Today，the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（popular） of basketball has risen around the world，with many young people dreaming {#blank#}2{#/blank#}becming famous player．In China，you {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（see）people playing basketball now and then in parks，schools and even {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（factory）．Basketball has not onlu become a pilular sport to play，but it has {#blank#}5{#/blank#}become a popular sport to watch．Although America's NBA games are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（famous） in the world，the CBA games are becoming more popular in China．{#blank#}7{#/blank#}number of foreign players，including Chinese players，in the NBA has increased．There {#blank#}8{#/blank#}also more and more foreign players in the CBA．Many young people look up to these basketball heroes and want to become like {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（they ）These  stars encourage  young people{#blank#}10{#/blank#}（work ） hard  to achieve their dreams．

    More than 95 percent of people in the world have phones today, according to the United Nations. People use phones to make phone calls and send {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (信息)to communicate with others. Now we hardly write letters. But a TV show, Letters Alive, is bringing back this old {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(习惯).

    Letters Alive gets its idea from a UK program with a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (相似的) name. They have something in common. The shows both {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (邀请) famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or different competitions.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (代替), it is just one person reading a letter. Since it has been on in{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (十二月) , Letters Alive has been widely praised.

    The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, once they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her brother who is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (年轻的) than her in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (想念) her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.

    “Every letter opens another world for us,” said Guan Zhengwen, the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (导演) of the TV show. “It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers.”

{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (不管怎么说)，many people said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today's TV shows.

    Mr Brown's horse was lost at night. All of his friends were very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to hear that and came to see him together. After {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（听） his story, one of them said, “Why didn't you close the door of the stable(马厩) last night?” “You aren't a deaf man”, the second said. “Didn't you {#blank#}3{#/blank#}anything at that moment? The thief(小偷) must {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(赶走) the horse away out of the gate, and couldn't carry it on {#blank#}5{#/blank#} back.” “I agree with you,” said the third man. “How {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(careful) you are! Every evening before I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to bed, I lock my stable first and put the key in my box. Why didn't you do so?”The more they said, the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}excited they became. At last Mr Brown couldn't stand any more and said {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(angry), “None of you would help me look for my horse or catch the thief. Do you think that it's all my fault(错误）?{#blank#}10{#/blank#} don't you blame(责备) the thief?”

    Not only adults but also teenagers have problems in their life. Here is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} survey showing the main problems of teenagers.

    They feel stressed because they have too much homework to do {#blank#}2{#/blank#} at school and at home. They have lots of exams {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (take). And parents usually send them to different classes at weekends. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a result, many of them almost become bookworms(书虫). On most {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (holiday), they could hardly have their own time to do the things {#blank#}6{#/blank#} they are interested in. Now more and more teenagers {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (get) short-sighted(近视).

    They often read in bed or keep {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (read) for a long time without having a rest. Some of them are crazy about playing computer games. Some watch TV too much. Another serious problem among teenagers is that many of them are becoming fat {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (easy). They eat too much junk food, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} they take little exercise. I think teenagers should think of ways to deal with the problems. They should make a plan for study and hobbies and find time to relax as much as possible.