Long ago and faraway, there lived an old man and woman. One day, while the woman ___________ clothes in the river, she saw a great big orange on the water moving slowly towards her. Excitedly, she caught the orange and decided ___________ it home to eat.

When the woman began to open the orange, suddenly, jumped out a little lovely boy! The man and woman didn’t know ___________. But they felt very happy and named the boy Bobonaro, or Orange Boy. As time went by, the boy became very strong and brave.

Life was wonderful until some robbers（盗贼）moved onto a nearby island. The robbers were always stealing ___________ things from the people. Bobonaro wanted to drive all of them away. So he put some of his mother’s delicious food into ___________ box and left home with it for the island. Along the way, he met a dog, a monkey and a bird. Bobonaro gave each of ___________ some food and helped them a lot. So they became good friends. ___________ he told them about his problem, each of the three friends said, “I will help you get the robbers away. “

___________ the help of his three friends, Bobonaro drove the robbers away successfully. He and his friends returned home with the valuable things that ___________ by the robbers. All the people in the town ______________ so happy to see their things back that they cheered and called him a hero.

Remy’s mother got sick before he was born. She could not __________ Remy. So he needed a foster mother to take care of him. A foster mother is a mother who takes someone else’s child into her __________ and cares for the child for a period of time just as what she would do to her own child. In our human society, when a child’s __________ meet their unfortunate（不幸的）deaths for a certain reason or reasons, or its parents become too __________ to look after it, this child will have to find a foster family, especially when it is a baby or at a very young age. In the world of __________ in nature, the young may not be so lucky or easy to find a foster parent if their parents die or __________ the ability to raise them. Most of them will have to face a __________ end. Will Remy be as unlucky as most of the unfortunate young?

Madu is a grown-up orangutan. She __________ had a baby of her own. But she had cared for two other orangutan babies that didn’t have moms. Would Madu be a foster mother to Remy, too?

With his blanket and toys, Remy went to __________ Madu. It was love at first sight. Soon Remy climbed on Madu’s back. Remy watched Madu. Madu taught Remy what to eat, __________ she also showed him how to hang and climb. Remy learned how to be an orangutan.

Cindy was eight years old and lived with her parents in California. One day, her parents told her that they would leave California in a week and move to Florida because her father found a new job there.

A week later, after they moved to Florida, Cindy’s mother took her to meet her new teacher. The teacher said, “Welcome to our school, Cindy. Let me tell you what we do in our second-grade class. We start the day with reading and writing. After that, we do math. Then we go out to have a long rest for outdoor activities. We eat lunch at eleven o’clock. Then we have story time. After story time, we have science. Then we go to learning centers. There you can work on the computer, play a game, or read a book. Next, we have spelling（写字课）. Finally, we go to music and art classes for the last hour of the day. Here is a time list of the subjects and school activities for you. There is some other information in it. I’ll be glad to see you tomorrow, Cindy! I’m sure your new classmates will be glad to see you, too. ”

Look at the Earth from space. Why does our planet look so blue? It’s blue because water covers almost three quarters of the Earth’s surface. Water is not just an important part of our planet. It is an important part of our body, too. More than half of our total body weight is water.

Our body loses water whenever we exercise or go to the toilet. That’s why we need to drink plenty of water every day. We drink water. We use it to cook, clean, and carry waste out of our homes. Farmers use it to grow vegetables and crops like rice and corn; factories use it to make products.

Since the 1950s, the amount（数量）of water people use has increased by three times. But the water supply（供应）hasn’t. Scientists worry that soon there won’t be enough water for us, as well as for the animals and plants that share our world. What can we do to help? Use water wisely.

Having enough water isn’t our only problem. We also need it clean.

Right now, ships and factories are putting wastes into seas, rivers and so on. Even chemicals that farmers use are running into rivers and lakes. All this pollution can make the water dangerous to drink. It can also harm fish and other water-living lives.

We must do something to stop pollution. It’s the best way to protect our world’s most valuable natural resource（资源）.

Do you know the reason why we feel tired in the middle of a class? Maybe you would say it is because the teacher’s class is boring.
31． Perhaps this is something you have not paid enough attention to or not yet noticed.

Purpose of sleep

32． Sleep helps our body heal（修复）, grow, and stay healthy. It also gives us energy, so we can be active all day. Doctors and health scientists say: When you close your eyes and need to rest, sleep is just the very best! This is more than advice.

Sleep time

Enough sleep is important to us. How much sleep do we need? New-born babies sleep most of the time. They can sleep 20—22 hours a day. Children need 10—12 hours of sleep a day. Teenagers need 8—10 hours of sleep a day because they need lots of energy to grow into their adult（成人的）bodies. Grown-ups usually need 6—8 hours of sleep to keep active.
33． That is why old people sleep less than young people.   

Interesting facts

Almost everyone has their dreams while they sleep, but not all of them can tell their dreams clearly when they wake up.
34． More surprisingly, some may even get up in their dreams and walk around. This is called “sleepwalking”. Are you a sleepwalker? Or, is there a sleepwalker around you?

35．

It’s not just people that love to snooze（打盹）. In fact, many animals have unusual or surprising sleeping habits. Some animals, such as bears and hedgehogs, sleep all through winter. The swift is a very fast bird that can sleep while it flies! Cute koalas sleep around 18 hours a day. Giraffes don’t need much sleep at all. They usually sleep standing up.

Rick Hoyt is American and he has a good job at the University of Boston.
41．, he is in a wheelchair because of a serious illness. He can’t
42． either and he uses a computer for daily communication. However, he loves sport and wants to challenge
43． in a triathlon—a sports competition in which people swim 4 kilometers, bike 180 kilometers and run 42 kilometers. How can Rick make it as he can’t swim, bike or run and sits in a wheelchair? It
44． to be an impossible dream for him to realize.

Rick can take part because he does it with his father, Dick Hoyt. Together, they try their best to do the
45． task in their life—in the running, his father pushes him in his wheelchair; in the
46．, Rick lies in a small boat and his father swims and pulls him; in the cycling, Rick sits in a special seat on the front of his
47． bike.

Of course, the Hoyts never win the race. The winner of a triathlon usually completes it in about nine
48．, but the Hoyts take much longer time. “That’s right,” says the father. “We never win. But Rick and I think that we always win.”

Now the father and son have
49． the respect（尊敬）of many people. And their
50． courage also sets a good example for us all. It sends out the message how important it is that we believe in ourselves and never give up.

人们常说：“服务他人，快乐自己。”你准备利用即将到来的暑假去社区做一些服务工作。请根据以下表格提示内容，给你们学校的英文报写一篇短文， 介绍你的计划。

As we all know, “Serving others can bring us happiness.” Summer holiday is coming, I’ll ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’m sure I’ll have a meaningful holiday this summer.