1．　　J. K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the best﹣sellers in the world. She(1)       born in Bristol on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two years(2)      than her. Both girls loved listening to their father read bedtime stories. They especially loved stories about magical worlds. Rowling wrote her first story(3)       the age of six.
　　On a long train trip in 1990, an idea(4)      to her. She wanted to write about a boy who had magic but he himself didn't know it. In 1992, Rowling began(5)      the first Harry Potter book for young readers. It appeared in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And(6)      film came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages and about sixty(7)      books were sold in 200 countries. In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, (8)      can imagine being like him. That's why the Harry Potter series has been so popular.
　　J. K. Rowling is very happy with the(9)      . Now she's really(10)      life. She says she will go on writing children's books.

2．　　Jack's love for birds started when he made his first bird feeder about six years ago. He filled the feeder with seeds (果实), put it in his backyard and then(1)      started coming. He got really(2)      in birds as more came. Then he joined a local society. As he found that more and more birds were dying very(3)      , he wanted to try his best to help them.
　　Besides what he has done, he has his own group called Protecting Our Birds. He does(4)      about birds, run a website to teach people about birds and how to help them, and(5)      boxes for birds. Not long ago, he found that the bluebirds were nesting(做窝) in the dead trees which were often cut down, (6)      he began to make bluebird boxes for the birds in order to save them. Now he wants to use these boxes to take the place of the dead trees. He hangs these boxes up in trees and takes(7)      down every week to see if the birds are nesting in them. He also writes articles, hoping that more people will(8)      protecting natural ecosystems(生态系统). "Researching birds is(9)      to protecting birds, " Jack says. "(10)      protect birds, we have to learn and really know about the birds."

3．　　People play sports all over the world. In the USA, baseball and basketball are their favorite sports.

4．　　Amsterdam is the bike capital of the world. Biking is a fun and easy way of getting around in Amsterdam.
　　Students go to school by bicycle. People ride their bicycles to work. Travelers ride1 bicycles freely around the city. Even the police work on bicycles. You can see these every day in Amsterdam. There are many roads and traffic signs (标志) for bicycles. There are also many places to park the bicycles. If you travel in Amsterdam, you don't need to take a bus or taxi. Just ride a bicycle. You can ride the bicycle along the roads and the streets enjoying the scenery(风景). The city has a lot of bicycle shops. If you do not want to buy a bicycle, you can rent(租)one. The rental companies are in almost every part of the city. Going for a ride is enjoyable, it's a good idea to find an experienced guide, because he would take you to some of the city's most beautiful places. Riding bicycles in Amsterdam is of great fun and relaxing. Just remember to follow the traffic rules.

6．　　How do you feel about your Chinese? Is it good or bad? If you think you are (1)      at Chinese, you can take part in the competition named the "Chinese Characters Dictation Competition (中国汉字听写大会)". The competition became popular (2)      teenagers. Let's know something about it.
　　Teenagers use more and (3)      computers and smart phones. They (4)      too much time on the Internet in playing or chatting. They are used to sending messages by computers and smart phones. As a result, some teenagers forget (5)      to write the Chinese Characters by hand. The teachers and parents are very (6)      about it. What can they do?
　　Not long ago, they found (7)      interesting game called the Chinese Characters Dictation Competition. The program was similar to the American show "National Spelling Bee". In this program, middle school students competed among themselves and wrote down the Chinese Characters by dictation. Over two hundred Competitors (选手) were (8)       forty﹣six middle schools. The audiences (观众)(9)       loved this new kind of competition. They tried to write down the Chinese Characters while the competitors were writing them. But they found it was(10)       for them to write down all the Chinese Characters, too.

7．　　Tigers are strong and dangerous animals. But now they are in danger.
　　In the past, there were eight kinds of tigers in the world. But during the 20th century, only five were left. The numbers of Siberian tigers was about 300, but now it is less than 22. They're in danger of dying out. If the government does nothing, we won't be able to see them in ten to twenty years.
　　In order to stop people from hunting and killing wild tigers, and in order to make wild tigers more, the World wildlife Fund has started a program recently. China and twelve other countries joined it.
　　However, it's not enough. Remember that nature is a food chain (链). If we hurt and kill too many wild deer and pigs, wild tigers will die out because of hunger. So the most important thing is to save the animals that tigers eat. In order to protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating, hunting and killing wild animals.

8．请你根据以下内容提示, 以"Let's Help!"为题, 为学校广播站英语专栏写一篇80字左右的短文, 请大家参加保护动物的行动．
1. 选择一种濒危动物, 说明造成其危险处境的两点原因(如:由于人们砍伐森林、破坏环境导致其生存环境越来越差;人们猎食hunt动物, 使其数量越来越少．)
2. 就怎样保护该濒危动物提出自己的建议(至少两点);
3. 号召大家一起保护濒危动物．
Let's Help
　　Animals are our good friends. We should protect them well. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________