A Brave Maid

                      A wooden vase from the Ming Dynasty at the entrance of thereception hall {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(amaze)everyone. The artists designed it in a rare style and selected {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(value) jewels to decorate it. Peoplethought highly {#blank#}3{#/blank#} its fancy colour of honey and the beautiful {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (paint ) on it.

The vase used to belong to a former castle. But when the countrywas at war, the enemy troops exploded the castle. Debates on how the vasesurvived went on and on. In order {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (remove) people's doubt, a team of no lessthan 20 people carried out{#blank#}6{#/blank#}informalinvestigation. The evidences they found {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(show) a maid took the vase apart andasked a sailor to sink it in a local well.{#blank#}8{#/blank#}never gave away the secret even underthe cruel trial of the enemies {#blank#}9{#/blank#}werein search of treasures.

It is worth {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(give)this brave maid a fortune in return.

    As you know, science plays {#blank#}1{#/blank#} very important role in our education. Do you want to keep up with the latest research and discoveries in science? There are many good websites {#blank#}2{#/blank#} you can check out the latest in the science world.

    One great site is Science News for Kids. This site reports science news {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (cover) a wide range of subjects. The articles are intended {#blank#}4{#/blank#}younger readers， {#blank#}5{#/blank#} adults will find this site suitable for them as well. Another wonderful site, one that I check out every day,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(call) Science Daily. The site is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (constant) updated with news, often about exciting {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (finding) that change how we view the world.

    These sites post the latest stories and also keep all the past articles they{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (post) earlier. That way you can find about {#blank#}10{#/blank#}is related to the science fields your are interested in.

    With the{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (develop) of industry, air pollution is getting more and more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because {#blank#}2{#/blank#}air pollution. Air pollution is caused by the following {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(reason): about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(poison) gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another factor is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to others. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}these, about 10%of air pollution is caused by other reasons. We should take some measures to fight {#blank#}7{#/blank#}pollution. New fuel can be used to take {#blank#}8{#/blank#} place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(important) of environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(solve).

    There has been a recent trend in the food service industry toward lower fat content and less salt. This trend, which was started by the medical community（医学界）{#blank#}1{#/blank#}a method of fighting heart disease, has had some unintended side{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(effect) such as overweight and heart disease-the very thing the medical community was trying to fight.

    Fat and salt are very important parts of a diet. They are required{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(process) the food that we eat, to recover from injury and for several other bodily functions. When fat and salt{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(remove) from food, the food tastes as if is missing something. As {#blank#}5{#/blank#} result, people will eat more food to try to make up for that something missing. Even {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (bad), the amount of fast food that people eat goes up. Fast food{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) full of fat and salt; by {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (eat) more fast food people will get more salt and fat than they need in their diet.

    Having enough fat and salt in your meals will reduce the urge to snack(吃点心) between meals and will improve the taste of your food. However, be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (care) not to go to extremes. Like anything, it is possible to have too much of both, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} is not good for the health.

    One of the biggest challenges {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (face) students today is how to concentrate on studies. Almost all of them are struggling for their concentration power. In an age {#blank#}2{#/blank#} mobile phones and Internet are eating up most of our time and energy, one can understand how different it is to focus attention and energy on studies.

    One of the most important {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (factor) for developing concentration on a task, whether it is study or anything else, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) to develop an interest in that task. We are able to focus {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (easy) and more long periods of time on tasks that we find more interesting. If you ever want to concentrate on anything and studies are no {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (except), you need {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(ensure) that the environmental around you is distraction (注意力分散) free. So the question is not how to concentrate on studies {#blank#}8{#/blank#} how to avoid distractions that have swallowed up mankind today. The only way to guarantee {#blank#}9{#/blank#} distraction free environment is by getting rid of all the unnecessary things around you, including the electronic gadgets (小器具) {#blank#}10{#/blank#} mobile phones.

China will establish a new special economic zone in the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (heavy) polluted province of Hebei to promote integration(一体化)with {#blank#}2{#/blank#} neighboring cities of Beijing and Tianjin, the government has announced.

The Xiongan New Area will be {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the same national importance as the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} helped kick-start China's economic reforms in 1980, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing a circular released by the Chinese Cabinet.

The new special economic zone {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(locate) around 100 km south-west of Beijing, close to the Hebei provincial capital of Shijiazhuang and will house some of Beijing's relocated "non-capital functions". It is currently only 100 square kilometers in area {#blank#}6{#/blank#} will eventually be expanded to 2, 000 square kilometers.

Beijing, home to 22 million people, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(try) to control population growth and relocate industries and other non-capital functions to Hebei in the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(come) years as part of its efforts to prevent pollution and crowdedness.

The removal of non-capital functions from Beijing is part of a greater strategy to integrate the development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei for a better economic structure, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(clean) environment and improved public {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(serve).