In 1806, Napoleon Bonaparte, the ruler of France, had a problem. He'd 1 his sugar-growing islands in the Caribbean. He couldn't buy 2 from his enemies (敌人). So where was he going to get sugar to keep his people happy?

    Napoleon knew that years before, a German scientist had 3 that all plants have sugar. And he had even found one almost as 4 as sugarcane (甘蔗)—the white beet (甜菜)!

    Napoleon ordered his science team to 5 how to get the sugar out of the beets. They soon did. This 6 everything! Sugar beets could 7 in the cold north, instead of on tropical (热带的) islands. And because beets (unlike sugarcane) could be stored for a long time, they could be shipped far away. So sugar factories didn't have to be near the 8.

    Soon, sugar beet farms spread all over Europe and Russia, and later in the United States. Even Napoleon's enemies 9 cheap beet sugar.

    During WW Ⅱ, farmers in both America and Germany were asked to grow sugar beets so that their countries would have 10 sugar.

    Today, about half the table sugar in the world comes from beets, and half from sugarcane.

    Ralph and Edward were in Grandma's house in the countryside. It was snowing outside. So they 1stay in the house all day.

    When they 2  , it was still snowing. Every time they woke up during the night, they could 3  the wind whistling around the house. 4  the next morning it was a sunny day. "Oh, grandma! Please do quick breakfast. We are going5 to build a fort（城堡）, " cried the boys. They were soon out in the snow, and what6 good time they had! When grandma called them in to dinner they didn't know why the time flew so fast. After dinner, Ralph was looking out of the window, when he saw two little7 sitting on a tree.

    "Oh, Edward! Come here," he called. "See those poor little birds. They look so  8. "

    "Poor little things," 9 Edward. "The snow really brought 10  a happy time this morning, but you see it covered everything up so that these poor birds can't get their food. Don't you feel11 for them?"

    "Let us get some food  12grandma and throw it out to them," said Ralph, "  13they can find it." Then they did so.

    The little birds were soon flying 14. It sounded like they were saying, " 15."

    Michael Hassard, a former engineer for NASA, hikes and camps, takes long bicycle rides and plays football. He always looks active, 1he cries quite often. "I keep paper towels at hand all the time," says Mr. Hassard.

    Mr. Hassard cries so2just because he is a Highly Sensitive(敏感的）Person(HSP). This kind of person is very sensitive to feelings-their own and3of others. Mr. Hassard first realized he was highly sensitive in his early teens. He said when he sang in the church, there were songs that he had a hard time4. Why? They moved him so much. Sometimes his friends5his tears and asked him what was wrong. He always answered," Nothing, I'm fine." Finally, he learned to control his feelings6practicing the songs over and over again in his free time.

    Researches of HSPs show differences in their neural(神经的）activity. Compared with non-HSPs, HSPs pay7attention to the environment around them and care more about the 8 of their friends and parents.

    Scientists say that high sensitivity can be 9 in at least 100 spices(物种). We cannot have the idea that HSPs are different from us and stay far away from them. Instead, we should help them find 10 to deal with their feelings. In modern times, HSPs can be excellent teachers, artists, reporters, etc.

    During our business trip in the New Jersey, we visited quite a lot of places. I was always the 1 whose responsibility is to provide our driver with the most time—saving route and plan everything in the travelling.

    Every time one day 2 our trip, I will search on the Internet for the information about the place we will 3 Usually, the local government or some travel agencies(代理）have their own web sites which can 4 us plenty information, such as the famous sites, special scenes, delicious food or some interesting custom. 5 , on the Thanksgiving of 1999, we went to the Washington DC, Baltimore and Annapolis. I 6 before that in Baltimore, there is an aquarium that ranks second in US; in Annapolis, there is a Navy Academic(海军学院) from which many famous generals(将军)7.

    Another tool internet can provide us is the 8 map. If we want to go to a place that we have never been to, all that I need 9 is to input the start point's zip code(邮编)and the end point's zip code. The web site will provide me with several 10, some is most time—saving, some can help us avoid the possible traffic, some can save us the Toll fee we have to pay otherwise.

    It was such a beautiful day that I drove to go for a look in the country. On the way back home, my car 1.

    It was out of gas on a lonely road far from a town, I decided to walk 2 I got help. I had walked almost a mile before I finally found a house near the road. I was glad to see it 3 it was getting dark.

    I knocked at the door and a little old lady 4 long gray hair came out. She said. "I've been 5 for you for a long time, Come in, 6 is almost ready."

    "But I only come for some gas," I answered. I couldn't understand 7 she was talking about.

    "Oh, Alfred! Gas? You used to like tea," she said.

    I quickly explained my problem， 8 she didn't seem to hear me. She just 9 calling me Alfred and talking about how long it had passed 10 she had seen me. She acted very strangely and I felt very 11. As soon as she went to get tea, I ran out of the house as fast as I could.

    12 ，there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my 13 , he said, "Oh, that's Miss Bronte. She lives by herself in that big house, She's strange. She's out of her mind. But don't worry. She won't hurt anybody. She is still 14 the man she was supposed to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and 15 came back because of the war."