r{#blank#}1{#/blank#}—the people live and work underground.
Why do people choose to live under the ground? To avoid (避开) the h{#blank#}2{#/blank#} days and cold nights-daytime temperatures can rise to 50 ℃ or more and on a cold night they can fall to z{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. The locals say that their strange lifestyle is the only answer t{#blank#}4{#/blank#} the unpleasant climate (气候) . In the underground homes, the temperature is always a very pleasant 19℃ to 24℃ .But that's not the only advantage ; the people there don't need to pay builders if t{#blank#}5{#/blank#}want to build a home or make any changes.
You would be very surprised to see h{#blank#}6{#/blank#} well people manage to live underground. They have modern kitchens and bathrooms, sometimes even spas (温泉)“People think it's impossible to live here and that we're like ancient people, b{#blank#}7{#/blank#} that's not true. " says Bev Smith, who has lived in Coober Pedy for over 30 years. When my husband, Larry, and I first came here, life was very d {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and many people decided to leave. But now, things have c{#blank#}9{#/blank#}a lot and we're very comfortable. We now have underground shops, hotels, restaurants, cafes and churches!”
Abigail and Brian Tynan l{#blank#}10{#/blank#} their large house in Melbourne(墨尔本) two years ago to have in an underground home. "My mouth fell open when I saw my wonderful underground home," remembers Brian. " I really enjoy living here. "

Lunch Made of Love

    In those poor times, many of my classmates couldn't bring a nice meal to school for lunch. My deskmate's meal was always cabbages, while {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （我的） was ham and fried eggs. Sometimes, my deskmate would first pick the hair out of his lunch and then eat it as if {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （没事） had happened. This continued for a long time.

    "His mother is so lousy（邋遢的）that her hair drops in the meal, "my classmates said. I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （想）it was really dirty, but I couldn't show that because I didn't want to hurt（伤害）his feelings. Still, I started to think that he was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （肮脏）, too.

    One day after school, he called me and said, "Would you like to come to my house if you are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （有空）?"

    Though I didn't want to go, I knew it would be impolite to refuse because this was his first invitation. Following my friend, we {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （到达）at a poor village.

    "Mom, I brought my friend home. "

    His old mother opened the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（门）, "My son's friend is here. Let me have a look. "But to my {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（惊讶）, his mother was blind. She couldn't see anything.

    I felt sad. Now I understood why my deskmate's lunch had hair in it. His mother got ready for it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（仔细）for him every day, even though she was blind. It was not only a lunch, but also a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （母亲）love.

    Time spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable . If you go to a good s{#blank#}1{#/blank#} no assistant will come near to you and say , “Can I h{#blank#}2{#/blank#}you ?” You needn't buy a{#blank#}3{#/blank#}you don't want . You may try to find out where the book you want is . But if you w{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, the assistant will lead you there and then he will go away . It seems that he is not interested i{#blank#}5{#/blank#}selling any books at all .

    There is a story which t{#blank#}6{#/blank#}us about a good shop . A medical student found a very useful book in a shop , but it is too expensive for him to b{#blank#}7{#/blank#} He couldn't get it from the library , e{#blank#}8{#/blank#} So every afternoon he went there to r{#blank#}9{#/blank#} a little at a time . One day , however , he couldn't find the book from its usual place and was leaving when he saw an assistant signing to him . To his s{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the assistant pointed to the book in a corner , “I put it there so as not to be sold out .”said the assistant . Then he let the student go on with his reading .

    Hi, everybody. How is it going? I'll be a senior high school student this {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

    I'm very happy, but I'm worried that I may{#blank#}2{#/blank#}some difficulties in the new school. Perhaps I can't keep up with my classmates, especially in math. And I'm not{#blank#}3{#/blank#} if I can make friends with others {#blank#}4{#/blank#} I' m not good at communicating. On the other hand, I don't know how to look after {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. What can I do with these problems? Could you give me some advice? I really need your help.

    In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey. Most of them were hearing this story for the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}time and soon became very interested in it. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, this story is not new to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in {#blank#}3{#/blank#}traditional Chinese book Journey to the West.

    The Monkey King is not a common monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}! This is because he can make 72 changes to his shape and size, and turn himself into different animals and objects. But he cannot turn himself into a man unless he can hide {#blank#}5{#/blank#} tail. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick {#blank#}6{#/blank#}short that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to change it into {#blank#}7{#/blank#}sizes, big or small, long or short.

    The Monkey King has excited the children of China {#blank#}8{#/blank#}many years. And as soon as the TV program{#blank#}9{#/blank#} out more than 30 years ago, Western children became interested in reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never {#blank#}10{#/blank#}up. So Monkey King became a hero in their heart.