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.

—John.

    A man and his friend were walking through the desert. During the trip they had a quarrel and the man hit his friend in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} face. His friend was hurt, but {#blank#}2{#/blank#} saying anything, he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me in the face.”

They kept on {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(walk) until they found a lake, where they decided {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (take) a bath. The man's friend fell into the lake and was in a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(danger) situation, but the man saved him{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(immediate). After he came back to life, he wrote on a{#blank#}7{#/blank#}:“Today my best friend saved my life."

    The man {#blank#}8{#/blank#}had hit and saved his best friend asked, “When I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you wrote on a stone. Why?” His friend {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (reply), “ When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where wind can blow it away. However, when someone does something good for {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(we), we must write it down in stone where it can last for ever.”

    I have a muscle disease but I don't look any different from other people. Sometimes, I was too weak{#blank#}1{#/blank#}go to school so my education suffered. Every time I returned after an{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (absent), I felt stupid because I was behind the others.

    My life is a lot easier at high school because few fellow students make me{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (annoy). My ambition is to work for a firm{#blank#}4{#/blank#}develops computer software when I grow up. Last year I invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (feel) sorry for myself. As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends. I spend a lot of time looking after my pets{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (proper) but I find it worthwhile.

    In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger psychologically and become more{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (independence). I have to work hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it. If{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (have) a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this: having a disability does not mean your life is not satisfying. So don't feel sorry for the disabled or make fun{#blank#}9{#/blank#}them, and don't ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live{#blank#}10{#/blank#}rich and full a life as you do.

    Lasa Bailey took her gloves off when {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（take）her dog for a long walk on a winter day and didn't notice anything until that evening. She was shocked when she realized her beautiful anniversary ring was missing. She {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（hurry）back to look for it but couldn't find anything. Her husband kept going on a website where people sell jewelry, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} never found it.

    All that changed, however, thanks to a recent Facebook post {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（write）on their local police department's page. A woman police officer posted, “If anybody knows of anybody losing a diamond ring, please contact us. ”One of her friends read it and wrote on it “Lisa Bailey”.

    The police station happened to find some unidentified {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（jewel）in a local pawn shop（当铺）and took them away. When Bailey learned from her friend that her ring might {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（find）, she couldn't believe it.

    The police called Bailey and asked her to describe it. She sent a picture of it to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} and then they asked if she could come to the police station. When the police officer in the station {#blank#}8{#/blank#} had written the Facebook post handed her the ring the next day, she was very thrilled and started to tear up. She could wear her anniversary ring home where it belongs {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（final）after three years'wait.

    Bailey's husband had offered to replace the ring after it went {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（miss）, but she refused because she thought it wouldn't be the same.

    John Allen, an American scientist once said, "The Internet is the world's {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(large) library, but all the books in it are on the floor!" What he meant {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) that the Internet is full of information but it can be difficult to find {#blank#}3{#/blank#}you really need. The Internet has another {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(advantage). Anyone can create a website, so you can find websites about whatever you can imagine. Unfortunately, a lot of what {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(write) on them isn't always true! At the same time, the Internet provides many other things. On some websites, you can download music and films. They are usually very cheap and some are even free. On some other websites, you can connect with people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} all over the world. And there are some great online shops, too.

    It is true that the Internet {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(change) the way we work and communicate so far. But we shouldn't depend on {#blank#}8{#/blank#}too much. Some people are also afraid that {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(surf) the Internet has taken the place of other healthier activities，{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(especial) for young people. Whether you love it or hate it, though, you'd better get used to it because it's right here to stay.