This is Mrs. White. Now she is teaching math. She works in a middle school. She lives in London, Mrs. White and Mr. White have three children. They all love animals and they have a big dog and a cute cat.

    Mrs. White is Sophie's aunt, Sophie lives and studies in Liverpool, but now she is in London. She is on her holiday here. She wants to do some shopping with her aunt.

    Mrs. White's son Arnold doesn't like shopping, but he loves going out with friends. They usually go to a park to play soccer or basketball in the afternoon. Today, Arnold isn't playing soccer or basketball. He is swimming.

    Mr. White works for a company (公司). He isn't working today, because he isn't feeling well. He is in a hospital now.

    Facebook says it is working on technology to allow us to control computers directly with our brains. It is developing "silent speech" software to allow people to type at a rate of 100 words per minute, it says. The project, in its early stages, will require new technology to detect brainwaves without needing invasive operation. "We are not talking about monitoring your random thoughts," assured Facebook's Regina Dugan. "You have many thoughts, and you choose to share some of them. We're talking about monitoring those words. A silent speech interface(界面) — one with all the speed and flexibility(灵活) of voice. "

Ms Dugan is the company's head of Building 8, the firm's hardware research lab. The company said it intends to build both the hardware and software to achieve its goal, and has employed a team of more than 60 scientists and academics to work on the project.

On his Facebook page, Mark Zuckerberg added, "Our brains produce enough data to stream four HD(高清) movies every second. The problem is that the best way we have to get information out into the world-speech can only send about the same amount of data as a 1980s modem. We're working on a system that will let you type straight from your brain about five times faster than you can type on your phone today. Finally, we want to turn it into a wearable technology that can be produced in quantity. "

Technology is going to have to get a lot more advanced before we can share a pure thought or feeling, but this is a first step. Other ideas detailed at the company's developers conference in San Jose included work to allow people to "hear" through skin. The system, comparable to Braille, uses pressure points on the skin to pass information. "One day, not so far away, it may be possible for me to think in Chinese, and you to feel it instantly in Spanish," Ms Dugan said.

One day, a rich and well-dressed lady came to see her doctor. She said to him that she thought her whole life was empty and it had no1 .

Her doctor thought for a while and called over the old lady who was cleaning the office floor, and then he said to the rich lady, "I'm going to ask Mary to tell you how she got2 . All I want you to do is to listen. "

So the old lady put down her broom(扫帚), sat on a chair and told her story, "Well, my husband3 illness and my only son was killed by a car. I lost all my families. I had nothing left. I felt4 and I couldn't sleep or eat. I even thought of taking my own life. Then on evening, a little5 followed me home from the hospital. It was cold outside, so I decided to let the cat in. I gave it some milk and food and it finished them very soon. Then it purred (咕噜叫)6 , and ran around me. And for the first time in months, I7 . Then I began to think. If feeding a little cat could make me smile, maybe doing something for people could make me happy too. So the next day, I made some biscuits and8 them to a neighbor who was sick in bed. She ate happily and thanked me. Every day I tried to do something9 for someone. It made me so happy. "

When the rich lady10 that, she cried. She had everything that money could buy, but she had lost the things which money couldn't buy. 

Emma's adventure

Oliver was awake at midnight. Suddenly, a door {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(appear) in the wall. Oliver's heart almost stopped. He walked over and tapped {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the door. 

Emma shook her head and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(stop) writing. She was new at this school. There{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) no old classmates here. She felt a bit lonely. Emma likes {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(write) magic stories. She wanted to make {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(friend) and share the joy of writing. 

She looked around the library. An idea {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(hit) her. 

Hello! You found my notebook! Do you like {#blank#}8{#/blank#} story? Please write {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(much)!

Emma {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(put) the notebook on a shelf and left. 

A week later, {#blank#}11{#/blank#} (Emma) notebook was still on the shelf in the library. {#blank#}12{#/blank#}(nervous), she opened it. Her eyes opened wide. There were {#blank#}13{#/blank#}(page) of new writing by different people! And there was a note {#blank#}14{#/blank#} the last page. 

"How about {#blank#}15{#/blank#} (start) a writing group? Let's {#blank#}16{#/blank#}(meet) here on Wednesday after lunch. "

Emma thought it was the best ending to her story. 

 Dad drives me to school nearly every day. However, he was busy {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(工作) this morning and could not drive me there. I had to t{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the bus. On the bus I saw an old man. He looked very weak. Today there were {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(更多) people on the bus than before, but no one gave him a seat. Is{#blank#}4{#/blank#} up and gave my seat to him. He thanked me and asked me about my n{#blank#}5{#/blank#} and my school. We talked {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(开心地). 

 Later, in the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(第三) class, Mr. Xu came in and asked me to go to the front. I was a little {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (害怕的). Then he told the class what I did on the bus this morning. He knew it because he got a phone call f{#blank#}9{#/blank#} the old man. Mr. Xu said that I could be a good example(榜样) to my classmates. I was so glad! It was r{#blank#}10{#/blank#} a good day for me. 

Helen is a good student at school. Her {#blank#}1{#/blank#} subjects are science and math. The teachers ask{#blank#}2{#/blank#} , "What do you want to be in the future(未来)?" She always says, "I love science and I want to be a scientist(科学家) like Albert Einstein."

 Helen has a friend at school. Her name is Anna. They are in the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} class, so they are classmates, too. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the two girls have science and math. They are easy for Helen, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Anna isn't good at them. So Helen helps Anna with science and math for a(n) {#blank#}5{#/blank#} every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

 Helen has a computer. It is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} her uncle. She really likes studying(学习) science and math on the computer. She can learn a lot of new {#blank#}7{#/blank#} about the two subjects from the computer.

 In fact, Helen does {#blank#}8{#/blank#} in all school subjects. Everyday when she gets home from school, she always{#blank#}9{#/blank#} her homework first. She says, "Studying science and math on the computer is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} . But homework is more important(更重要的)."