Reading benefits us a lot. First, reading books{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) fun. You can always keep yourself{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (interest) and it can help you have an enjoyable time if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a(n) {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (relax) hobby too.

    Next, you can read a book anywhere: in a car, on a plane, in bed—even in the bath. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and start again.

    Another good reason for reading books is{#blank#}5{#/blank#} it is useful. If you read as a hobby you{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (get) better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and become {#blank#}7{#/blank#}( better)at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probable find your schoolwork becomes much easy. Many school subjects depend {#blank#}8{#/blank#} good reading and, as you read you learn more and more.

    Good readers are most likely to be good{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (write), too．They are usually good at {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(spelling) as well, and have more things to write. Reading books is really a wonderful hobby.

    Mobile phones are becoming more and more popular not only with{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(grown-up) but also with students. Meanwhile,they also{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(become) a problem for middle schools in the past few years.Some children have got mobile phones{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Christmas or birthday gifts,and more will still want them.

    Many like SMS because it is{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(ease) and quick.Some parents felt happy because they could communicate with their children.Some teachers said mobile phone use{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) a distraction（分心的事）to students during school hours and{#blank#}6{#/blank#}also gave them much trouble in their classrooms.Sometimes students might use phone messages{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(cheat) during exams.A new study found that some teenagers sending messages in class even hurt their fingers because they can't stop{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(send) SMS.

    Many teachers suggested that students should not have phones at school,but if there was a good reason,they could leave their phones at school office.And even they can use the telephone in the teachers' office instead.Many people think they understand the reason{#blank#}9{#/blank#}parents would want their children to have them,but they agree schools should tell the students{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(use) their mobile phones at proper times.

    A rainforest is an area {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (cover) by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year. Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the forest cover, these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (warm) the rest of the world. Losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns, potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the world.

    In the past hundred years, humans {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (begin) destroying rainforests in search of three major resources: land for crops, wood for paper and other products, land for raising farm {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (animal). This action affects the environment as a whole. For example, a lot of carbon dioxide in the air comes from burning the rainforests. People{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (obvious) have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees{#blank#}7{#/blank#} we will suffer much more than we will benefit.

    Rainforests are often called the world's drug store. More than 25% of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests. However, fewer than 1% of rainforest plants have been examined for their{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (medicine) value. It is extremely likely {#blank#}9{#/blank#} our best chance to cure diseases{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (lie) somewhere in the world's shrinking rainforests.

    When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “ A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class ! Just imagine how{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had only one{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (choose) , though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer – something to pride myself on. But the hard part {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(lie) in my oral presentation; to read from {#blank#}4{#/blank#} paper was not allowed ; I had to give the speech{#blank#}5{#/blank#}my memory and in front of such a big audience !

    A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by , I didn't know . My listeners were still waiting patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found{#blank#}7{#/blank#} back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After it seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made{#blank#}8{#/blank#} From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared . Actually with my confidence building{#blank#}9{#/blank#} I now turn out to be a great speaker . Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear. Overcome it,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}we will be able to achieve our goals .

    Chinese President Xi Jinping has praised a group of middle school students for their efforts in satellite design. He said he was pleased with their curiosity and bravery in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (science) exploration. The president also wished the teachers and students in Bayi School {#blank#}2{#/blank#} happy new year.

    Xi made the praise in a letter {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (write) to the students in Beijing's Bayi School on Saturday. A small satellite designed and developed by them {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (send) into space last Wednesday at Taiyuan Satellite Launch (发射) Center {#blank#}5{#/blank#} it was designed to operate in orbit (轨道) for 180 days.

    Three months ago, Xi returned to his high school, to visit a laboratory and talk to teachers and students {#blank#}6{#/blank#} were designing the small satellite. The president said he was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (extreme) glad to know that the satellite designed by the students would be launched and called on them to become {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (build) of the country. Xi warmly encouraged the students {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (study) science and contribute to the development of China. He hoped that the students would keep hungry for knowledge and develop {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (they) national spirit.

Body language is one of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} most powerful means of communication, often even more powerful than {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(speak) language. People around the world show all kinds of feelings, wishes and attitudes that they might never speak aloud. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is possible to "read" others around us, even {#blank#}4{#/blank#}they do not want us {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(catch) their unspoken communication. Of course, body language can be misread, but many{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(gesture) and actions are universal. The most universal {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(face) expression is, of course, the smile—its function is to show happiness and put people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} ease. It does not always mean that we are {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(true) happy, however. Smiles around the world can be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry. There {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(be) unhappy smiles, such as when someone "loses face" and smiles to hide it. However, the general purpose of smiling is to show good feelings.