A lift is very useful. It is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}a small room. It goes up {#blank#}2{#/blank#} down all day. Sometimes a worker

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( stand) in the lift. He or she operates(操作)it up and down. In modern lifts, there {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) no worker. People walk in. They know which floor they want to go. They push a button(按钮)and the lift goes to that floor.

    It's very fast and easy.   Lifts are very important to us. Why？ Think about a tall {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(build). Maybe it has twenty floors. Maybe it has fifty or {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(many). Who can walk up all the stairs(楼梯)？Maybe people can climb them once. Can someone climb thirty floors to an office every day？ Can small children walk up to their rooms on {#blank#}7{#/blank#}twenty-fourth floor？ Can their mothers {#blank#}8{#/blank#}fathers carry food up to all those stairs？Of course not. We can have very high buildings {#blank#}9{#/blank#} we have lifts. We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings without lifts. Because it is too tired for people {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(climb) the stairs every day.

    Nowadays（现如今） in {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（China）, many young people like {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（eat） fast food. They go to KFC or McDonald's often. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（Child） ask{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（they）parents to take them there, because they think the hamburgers and fried chips {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（be） very delicious. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}eating too much fast food is bad {#blank#}7{#/blank#}our health. We should eat more {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（health） food, like vegetables, eggs, fresh fish and meat. They say fruits are also very important（重要的） for {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（we）, like {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（apple） and pears.

    Since computers were {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (invent) in the US in 1946, they have become very important in many areas(领域). There is no doubt(毋庸置疑) that computers are very {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (use) in technology and business. In space, computers have been used to control the speed and direction of a spaceship. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the help of computers, doctors can find diseases(疾病) easily and solve other problems. For example, tiny computers which are inside patients' bodies can keep {#blank#}4{#/blank#} hearts beating normally. In factories, robots are controlled by computers that are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} human brains. They can do work that is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (danger) to humans. In business, computers are used to place and cancel (取消) orders. They are also making the workplace safer and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (good).

Since the Internet came into being, people'

s {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (life) at home have been changed, too. More and more people have {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (person) computers that are used to play games and watch movies. Thanks to the Internet, people can do shopping and do business at home. Instead of writing letters on paper, people communicate {#blank#}10{#/blank#} sending e- mails and chatting online. The whole world is connected. The Internet is making the world smaller, like a village.

    A long time ago, the monkey and the turtle were good friends. One day, they saw a fallen banana tree and decided {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(plant) it. They divided the tree into two parts. The monkey took the part with leaves, thinking that it would grow {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(fast), then they went home and planted the two parts. Many days passed, the monkey's plant died {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the turtle's grew well and produced fruit. When the fruit was ripe(成熟的) the turtle asked the monkey to share it with him.

    The monkey climbed up the tree and ate{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the fruit. So the turtle got angry. He found some sharp sticks and put them around the tree. When the monkey came down, he hurt {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(he). The turtle laughed and hid himself under a big shell(贝壳). The monkey got very angry and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(catch) the turtle.

    "I'll cut you into {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(piece)," said the monkey.

    "Good, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}there will be many turtles."

    "No, I'll put you into the fire." "That's {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(good). My skin will be red. "

    "No, I'll throw you into the river."

    "No, "said the turtle, "I'll die."

    The monkey threw the turtle into the river, and the turtle swam {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(happy).