It's 5:00 a.m.! A morning call wakes up Marco. He doesn't get up so e ____51____ at home in Los Angeles. Well, maybe to eat breakfast once in a while but never to herd ( 放牧 ) cows and sheep! But Marco isn't at home. He is in Africa, on the grasslands of Kenya ( 肯尼亚 ). He is living with the herdsmen.
"Life is very different in Kenya. People live a p ____52____ life here on the grasslands. They can't afford TVs, cars or mobile phones. They make a living mainly by herding cows and sheep," Marco says.
Marco's trip to Africa isn't a h ____53____ . It's part of the school project for biology course at Sunshine School. The school hopes the students will have more life experiences. They have never been to Africa. Kenya is a country which is c ____54____ new to the students from Los Angeles. When the students get there, they put on local clothing. Boys herd cows. Girls collect firewood and water. Families depend on their cows. As a result, the herdsmen and the students have to m ____55____ from one area to another so that the cows have more grass to eat.
Now in Los Angeles, Kenya is on the minds of the students at Sunshine School all year. Disasters have killed many cows in Kenya, so the students decide to raise money to b ____56____ cows for the local people. Each cow costs about ＄100. "One cow means more to the health of a family than money," says Marco. "Here we are really giving life. A cow will give a kid milk every day."
The school wants to give the students a different way of thinking. Helping the herdsmen in Kenya is just the first s ____57____ . Next, the students will try to discover ways to give a hand to those in Los Angeles who need help.
The Penguin Calendar
The chart above shows five activities of penguins over a period of one year，month by month．They are hole staying，nest building，（71） ，chick raising and moulting．The penguins stay in the （72） most of the year，from January to October．In July，they begin to build nests，just （73） （before/after） they lay eggs．Chick raising lasts five months，from September to the next （74） ．After chicks come out of the eggs，they begin to lose their baby hair，which is called moulting．It usually takes about （75） months，from February to May．
Dear Auntie Em，
Great news! Mrs. Mumford just told me I had been chosen as one of the school （61） （student） to visit the University of Cape Town in South Africa this summer! She said the program （62） （design） for some of the brighter teenagers to experience a different culture．（63） a good chance!
The only problem is：mom and dad （64） （simple） won't let me go．They said it was dangerous for me，a girl，（65） （travel） alone．But my guess is that they think it too expensive．I kept telling （66） （they） I had been on a plane alone to visit you in Texas before．They needn't worry about me（67） this trip would be almost the same as that one．（68） ．They just won't listen!
Will you help，Auntie Em？It will be （69） very important experience to my personal growth．
Love，（and love you even （70） （much） if you manage to make mom & dad agree with me．
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Alison Lapper，a very unusual painter，paints pictures for a living．She doesn't use her （51） （手） when she paints．She uses her mouth! Alison was born （52） （没有） any arms．Her physical problem caused her to spend the first （53） （十七） years of her life in a hospital．But this didn't stop her from making her dreams in life come true．She （54） （认识到） that even though she was disabled，she could express herself as freely as （55） （正常的） people．This was what got her to start drawing paintings．
Although Alison lives （56） （十分） a different life from others，she believes that she can （57） （成功） as others．Her paintings are excellent and they do not look like they were drawn by （58） （某人） who used her mouth．Alison has become a symbol of （59） （勇气）．Her active way of living has encouraged many disabled people around the （60） （世界） and will continue to do so in the future．
阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式．
Have you ever been cycling（骑自行车运动）？This spring my elder brother and I （66） （spend） a long weekend cycling in the countryside．We rode（67） （slow） along because we hadn't come to break any speed records，or to do sports．We just wanted （68） （get） some fresh air and a break from schoolwork．We really had a great time（69） （ride） along country roads．And there was one of the best things about our trip that made us happy：every few （70） （kilometer） there was a village where we could find everything we needed．
All the local people were really friendly．However，（71） the second day，something noise，but I didn't mind at all．At midnight we were woken by the noise in the hotel．We were tired（72） we set off the next morning，but soon felt cheerful when the sun came out．
What we enjoyed（73） （our） most about cycling is﹣it's simple and fun．I think nothing is（74） （good） than cycling if you're looking for a break that is active and cheap．Why not have a try？
A golden envelope（信封）fell through the letter box．On the front，there was no（57） （地址） or name of the person who sent it，it only said，"You've won．"
Mum opened it and was very glad to tell them that the family had won a（58） （免费的） holiday．They were so excited and started to（59） （讨论） the holiday plan．
Laura said she wanted to go to the coast and swim in the sea．Ted hoped to go（60） （某处） and eat lots of nice food．Mom preferred to go shopping in big cities while Dad just wanted to leave his（61） （生意） alone and have a good rest．
They couldn't decide until it was（62） （几乎） dark．Then the phone began to （63） （响铃）．Ted answered it．
"Hello! This is Lucy Holidays．You've won a holiday to sunny Alexandria．"
"That's where my grandma lives．"
"This is Grandma!"
"On，Grandma! You played a joke on us!"
"You're all invited to spend your summer holidays with me．
"They spent（64） （十四） fun days at Grandma's．They were so happy and（65） （放松的）! Everyone got what he wanted．
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