“Equal pay for equal work” is a phrase by the American women who feel they are{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (fair) treated by society. They think it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} amount of work. Some people say men have more duties than women. A married man has to earn money to support his family and make important decisions, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} it is right for them to be paid more. Some are even against married women {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (work)at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. If women are encouraged by equal pay to take up jobs, they will be able to do {#blank#}6{#/blank#} they are best at doing,such as making a nice home and bringing {#blank#}7{#/blank#} children. Women who disagree say that they want to escape from the limited place which society wishes them to fill and have {#blank#}8{#/blank#} freedom to choose between a job and home life {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a mixture of the two. As a matter of{#blank#}10{#/blank#}, women have the right not only to equal pay but also to equal chances.

    Have you ever told a story about someone but forgotten his or her name? Not {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (worry)! In English, we have special names to replace it, so your story doesn't come to a sudden stop.

    In the US, if a name has been forgotten, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (simple) say the name John Doe for a man, or Jane Doe for a woman. You can use these names for any situation where someone's name is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (miss). For example: “Did you see that guy who got wet {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the rain?” “Ah yes, poor John Doe.”

    But {#blank#}5{#/blank#} exactly is John Doe? The name is not real. It first appeared around

{#blank#}6{#/blank#} 14th century in English courts . It was used to protect the identity of certain people. Today, it is not used in England. Yet John Doe and Jane Doe are names used in legal courts in the US. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} are used when the identity of a person must not {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (give) away.

    However in England, unknown people are called John Smith. This is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} John has always been one of the most common first {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (name) in English. And Smith is the most common family name. So next time you forget someone's name, you know what to say.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American leader of the civil rights movement in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} 1960s.King {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (remember) for his non-violent protests against the unequal treatment of African-Americans. His actions led to equal rights {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (law) for all people.

    In addition to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (become) an activist, King was a scholar and religious leader. One of the most famous events related {#blank#}5{#/blank#} him came in 1963.That year, more than 250,000 people assembled in Washington, D.C. for the “March on Washington". King delivered a historic address {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (know) as the" I Have a Dream speech, one of the most famous lines from the speech {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(read): I have a dream {#blank#}8{#/blank#}one day little black boys arid black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

    King's actions helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The law ended the legal {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(separate)of people by race in public places. Although the Civil Rights Act was important, it did not address all kinds of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (race)discrimination.

    Johann Strauss was born in Vienna in 1825. Although his father did not want him to become a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(music), Strauss Junior studied the violin {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(secret) as a child. When his father discovered his son practising on a violin one day, he gave him a beating,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(say) that he was going to beat the music out of the boy. But that didn't prevent the boy from becoming one of the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(great) composers of all time.

    He wrote his first waltz(华尔兹）at the age of six. At nineteen, he decided to devote {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(he) to music. He formed his own orchestra and made a successful tour of Europe and soon became known {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the Waltz King. The emperor of Austria was so {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(please) with his music that he appointed him the conductor at the court balls of Vienna. It was for these occasions {#blank#}8{#/blank#}he wrote some of his most popular waltzes, among {#blank#}9{#/blank#}was the well-known favorite The Blue Danube（蓝色多瑙河）in all, the talented Johann Strauss {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(write) more than 500 masterpieces.

    Before we left, Li Yanping explained to me that the force of gravity would change three times on our journey and{#blank#}1{#/blank#}the first change would be the most powerful. Then we were off. As the rocket rose into the air, we{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(pull) back into our seats because we were trying to escape the pull of the earth's gravity. It was so {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(strength) that we could not say anything to each other. Gradually the weight lessened and I was able to talk to{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(he). "Why is the spaceship not falling back to the earth? On the earth if I fall from{#blank#}5{#/blank#}tree I will fall to the ground." I asked. "We are too far {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the earth now to feel its pull," he{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(explain), "so we feel as if no gravity at all. When we get  {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (close) to the moon little by little, we shall feel its gravity pulling us, but it will not be as powerful a pull as the earth's." I cheered up immediately and floated{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(weightless) around in our spaceship cabin {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (watch) the earth become smaller and the moon larger.