In 1910，Abraham Bank，my great－grandfather，didn't want to join the army.At the time，he was only twenty－one years old.So he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  (decide) to leave his hometown during the night.

    Abraham traveled through Finland to Sweden，{#blank#}2{#/blank#} he worked for a while as a porter.He earned his ticket to London where he continued to work.His goal was to earn enough money to follow {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the footsteps of his brother，who had already moved to America.

    Two years after {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (leave) his home in Latvia，Abraham was finally able to buy a ticket on a ship from England to America.But Abraham ran into {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (difficult)，one of which was he had no money left {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  he bought the ticket.So Abraham decided not to use the ticket.He remained in London for a few {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  (month) and then he moved to South Africa.It {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  (be) not until 1987 that his grandson (my father) and his family made the move to America.

    I have good cause to be {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  (thank) to my great－grandfather for deciding not to use that ticket.In fact，it might well have been the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  (good) decision he had ever made.The name of the ship that sank into the Atlantic that day was the Titanic.

If the population of the Earth keeps on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (leave) to support life on the planet. By the middle of the 26^th century, if present trends continue, we {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（use）up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on the earth will make{#blank#}3{#/blank#} necessary for us to look for open space somewhere else. But {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the problem, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan. Sagan believes {#blank#}7{#/blank#} before the Earth's resources are {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (complete) exhausted it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and therefore create a new world almost as large as the Earth {#blank#}9{#/blank#}.The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the Earth. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, there is only a tiny amount of water there.

    Wang Peng felt very frustrated when he saw none of his patrons (常客) would eat in his restaurant as {#blank#}1{#/blank#}( usually). In his opinion, nothing could be {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(good)than his fried , mutton kebabs , fatty pork or his sugary cola . Who won his customers? He followed one of his best {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(friend) into Yong Hui's newly-opened slimming restaurant and was {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(amaze) at the menu there :raw vegetables , fruit and water . {#blank#}5{#/blank#} was obvious that Yong Hui was telling lies when promising to make the customers thinner. In order to win his customers {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, he went to the library to do some research, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}showed Yong Hui's menu didn't give the customers energy-giving food .Having found out the{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(weak ) of Yong Hui's menu , Wang Peng wrote his own sign ,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(say) energy-giving food served. In fact, there was weakness in Wang Peng's menus, too .Food at his restaurant {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(contain) too much fat . So the only solution is to combine the two menus together to be a balanced menu.

    Why do different people like different colors? The answer depends largely {#blank#}1{#/blank#} cultural values. To the Egyptians, green is a color {#blank#}2{#/blank#} stands for the hope and joy of spring, while for Muslims, it means heaven. Red is a symbol of good luck in many cultures. During the Spring Festival in China, children {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (give) money in a red envelope to bring good fortune in the New Year. For many nations, blue is a symbol of protection and religious beliefs. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(they) against evils.

    People's {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(choose) of colors is also affected by their bodies' reactions toward them. Green is said to be the most restful color. It has the ability to reduce pain and relax people both mentally {#blank#}6{#/blank#} physically. When {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(work) in green environment, people have fewer stomach aches. Red can make a person's blood pressure {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(rise) and increase people's appetite. Many decorators will include different shades of red in the restaurant. And many commercial websites will have a red "Buy Now" button because red is a color that {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (easy) catches a person's eye. Unlike red, blue is believed to cause people to lose appetite. Therefore, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you want to eat less, eating from blue plates can help.

    The way we tell stories has naturally changed since Aristotle defined the rules of tragedy about 2,500 years ago. According to him, the role of storytelling is to imitate life and make us feel emotions. And that's exactly what storytelling as we know it has done very well since then. But there is an aspect of life {#blank#}1{#/blank#} storytelling could never really reproduce. It is the notion of choices.

    Choices are a very important part of our lives. We as individuals {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (define) by the choices we make. As an interactive writer, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (fascinate) with the idea of recreating this notion of choices in fiction, I have tried to put the audience in the shoes of the main characters. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (explore) a way to achieve this is what I did in the past 20 years of my life.

    So do you have an idea of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} my work is about as an interactive writer? Where a writer needs to deal with time and space, as an interactive writer, I need to deal with time, space and possibilities. I need to think about all the possibilities {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the characters could encounter different people and different things in a given scene and try to imagine everything that {#blank#}7{#/blank#} happen.

    The interactive writer's experience is very unique, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} it is the result of the cooperation between a writer creating this narrative landscape and the player making his own decisions, telling his own story and becoming the cowriter but also the coactor and the codirector of the story. Interactive storytelling is a revolution in the way we tell stories.