A: Hello, John. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} you see Lily?

B: Yes. What do you ask (询问) {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for?

A: Does she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a dress in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} hands? I think it is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

B: What color is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} dress?

A: It's pink.

B: I don't think it is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. It's orange.

A: {#blank#}8{#/blank#} dress is it, then?

B: I think it's Zhao Ya's.

A: {#blank#}9{#/blank#}.

B: {#blank#}10{#/blank#} is OK.

    Thanks to the development of technology in the past few years, people now can read news on the Internet quickly. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} holding a newspaper to read, some people prefer to get worldwide news on mobile phones, computers and so on. So, does it mean it is the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of information technology and newspapers will be replaced(取代) in the future?

    On the one hand, many people believe that newspapers will be replaced. Online news {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  in a minute but newspapers can't. So, by taking advantage of technology, people can connect {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  with the world in minutes. What's more, many people prefer to read electronic news {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  they think it is not only fast but also cost little. Besides, using paper means cutting trees. Reading online news can {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  protect trees and save paper.

    On the other hand, some people believe that newspapers will still exist(存在) in the future. Firstly, not everyone likes to read online news since some of them think it is bad for {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Secondly, the development of high technology is not spread {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the world. The online services will only be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in developed countries, but not in some other developing or poor countries. So, people there may still read newspapers.

    In short, although it is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} that electronic news has developed quickly in the past years, newspapers still play a certain role in our modern life.

    What kind of music do you like? How do you {#blank#}1{#/blank#}when you listen to your favorite music? Do you think music can make people feel better or help {#blank#}2{#/blank#}learn?

    Jen Morgan is a music therapist ( 治疗专家). She works with children with disabilities (缺陷). Jen {#blank#}3{#/blank#}music to help them learn new things. She can also help them with their {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and memory (记忆力).

    There are different {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for doing music therapy. Jen gets the children to listen to music and sing or play along. The children also enjoy moving to the music. Jen asks them to try to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}songs they like, too.

    Jen writes songs and uses them in her therapy work. "I've probably written more than 200 songs," she says. "I write songs about {#blank#}7{#/blank#} about getting dressed, about flowers, about my favorite food – you name it Sometimes the children help me write songs."

    Jen loves her job {#blank#}8{#/blank#}a music therapist "I'm very lucky to have this job," she says. It's {#blank#}9{#/blank#}to see how music can help children with disabilities Often children are {#blank#}10{#/blank#} when I first meet them. But they soon start having fun and enjoying the music. Music makes people feel good!

    It's very important to know something about traditional presents. In the West, people often take flowers when they {#blank#}1{#/blank#} others. Different flowers have different {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. For example, people often give red roses to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} who they love. In Greece, you must not give white flowers because white flowers are for the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. When you go to a foreign country, it is always best to check what people {#blank#}5{#/blank#}do. If you remember this, you can avoid making a lot of mistakes.

    People {#blank#}1{#/blank#}kites for at least two thousand years. Kites are fun to fly, but did you know there are also practical reasons to fly them? It {#blank#}2{#/blank#}that, in 1750, Benjamin Franklin flew a kite in a thunderstorm to verify that lightning was electricity. The Wrights brothers tested many of their aviation theories by flying early airplane designs as kites. This allowed them to experiment different wing shapes and controls from the ground before their first flight in 1903.

    No matter why you fly kites, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} attention to the weather for good kite-flying conditions. The wind should be between 5 and 25 miles per hour. It should be neither too calm nor too strong. Don't fly a kite when it {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. It's better {#blank#}5{#/blank#} an open space. Don't let your kite be eaten by a tree or bump into people, buildings or power lines.