—From the old houses which were     by the workers.

—He wanted to know how long Mr. Jiao     .

—No one knows.

—Oh, I             that movie twice.

—Nothing could be better.

    Kevin didn't learn fast. However, his bright smile helped him 1 plenty of friends.

    Kevin joined the school basketball team, and soon basketball became the center of Kevin's life. He worked hard at practice. He threw the ball many 2 ， but seldom made it go into the basket.

    The season began, but Kevin's team never won a game—except the night when it snowed and the other team didn't 3. At the end of the season, they played against the first­place team. The game went as expected, and near the end of the game Kevin's team was 4 30 points behind. Then one boy said to the coach, "This is our 5game, but Kevin never makes a basket. I think we should let him make a basket." The team agreed.

    6the ball was passed to him, he shot and missed. Number 17 7 the other team got the ball and quickly scored two points. Kevin shot a third and fourth time with the same 8.

    But then the other team seemed to know something. The next time they got the ball, and threw it to Kevin! Kevin shot...and missed. But now every ball came to9, he could throw it towards the basket.

    The boys of both teams were shouting, "Kevin! Kevin!" Everyone stood there and 10 as if the boy had won a world championship (锦标赛). That day everybody won.

    A jobless man applied (申请) for the position of "office boy" at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

    "You are employed," he said. "Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application form to fill in, as well as the date when you may start." The man replied, "But I don't have a computer or an e-mail."

    "I'm sorry," said the HR manager. "If you don't have an e-mail, that means you do not exist. And the one who doesn't exist cannot have the job."

    The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do. With only $10 in his pocket, he decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded in making his money double. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60.

    The man realized that he could survive in this way, and started earlier and returned later. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet to send food. Five years later, he became one of the biggest food sellers in the US. He started to plan his family's future, so he called an insurance broker (保险经纪人) to have a discussion. When the conversation was over, the broker asked him for his e-mail. The man replied again, "I don't have an e-mail."

    The broker answered in surprise, "You don't have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded in building an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had had an e-mail?" The man thought for a while and replied, "Yes, I would be an office boy at Microsoft!"

    Are you a happy person most of the time? Or do you easily get angry sometimes? Everyone has a different temperament (脾气). It is usually believed that both genes (基因) and environment may affect people's temperaments in different ways. But now scientists have found that the season of birth also plays a role.

    Scientists from Budapest, Hungary, studied 400 university students. In the study, the students needed to finish a questionnaire (问卷).The purpose of it was to find out which of four kinds of temperaments they most had. From the questionnaire, scientists found that the students always answered something like "my mood often changes for no reason" and "I love to deal with new projects, even if it is risky". These answers were then matched with their birthdays.

    They discovered that people born in summer easily change between sad and happy moods compared to people born in winter. Those who always feel positive are mostly born in spring and summer.

    The study also found that those born in autumn less probable had a mood of depression which may easily drive them to cry, while those born in winter were not easier to be angry.

    Scientists said that this was probably because the seasons had an influence on certain chemicals in the human body. And the chemicals are important to control people's moods even in adult life.

    "It seems that when you are born may increase or decrease your chance of developing certain mood disorders (紊乱)," lead scientist Xenia Gonda told The Telegraph.

    Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus began in Wuhan in Dec 2019, China has mobilized (调动) the power of the whole country. Now, epidemic (疫情) control and prevention efforts are starting to take effect.

    According to a key meeting held on Feb 21, the spread of the epidemic is being contained. On Feb 24, mainland areas outside of Hubei reported nine new infections (感染), the first single- digit (个位数) increase in weeks, according to the National Health Commission.

    Vaccine (疫苗) development is also progressing. Some vaccines have been tested on animals, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology. "If vaccine development is compared to building a house, we have laid the foundation (地基) and the building is starting to emerge (出现) from the ground," Zeng Yixin, deputy director of the National Health Commission, said to China Daily.

    However, the turning point of the epidemic is  yet to come. After millions of people return to work in major cities, the number of new infections should be kept low for two weeks. This is expected to be a turning point in China, according to the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies. But the situation in Hubei is still serious.

    The situation outside of China is concerning. As of 4 pm on Feb 27, the total number of confirmed (确诊) infections in South Korea had risen to 1,766, Xinhua reported. Italy had reported 470 confirmed cases as of Feb 26, as well as 12 deaths. Singapore, Japan and Iran have also found cases.

    "The window of opportunity (the best time to contain the outbreak) may be closing," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He called on the international community to act quickly to control the epidemic before the window closes completely.

    You are visiting the Eiffel Tower in France, but the next second you are in Thailand. Then, suddenly you may have dinner in America. But you are not dreaming. With the help of virtual reality (VR, 虚拟现实) technology, a lot of changes are taking place in our life.

    VR is a computer technology that makes an environment and allows users to see and even interact with it.

    "The most interesting part of VR is that it offers an immersive (身临其境的) experience," said the leader of the Chinese entertainment company Funshow. " You become a part of the story." According to the Report on Chinese VR Users' Behaviors last month.

     It can help to train workers before they have to work in highly dangerous environments. VR also helps patients with acrophobia (恐高症) by making them think they are standing on the top of a tall building.

    However, VR technology still has a long way to go. Maybe it could take a period of time for VR to be widely used around the world.

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    Friends are important in our life, because no one wants to be lonely. However, some people have difficulty  (make) friends and they often feel lonely. What's the reason behind that?  to a new study from Chicago University, the reason is that this kind of people have brains different common people. And they often feel unsafe when (face) strangers.

    Does that mean they have no way to become happy again? No, don't worry. Scientists of this study have    (think) up ways to help these people deal with their loneliness. They provided four steps for (get) out of loneliness.

    The first step is to accept social invitations even if you don't want to go.

    "It's not enough for people just to get in /tʌtʃ/ with others online. That's because most people don't show their true selves there," said Dr. Cacioppo, one of this study's scientists. Another step is to get an action plan. As " actions speak   __ (loud) than words", people need to be active to  /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ with others. They also need to meet people with the same interests. Also, they should try to expect the best from each activity. After all, "tomorrow is [əˈnʌðə] day".

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