Charlie Chaplin was a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (humor) actor. He entertained us nonverbal (不用语言的) humor. Born in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (poor), he became famous for using a particular form of acting in entertaining silent movies. He was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} charming character, well-known throughout the world. He played a poor and homeless person, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wear) large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat {#blank#}5{#/blank#} carrying a walking stick. The character was a social failure in the movies, but he {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (love) by all the people. By overcoming {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (difficult),being kind to people unkind to him, making a sad situation entertaining and eating a boiled shoe, Charlie Chaplin made {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（we）happy and excited. Charlie Chaplin produced, directed and wrote movies in {#blank#}9{#/blank#}   he starred（主演）. In 1972 he was given a special Oscar {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his outstanding work of bringing humor to us all through films.

    The Secret Garden is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published as a book in 1911. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (set) in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and is considered a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (adapt) have been made. At the turn of the 20th century, Mary Lennox is sickly and unloved 10-tear-old girl, born in India to {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(wealth) British parents who never want her. She is cared {#blank#}4{#/blank#}by servants, who allow her {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (become) a spoiled, aggressive and selfish child. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} through the discovery of her aunt's secret garden, her brother, and a cousin, Mary becomes a child we would all like to have as part of our household.

    The Secret Garden has become{#blank#}7{#/blank#} important part of children's literature, in 2003, it ranked number 51 in “The Big Read,” {#blank#}8{#/blank#}was a survey of the British public by the BBC to identify the “Nation's Best-loved” among all kinds. Based on a 2007 online survey, it {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (name) one of “Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children” by the U.S. National Education Association. In 2012 it ranked number 15 among all-time children's {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(novel) in a survey published by School Library Journal.

    What might life be like if you looked very different from others? Most of us are lucky to be born with "normal" faces.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}, the movie Wonder shows us that there is no such thing as being normal and that beauty is more than skin-deep.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(base) on a bestselling novel, the movie is about a boy named Auggie. He has a facial deformity (畸形) and has spent most of his life being home schooled. But as he enters middle school, his parents decide to send him to a private school. There, Auggie must deal with judgmental classmates and learn to accept{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(he) as he is.

    In the US, most kids{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(teach) that it is OK to be different. Most people in the US celebrate being unique.

    But some kids have difficulty{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(accept) uniqueness. It's easy to pick on someone who's different,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(especial) if you have your own problems to deal with. This is another{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(center) theme from the movie—even the kids {#blank#}8{#/blank#}pick on Auggie have their own personal struggles.

    As Auggie's classmates get to know him better, they come to find that he's a nice kid {#blank#}9{#/blank#}a great sense of humor. They start to change their attitude toward him. In real life, it may take longer to see such changes happen. But if we give people {#blank#}10{#/blank#}chance, their hearts and minds may change in the end.

Meet Alexa, Your Digital Roommate

    Who is Alexa? She is a digital assistant that is part of the voice-activated Echo Dot "smart speaker" produced by Amazon. This year Saint Louis University in Missouri has placed one of the speakers in every dorm room {#blank#}1{#/blank#} its campus. Students can ask the virtual assistant anything from "When are the football teams playing?" to "What's the square root of 1440?"

    SLU student Brendan McGuire said: "Instead of searching on the Internet while I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (tap) away at my computer, I can just ask Alexa: Hey Alexa, ask SLU what's the molecular(分子的)weight of water? And I can have the answer without {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(interrupt) my process." That's exactly {#blank#}4{#/blank#} school officials had in mind when they decided to provide the smart speakers free of charge for students.

    "The students we attract {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (drive) to achieve success in and out of the classroom," David Hakanson, SLU's vice president, said. "Every minute we can save our students from having to search for the information online is another minute {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (commit) to their education."

    Saint Louis University is the first in the U.S. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (include) an Echo Dot smart speaker in every campus living space. Other colleges have also found ways to offer the technology to students. This year Northeastern University in Boston installed 60 speakers in public places {#blank#}8{#/blank#} students could get answers to common questions.

    At Arizona State University, engineering students living in the brand-new residence hall have the option of adding an Amazon Echo Dot to their rooms. "Our focus is putting this technology into the hands of our students in a way{#blank#}9{#/blank#} will build an ecosystem. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} supports voice technologies throughout the ASU campus," said Heredia, a director at ASU.

    Almost all the ice covering the Bering Sea has melted(融化), scientists have confirmed, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (throw) communities living around {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (it) shores into disorder. The region's ice cover {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (normal) lasts for at least another month, and this year it has disappeared earlier than any other year except 2017.

    Living in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} northern Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Russia, the Bering Sea is experiencing the climate change and has drawn attention this year for record-breaking levels of winter melting. In February, rising Arctic temperatures {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (lead) to around half the region's disappearing in the space of two weeks.

    A report {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (send) by the International Arctic Research Centre at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has outlined the real-world effects of these surprising environmental {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (change) on the many communities {#blank#}8{#/blank#} live in the Bering Sea region.

    In their report, the International Arctic Research Centre scientists wrote that while not every year will be as bad as this one, ice {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (form) is likely to remain low if the Bering Sea's waters remain warm. They also warn that communities will need to "prepare for more winters {#blank#}10{#/blank#} low sea ice and stormy conditions".