Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world's first igloo(冰屋) hotel.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (build) in a small town, it has been attracting lots of visitors but soon the fun will be over. In two weeks' time，Bergqvst's ice creation {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (be) nothing more than a pool of water. “We don't see it as a big problem,” he says. “We just look forward to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (replace) it.”

    Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} successful that he designed the present one, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks —piling 1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base；when the snow froze, the base {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (remove).

After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0℃, it may seem more like a survival test {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a relaxing hotel break. “It's great fun,” Bergqvist explains, “as {#blank#}9{#/blank#} as a good start in survival training.''

    The {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (popular)of the igloo is beyond doubt：it is now attracting tourists from all over the world. At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms.

    You might have seen this in US TV dramas. A group of girls knock on people's doors, trying to sell cookies. What are they doing? They are Amercican Scouts（女童子军）,and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (sell) cookies is a tradition of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (they).

    Selling cookies is just one activity among all the fun things that Girl Scouts do. The Girl Scouts of the USA is a group {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (found) in 1912.It offers all kinds of activities to girls and lets them learn skills.

    Boys can be scouts too. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they join a different group called the Boy Scouts of America (RSA), {#blank#}5{#/blank#} was founded in 1910.

    Now there are 1.9 million Girl Scouts in the US, according to the group, Usually, they go {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (camp) and learn how to build fires and use a compass. Sometimes they also stay {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (indoor) doing crafts or learning arts. Every time they do an activity or pass a test, they get a badge.

    The Boy Scouts love to win the badges too. They have a ranking system. And winning enough badges is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} must to get into a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (high) rank. The highest rank is "Eagle", which {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (require) at least 21 badges. Neil Armstrong the first man on the moon, and Bill Gates, the father of Microft, were both Eagle Scouts when they were young.

—To be practical, I prefer to live in the country farming rather{#blank#}1{#/blank#} stay in the city living poorly.

    Global warming has caused a rise in sea levels,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}has increased the amount of salt in fresh water used on seaside farms. As a result, farmers are{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (increase) unable to use fields close to the sea.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}a farmer in the Netherlands is now using a mixture of sea and fresh water {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (grow) tasty vegetables.

    It is in his eight areas {#blank#}5{#/blank#}he teamed up with scientists such as George Hambley to make the first attempt. Separate {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (pipe) pumped mixed water. And a computer program controlled the levels of salinity and water{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (call) “Sensor”. The researchers said they were able to harvest vegetables from most of{#blank#}8{#/blank#}eight test areas. They said the vegetables were smaller than{#blank#}9{#/blank#}grown in fresh water. However, due to more sugar and salt in the water, they taste{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good).

    Happiness can be described {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a positive mood and a pleasant state of mind. There are many factors {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(contribute) to happiness.

    A person in an apparently ideal situation is not {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(necessary) happy. The ideal situation may have little to do with his actual feelings.

    A good education and income are usually considered necessary for happiness. Though both may contribute, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are only chief factors if the person is seriously undereducated or actually suffering from lack of physical needs.

    The rich {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) not likely to be happier than the middle-income group or even those with very low incomes. People with college educations are somewhat happier than those who did not graduate from high school, and it {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(believe) that this is mainly.{#blank#}7{#/blank#} they have more opportunity to control their {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(life). Yet people with a high income and a college education may be less happy than those with the same income and no college education.

    Poor health does not rule out happiness except for the severely {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(disable) or those in pain. Learning {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(cope)with a health problem can contribute to happiness.

    25 people were killed and 50 injured on Wednesday in a train accident in Cairo, which surprised local people. According to the BBC, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli visited the scene and he said {#blank#}1{#/blank#} cause was not yet known, but Egypt's police were conducting an investigation (进行调查) {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (find) the reason of the accident. Egypt had one of the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (old) and largest rail networks, and crashes and other accidents were common.