Nosey and the Porcupine（豪猪）

    Nosey knew that she was supposed to stay in the yard, but the gate was let open. She took a glance {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the woods up the street. For Nosey there was nothing as wonderful as {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(dash) among the trees and sniffing（嗅）the flowers. After all, she was called Nosey for a reason. Her name described her usual, day-to-day {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(behave).

    She quietly slipped out of the yard and headed towards the woods. Soon after Nosey arrived in the woods, a butterfly landed on her nose. She reached for it, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it few away. Then Nosey {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(spot) it again on a berry bush. When she was within striking distance, she jumped. The butterfly fluttered out of Nosey's reach once more, but it was too late for Nosey {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(stop). She landed directly on top of the berry bush with a crash. At first, she was astonished by the sudden fall. Then she was shocked to find {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(she) face to face with a sleeping porcupine under the bush!

    The arrival of a {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(noise) visitor caused the porcupine to wake up. Nosey had ever seen a porcupine before, so she gently sniffed at it with her nose, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} really annoyed the porcupine. He turned around and the quills（棘刺）on his tail were standing up. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(sudden) Nosey found herself with a nose full of quills.

    Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (probable) say that they go to learn languages, history, science and some other knowledge. That's quite true, but do you know {#blank#}2{#/blank#} they learn these things?

    We send our children to school to prepare them {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the future when they grow up and have to work for {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (they). Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that {#blank#}5{#/blank#} only reason why they go to school?

    There is more in education than just {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (learn) facts. We go to school to learn how to learn, so that when we have left school we can continue to learn. A man {#blank#}7{#/blank#} really knows how to learn will always be {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (success), because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able to do it well himself, he will also be able {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (teach) others how to do it in the best way. So the purpose of schools is not to teach languages, history, science, etc., but to teach {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (student) the way to learn.

    Have you ever asked {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(you) why children go to school? You will probably say that they go to learn languages, arithmetic, history, science and some other {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(subject). That is quite accurate. But why do they learn these things?

    We send our children to school {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(prepare) them for the time when they will be big and will have to work for themselves. Nearly everything they study at school has some {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(practice) use in their life. But is that the only reason for {#blank#}5{#/blank#}they go to school?

    There is more in education than just {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(learn) factors. We go to school to learn how to learn, so that when we have left school, we can continue to learn. A man who really {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(know) how to learn will always be successful, because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able to do it well himself, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}be able to teach others how to do it in the best way. The uneducated person, on the other hand， is either unable to do something new, or just does it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(bad). The purpose of schools, therefore is not to teach languages， arithmetic, history science, etc. , but to teach pupils {#blank#}10{#/blank#}way to learn.

    Five meters below the surface of the North Sea, near the southernmost tip of Norway, Europe's first underwater restaurant is to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (complete).The110-foot long structure, an oblique (斜的) concrete slab (平板) that {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (look) like a sunken periscope, started in July 2018 and work is now underway to complete the interiors, predicting the public opening {#blank#}3{#/blank#} spring 2020.

    The restaurant, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (call) Under, is the design of Norwegian outfit Snhetta, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} has made a name for itself with {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (project) such as the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, the Oslo Opera House, the National September 11Memorial Pavilion and the renovation of Times Square in New York.

    When {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (finish), the structure {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (contain) about 100 guests with a total internal area of about 500 square meters (5, 300 square feet). It has three levels, offering unique underwater views of the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (surround) sea environment through {#blank#}10{#/blank#} 11-meter (36 feet) wide panoramic (全景的) window.

    Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing skill was something she picked {#blank#}1{#/blank#} by herself. She became a part-time writer for IBM after {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(graduate) from college. Then, writing stories was {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(simple)a personal interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(interest), they immediately suggested that she put them together {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(make)a single one long story and paid Tracy $ 50, 000 in advance, which was a pretty money for an unknown writer.

    Even though Tracy's {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(character) are interesting, her stories sometimes leave readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could connect with the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} died many years ago.”

    "Can I? I don't think I can," Tracy said with a laugh. "But I do have moments when things come to me for no reason." Once, she {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(wonder) how to complete a scene set in ancient China when the doorbell suddenly rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese history. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} came without her having ordered it!

    Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained unchanged by her fame. She lives in the same way she lived 27 years ago — although in a {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(big) house. There's more room for joy in her life — and it wasn't just writing.