Here's a story about Ming's life on the waters. Ming has lived all his life on a wide r_小题1:___ in china. His home is a large house-boat with a roof, one of hundreds that move up and down. In about six years he has not once been on l__小题2:__ but he is never lonely. He is a strong swimmer. In fact, he could swim before he could walk. When he wants to play with his f__小题3:__ he just swims across to their boats or asks them to v__小题4:__ him. Ming's father is a fisherman, but he never u__小题5:__ a line or a net. Great black birds called cormorants do the fishing for him. Rings have been put around the birds' n__小题6:__ so that they cannot eat the fish they catch. They have been taught to b_小题7:___ the fish to people. And then people reward them with a fine big fish，as soon as their work is finished. Ming loves w__小题8:__ the cormorants,but better still he likes going s__小题9:__ with his mother. The shops,of course,are boats very like his o__小题10:__.
