We live in computer age(时代). People 1 scientists, teachers, writers and even students use computers to do all kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago. 2 couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. Very few people were 3 in them and knew how 4 them. Today computers are smaller and 5. But they can do a lot of work. Many people like to use them.

    Computers become very important because they can work 6 than people and make fewer mistakes. Computers can 7 people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to 8. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to 9. Computers can also remember what you 10 them. Computers are very useful and helpful. They are our friends. Do you want to have a computer?

    We cannot stop earthquakes, but we can do things to make sure they do not destroy (破坏) whole cities. First, it is not a 1 idea to build houses along the lines where2of the earth's plates join together. Second, if you think there 3 be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rock, not on 4. Third, you must make the houses as 5 as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may 6.

    Scientists are 7 that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around S an Francisco. They call it “The Big One”. But people today are still building more 8. The population in and around San Francisco 9 is ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that 10 there is another earthquake, a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.

    The lion is one of the most fierce (凶猛的) animals in the world. Lions can be1 in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can live without water for about one month. Lions are also popular animals in the2 . Almost every zoo around the world has a few lions. It is very3 for people to tell male and female lions from each other. You can judge (判断) simply by their appearance. A male lion has mane while female lions do not have. Male lions are 4than female lions. A male lion usually weighs about 200 kilograms which is always heavier than a female lion. Both male and female lions have very 5 teeth. They can break the backs of other animals 6 Lions feed on other animals and one lion usually kills between ten and twenty large animals each year for 7it's unusual for lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions 8and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a British man named Patterson. This 9 became the subject(主题) of a 1996 Hollywood movie called The Ghost and the Darkness. Now the Indian lions are endangered. It's really necessary for us to 10 the animals, or we won't see them again. Animals are our friends. It is our obligation to protect them.

W: Did you go shopping in town yesterday, Jim? 

M: {#blank#}1{#/blank#} 

W: Did you go to the computer shop called "IT Sky" in Puguo Road?

M: Yeah. It was crowded yesterday. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} 

W: Did you buy any books? 

M: Yes, I chose five or six books. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} 

W: Where did you go after that? 

M: I went to Dream Clothes in Chaoyang Street. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} It was 800 yuan. 

W: Oh, that was expensive. Do you always buy clothes there? 

M: Yes. The clothes last a long time and they look smart. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} 

Mary and Lisa are sisters. They like the same colour— blue. They like the same sports— swimming and basketball. They go to the same middle school. But they aren't in the same class. They like music and art. Art is their favourite subject. 

But Mary and Lisa have a big difference (不同之处) . Mary has many friends. They like to play with her. But Lisa doesn't have any friends. Their mum sees the difference. She says to Lisa, "My dear, your smile (微笑) is very beautiful. Why not smile often?" Lisa says OK and she tries smiling often. Children come to Lisa. They like her smile. They want to make friends with her. Now Lisa has many friends. She is very happy.