One day a mother mouse and her babies were out. They were enjoying {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  games. Suddenly a hungry cat came up to them! The cat hid（藏）{#blank#}2{#/blank#}   a big tree. She could hear the mice talk. After the mother mouse and her babies knew what had happened, the cat jumped from her hiding-place and started {#blank#}3{#/blank#}   run after them.

    The mother mouse and her babies began to run away. They hurried towards their  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  But the baby mice were {#blank#}5{#/blank#}   frightened that they could not run very  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}   . The cat came  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  . What was to be done?
    The mother mouse stopped running, turned round and faced the cat, shouting “Bow! Wow! Bowwow!” just like an angry dog. The cat was so {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  that she ran away. The mother mouse turned to her babies, “Now you see how important it is to learn a   {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  language!”
Just then she heard a shout "Miao! Miao!" just like the cat.
  “Oh, the cat's coming back. We must run right now.” The mother mouse called out to her children. “Haha! It's only a {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  ”said one of her children. “I have learned a foreign language.”

    Little Mary is a good girl. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Her home is not far from the school, but she often late for class because she likes watching TV, and listens to the music in the evening and goes to bed very late. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. This term Mr. White, Mary's uncle, works in her school. He teaches Grade 2 history. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} He often tells Mary to obey the school rules and come to school on time.

    Today Mary got up late again. When she went to school, it was 8:15. Her uncle was waiting for her at the school gate. "You are ten minutes late for the first class." Mr. White said angrily(生气地). {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    "Every time when I get to the street corner, I always see a sign(标志). It says {#blank#}5{#/blank#}." said Mary.

    If you pay a visit to Liu Hasheng's restaurant in Harbin, you will find 18 robots there. They are ready to serve you and make sure that your dining e{#blank#}1{#/blank#} is perfect. After the visit, you can tell others that the robots serving customers isn't a dream any more.

    It's wonderful to see h{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the 18 robots work in the restaurant. The wonder s{#blank#}3{#/blank#} when you walk in. You'll see a robot come up and say, "Earth person, hello! Welcome to the Robot Restaurant." When you have ordered your m{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, the robots in the kitchen begin to do the cooking. After the food is p{#blank#}5{#/blank#} , a robot waiter will glide (滑行) out of the kitchen to serve you with the meal you've ordered. And as customers enjoy their d{#blank#}6{#/blank#} food, a robot sings lovely songs for them.

    You may ask, "Where did all these robots come from?" Liu said they were designed (设计) and m{#blank#}7{#/blank#} by the Harbin Haohai Robot Company. Liu said he invested (投资) 5 million yuan in the restaurant, with each robot costing 200,000 yuan to 300,000 yuan. And the w{#blank#}8{#/blank#} robot team is managed by the workers in the computer room.

    After a busy day, all the robots will go for a "meal", which is e{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. After 5 hours, the robots can continue their work for a day. The restaurant now provides a menu with more than 30 dishes (菜肴), and the average (平均) cost for a dinner is a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} 40 to 50 yuan. Do you want to go and have a try in this restaurant?

    The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It's also c{#blank#}1{#/blank#}the Double Ninth Festival.

    The festival started as e{#blank#}2{#/blank#}as the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). It has a history of more than 1,700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the h{#blank#}3{#/blank#} odd number (奇数).

    People believe that two “nines” meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holiday f{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders. They hold many k{#blank#}5{#/blank#}of activities in honor of old people, wishing them good h{#blank#}6{#/blank#}and a long life.

    The festival comes d{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the golden time of fall. On the day, people traditionally drink Chrysanthemum (菊花) wine, eat Double-Ninth Cakes and c{#blank#}8{#/blank#}mountains. They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood. People in ancient times b{#blank#}9{#/blank#}that the plant could drive away evil (邪恶的) spirits and prevent them from c{#blank#}10{#/blank#} an illness in winter.

    When you talk with someone, you'll need to end your conversation at some point. And there{#blank#}1{#/blank#} many reasons why you need to do that. Either you or the other person may need to continue an activity, such {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  working or shopping. Or you may have run out of things to say. You just want to keep the conversation short.

    But{#blank#}3{#/blank#} do you end a conversation in a polite way？It may {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  on where and how the conversation started. It may also depend on your relationship with the{#blank#}5{#/blank#}person. If you already know that person, you can just say, "I need to run now." Or you can say, "I'll catch you later." You may also give a reason for ending the conversation. "I really need to go—my piano class starts in ten {#blank#}6{#/blank#}."

    Perhaps you just meet someone in a social situation(社交场合）, and you have a nice talk. But then you have to go. You can say, "It was nice meeting you. Maybe we can talk happily again sometime in the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}."

    Another way to end a conversation is to make it easy for the other person to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} . If you see the other person is already not patient, you can say, "Well, I'm sure you have a lot to do today."

You could use these {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to end a conversation, and you should notice that others may also use them. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} they do so, you should know that it's time for you to stop and get on with your day.