The Internet is very important in our life. But do you know about {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (it) history? The Internet can't work {#blank#}2{#/blank#} computers. Enid invented(发明) the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(one) computer in 1946. But it was large and heavy. It was as large as{#blank#}4{#/blank#}room. In the 1960s, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(scientist) started to study the Internet. At that time, only the army could use it{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(save), send and receive information. In the 1970s, the Internet came into offices, bank, hospitals and so on. Computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} people couldn't use it at that time. In the 1990s, scientists made it into use and it soon{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(become) popular.

    Today it is easy to get online and millions of people use the Internet in China every day. Sending e-mails is more and more popular among people. The Internet is becoming one of the{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(important) parts of people's life.

    The Internet really {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(make) our life fun, easy and colorful.

Dear Jack,

    I had a very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (usual) experience on Sunday. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} around ten o'clock in the morning, I was walking down the street {#blank#}3{#/blank#}a UFO landed right in front of me. You can imagine how {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  (stranger) it was! An alien got out and {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (walk) down Center Street.

    I followed it {#blank#}6{#/blank#} see where it was going, and I was very {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  (surprise) when it went into a souvenir shop. While I {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (look) at the souvenirs, the shop assistant called the police. Before the police arrived, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} alien left the shop and then visited the Museum of Flight.  While the alien was in the museum, I called the TV station. Isn't that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (amazed)?

Love,

Ted

    A young husband {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(lose) his life in a war. He left behind his wife, Mary and his son, Jimmy. Mary and Jimmy were very poor and their life was very hard. The wife tried her best to look after her son with the best {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(educate).

    Jimmy studied hard and became {#blank#}3{#/blank#} engineer. He moved to a city and found a good job there. He used to write letters and sent {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to his mother. He went back home and visited his mother every year. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, year by year, Jimmy didn't travel home to visit his mother with many different {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(excuse).

    When the mother died, Jimmy returned home {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(sad). Jimmy saw a box in his mother's bedroom. He opened the box and found {#blank#}8{#/blank#} in it. There was lots of money and a piece of paper. It said, "My son. Here {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(be) the money you sent to me. I don't spend much money. I miss you a lot. Every time I hear a car passing by, I run out of the door. But it wasn't my son, I saved the money for you. You can use it {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you get sick."