A: Hi, Paul. Long time no see! Nice to see you again. Did you have a good holiday?

B: Yes, I did.

A: Where have you been?

B: I have {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to Mount Tai with my parents. It's a beautiful place.

A: When did you {#blank#}2{#/blank#} from there?

B: Yesterday afternoon. What about you, Mike?

A: I have taken part in some social {#blank#}3{#/blank#} during the holiday.

B: What have you done?

A: I have been a volunteer in the old people's home.

B: What a wonderful {#blank#}4{#/blank#}!

A: Yes, it was. Though I had no time to travel, I still felt very happy.

B: By the way, where is Helen?

A: She has {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to Shanghai to be a volunteer, and she will be back tomorrow.

    Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some{#blank#}1{#/blank#} read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers when they have {#blank#}2{#/blank#}time. They can learn what is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the world.

    Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} look at the front page or the names of the passages.

    Newspapers are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} in some mountain villages we can see fewer (更少的) newspapers.

    Some newspapers are published(出版) once a{#blank#}7{#/blank#}but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}enjoy short stories. They just choose what they are interested {#blank#}9{#/blank#}.

    Today newspapers in English have the most (最多的){#blank#}10{#/blank#}in the world. Many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as ChinaDaily and  21stCentury. They bring us more messages together with the Internet.