Many people like to watch TV. Watching TV is one of the most important {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (activity) of the day. TV brings the outside world closer to people's homes. Some people say the world is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (small) than before because of TV.

    What's going on in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (other) countries? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What's living in the deepest part {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the sea?

    If you want {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (answer) these and other kinds of questions, just turn {#blank#}6{#/blank#} TV. You can see a lot and learn a lot. Of course, people can also learn through reading or {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (listen) to the radio. But with TV they can learn better and more easily.Why? Because they can {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (hear) and watch, too.

    TV helps to open up our eyes. TV also helps to open up our minds. TV often gives {#blank#}9{#/blank#} new ideas. We learn that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (new) and better ways of doing something can be learned on TV.

Dear Mary,

     Now I'm at Bill's home. Please {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(help) me do some things. First, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (get) some food for my dog Robot. After Robot finishes eating his food, you can{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(clean) his small room. Then, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (take) him for a walk. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(not let) him be with Mom's dog Frank. They will fight. Many thanks.

    Your sister

Mona

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    I'm Lucy．This is a map of our school．{#blank#}1{#/blank#}six buildings(楼房)in it．They are a dining hall，an art building，a sports hall，a science building，a classroom building and a library．Our classroom building is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}the science building．And it's {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the library．In the middle of our school,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}a big playground(操场)．We often play sports on it．Next to the playground is the art building．It's{#blank#}5{#/blank#}the dining hall and the sports hall．Our school is big，and it's nice．

    Mr White works in an office. He liked reading in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his 1 and now he has near sight (近视). But he wouldn't want 2 to know about it and he never wears a pair of glasses. It often 3 him some trouble.

    One winter morning he was sent to a village school on business. He 4 a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn't smooth(平坦). He fell over some times and it 5 his clothes dirty. 6 he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow and it got colder. He was looking for the school while his 7 was blown off. He began to run after it but he couldn't get it. He couldn't understand why his hat ran into a house as if(似乎) it had 8. And he ran into the house，9.

    A woman stopped him and shouted angrily, “10 are you running after my hen for？”

    Paper cutting is a traditional art in China. It has been around for{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(多于)1,500 years. This kind of art went after the invention of p{#blank#}2{#/blank#}in Han Dynasty.

    It once became one of the main{#blank#}3{#/blank#}[fᴐ:(r)mz] of art, and{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(受…欢迎) the people of that time; e{#blank#}5{#/blank#}in royal (王室的) families, ladies were also judged by the ability at paper cutting.

    Most of the papercut artists are w{#blank#}6{#/blank#}. The themes of their works usually include everything in people's{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(日常生活)，such as flowers, animals, and things about Chinese history. Familiarity (熟悉) makes them understand the real spirit of the art.

    The main tool for paper cutting is s{#blank#}8{#/blank#} Once they are owned by a master of papercut, they will become so supernatural (超自然的){#blank#}9{#/blank#}the papercuts beyond imagination flow out (倾泻) of his/her hands. Another tool{#blank#}10{#/blank#}paper cutting is carving knives which are necessary to improve a sharpened effect or to make a good job. It's believed that art{#blank#}11{#/blank#}(来自) life and serves life. The bright colors of red, green or light blue papercuts provide a merry atmosphere.{#blank#}12{#/blank#}they are often found in wedding ceremonies or festivals in China. And people like to decorate{#blank#}13{#/blank#}windows and doors u{#blank#}14{#/blank#}colorful papercuts.

    Papercuts made{#blank#}15{#/blank#}(在不同地区) have different characteristics. Shanxi window papercuts are simple and bold (轮廓突出的) ; papercuts from Hebei Province are bright in color; papercuts in southern provinces are good and fine.

    Chinese social network companies began to take away the smoking emoji(表情符号) from their products to support China's new indoor smoking ban(禁烟令).

    The smoking emoji usually s{#blank#}1{#/blank#} for the feeling of “cool” or “relaxed” in many apps before. Since the new ban was announced, China's technology companies have been a{#blank#}2{#/blank#} to take this kind of emoji away.

    “Smoking is not cool,” said Zhang Jianshu, head of the Beijing Tobacco Control Association. “It's not p{#blank#}3{#/blank#}to take smoking as being cool”. He pointed out that the major social network users are younger people, who were much e{#blank#}4{#/blank#} to be influenced.

    In response, Sina Weibo took away the emoji of a smoker in September on its smart phone apps and c{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Two months later, Tencent followed Weibo's footsteps on November 6, 2017 to change the smoking emoji w{#blank#}6{#/blank#} a green leaf. However, the action was only taken on QQ's mobile app. QQ on PC still r{#blank#}7{#/blank#} the same. Tencent's another popular social app, Wechat, has also been required to change the emoji.

    China is home to 300 million smokers and produces the world's l{#blank#}8{#/blank#} number of cigarettes. It is reported that about 27.7% people s{#blank#}9{#/blank#}in China in 2017, according to the government. Zhang said, taking the smoking emoji away was to prevent it spreading the wrong i{#blank#}10{#/blank#} among the public.

The BTAC hopes to use the social network to make more people develop a healthier lifestyle.