①Moreover, China's development depends largely on the modernization of science and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(技术).

②The hall is beautifully decorated with many lights {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(悬挂)from the ceiling.

③Our present challenge is to prevent the percentage of people who are out of jobs from{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (增加)sharply.

④The company is dropping the prices in order to win {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(优势) over its competitors.

⑤You always have to smile if you work in the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (serve) industry.

⑥The young artist remained{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (know) for many years until his works spoke for him.

⑦It's great of Yuan Longping to solve the problem of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (hungry) for many people.

⑧Driving during the rush hour is{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tire).

    It was early May. As soon as Sophie got home from school. She {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (打开) the mailbox at the gate. There was only one {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (信) in it and it was for Sophie. It looked really {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (奇怪的), because the envelope(信封) didn't say who it was from. There was no stamp on it, either.

    Sophie took out the paper. It read, "Who are you?" Nothing else, only the three words, written by hand and followed by a large question mark. "Who wrote this?" Sophie said to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (她自己). "Maybe a naughty(淘气的) child in the neighborhood, I {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (猜测)."But she couldn't stop thinking about the question. After half an hour, she said, "Why am I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (浪费) my time on it? I'll not think about it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (再也)." However, the next day Sophie {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (注意到) another letter in the mailbox. In it there was only one sentence, "Where does the world come from?"

    Why did someone write to Sophie? What did the questions {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (意思是)? Could Sophie find out the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (事实)? I think maybe you should find out the answers in the famous book, Sophie's World, by yourself.

    When I first arrived in America, I was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (惊奇的) by the honesty of my classmates. Over my first month at school, I didn't see {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (或者) hear anyone cheating. I found two {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (原因) for this.

    First, if any student cheats, he or she will get {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (惩罚). My school has a rule {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (称作) the Honor Code. It asks students not to steal, lie or cheat. If someone goes {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(违反) the code, he or she will have to leave the school. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (在……期间) my first year in the school, seven students left the school because of cheating.

    Second, American students don't care about scores as much {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (与……一样) Chinese students do. They know that colleges will look at their all-round abilities {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (而不是) of only scores. So they have {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (更少的) reasons to cheat.