For many people, life is a lot {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (easy) today. Medicine and diet are improving, and people are getting {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (healthy) and living {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(long). But communication is changing {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (fast) of all. Today, with the Internet, people can communicate {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(easily) than ever before with friends all over the world.

    Not all the changes are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(good) ones. More people drive cars instead of riding bikes, so they are not as {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(fit) as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(crowded) than ever, and it also makes pollution {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(bad). We must all work harder to reduce pollution.

    Nathaniel Hawthorne{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（go）home with a broken heart. He told his wife Sophia that he lost his job.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}his surprise, she spoke to him with great joy.

    "Now," she said{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(happy)."you can write your book! When you had your job, you didn't have time to write down{#blank#}4{#/blank#}you were thinking about. Now, you are free. You can do what you like and make your dream {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(come) true!"

    "Yes," said the man sadly, "but what shall we live on while I{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(write)it?"

    Then, she took out a small box and opened it. There was a large amount of money.

    "I've always believed you are {#blank#}7{#/blank#}talented man," she told him. "I knew that someday you would write a great book. So every week, out of the money you gave me for everyday use, I saved a little bit. Now this money can help{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(we) through the year."

    With her trust and confidence, one of the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(great)novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter(《红字》) , was born.

    Some of the famous{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(story) have followed a word of encouragement or an act of confidence by a loved one or a best friend.