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　　The biggest animal in the world lives in the sea. It is the whale. The　　 whale is not a   1   . It is the same   2  of animals as cats, dogs and   3  people.　　 Its babies are fed on their mothers'   4  . It is the family of animals   5  mammals.

　　The   6  whale is the blue whale. When it is fully-grown, it is 100　　 feet long. The blue whale has no   7  . So it can eat only very   8  animals. It　　 catches animals that   9  and float near the top of the sea.

　　Whales never leave the   10  . But, like all mammals, they breathe   11　　 .So they must come to the   12  of the sea   13  . They come to the top every　　 10 or 15 minutes. They take 3 or 4 deep breaths through holes near the top of their   14  .　　 The holes are called blow-holes. The warm air they breathe   15  is blown high up. It　　 looks like a fountain.

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　　Jack London is a famous American writer. His best 1 book is “The Call of the Wild” the story of an adventure of a large dog in the frozen north.

　　Jack was born 2 January 12, 1876, in San Francisco California. His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school 3 money. He worked hard 4 many different jobs. Later, he returned to school but he didn't stay. He wrote “Life and pocketbook were both too short. ” In 1897, he went to Alaska 5 gold, instead, he found ideas there for his books and stories. He returned 6 and started to write. His writing were 7 and he became rich and famous 8 his twenties. However, Jack was not a happy man. In poor 9 he 10 his own life in 1916. He then was only 40 years old.

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　　“If you haven't got anything interesting   1 , don't say　　 anything   2  ．” That's   3  mothers　　 and fathers sometimes   4  their young children．It　　 is not rather a good way   5  the children shut up．However,　　 the Maxism may be worth remembering．

　　If you are   6  speaking   7  , have you   8  had to stand　　 up in front of a crowd, knees trembling to speak? You have almost certainly been bored by　　 one of those public speakers who can make even   9  seem endless．In our new radio series Speak Out, we examine the art of speaking　　 in English, and take a look at the trick people use to draw and hold the attention of an　　 audience．

　　The series is based on actual speeches   10  during a public　　 speaking competition organized by the English Speaking Union．Every year the ESU invites pupils from schools all   11  Britain　　 to choose a subject then come to London and give their   12  speeches in front of the　　 audience．

　　The young speakers-all   13  their mid-teens are judged on their　　 general ability,   14  on their originality and mastery of the subject．We have   15  some of the speeches and you will　　 be able to listen to them in the Speak Out programs．

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　　A man and his wife had a small restaurant near the station. The restaurant often stayed 1 until midnight, because people came to drink and have meals while they were waiting for trains.

At two o'clock one morning, a farmer was still sitting at 2 there. He was asleep. The wife of the owner of the restaurant was very 3 and wanted to go to bed. She looked at the farmer several times and waited for him to wake and go, but each time she looked, the farmer was 4 there sleeping, then at last she went to her husband and 5 to him, “You 6 him six times now, but why haven't you 7 him away? It's very late.”“Oh, no, I don't want to send him away,” answered her husband 8 a smile. “You see, whenever I wake him 9 , he asks for his bill, he 10

it and then goes to sleep again.”

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　　In the United States, boys and girls start school when they are five years old．In some states they must stay in school   1  they are sixteen．Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they   2  from secondary school．   3  name for secondary school is high school．

　　  4  children go to public elementary and secondary schools．The   5  of public school pupils do not have to   6 directly(直接) for their children's education because tax money   7  the public school．If a child   8  a private school his parents pay the school for the   9  education．

　　Today about half of the   10  schools' graduates(毕业生) go on to colleges(学院) and universities(综合性大学) that   11  tax money from the government．A student at a state university does not   12  to pay very much if his parents live in the state．Private colleges and universities are   13 , however．Almost half of the college students in the United States work   14  they are studying, When a student's family is not rich, he has to earn(赚) money for   15  of his college expenses．

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　　A woman carried a sick baby in one arm to see a doctor, 1 the other child 2 the hand.

　　 3 the doctor gave her a prescription (处方) , she went to the drugstore. The druggist 4 her the pill, saying, “Take the 5 three times a day. The big one, two 6 ; the small one, three. ”

　　The 7 woman poured a glass of water, and asked the big child to take two pills, 8 she gave the small baby three pills.

　　She said to herself, “It's 9 to have one child treated, 10 two children take the medicine. ”

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　　This is an important day   1  Alatook, an Eskimo(爱斯基摩) boy. He ate his breakfast   2  . For　　 the first time he was going to   3  seals(海豹)　　 alone. Because it was a very cold day, Alatook had   4  warmly,   5  he put on his　　 fur lined mittens(手套) and boots   6  his　　 hands and feet   7  the cold. Finally he   8  the gun he   9  so carefully the　　 day before. When Alstook stepped out of the house,   10  barked(吠叫) and   11  their chains(链条).　　 They had often   12  with Alstook before, but today they had to stay home, They might   13　　   the seals.

　　Stars still   14  the sky, there was no   15  . There was　　 nothing but the sky and the ice and the snow.

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　　Tom Smith was a writer. He wrote detective stories for magazines.

　　One evening he could not find 1 for a story. He sat with his typewriter in 2 of him, but he had 3 ideas. 4 he decided to go to the cinema.

　　When he came back, he found that he had had a visitor. Someone had 5 into his house. The man had had a drink, smoked several of Tom's cigarettes and had read his story.

　　The visitor 6 Tom a note:

　　I have read your story and I don't think much of it. Please read my 7 and then you can 8 it. By the way, I'm a burglar (盗贼). I am not going to steal anything tonight. But if you become a successful writer, I will 9 .

　　Tom read the note, then he sat down and wrote the rest of the story. He is still not a successful writer, and he is 10 for his burglar to return. Before he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half-finished story near his typewriter.

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　　Long before man learned   1to build houses, he looked for caves   2　　 , just as the   3  did. He found he could live up into trees   4  live in the　　 animals’ caves. The first cabins or homes built by man   5  very simple. For his　　 building materials, he used   6  he could find easily around him: stones, tree　　 branches, dry grasses, animal skins. It was a long time,   7  before man began to　　 build permanent (永久的) houses   8  ,　　 until man learned to farm, he lived   9  .

　　House in many cities   10  wood. However, because the houses were　　 very   11  together, fire could easily spread from one house to   12  . There were　　 very, very big fires in some cities, such as the great fire of London in 1666. When people　　 there   13  their city, they used stones and bricks for walls   14  wood.

　　In the world today, there are still   15  people living in some　　 cities, where there is much difficulty in finding a place for a home, and even if one does　　 find a place, it is often too small.

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　　Mr Lewis was a dance teacher. He was a good man and always had lots of students 1 used to come to his classes 2 every week. One year he 3 to a new town, and was soon teaching 4 students in the dance school there, 5 afterward he decided to go to a big city 6 he would have more work to do.

　　When one of the ladies who regularly came to his 7 heard that he was leaving, she said to him, “The teacher who takes your place 8 be as good as you are. ”

　　Mr Lewis was happy when he 9 this, but he said, “Oh, no. I'm sure he'll be as 10 as I am or even better. ”

　　The lady said, “No. Five teachers have come and gone while I've been here, and each new one was worse than the last. ”

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