn dark glasses. He said he was a friend of my

(3)________

brother and had an appointment with him. I didn't

(4)________

remember my brother had such friend but I had

(5)________

to let him in. As we talked, I found that he knew

(6)________

something about my brother. I came to a conclusion

(7)________

that he was not to telling the truth. Just then my

(8)________

brother came into and the stranger was taken

(9)________

by surprise. I caught hold the man while my

(10)________

brother rang up the police.

Before radio and television invented, people spent more

(1)______

time reading, playing games and make conversations.

(2)______

Although all these pastimes have disappeared completely,

(3)______

the modern families are very likely to spend the evening in

(4)______

the front of the television than talking to each other. Some

(5)______

people argue that television viewing has had a seriously effect

(6)______

with today's children. They, on average, watch television

(7)______

four hours a day, time when could be devoted to other more

(8)______

useful occupations. But there are few modern families

(9)______

that is without televisions, and this situation is unlikely to

(10)_____

change.

　　Some times ago, a plane crashed in the mountains

(1)________

and its pilot was killed. The only passenger, a

(2)________

young woman and her two babies daughters, were

(3)________

unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow laid thick

(4)________

on the ground. The woman knows that the nearest village

(5)________

was miles away. When it grew dark, she turned a

(6)________

suit-case as a bed, put the children inside it,

(7)________

and cover them with all the clothes she could find.

(8)________

During the night, it grew terrible cold. The

(9)________

woman kept as nearer as she could to her

(10)________

children and even tried to get into the case herself, but

it was too small.