We all get affected by advertisements in magazines and on radioand television. They promise us and make us believe{#blank#}1{#/blank#} we can buy ideal things with our money.

    However, many products.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} promise to help us realizeour dreams, turn out to be of little effect. Their purpose is to persuade thebuyer to spend more. Well, knowing the{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (true) does not stop thevictims from{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (attract) by media stunts (噱头)!

     Though we are fully aware {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the artful devices of a toothpaste company, we enjoy the color and pictorial values that we see. Many companies make these pictures with artful imagination. A short film with a simple story and colorful atmosphere {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (create) the desired effect without using many words.

    Some of   {#blank#}7{#/blank#} best advertisements have even woninternational praise.

    The present age is an age of advertisement. All big and small companies depend on some kind of techniques{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(catch) a market for their products. Advertising may be make-believe, but it is here to stay. Industries grow{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (extreme) fast and markets are flooded with new products every day. Therefore, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} is necessary that there besome code of ethics (道德准则) to prevent producers making goods below standard and cheating the public.

    Not all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences.

   Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} will help people forget bad memories. The pill is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(design)to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(possible) erase (抹去) the effect of painful memories.

   In November, experts tested a drug on people in the U.S. and France. The drug stops the body from {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(release) chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far, the research {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(suggest) that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that memories are wiped out. They are not sure to the degree people's memories are affected.

   The research has caused a great deal of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(argue). Some think it is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}bad idea, while others support it. Supporters say it could lead to pills which prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer {#blank#}8{#/blank#}terrible memories. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, those who are against the research say that maybe the pills can change people's memories and changing memories is very {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(danger) because memories give us our identity.

    Different Countries Have Different Kinds of English

Voyages of people from England play an important part in{#blank#}1{#/blank#}spread) the English language.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}present, English is frequently spoken as an official or common language in many countries, such as America, Singapore, Malaysia and some African countries, all of{#blank#}3{#/blank#} are based on British English. The English spoken in these countries can{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (understand) well by native English speakers. But actually, these English have been changing gradually in accents, spellings, expressions and the usage of vocabulary. Because of this fact, you can make use of the differences {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(tell) which country the foreigners of your block are from. For example, if a boss{#blank#}6{#/blank#}fluent) commands his driver, “Come up straight to my apartment{#blank#}7{#/blank#}elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs”, instead of requesting, “Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(lorry) and taxis”, you can recognize{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(he) American identity while the latter{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(suggest)that he is British.

    I recently became friends with a young man {#blank#}1{#/blank#} had just migrated to Australia to escape war in his homeland. He was unskilled and was finding life difficult as he was unemployed. I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (work) for a company in Australia for more than ten years before I found a better job. I knew that the manager would be disappointed when I was leaving.

    The manager asked me to introduce someone who I thought could do the job just as well as me, so I took this opportunity {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (arrange) an interview for my new friend. However, in the end, he was not offered the job after the interview.

    Later, I asked the manager why my friend was turned {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. The manager thought that his English was not good enough for the position, but I suggested that my friend should be a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (suit) choice for the company since I could train him. I believed that once {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (give) the time to learn, he could do the job. After a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (week) training, he was employed and was happy with his position.

    I knew how the terrible war had forced him to leave his homeland and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} price he had paid for doing so. I appreciate {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) able to live in Australia and believe that this {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (appreciate) is best proved by offering acts of kindness to people in need of help.

    Wang Kun and Wang Wei are brother and sister. They have dreamed of {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(take) a great bike trip. Wang Wei persuaded his sister {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(buy) an expensive mountain bike. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}was Wang Wei who first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River. They {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(ride) bicycles to travel along the Mekong River, whose source is in Qinghai Province. When it {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(enter) Southeast Asia, it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and the plains where rice grows. Despite the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(difficult), Wang Kun and Wang Wei were {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(determine) to begin their journey at {#blank#}8{#/blank#}altitude of more than 5,000 metres in Qinghai Province. During {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(they) journey, they enjoyed the continuous change of the weather. Finally, they reached Dali in Yunnan Province, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}Daowei and Yu Hang joined them.