It was very cold. It snowed heavily and blew very strongly. It was not a good night to go out.     

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} David had to walk home from work. "It can be warmer, " he thought, "I wear my coat backwards(反方向地)." He {#blank#}2{#/blank#}off his coat and put it on backwards. "That's much better." He thought and walked on. About ten minutes {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a car hit him. The driver stopped his car and got out of it. He ran to help David.

    Soon a police car arrived. The policeman ran to look at David. "I'm {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he's dead." The {#blank#}5{#/blank#} told the driver.

    The driver could not believe {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. "He can't be dead." He cried，"I did not touch him. Look at my car. There is not a mark {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it."

    "He's dead." The policeman said again.

    "I don't understand it." {#blank#}8{#/blank#} driver said, "As soon as I hit him. I ran to help him. He was lying on the road, but he was breathing and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} was no blood."

    "Did you touch him?" The policeman asked.

    "{#blank#}10{#/blank#}," The driver said, "but I only turn his head around the right way."

    What will happen if a family without the Internet for a month? One American family decides to find out. They have sent invitation to a leading US television station, expecting that it will send a film group to record their day-to -day life {#blank#}1{#/blank#} technology for a month.

    When the film group meet {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Smiths, they find that Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith and their two sons are so crazy about technology that {#blank#}3{#/blank#} hardly do things together. At mealtimes, no one {#blank#}4{#/blank#} at the dining table for their food. “Everyone just runs into the kitchen, takes their food and then goes back to their screen,” Mrs. Smith explains. “{#blank#}5{#/blank#} we don't make a change, our family will become strangers to each other!”

    Getting back to the normal life without the Internet is not {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, especially when the Smiths lose themselves in it. They have to make many {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. For example, the two brothers have to go to the school {#blank#}8{#/blank#} to borrow books for their scientific projects, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith need to go out shopping because they cannot buy things {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. As the family have picked up the new lifestyle, they find that they can spend more time talking over meals, playing sports and doing all {#blank#}10{#/blank#} of activities together.

    Would they be able to go for long without using the Internet after the challenge?

    The Greens live in Campton. It is an old small town. Grandpa Harry is 65 years old. He is very nice and he likes to {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(go) fishing in the fishing pond (池塘) with Joe. The Greens often have{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(grandpa) fish for supper. Joe is fifteen years old and soccer is his favorite sports. He often {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (play) sports in summer with his classmates. Joe's father, Bill, is{#blank#}4{#/blank#}art teacher in Joe and Mary's school. And he is good at sports. He{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) on the basketball team of the town. Joe and Mary like to watch {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(they) father play basketball and draw pictures. Joe's mother, Diana, likes sports, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} . She can play tennis well. She often goes shopping with Mary. She often buys beautiful clothes and{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(health) food for the family. She can find many things at very good {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(price) in the stores. Campton is small, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}they love it a lot. They want to live there forever(永远).

    It was a quarter past Tine Mr. Beet hadn't come back His wife was a bit worried. The super was cold and she had waited for two and a half hours. She was sitting by the table in a dark room. She closed her {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (eye) and listened carefully. Her neighbour Mr. Turner's television was on. She liked the pop music, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she would not turn on hers.

    Her husband worked in an office. He worked hard so that he was paid a lot. The things in his home, such {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the television, the computer, the fridge and so on, were all left by his parents. He and his wife only had to pay {#blank#}4{#/blank#} their food and clothes. They tried to save money. If they ever felt sick, they just bought some medicine instead of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (see) a doctor.

    Suddenly the woman {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (hear) someone coming upstairs. It was her husband who came back. She hurried to open the door. In the dark she could hear his deep breathing. As {#blank#}7{#/blank#} as he sat down, she turned on the light and found he looked very tired.

    "{#blank#}8{#/blank#} do you come back so late, dear?" asked the woman. "Didn't you take the bus?”

    "No, I didn't take it. I ran after it and I saved two dollars this evening."

    "That's great!" the woman said {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (happy). "Run after a taxi next time and you {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (save) even.