we can't stop an earthquake(地震), but we can do things to make sure they don't destroy(毁坏) whole cities. first, it is not a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} idea to build houses along lines where the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of the earth's plates(板块) join together. Second, if you think there {#blank#}3{#/blank#} be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rocks , not on {#blank#}4{#/blank#} . Third, you must make the houses as {#blank#}5{#/blank#} as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Scientists are {#blank#}7{#/blank#} that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around San Francisco(旧金山) . They call it " the big one ". However, people today are still building more {#blank#}8{#/blank#} .The population in and around San Francisco is now ten {#blank#}9{#/blank#} more than it was in 1906.This means that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.

    There are two terms in a school year in England. The first is from September to January, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the second is from February to June. The children usually begin to go to school at the age of five. Most students are seventeen {#blank#}2{#/blank#} eighteen when they finish high school. They usually have the same class every day, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they have little homework. After class they do many interesting things. After high school, many students go to college. They usually have to pay a lot of money, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.

    In China, Spring Festival is the most important of all the holidays in the year. Two important things help to make this holiday different from all others: giving presents and spending it {#blank#}1{#/blank#}the family.

    Many weeks {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Spring Festival, we know it is coming. In the shops, goods for this special holiday appear and outside them the special New Year decorations. The advertisements in all the newspapers tell us that there are "Only five {#blank#}3{#/blank#}shopping days to Spring Festival". {#blank#}4{#/blank#}you go, you will realize that Spring Festival, which comes "only {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a year", is coming again.

    Giving {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to one's family is a very sweet custom (风俗). The spirit behind the present matters most, not the present {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. It is good at Spring Festival to {#blank#}8{#/blank#}to the family home and meet parents, grandparents and as many aunts, uncles and cousins as possible.

    In the past, on New Year's Eve, all the members of a family {#blank#}9{#/blank#}stay at home making dumplings together. Now many people enjoy watching TV. During the day, children wear their new clothes. The evening is usually spent in games, talking, more eating and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}.

    Yesterday was Mr Smith's birthday. A party{#blank#}1{#/blank#}in his house. Many friends{#blank#}2{#/blank#}to attend the party. Mr Smith{#blank#}3{#/blank#}a lot of cards and presents. Among them there was a big cake. It{#blank#}4{#/blank#}by his wife. He felt he was the happiest man in the world.