Once，there was a young painter who was good at painting birds．His paintings sold{#blank#}1{#/blank#} and he was famous all over his country．

    The emperor(皇帝)loved Collecting paintings,especially roosters(公鸡)．{#blank#}2{#/blank#}he asked the famous painter to paint a roosters for him．He wanted the roosters to be the best of all his collections．

    The painter{#blank#}3{#/blank#}to do so．The emperor waited and waited for one year,but did not get the painting．He became{#blank#}4{#/blank#}and asked the painter to come to see him．

    The painter came．He walked into the palace{#blank#}5{#/blank#}paper,paints and a brush(刷子)．In five minutes，a perfect picture of a rooster{#blank#}6{#/blank#}on the Paper．Seeing this，the emperor was all the more angry．"If you can paint a picture of a rooster in five minutes，{#blank#}7{#/blank#}did you keep me waiting for a year?"he said．

    "I'll let you know why,Your Majesty,"said the painter．"Could you please come with me?"

    He{#blank#}8{#/blank#}the emperor to his own study(书房)．There，paper almost filled the{#blank#}9{#/blank#}．On each paper was a painting of a rooster．

    "Your Majesty,"said the painter．"It took{#blank#}10{#/blank#}one year to improve my skill in order to paint a perfect rooster for you．"

    What do you think life will be like in the future? I don't think we will have to do some boring housework at home {#blank#}1{#/blank#}robots can help us. For example, they will help us cook. And the food that they make will be {#blank#}2{#/blank#}and more delicious. We will{#blank#}3{#/blank#}in love with such food. Then we will spend more time{#blank#}4{#/blank#}books.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} can make sound. We will{#blank#}6{#/blank#}need to listen to them.

    A new kind of clothes will be made(制造). They will be{#blank#}7{#/blank#}in winter and cool in summer. We can fly freely in space like an astronaut to any planet{#blank#}8{#/blank#}this kind of clothes.{#blank#}9{#/blank#}will probably become very common transportation.

    Scientists are {#blank#}10{#/blank#}science develop(发展) faster and faster. They predict that our life will be better and better. I believe the prediction(预测) will come true soon.

Bill, Frank and I are good friends. We like doing different {#blank#}1{#/blank#} on holiday. Last summer, Bill went to Paris. He said he liked Paris. He wanted {#blank#}2{#/blank#} more about it. There he {#blank#}3{#/blank#} some famous museums and other interesting places. Frank went to China. He went to the Great Wall {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the Tian'anmen Square. He took many photos during his trip. He showed(展示) them to us when he {#blank#}5{#/blank#} home. They were really nice. He said he would keep these {#blank#}6{#/blank#} forever(永远). I didn't go out last summer. I only {#blank#}7{#/blank#} in my city and went to the park {#blank#}8{#/blank#} my home. The park was beautiful. There were trees and {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. There were also many kinds of birds. I enjoyed {#blank#}10{#/blank#} in the park.

    Nobody likes a computer virus, but at least you can get rid of it. And there is a lot of anti-virus(抗病毒) software these days. It can find a virus, fix it and you can forget about it. Unluckily the same isn't{#blank#}1{#/blank#}for spyware(间谍软件).

    What is spyware? It is software that{#blank#}2{#/blank#}somewhere on your computer. It collects information about what you do on the Internet and passes the information on to companies without your permission(允许). If you shop on the Internet and use your credit card, you should know that some spyware will{#blank#}3{#/blank#}the information.

    Your computer can catch spyware through lots of ways. If you open the wrong e-mail, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}you visit the wrong website, spyware can download itself onto your computer. And spyware often comes with free software.

    2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming played his first game on October 23, 2002 and got 6 points for the Houston Rockets in the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. The next day, he scored 16 points in another game.

    Yao Ming, 22, has been a star in China for some time, but it is still under question as to whether he can play{#blank#}2{#/blank#}in the NBA. Yao Ming said, "When you watch it on TV, it{#blank#}3{#/blank#}very easy. But when you are playing in the NBA, it is really difficult. "He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge. "I hope that through very hard work I can{#blank#}4{#/blank#}everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games," he said.

    Yao Ming speaks some English. Both he and his teammates can understand{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. They don't think there is a language problem. They say that Yao Ming is one of the best players in their team. They all like him.