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          The adobe dwellings (土坯房)  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  （build）by the Pueblo Indians of the AmericanSouthwest are admired by even  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} most modern of architects and engineers. In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (able) to “air condition” a house without  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}( use) electric equipment. Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that heat   {#blank#}5{#/blank#}( slow) during cool nights, thus warming the house. When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(cool) the house during the hot day;{#blank#}7{#/blank#} the same time, they warm up again for the night. This cycle       (go) day after day: The walls warm up during the day and cool off during the night and are thus always a timely offset(抵消) for the outside temperatures. As {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  (nature) architects, the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.

    The ancient wisdom of Confucius is timeless. His thinking{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (lead) the Chinese for thousands of years. However, English teaching seems to be one place {#blank#}2{#/blank#} his wisdom is forgotten.

    I came to China 6 years ago, and quickly saw the plight (困境) of so many students {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (struggle) to learn English. They know a lot “about” English,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} they never master the language. They learned far more grammar than students in Western cultures and almost no oral training. They were made {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(recite) sentences and passages from their books. Their teachers were spending 90% of the class talking to them “about” English in Chinese.

    All effective language teaching in the world is built{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the basis of oral language. Students who excel in English are those that follow the wisdom of Confucius: they use language!

    They use it primarily by speaking and listening,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (eventual) supplemented (补充) by reading and writing. Every language is taught by gaining speaking competence long before grammar, reading and writing {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (introduce).

    Chinese students work so hard{#blank#}9{#/blank#} they learned English with correct spoken instructions and classroom practice, they would have the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (high) English scores in the world and they would conquer English.

    As kids reach adolescence, they often face increasing workloads and responsibilities but school still starts early. As a result, it {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (report) that 80 to 90 percent of teens don't get enough sleep. This sleep {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lose) causes kids to suffer mentally and physically. But too much sleep also has its problems. According to Andrew Fuligni, a sleep doctor in a famous hospital,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} studies the mental health of adolescents, sleeping less than eight hours {#blank#}4{#/blank#}more than ten can make teenagers feel worse the next day.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (help) teens get enough sleep, some schools have already made school start later. They have found that the later times let kids sleep more. They also have seen{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (high) test scores and better graduation rates. However, this isn't enough. Meanwhile, teenagers have to help {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (they). Fuligni suggests teens sleep{#blank#}8{#/blank#}10 hours each night for a week or two. This will help them figure out how much sleep they need. However, sleeping more on weekends {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(be) not a good idea to compensate for missing sleep during the week. Fuligni warns that getting different {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(amount)of sleep each night can be bad for mental health.

    Li Qiang was taking up the prize to travel to 3008 AD. It was his first time that he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(travel) to space. So he was unsettled for the journey. Luckily, his guide, Wang Ping, was also his friend and gave him much help.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (transport) by Wang Ping's parents' company, he arrived in the future in a time capsule. At first, he found it hard {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (tolerate) the new surroundings and his head ached {#blank#}4{#/blank#} lack of fresh air. Wang Ping hurried him to a small room for {#blank#}5{#/blank#} rest and then they each collected a hovering carriage driven by computer. Soon Li Qiang could fly as {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (swift) as Wang Ping. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} he lost sight of Wang Ping because of too many carriages {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(fly) by in all directions. Wang Ping was swept up into the center of them. After a while Li Qiang caught up with him.

    Arriving at a strange-looking house, Wang Ping showed Li Qiang into a large room. The wall of the room was made of trees. The leaves of the trees provided {#blank#}9{#/blank#} with much-needed oxygen. After having a meal and a bath, Li Qiang found himself {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (exhaust) and then he slid into bed.

    Choice of seating in the lecture hall can affect a college student's performance, a study suggests.

    Lectures are a main part of higher education, and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(understand) how students interact and learn within the lecture theatre environment is central to successful learning. Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK examined {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (student) reasons for choosing particular seats in a lecture hall, and investigated how seating positions are related {#blank#}3{#/blank#} students' performance.

    "Interaction is a key part of learning and knowing who the students are interacting with can be {#blank#}4{#/blank#} great benefit when designing activities," said David P Smith of Sheffield Hallam University.

    Many students {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (prefer) being able to sit with their friends, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} others were more concerned with either attracting or avoiding the lecturer's attention. Some students chose seats {#blank#}7{#/blank#} allowed them to see and hear clearly. But others {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (easy) picked seats that made them feel less depressed, they said.

    Friendship groups who sat together tended {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (achieve) similar grades, and students who sat alone at the edges were likely to do worse than average.

    Lecturers may be able to use these findings to offer assistance to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (anxiety) students，and to support the learning of all students by encouraging interactions between the different groups.