In the mid 1990s, people started doing business on the Internet. At that time, there were two kinds of companies. First, there were traditional companies which sold things in shops. Then, there were Internet companies which didn't have shops; they sold things only over the net.

    Traditional companies didn't want to lose any business. Quickly, they created their own website and began selling things over the net. These are the so-called "brick and click" companies. Many shops are made of brick, and you click on your mouse to buy things with your computer. That's where the name "brick and click" comes from.

    By the late 1990s, e-businesses like Amazon.com and Buy.com were in trouble. Their profits were not very high, and there was a lot of competition. Many of these businesses lost a lot of money, and in 2000, many e-businesses went out of business.

    Why are "brick and click" companies, like Barnes & Noble, Toys "R" Us, and Walmart so successful? First, many customers know and trust their names. Their websites, like walmart.com, are easy to remember. These companies also have a lot of experience. They know how to run a successful business.

    In the world of e-commerce, companies are fighting for every dollar and every customer. Will "brick and click" companies win the war? Only time will tell.

"Today I will give you a special test," said the English teacher with a smile on his face.

All the students set up straight and 1 for the test to begin. The teacher began to give the test papers to all the students. After he handed out the test papers, he asked them to 2.

The students felt very strange to see that there was not a question but a black dot(圆点)in the centre of the paper. The teacher said with a smile, "I want you to 3 what you see there." At the end of the class, the teacher took all the students' papers and read the answers. All of them wrote about the black dot. After reading all the answers, the teacher said 4, "Here everyone only saw the black dot, but no one wrote about the white paper. "All the students listened without saying anything, because they were 5. they couldn't get good marks(分数). Then the teacher said, "Don't worry about 6 marks for this test I just want you to think about our 7. The white paper is like our life and the back dot in the centre of the paper is like the problem(问题)in our life. "

Our life is a 8 from God, with love and hope. But we just see the problems, and never see 9 things in our life. So we should take our 10 off our problems to see each moment life gives us.

Today is Saturday. Our school is having a(n) 1 on the playground now. Look! There is a basketball match 2 Class One and Class Four. They are playing well. Last year Class One was 3 , so they lost to Class Four. Look! The high jump is over there. Li Gang from Class Three 4 1. 20 metres, but Zhang Kai from Class Five jumps 0. 05 metres 5 than him. On the corner(角落) of the playground, you can 6 some students. They are 7 the 100-metre race. Who is the 8 in red? She is Wang Mei. She is from Class Three. She is good at 9 . She runs 4, 000 metres every morning on the school playground. This time she hopes to be the 10 in the race. We all love sports. We know sports are good for us. 

When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in a new soldier school in Ashland and not sure if I could make it home for the holidays. On the afternoon of December 23, we were told some of us would have three-day holidays posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers.

It was Christmas Eve when I arrived home, and a light snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see over her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights all colors shining in the green of the tree.

"Where did it come from?" I asked.

I asked the gate boy to cut it" my mother said. "I wouldn't have had one just for myself, but you called in such a rush! He just brought it in this afternoon."

The tree was almost as tall as the room, and the Tree Top Star was in its place. A few branches reached about a little disorderly at the side, I thought, and there was a big bare branch（树枝） showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with the pleasant smell of Christmas.

"It's not like the one you want to find, " my mother went on. "Yours were always in good shape and you were good at it. I think the gate boy didn't know where to look for a better one." "Don't worry." I told her. "It's perfect."

It wasn't, of course, but at the moment I understood for the first time, all Christmas trees are perfect.

Can you imagine going to university at age 14? This year, Jia Zijun, from Henan, did just that. He became the 1 freshman (大一新生) at Beihang University and plans to study aircraft design. 

"I didn't know I was the youngest 2 I got here, and it feels quite cool!" Jia told The Paper. 

Jia took part in the college entrance exam in June and got a total score of 642. People often think students like him must be geniuses (天才). But Jia owes (归功于) his 3 mainly to curiosity(好奇心) and good study habits. 

"When I was in Grade 1, I was 4 about what we were going to learn next. So I borrowed Grade 2 5 and learned the lessons in my summer holidays. I enjoyed exploring new information, " he said. Because of this, Jia skipped (跳过) Grade 2, and then Grade 4. 

As he went to high school, he found things were getting 6 to learn. So he started to make plans every day and 7 goals for himself. "I would 8 follow the plan, and gradually (逐渐地) I'd see my 9 . "

Jia would also 10 what he learned each day before going to bed. If there was something he couldn't remember well, he'd take a look at it the next morning. 

"I was not good at English in high school, so I printed the vocabulary list and 11 it onto my bed. Every morning when I woke up, I 12 them, and it's a good way to remember things. "

When Jia felt stressful, he had a 13 way to relax: working on math problems. "I'd find difficult problems to 14 myself, and when I worked it out, I felt really happy. "

As he told The Paper, he hopes he can 15 his curiosity and study habits in university, and keep challenging himself to become a better person. 

Since my family has been ordering takeout a lot, I've met a lot of delivery workers (快). One of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (they) really impressed me. 

It was a cold and rainy day. My mother ordered a pot of chicken soup. Half {#blank#}2{#/blank#} hour later, a delivery worker's call came and I went out, picked up the food at the gate of our community. 

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"Why didn't you leave earlier {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (find) somewhere to keep from the rain?" I asked. "I work to bring food {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (safe) to my customers. " He said, smiling. Then he turned around and disappeared in the rain. The cold rain kept falling, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} something special rose in my heart. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} warm I felt at that time!

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