The Internet is an amazing information resource. Students, teachers, and researchers use it as {#blank#}1{#/blank#}searching tool. Journalists use it {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(find) information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(late) medical development. When we are talking about it , it {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) by ordinary people for shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating with family and friends. It has the magical power to connect one with people from {#blank#}5{#/blank#} countries and cultures. However, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the Internet has many advantages , there are also certain fears and concerns connected with it. One concern relates to a lack of control over {#blank#}7{#/blank#}appears on the Internet. On television and radio there are restrictions (限制）on what kinds of programs can  be broadcast, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} on the Internet it is not the case. Parents cannot determine what is suitable {#blank#}9{#/blank#} their children to see because the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (appear) of any information is not under their control.

    My best friend and I walked to an ice cream shop today. I brought my water bottle out of habit and commented to her that I had no idea why I brought it. We kept {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(go) though. On our way, a man asked {#blank#}2{#/blank#}either of us had money for water, or a drink or something. He was sitting on the ground at the time with a sign he stopped holding up.

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On the return back from the ice cream store, I tried to get water to go, in case he {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(may) be still there. They only had mineral water and coconut water there, something he probably disliked. It turned out he was no longer there, though.

    My friend and I talked about keeping water{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (bottle) on hand in our vehicles and socks with added positive statement notes. This way, we give away {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (use) things{#blank#}9{#/blank#}are truly helpful. We both like the idea and these things will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (prepare) soon.

    Small talk is the short conversations we have at parties, while we wait in line at the store, at family events or work. Sometimes we make small talk with people we already know but not well. Often we have to make small talk with complete strangers. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Here are some tips to improve your small-talking ability.

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    If you have seen a really good movie or have read a really good book, you can talk about that.

   When you are sharing the same experience with someone, it's easy to start a conversation. You simply notice and comment on what's going on around you. For example, if you are at a party and a song comes on that you like or that reminds you of something, you can talk about that.

    ⒉Ask open-ended questions

    These types of questions require more thought and more than a simple one-word answer. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, the conversation will go on longer.

    ⒊Become a student

    Nobody knows everything. So, as someone is answering one of your open-ended questions, they bring up something about which you know nothing. So, tell them! This lets the other person become the teacher. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. It's a win-win situation.

    Like anything, getting good at making small talk takes practice. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, you might become happier. If you are making small talk using English, you will most definitely improve your speaking and listening skills.

A. Have some conversation starters ready

B. If you make small talk in your native language

C. However, some people are not good at small talk

D. If you ask questions that need more details to answer

E. You can talk about something that you recently learned

F. Many people find these small conversations about random topics easy

G. They feel good about sharing their knowledge and you get to learn something

A video of Wang Deshun, an 88-year-old model and actor, strutting the catwalk at Shanghai Fashion Week {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(sweep) the internet recently. His distinctive white beard and robust physique, complemented by a vibrant red suit, captivated the audience with a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(strike)contrast.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} in 1936, this 88-year-old grandpa's spirit is as strong as ever. "I still have dreams and pursuits. I can do now what I could not do in the past, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} that is what rebirth should be about."

Due to the physical {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(require) of pantomime, Wang, at 50 years old, decided to hit the gym. Training for two hours was followed by two hours of swimming every single day for 30 years, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} helped him shape a healthy and strongly-built body.

"Thirty years ago, I used {#blank#}7{#/blank#} models how to walk with the help of my wife. One day (in 2015), one of our students asked about my body's condition, and I said it's fine. So I was invited to make {#blank#}8{#/blank#} appearance in the show," Wang said, recalling the events that led to overnight fame.

After making waves in the fashion industry{#blank#}9{#/blank#}a male model in his late 70s, the then 85-year-old Wang was once again defying stereotypes concerning the elderly by taking {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a new challenge: getting a pilot's license.

While taking a 20-hour train ride along the edge of the Taklimakan Desert in northwestern China, I had the kind of humbling, educational, and above all else, wonderful1 with a local that all travelers long for. A young Chinese man 2 me on the train. My3 friend spoke virtually no English, so I happily took the4 to practice my Chinese.

Over several hours he would tell me about how he had5 a two-year professional school to quickly find a job 6 highways in order to help support his family. Perhaps most7 .however, was the fact that this man spent hours studying every day after hard physical labor. Without batting an eye he would8 a translated Emerson passage before asking about the literary influence of American9 as a whole. "And what do you all learn about Russian authors?" I10 hi m asking at one point.

It would have been easy to11 my assumptions about this highway builder who had never been more than a few hundred miles from home. But this highly informed,12 , and admirable person prevented me doing so. In the course of a couple of hours, he13 me just how much one can gain from14 with an open mind, and a willingness to15 with locals from all walks of life.