(短文由Unit 2的课文改写而来)

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   It's 5:00 pm in London. It's time to {#blank#}1{#/blank#}People are waiting for buses or trains. Some are driving home.

    It's 8:00 pm in Moscow. It's time for {#blank#}2{#/blank#}People are having it at home or in restaurants.

    It's 1:00 am in Beijing. Most people are sleeping, but some are still{#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    It's 9:00 am in Los Angeles. People are working and children are starting {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    It's 12:00 in New York. People are {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

    Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some{#blank#}1{#/blank#} read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers when they have {#blank#}2{#/blank#}time. They can learn what is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the world.

    Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} look at the front page or the names of the passages.

    Newspapers are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} in some mountain villages we can see fewer (更少的) newspapers.

    Some newspapers are published(出版) once a{#blank#}7{#/blank#}but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}enjoy short stories. They just choose what they are interested {#blank#}9{#/blank#}.

    Today newspapers in English have the most (最多的){#blank#}10{#/blank#}in the world. Many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as ChinaDaily and  21stCentury. They bring us more messages together with the Internet.

    Early one Saturday morning Ann brought her nephew Sam to her friends Bill and Kate and asked term to{#blank#}1{#/blank#}him for the day. Sam, an independent boy of six years old, had black hair and was wearing a pair of jeans and a bright{#blank#}2{#/blank#}shirt.

    At eleven o'clock Bill took Sam into town. Sam walked along behind Bill. looking at the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}of all the shops they passed. After lunch they went to the park and walked about. The whole place was very{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Then Bill stopped to buy some chocolates. When he turned to give some to Sam, the boy wasn't there. Bill ran round, calling Sam, but he couldn't find him.