Many people travel during the holiday season but do not make sure that their houses and homes  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (protect).Crime goes up {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (rapid) during the winter and summer holiday seasons.Here are some things that you should keep in mind when you go {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a holiday.

     Always give {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(strange)the feeling that you are at home. Have the snow {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (clean) off your stairs or out ofyour driveway during the winter season. You might ask someone to park {#blank#}6{#/blank#} carsin your driveway.

       Tell your newspaper deliverer that you are not at home. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (have)a pile of newspapers and other mail on your doorsteps tells people that you arenot at home, so you could also have a neighbor {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a relative get yourmail every day.

       Fix a timer in some of your rooms {#blank#}9{#/blank#} turns lights on andoff during different times of the day. Some TVs also come with a timer that youcould set to be turned on during certain times. Have motion (运动) sensitive lights outside your house that keep thieves away {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you are not at home.

    Paul Frederic Simon is a famous musician, singer and songwriter. He was born {#blank#}1{#/blank#}October 13, 1941 in the USA.  It's been more than half a century since he wrote his famous song The Sound of silence with his partner Art Garfunkel. They also adapted the old English folk song Scarborough Fair, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}is still popular all over the world now.

    Recently Paul Simon released his latest album Stranger to Stranger and received excellent reviews. And Wristband, which is one of the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (song) from the album, is often played on college radio.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, Simon is ready to hang up his guitar and stop {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) music. “Show business doesn't hold any interest for me,” said the 74-year-old man.

    Simon is planning {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (begin) a month-long tour of Europe on October 17, shortly after his 75^th birthday. After that, he's going to travel for a year, perhaps with his wife. “It's {#blank#}7{#/blank#} act of courage to let go,” said Simon. “I am going to see{#blank#}8{#/blank#} will happen if I let go. Then I'm going to see who I am.”

    If he does quit music, Simon {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (bring) a great career to a close, which has spanned sixty years. He has won more than a dozen Grammys and produced a lot of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (amaze) songs. Paul Fredric Simon has been named by Time Magazine one of the “100 People Who Shaped the World”.

    The Abbey Road pedestrian crossing in Northern London is one of the world's most famous {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it is on the cover of Beatles album. Now, the British government {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(put) it on the list of national heritage sites.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (normal), only buildings and other architectural sites get the award. It is the first time {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a section of street became part of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (Britain) National Heritage. The crossing is near the Abbey Road studios {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the Beatles made most of their records. Today it can {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(see) around the world on a special webcam(网络摄像头). The studio building {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(it)became listed by British Heritage last February. The photographer of the picture said he only had 10 minutes {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(take) it. It became one of the most famous album covers of all times. The Abbey Road album was {#blank#}10{#/blank#}last one the Beatles completed before they broke up.

    With so much information available in books and online, it's easy {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (learn) a few new facts each day. But how much of that do you {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (actual) remember? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}your answer is not much, here is the good news. Scientists at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, recently designed a new typeface (字体) {#blank#}4{#/blank#} was invented with read-it-and-forget-it people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} mind. Very appropriately, it's called Sans Forgetica.

    The idea behind Sans Forgetica is simple. The typeface is a tiny bit {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (difficulty) to read, which {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (mean) your brain has to work twice as hard to understand what it says. Because of that deeper focus, you'll have a better memory for whatever you're reading. That's not just a theory, either. The typeface was created by a team of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (researcher) from RMIT University's School of Design and its Behavioural Business Lab. The group worked with a famous typographer Stephen Banham to test and improve {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (they) product.

    The typeface uses principles of cognitive psychology to create an effect {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (know) as desirable difficulty, the researchers note, which causes the brain to take part in deeper cognitive processing. The result is improved memory.

    Qing Ming {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(associate) with Jie Zitui, who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C. Legend goes that Jie saved his starving lord's life by serving a piece of his own leg. When the lord {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(success) in becoming the ruler, he invited his {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(faith) follower to join him. However, Jie turned down his invitation, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(prefer) to lead {#blank#}5{#/blank#} simple life with his mother in the mountain.

    Believing that he could force Jie out by burning the mountain, the lord ordered his men to set the forest {#blank#}6{#/blank#} fire. To{#blank#}7{#/blank#} astonishment, Jie chose to remain {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he was and was burnt to death. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(remember) Jie, the lord ordered all fires in every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jie's death. Thus began the "cold food feast", a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(light).