There was a farm in a small country. The farmer's daughter had to carry fresh milk to customers in various villages, one of{#blank#}1{#/blank#}was a priest(牧师). {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（reach）his house, the milkmaid had to cross a stream. People crossed it by raft(竹筏).

    One day the priest, finding it arrived very late, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(scold) the poor girl. “What can I do?” she said. “I started out early from my house, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}I had to wait a long time for the boatman to come.”

    Then the priest said, “What! people have even walked across the ocean by{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(repeat) the name of God, but you can't cross this little river.” This milkmaid took his words very seriously.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}then on, she brought the priest's milk punctually(准时地) every morning. He became curious about it and asked her how it was{#blank#}7{#/blank#}she was never late any more.

     “I crossed the river repeating the name of God, just as you had told me to do, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}waiting for the raft,” she replied. The priest didn't believe her, so they went together to the water and the milkmaid began to walk over{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Looking back, the milkmaid saw the priest floundering(踉跄) in the water.

     “Sir!”she cried. “You are uttering the name of God, but all{#blank#}10{#/blank#}while you are holding up your clothes from getting wet. That is not trusting in God.”

    A group of classmates got together to visit their old teacher. These classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. They talked {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (happy). The teacher asked them the difficulty they had{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (achieve) their dreams. Then their talk soon turned to complaining about the stress in work and life. The teacher went to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many cups-china ones, plastic ones and glass ones. Some are plain looking, some are expensive and some are lovely. The teacher told them to help {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(they)to the coffee.

    When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “Can you notice that all of you took nice-looking expensive cups, leaving {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the plain and cheap ones? You want only the best for yourselves,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}is the source of your problems.”

    “What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} you went for the best cups and then began looking at each other's cups.”

    “Now think about this: life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) the cups. They are just {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (tool) to hold, and do not change the life. Sometimes, by caring only about the cups, we fail {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(enjoy) the coffee. So don't let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead.”

    A free program {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (help) Milwaukee Public High School students realize their theater dreams at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

    "My mom put me in acting classes {#blank#}2{#/blank#} I was seven because I was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (extreme) shy," says 17-year-old Beatrice Low.

    "And I just {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (take) to it like a duck to water, I guess."

    Today, she's having the chance {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (work) one-on-one with a professional, touring actress through program at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

    "I can't describe it, it's amazing, I love it," Low says.

    It {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (call) "Arts Connect" and pairs a class of young actors with theater professionals for a weeklong workshop.

    During one session, Beatrice works with actress Teri Hansen. She was in Milwaukee for the Marcus Center's recent touring {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (produce) of "An American in Paris."

    "It's the favorite thing that I do, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (work) with aspiring artists," Hansen says.

    Together they work {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a song from the Andrew Loyd Weber musical "Tell Me on a Sunday," with an audience of Beatrice's young peers. No pressure.

    The Marcus Center makes the Arts Connect program free for students from three Milwaukee public high schools. It's has been {#blank#}10{#/blank#} invaluable—even life-changing—experience, Beatrice says.

    If a little humanlike robot begged you not to shut it off, would you show sympathy?

    In an experiment {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (intend) to find out how people treat robots when they act like humans, many participants struggled to power down a begging robot named Nao. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} experiment was conducted by researchers in Germany, whose findings {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (publish) in the scientific journal PLOSOne.

    Nao, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} was designed to beg about half of the participants not to switch it off but not the other half, was used {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (measure) if his begging affected how people reacted.

    In one previous experiment, researchers found that people preferred communicating with robots with complementary (互补的) personality characteristics to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (they) own. And since robots can exhibit social characteristics either {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (speak) with human voices or taking the shape of a human body, the research suggests that people tend to react “{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (especial) social to them.”

    The researchers said a possible {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (explain) for their results was that people regarded Nao's begging {#blank#}10{#/blank#} “a sign of making its own decision.”

    The Internet {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (become) part of young people's life. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} report shows that 38% of students often use the Internet. Most of them get {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (use) information on the Internet and use the Internet to help in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (they) studies. But many students don't use it {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a good way. Some play games too much and some visit websites they shouldn't look at. So bad things may happen if students spend too much time on the Internet.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#} is important for students to use the Internet {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (proper). Now we have a textbook, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} uses many examples to teach students some good ways to use the Internet. It gives some useful {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (advise).

    Some students also make friends on the Internet. But if you want to have a face­to­face {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (meet) with your online friends, let your parents know and meet in a proper place.