Daniel Davila can often {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (see) walking around the city of San Francisco. Sometimes people are surprised to see him walking   {#blank#}2{#/blank#}any shoes or socks, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Daniel doesn't mind at all. He likes to walk barefoot, and so {#blank#}4{#/blank#} 740 other members of Dirty Sole Society, the club that Daniel started years ago. Daniel's idea for this is to encourage others to live{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (free) —free of shoes.

    According to Daniel, the barefoot life has many advantages. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}most important is simply that it feels good. He also says that  {#blank#}7{#/blank#} ( walk) barefoot allows you to experience the world directly by touching it with your feet. In addition, the feet do not smell so much  {#blank#}8{#/blank#} they stay dry, making it hard for bacteria to grow. And of course, walking barefoot keeps your feet{#blank#}9{#/blank#} good shape, so it's actually{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (healthy) than wearing shoes.

    What is your favourite cartoon? It may be{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(difficulty) for you to decide. But for pianist Lang Lang, Tom and Jerry is the best one.

    When Lang Lang{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) two years old, he saw Tom playing{#blank#}3{#/blank#}piano. This was his first time to enjoy western music and this experience encouraged him{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(learn) to play the piano.His talent at the keyboard has taken him from Shenyang{#blank#}5{#/blank#}the world. Lang became a good piano student at three. Ever since, the boy has been doing bette{#blank#}6{#/blank#} better. In 1997, the 15-year-old boy studied at a famous American music college.

    Lang's performance are full of energy. He is well-known for{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(make) facial expressions and moving around while playing the piano.

    The road to {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(succeed) has never been easy. Lang's father stopped his job to look {#blank#}9{#/blank#}him, while his mother stayed in Shenyang to make money. But Lang considers {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (him)lucky and believes he should give something back. He has helped the children in poor areas a lot.

    Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California，no one really knows. However，{#blank#}1{#/blank#}is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.

    Scientists believe that these first settlers {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (cross) the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America {#blank#}3{#/blank#}means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century，after the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (arrive) of Europeans，the native people suffered greatly.

    Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} addition，many died from the diseases brought by Europeans. However，some survived these terrible times，and today there are more Native Americans {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(live) in California than in any other state.

    In the 18th century，California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century，{#blank#}7{#/blank#} they fought against the native people and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(take) their land.

    Two centuries later，the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} first Spanish to go to California，the majority were religious men，{#blank#}10{#/blank#} ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.

    Back in 1995, Jack Ma made his first trip to the US and used the Internet for the first time. After searching for “beer”, he saw that no results came up related {#blank#}1{#/blank#}China. When he then searched for “China” and still saw no results, he decided {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (set) up a Chinese website—the seed for Alibaba was sown.

    Ma {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(simple) wanted his company to have a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(globe) and interesting name, and realized Alibaba was a story {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(know) across the world.

    The company{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(found) in 1999 and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} then has grown from 15 employees to over 30,000. Alibaba has directly and indirectly created 40 million jobs for China.

    Ma hopes to keep expanding Alibaba outside of China and is aiming for 2 billion {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(consume) and 10 million small businesses to use {#blank#}9{#/blank#}company outside of China.

    Ma became the richest man in China, when  the company he founded floated on the stock market last year with a value of around ＄140 billion—the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (large) public offering in history.

    Think about the different ways that people use the wind. You can use it to fly a kite {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to sail a boat Wind is one of our cleanest and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (rich) power sources, as well as one of the oldest. Evidence shows that windmills (风车) {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(begin) to be used in ancient Iran back in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} seventh century BC. They were first {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (introduce) to Europe during the 1100s, when armies returned from the Middle East with knowledge of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (use) wind power.

    For many {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (century), people used windmills to grind (磨碎) wheat into flour or pump water from deep underground. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} electricity was discovered in the late 1800s, people living in remote areas began to use {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (they) to produce electricity. This allowed them to have electric lights and radio. Today, there is a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (globe) movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind.

    The passage is about a letter written by Li Qiang who is taking {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the prize that he won last year. At first he was nervous and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (certain) about the journey. However, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Wang Ping's guidance, Li Qiang was transported into the future safely.

    Hit by a lack {#blank#}4{#/blank#} fresh air, his head ached and he tried to make the necessary {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (adjust) to this new situation. Soon he was back {#blank#}6{#/blank#} his feet again and flew after Wang Ping in a hovering carriages {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (drive) by computer.

    Arriving at Wang Ping's house, Li Qiang was shown into a large room with a green wall {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (make) of trees, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} leaves provided the room with oxygen. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (exhaust), Li Qiang slid into bed and fell fast asleep.