Not enough American students want to be engineers, mathematicians, or scientists. The US government wants to change that. The government will spend three billion dollars on the education of young Americans in science, technology, engineering, and math. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} 

Many jobs in the STEM fields will open in the coming years. The purpose of the government's investment（投资）is to increase the number of Americans who can take those jobs.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} than boys. Only 25 percent of STEM students are girls.

Camsie McAdams is at the US Education Department. She says girls simply do not feel welcomed in STEM subjects. 

Debbie Sterling is an engineer. She invented a toy for girls. The name of the toy is “Goldie Blox”. To interest girls, Sterling created the character “Goldie”. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  Goldie tells stories, solves difficult problems and builds new worlds.

 Mia is a seven-year-old girl who likes science. In her room, she has no fashion dolls. Instead, she received a set of Goldie Blox from her grandmother. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} .

 Experts say parents should do more than just buy toys to interest their girls in STEM subjects. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} . At school, girls should take part in projects that require teamwork and creative thinking. 

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    Nowadays, we are in a modern society. Everybody should be p{#blank#}1{#/blank#} in public. But sometimes some people like to c{#blank#}2{#/blank#} in line when they buy tickets or get on the bus or subway. They take other's places as well as time when they are in line, so it is i{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. I can't s{#blank#}4{#/blank#} that. Sometimes, I even get mad when I see them cut in line.

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    Long long ago, there was a small village in the Middle East. In the village there was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} old man called Sthira. He lived by himself. His only son had gone far away to study. Sthira's friends {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(wonder) whether his son would return, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Sthira always said, "Whatever happens, happens for good.”

    One day the old man's son returned and the villagers were very happy for Sthira. He thanked the villagers and said {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (polite),"Whatever happens, happens for good.” However, later, Sthira's son broke his {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Once again the villagers came to visit him and once again the old man thanked {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (they) and said, "Whatever happens, happens for good." Some of the villagers were surprised {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(hear) this. Why? What was good? His son's leg got badly hurt!

 After a few days, the army came to the village and forced all the young men to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the army. When they found his son had a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (break) leg, they left him behind. Once again, all the villagers came to congratulate him on his {#blank#}10{#/blank#} luck, like always, the old man was still thankful to them and said. “Whatever happens, happens for good.”

A: What a wonderful museum!

B: It's great, isn't it?

A: Let's go to the Animal Room on the second floor. I need some {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for my science report.

B: Me, too. Let's go.

A: Hey, Gina! Come and see the money exhibition!

B: Be {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, please, Jack! You mustn't shout loudly in the museum.

A: Oh, I'm sorry. Look at the monkey's tail! I've got to get in here...

B: Stop! Don't {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the rope!

A: Oh. Why not?

B: Can't you see the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}? "No entry (进入)."

A: Oh, right. That's no good! Well, I'll just take a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} with my camera then...

B: You can't do that, either. It's {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the rule in the museum.

A: There certainly are a lot of rules in the museum. No wonder there are {#blank#}7{#/blank#} people in this place.

B: Oh, my dear!

A: What's the matter, Gina?

B: My mobile phone! It's {#blank#}8{#/blank#}! What am I going to do?

A: Don't worry. We'd better go to the lost and found office. If someone finds it, they will {#blank#}9{#/blank#} it there.

B: That phone is new! I have to find it, or Mum will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} me!

A: I'm sure it will be all right, Gina. Let's go and see.

B: Yes, let's go downstairs.

    Mr Jenkins has several big shops in the city. He's very rich but he does his best{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(pay) the persons who work in his shops less. And they all hate him.

    Several months ago a young woman borrowed thirty thousand dollars from him. But she couldn't return the money to him in time. He went to her and made her {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(give) her ring to him which cost more than fifty thousand dollars. He put it into his wallet and went home happily. But when he got to the bus stop, the bus{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(leave). He hurried to get on and left his wallet outside. He didn't find it until he got home. He hurried{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(make) promise, “If someone finds my wallet and returns it to me, I{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(give) half the money to him.”

    An old woman who{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(wait) for another bus that day found the wallet. She sent it back to Mr Jenkins. But he changed his mind.

    “There are two rings in my wallet,” said Mr Jenkins, “

    I won't give half the money in my wallet to you until you return the other ring to me.”

    “I {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(see) only a ring in the wallet,” the old woman said and took the man to a judge and told him what {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(happen) to them. The judge said to Mr Jenkins, “I'm sure you have lost a wallet in which there are two rings and some money. But there is only one ring in this wallet. I{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(not think) it's yours. Wait for some days. Perhaps someone will be able to return your wallet to you.”

    Then the judge turned to the old woman and said, “Take the wallet home. If the loser doesn't go to get it back in three days, it{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(belong) to you.”