Sometimes your friends start to talk about a new video game or a new app they have downloaded. It sounds pretty cool, and your friends really seem to like it. You become so {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (interest) in it that you want to buy it too. Has this ever happened to you?

    In the US and in places around the world, there is a similar feeling of wanting the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (new) , greatest tech gadgets (小玩意). There is a big {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (attract) to getting the latest technology even though people may not need it. But why is this?

    There's {#blank#}4{#/blank#} initial （最初的）excitement about these technologies that {#blank#}5{#/blank#} ( get ) people's attention, according to Richard Larson, a director at MIT, US. If there's a big group of people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} want these things, you want to be a part of the excitement too.

    One of the major US {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (company) that really take advantage of this is Apple. It comes out with a new iPhone with very small changes every year. But people still flock (涌入) to the stores even if they have just bought the previous phone.

    However, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （buy）these things may not always be the best choice. You could be buying things that you don't really need and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (spend) too much money just for the right to show it off to your friends.

    Not only that, but our need to always be on your phones or playing video games takes {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a lot of time in our lives. So is this excitement over technology a good or a bad thing?

    At only 12, Milton Hershey stopped {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (attend) school and began to work for a candy maker in Lancaster. There, he learned to mix sugar and water to make candy products,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} he moved to Philadelphia to set up a candy store. However, his store was a complete {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (fail). So he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to Lancaster and began making caramels (焦糖) in his own way — with fresh milk and he made it.

Then in 1893 he bought the chocolate-making machines made by Germany. He was developing a(an){#blank#}5{#/blank#} (usual) plan — to build a large chocolate factory and a town to support it. So soon he bought a town {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he set up his chocolate factory in the following year. The factory provided free accommodation and all his workers lived in it. He found a way to make large amounts of milk chocolate. The Hershey Candy Company was on its way to success.

    Today, in the town of Hersey, the streetlights {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (shape) like the candy. The air often smells {#blank#}8{#/blank#} chocolate. At Hershey's Chocolate World, visitors can learn {#blank#}9{#/blank#} chocolate is made. This special town calls {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  “The Sweetest Place on Earth.”

    Last week I{#blank#}1{#/blank#}deep into space，but {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a black hole. Then I{#blank#}3{#/blank#}to Brazil and experienced surviving an airplane crash {#blank#}4{#/blank#}After that，I went to the bottom of the ocean to see strange blind{#blank#}5{#/blank#}that have never seen {#blank#}6{#/blank#}.

    That is what visitors can do at Futuroscope，a science and technology­based theme park in France. It uses the most{#blank#}7{#/blank#}technology. Visitors can {#blank#}8{#/blank#}parts of the world they have never experienced. The amazing，{#blank#}9{#/blank#}information together with many opportunities for hands­ on learning makes the world {#blank#}10{#/blank#}in a completely new way for visitors.

    Visitors can buy tickets at the entrance，but tickets are also available online. Futuroscope is not only for individuals，but is also the perfect mix of fun and learning for class outings. And also Futuroscope is easy to reach. Come ready to walk a lot—be sure to wear some comfortable sneakers.

    Many people think that when they become rich and successful, happiness will naturally follow. Let me tell you that nothing is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(far) from the truth. The world is full of very rich people who are as miserable as if {#blank#}2{#/blank#} were living in hell (地狱).We have read stories about movie stars who {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(commit) suicide or died from drugs. Quite clearly, money is not the only answer {#blank#}4{#/blank#}all problems.

    Wealth obtained through dishonest means {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (do) not bring happiness. Lottery winnings do not bring happiness. Gambling winnings do not bring happiness. Happiness is more a process {#blank#}6{#/blank#} an end. It is a continuous process of honest, productive work {#blank#}7{#/blank#}makes a real contribution to others and makes you feel you are a useful, worthy person. As Dr. Wayne puts {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, “There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.” There is no use {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (say) ''Someday when I get a car, build a house and own my own business, when I achieve the goals, then I will be really happy.” Life just does not work that way. If you wait for certain things to happen and need the external circumstances of life to make you happy, you will always feel unfulfilled. There will always be something {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(miss).

    There were many great philosophers in ancient China. Confucius stressed the significance of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (kind), duty and order in society, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ideas influenced Chinese society for over 2, 000 years.

    Mencius was a student of Confucius's ideas. His teachings were similar to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} of Confucius. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (bring) up by his mother and had an important position in the government of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} state. He believed man is good, that people would be good if government was kind, and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people were more important than rulers. Mencius wrote a book {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (call) The Book of Mencius in his last years.

    Mozi was also an {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (influence) thinker, whose beliefs were similar to Confucius's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} some ways. Born into a poor family, he became famous for his unusual clothes and behaviour. Because he considered that government was most important, he spent many years {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (try) to find a state where people would follow his teaching. He believed all men were equal.

I was very frightened when{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(wake) up in hospital last Thursday. I fainted in my PE class because of low blood sugar levels. Fortunately, I was rushed to hospital{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(immediate). The doctor helped me and I made a full recovery within two days. My experience proves what a bad idea{#blank#}3{#/blank#}is to try to lose weight by skipping meals. Now I know this extreme weight-loss method has serious side{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(effect). Now I also understand that being healthy and{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(energy) is more important than being slim.

From now{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, I will pay more attention to my health rather than my weight. I will eat a{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(balance) diet to make sure I have enough nutrition. Exercising regularly is also{#blank#}8{#/blank#}important part of a healthy lifestyle. My doctor tells me that it will help me concentrate better in class. So, I{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(play) sport with my friends every other day after school, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}I hope can help me get into shape.