At the present time, more and more people love travelling. It's a very good w{#blank#}1{#/blank#} of getting to know new people and cultures and acquiring（获得）experiences. It helps travellers g{#blank#}2{#/blank#} a lot. Travel can make our minds become much w{#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

    But travel does more than all that. It can also make us more creative. In recent years, some professors have been doing r{#blank#}4{#/blank#} on what many people have already learned from travel experiences. They believe that spending time a{#blank#}5{#/blank#} has affected people's mind. For example, they found that the students who lived in foreign countries for a longer period were better at s{#blank#}6{#/blank#} problems creatively than those who did not. If you stay in the same place, you can't experience new sights, new smells, new sounds and new cultures. All these can w{#blank#}7{#/blank#} up your mind and make it more active . H{#blank#}8{#/blank#} , that doesn't mean the more places you've been, the more creative you'll become. Another group of professors have been doings{#blank#}9{#/blank#} research. They found the people who often travelled from one place to another didn't have enough time to immerse（使……沉浸）t{#blank#}10{#/blank#} in a new place and a new culture. They weren't as creative as the people who spent the time really getting to know a place. You have to interact with the places you go to and then you can benefit from it.

    One night, Steve and Julie are watching a film at home. The film is t{#blank#}1{#/blank#} because it makes Steve bored and Julie c{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Then, Julie hears a noise from the o{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Steve goes out to check and l{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Julie alone in the room. Julie is s{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. At this moment, Steve wants to play a joke on Julie. He howls like a wolf(像狼一样叫), which makes Julie cry. What an i{#blank#}6{#/blank#} he is!

    People from different places have different lives. Calvin lives on a small i{#blank#}7{#/blank#} in Scotland. There isn't a school there so his mother t{#blank#}8{#/blank#} him and his three sisters at home. Mawar lives in a v{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. It is a seven kilometer walk to a r{#blank#}10{#/blank#} school. Mawar says that she never goes to that school because it is too far away and there are always s{#blank#}11{#/blank#} and rain. Does that mean Mawar studies at home too? Well, no. There is a t{#blank#}12{#/blank#} school near her home. She and 100 other pupils have their lessons there every day.

    Claire is a sixteen-year-old British girl. She lives in s{#blank#}13{#/blank#} England. She doesn't watch TV every day because in her o{#blank#}14{#/blank#}, it can be a w{#blank#}15{#/blank#} of time. And she is s{#blank#}16{#/blank#}. She only watches the programs that she likes. C{#blank#}17{#/blank#} are her favorite. She thinks people do great things in these shows. She also watches d{#blank#}18{#/blank#}. Sometimes, she watches cartoons at the weekend.

    People eat u{#blank#}19{#/blank#} food around the world. For example, people in Japan like eating r{#blank#}20{#/blank#}eggs and in China there are many good d{#blank#}21{#/blank#} with snake in them.

    Sally is a chimpanzee and Paula is a little girl. But they have got many s{#blank#}22{#/blank#}. They are both very i{#blank#}23{#/blank#} and they've both got four f{#blank#}24{#/blank#} and a t{#blank#}25{#/blank#}  on the hand. When they are happy , they both jump up and down and l{#blank#}26{#/blank#} . Why are they so similar? Because they've got almost the same DNA. DNA is the c{#blank#}27{#/blank#} in our bodies that m{#blank#}28{#/blank#} us people, or chimpanzees, or fish, etc. N{#blank#}29{#/blank#} percent of their DNA is the same. There's only a 2% d{#blank#}30{#/blank#}.

    World famous scientist Stephen Hawking(霍金) died {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the age of seventy-six in his home in Cambridge, England on March 14. British Prime Minister Theresa May said Hawking was one of{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(great)  scientists of his time. She also said, "His achievements will not{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(forget)."

    Hawking was one of the most respected scientists in the modern history of{#blank#}4{#/blank#}/ 'fiziks/. Because of an uncommon disease(疾病) , he was kept to a wheelchair.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, the disease did not stop Hawking from studying. He used every new day that life offered{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(continue) his research of the universe(宇宙). He said, "Where there is life, there is hope." He developed {#blank#}7{#/blank#}way of thinking about problems in his mind to reach a solution.

    This way of thinking has led to his important discoveries. He was{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(one) person to present the idea of some special energy in the universe. At the same time, Hawking tried to explain many of these difficult{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(science) ideas to more people. He{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(write) several popular science books, including the bestseller A Brief History of Time which made him a household(家喻户晓的) name.

    Stephen Hawking spent his whole life understanding the universe. He is, no doubt, a legendary(传奇的) scientist of all time.

    Climbing a mountain is hard work. But one step(脚步)after{#blank#}1{#/blank#}finally brings a person to the top. Along the way, he can stop and look{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. And the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}he climbs, the more wonderful his view is. If he keeps{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, he will have a new world before him. He will have a new way to see everything.

    Now{#blank#}5{#/blank#}a new language is something {#blank#}6{#/blank#}climbing a mountain .This new language can give you a new view of life .It can open quite a new different world in front of you. This will make you richer in things that money can't buy. Even though you never set foot on a ship or a plane, you can be an armchair traveler through books.

    The mountain climber stops now and then to{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the scenery around him. Reading is just like this .If you are interested in it, you'll find{#blank#}8{#/blank#}in books.