Students at Shanming Middle School in Jiangsu often take part in activities{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hold) by nearby communities. Does it sound fun? Well, students have mixed feelings. They enjoy the time outside school. But they don't find the activities  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (interest).

Why not design{#blank#}3{#/blank#}  (they) own activities? Some students got this idea and soon students joined the project.

     They first thought about activities ideas and listed them in an “activity menu”. They included: visiting science museums and companies; watching movies and basketball competitions.

    “The menu looked great, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  we soon found problems,” said Wang Ziming, one of the{#blank#}5{#/blank#}   (designer).

      First they needed a place to hold the activities. The students decided to talk to the local government to let them use the district stadium.

 “We first presented the benefits of these community activities to them,” said Wang. “ Then we promised we'd use the stadium {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  (careful ) and clean it afterwards”.

     The local government agreed that they could use the stadium and some sports equipment once{#blank#}7{#/blank#}  month.

     The students also designed a virtual (虚拟的) bank to encourage volunteering.

     Students{#blank#}8{#/blank#}   volunteered as librarians or cleaners would be rewarded with “gold coins”. A certain amount of coins gave you free entry to entertainment events such as{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (watch) a movie.

     Now, this special activity menu {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (become) popular in Wuxi communities. The students are happy with this.

    The school of the future will be totally different. The students' desks {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(be) digital(电子的), and there will not be human teachers. There will be robots working {#blank#}2{#/blank#} teachers. Each student will have a computer instead {#blank#}3{#/blank#} carrying many books, and everything will be in the computer.

    In the school of the future, the buildings will have electric stairs. Green energy such as solar energy can be {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use). Technology will lift the school {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in the sky. The school buses will be like space ships. In the future, we can learn more at school, not only the knowledge in the books, but also some skills in life.  We can practise {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(cook). We can also learn {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to drive a car, a plane or a rocket. There will be many educational(教育的) {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  (programme) on the radio, on TV, or even on the Internet. Many children who live in faraway villages don't need to go to school every day. They can study {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(easy) at home.  The food that the school supplies will be much {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(healthy). We can get the food from a machine.