The Internet is an amazing information resource. Students, teachers, and researchers use it as {#blank#}1{#/blank#} investigative tool. Journalists use it {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(find) information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (late) medical development. Ordinary people use it for shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating with family and friends {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(live) far away or in different parts of a city. People all over the world use it to connect with individuals from {#blank#}5{#/blank#} countries and cultures. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, although there are many positive developments {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(associate) with the Internet, there are also certain fears and concerns. One concern relates to a lack of control over {#blank#}8{#/blank#} appears on the Internet. With television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programs, and with television there are restrictions on what kinds of programs can {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(broadcast) and at what times of the day. With the Internet, parents can not check a published guide to determine what is suitable {#blank#}10{#/blank#} their children to see.

    Few people I know seem to have much desire or time to cook. Making Chinese {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(dish) is seen as especially troublesome. Many westerners {#blank#}2{#/blank#} come to China cook much less than in their own countries once they realize how cheap {#blank#}3{#/blank#} can be to eat out. I still remember {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (visit) a friend who'd lived here for five years and I {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(shock) when I learned she hadn't cooked once in all that time.

    While regularly eating out seems to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(become) common for many young people in recent years, it's not without a cost. The obvious one is money; eating out once or twice a week may be {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(afford) but doing this most days adds up. There could be an even {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (high) cost on your health. Researchers have found that there is a direct link between the increase in food eaten outside the home and the rise in{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(weigh) problems.

    If you are not going to suffer this problem, then I suggest that the next time you go to your mum's home {#blank#}10{#/blank#} dinner, get a few cooking tips from her. Cooking food can be fun. You might also begin to notice the effects not only on your health but in your pocket.

    “Mirror, mirror, which clothes suit me best?” Now, there is a magic mirror in the shopping center{#blank#}1{#/blank#} can answer the question.

    A shopping center in England is selling a magic dressing mirror. You needn't enter a fitting room and put the clothes{#blank#}2{#/blank#} by yourself. All you need to do is to stand in front of the mirror. The magic mirror can tell you{#blank#}3{#/blank#} or not the clothing you have chosen suits you.

    3D technology {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) for the magic mirror for you to choose and try on all kinds of clothes from different stores. When you stand in front of the mirror. With the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (assist) of the technology, you can make its own judgement of your body type. Then you can see {#blank#}6{#/blank#}wearing the dress you have chosen in the mirror.

    It's very convenient for you to find the most{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (suit) dress. You do not have to spend a lot of time {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (walk) around in different stores.{#blank#}9{#/blank#} do you need to shut yourself into a small dressing room.

    “The mirror has worked much better with women's clothing than {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (expect), so we are now developing the software for men's and kid's clothing,” said the marketing manager of the shopping center.

    New Year in Chinese eyes is a family reunion. However, in foreigners' eyes, it is not only a kind of homesickness, but a spring migration(迁徙).Every year {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (see) the largest annual mass migration on the planet{#blank#}2{#/blank#} one sixth of the world's population travel home to celebrate {#blank#}3{#/blank#} their families. That is around a billion people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) 3.5 billion journeys in a 40-day period. Meanwhile, over 250 million rail journeys are made across China during the festival.

    Last year, 5.6 million rail tickets{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (sell) in a single day. Every new year in the heartland of industrial China thousands upon thousands of motorcyclists brave the weather and hit the road, determined to make {#blank#}6{#/blank#}home.

    The Chinese New Year {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (celebrate) is also known as the Spring Festival. It lasts 15 days. It is the main holiday of the Chinese calendar. In modem China, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (search) for work, many people have to move away from home. And they will travel home to be with the loved ones during the Spring Festival. In Chinese New Year, modem and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (tradition) customs are brought together when the Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival. Nowadays, not only does China have the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (fast) growing modem cities in the world, but the landscapes are also truly diverse.

    Your next car could have two seats, three wheels — two in front and one in the back and a top speed of more than 100 miles per hour. Elio Motors plans to make such a tiny car{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (name) the Elio. Its two seats sit front and back instead of side {#blank#}2{#/blank#} side. The driver is positioned in the center with the passenger directly behind.

    The starting price for the car {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  (be) just $6,800. It has only one door, on the left side, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} cuts a few hundred dollars off the manufacturing costs. Having three wheels also makes it {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (cheap). It has air conditioning, power windows and door locks and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} AM/FM radio. More features can be ordered through Elio's long list of suppliers. Elio will also sell the cars directly through its own stores and not through franchised dealers (特约经销商).

    Paul Elio dreamed as a kid that one day he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (own) a car company called Elio Motors. In 2008, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tire) of high gas prices, he started working on a car that burns gas in a more effective way. Equally important to him was creating U.S. manufacturing jobs and making the car inexpensive enough{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (attract) buyers who might otherwise be stuck in their old, unreliable cars. "Whatever matters to you, this can make a {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  (different) to it," he said.

I used to frequently visit an old age home{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(manage) by the little sisters of the poor in our city Hyderabad. A. P., India. There I met a gentleman by the name of Kurien in his late{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(eighty). He served the Indian army and retired. He has one son who is well educated and also married.

Mr. Kurien felt down with the life in his house{#blank#}3{#/blank#}decided to move into this old age home here in Hyderabad. We both began to share a lot of thoughts whenever we met and slowly it was a{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(day) affair that I used to spend some time with him discussing what he was doing in the army, camp fun etc.,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}he used to share with lots of joy.

I used to carry with me some snacks which we both used to sit under a tree and eat. I saw him really very happy in my{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(present). One day he told me with tears in his eyes "I really found a very good friend in you. I feel like{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(live) some more years to spend happy time with you.

As we departed, I told him, "Do not worry. We will have enough time together in the future." I had an official meeting and could not go to the old age home the next day. The day after when I reached the home, his room{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(lock). I enquired and found that he was no more. He died{#blank#}9{#/blank#}very night we both met last.

I really miss him. I have not given him anything worthwhile except{#blank#}10{#/blank#}I used to listen to his words and share his thoughts.