Everyone {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (complain) about being stuck in traffic. It is quite possible that the future city will have no traffic at all. H.G Wells, in his book The Sleeper Awakes, tells something about the traffic. In the streets of that future London there will be no vehicles. The city {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (provide) with moving roads. One side of the road travels {#blank#}3{#/blank#} one direction; the other side moves {#blank#}4{#/blank#} opposite way. Anyone who wants to go to another part of the city steps on the moving “way” and sits on one of the seats until he arrives. He has none of the troubles {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a private car brings with it: whether there is enough petrol, whether the tyres are all right, where to park it. The moving way is always at his service, always moving {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (silent) along, always ready {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (take) him to his destination. That city of the future has no traffic jams.

    To link up the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (vary) cities, vehicles driven by atomic power will pass along highways {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (divide) into two main groups of lanes. Each group will consist of several lanes, some for slow traffic, some for fast. Crossroads will not exist on these highways, but will be replaced by bridges and junctions(交叉口). Where these highways enter {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (city), ports and other built-up areas, they will pass through underground tunnels.

    Suddenly, wildlife is good for the tourist trade. And tourism—{#blank#}1{#/blank#} it takes only pictures and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} only footprints—is good for the national parks. If wildlife can be seen to be {#blank#}3{#/blank#} its way, then its {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} will be much greater.

    Earthquakes are quite common. In fact, thousands of earthquakes {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (happen) almost at every moment. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, most of them are too weak to feel. During a big earthquake, there is often a big noise first. Then the earth shakes {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (terrible) and many houses fall down.

    As one of the most deadly natural disasters in the world, the earthquake often result {#blank#}4{#/blank#}many people being injured or killed. In 2008, a severe earthquake hit China's Sichuan Province, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (kill) more than 80,000 people there.

    Besides the great damage and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (death) caused by the earthquake, other accidents such {#blank#}7{#/blank#}fires often follow. More buildings may be damaged and more {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (injury) may be caused. For centuries, people have been making studies of earthquakes. About 2,000 years ago, for example, a Chinese scientist {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (name) Zhang Heng invented a machine which could find out the direction{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the earthquake waves came.

One day Mary was busy working in her office in London {#blank#}1{#/blank#} she received an E-mail from her friend Joan .In Joan's e-mail, she persuaded Mary {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(look) for a flat in London for her. As she had {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (little) money at her command than before, the flat had to be cheap, but it had to be modern, with elevators, gas lines. It had to be in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (east) part of London, with petrol and subway stations nearby. Though Mary found {#blank#}5{#/blank#}difficult to find such a flat, she still went from one block to another, looking for a flat {#blank#}6{#/blank#}would meet Joan's requirements. Having tried too many times, Mary met her boss and politely asked him {#blank#}7{#/blank#}advice. It was the first time that she {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (talk) with his boss about her personal problems. It happened that the boss just had such a flat for rent, so they quickly reached {#blank#}9{#/blank#}agreement. But to her surprise, when she e-mailed Joan, telling her the good news, Joan said that she had changed {#blank#}10{#/blank#} mind— she was not returning to London.

    There are four ways {#blank#}1{#/blank#}which British and American English differ from each other. The first and most obvious way is in the vocabulary. There are a few {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(differ) in grammar, too. The British say Have you got…? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Americans prefer Do you have…? The British use prepositions {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Americans sometimes omit them. The other two areas in which the two varieties are different are spelling and {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(pronounce). However, with communications {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(develop) {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(steady) for over a century, some experts believe that the two varieties {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(move) closer together due to satellite TV and the Internet. English {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(speak) with different accents; in the future, there are going to be many "Englishes". In spite of this, users of English will have no difficulty {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(understand) each other.