Elias was a poor black worker in south Africa. The time {#blank#}1{#/blank#}he first met Nelson Mandel was a period of his life .he was twelve years old at that time. Nelson Mandel was a black lawyer to{#blank#}2{#/blank#} he turned for advice .Nelson offered{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(guide) to poor black people on their{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(illegal) problems. Elias needed Mandel's help{#blank#}5{#/blank#}he had little education. The school {#blank#}6{#/blank#}he studied for only two years was three kilometers away .he had to drop out of school because his family couldn't pay the school fees{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the bus fare .He couldn't read or write well .After trying hard, he got a job in a gold mine ,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} he didn't have passbook to live in Johannesbug and he worried about {#blank#}9{#/blank#}he would become out{#blank#}10{#/blank#}work.

    What is standard English? Is it spoken in Britain, the US, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand? Believe it or not, there is no such thing as standard English. Many people believe the English spoken on TV {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the radio is standard English. This is because in the early days of radio, those who {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(report) the news were expected to speak excellent English. However, on TV and the radio you will hear differences in the way people speak.

    When people use words and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(expression) different from the "standard language", it is {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(call) a dialect. American English{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(have) many dialects, especially the Midwestern, southern, African American and Spanish dialects. Even in some parts{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the USA, two people from neighboring towns speak a little {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(different). American English has so many dialects because people have come from all over the world. Geography also plays a part in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (make) dialects. Some people {#blank#}9{#/blank#}live in the mountains of the eastern USA speak with an older kind of English dialect. When Americans moved from one place to another, they took their dialects with {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(they).

    A man was really worried about his son, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(train) his child.

    The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, "You should leave your son to me. I will make him a man of{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(brave) within three months. However, you can't come to see him during that period."

    Three months later, the boy's father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the child and a(n){#blank#}4{#/blank#}（profession） boxer（拳击手）.

Each time the boxer hit the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up. Several times later，the Buddhist monk asked，"{#blank#}5{#/blank#} do you think of your child?"

    "What {#blank#}6{#/blank#} shame!" the boy's father said." I never thought he could be so{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(easy)knocked down. I shouldn't have left him here at all."

    "I'm sorry that's all you see. Don't you see {#blank#}8{#/blank#} each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(cry)? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have."

    If each time you are knocked down and you have the courage to stand up again, then you can be proud {#blank#}10{#/blank#} yourself.

    Many kinds of dinosaurs' bones {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(find) recently by Chinese scientists in Nanyang county, Henan Province. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the scientists inspected the bones, they were surprised {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(spot)) these dinosaurs could not only run {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the others but also climb the trees.

    Dinosaurs died {#blank#}5{#/blank#} suddenly around 60 million years ago. Some scientists think {#blank#}6{#/blank#}came after an {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(expect) incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth {#blank#}8{#/blank#} put too much dust into the air. Others think the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(much). Nobody knows {#blank#}10{#/blank#}sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time.