The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. It is celebrated {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. That is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it is called the Double Ninth Festival, too.

    The festival started as early as the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). It has a history of more than 1, 700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (high) odd number (奇数). People believe that two "nines" meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holiday for Chinese people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (show) love and respect for their elders. They hold many kinds of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (act) in honor of old people, wishing {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (they) good health and a long life.

    The festival comes during the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (gold) time of foil. On the day, people traditionally drink chrysanthemum (菊花) wine, eat Double-Ninth Cakes {#blank#}8{#/blank#} climb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood. People in ancient times believed that {#blank#}9{#/blank#} plant could drive away evil (邪恶的) spirits and prevent them from {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (catch) an illness in winter.

    The British love sending text messages. They{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(send)more than 2.5 billion messages every month. And most people now understand the language of text, with its numbers and missing letters. In fact, when a student at a Scottish school wrote the whole article "in txt", his/her teacher{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(give)him/her "C+4 f4t"("C+for effort").

    Although texting is a cheap way of{#blank#}3{#/blank#}in touch with your friends, it can also bring problems. In 2005, a British teenager became the{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(one)person in the world to receive treatment for an addiction(沉)to text messaging. In one year, the nineteen-year-old spent about ￡4, 5005{#blank#}5{#/blank#} texts.

    For some people, text messaging has {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(change)their lives. For example, James Trusler from Sussex in England travels around the world taking part in texting competitions and TV shows. He's the world's{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(fast)texter and recently set a new world record while he{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(appear)on Australian TV.  He texted, "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serraslmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack humans."{#blank#}9{#/blank#}took him 67 seconds. James sends a lot of text messages-about 2, 500 a month. But he doesn't get big bills {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(because)he works for a large mobile phone company！

    Sam is a junior high school student. He {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (love) going to school.

Sam lives close to his school, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he goes to school on foot. He is seldom late for class. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (Sam) favourite subject is Geography. He enjoys {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (learn) about different places in the world.

    In the morning, Sam {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (usual) studies Chinese, Maths and English. He has his morning break at 9: 50 a m. During the break, Sam often plays games with his best {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (friend), Tom and Jack.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#} 11: 50 a.m. to 12: 30 p. m, Sam has lunch. His afternoon classes {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (end) at 3: 30 p.m. After school, Sam takes part in the school band practice. He learns how {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(make) great music there.

    Sam always has {#blank#}10{#/blank#} good time at school.