Early in the morning, Mrs. Black was carrying a big basket of cabbages to the market. She hoped {#blank#}1{#/blank#} them to the people from town. The mountain road was narrow(狭窄的)and the old woman {#blank#}2{#/blank#} carefully. Suddenly she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a loud bell. It passed her and very fast down the hill. The old woman had to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to one side of the road so quickly that the basket of cabbages nearly {#blank#}5{#/blank#} into the valley.
　　She saw a young boy {#blank#}6{#/blank#} on the bicycle without even {#blank#}7{#/blank#} round to see if the old woman was all right.
　　The old woman shouted, " {#blank#}8{#/blank#} back.”
　　"What {#blank#}9{#/blank#} it?" the boy asked impolitely, pushing his bike towards the old woman.
　　"What did I drop?”
　　"Little boy, you {#blank#}10{#/blank#} your manner." The old woman answered.

    More and more A{#blank#}1{#/blank#} are going to work by bike. Do you know why more people are riding bikes to work? We can answer the question in d{#blank#}2{#/blank#} ways. First, bikes don't need gasoline(汽油)，so it takes little m{#blank#}3{#/blank#} to use them. S{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  a bike doesn't need much space, so it is e{#blank#}5{#/blank#} to find a place for it. And to ride a bike is good for one's h{#blank#}6{#/blank#} .People often d{#blank#}7{#/blank#} their cars to offices or to shops in the past. But now people think riding bikes is a good way of d{#blank#}8{#/blank#} sports. That's w{#blank#}9{#/blank#} more Americans are now riding to work by bike, and they are leaving（把...留下）their o{#blank#}10{#/blank#} cars at home.

    Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother reads magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we{#blank#}1{#/blank#}life without paper or print?

    Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could{#blank#}2{#/blank#}be produced one at a time by hand and they were expensive and rare. Because there weren't many books, few people learned to read.

    Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. Then more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and{#blank#}3{#/blank#}spread quickly.

    Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}MP3 players.

    Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? I am not sure.