Who's the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (popular) cartoon character in China right now? It might be Peppa Pig. Peppa is 6 years old. She wears a red dress. Her favorite thing to do {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (be) to jump in muddy puddles (泥坑). She can spend all day {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(do) this. Her favorite toy is a bear named Teddy. Mummy Pig is a beautiful lady and she takes care of her family. Daddy Pig is an architect {#blank#}4{#/blank#} is very cheerful and plays with Peppa and George a lot. Peppa often makes fun of his big belly (肚子). They are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} main characters on the British TV show Peppa Pig.

    The show has been on TV in 40 {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(language) in more than 180 countries and regions. It's about the everyday lives of the Peppa Pig family members. The show is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(main) for preschoolers. But many older kids and even adults have become fans of the show {#blank#}8{#/blank#} well.

    "I think {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(it) popularity is partly because of it being ageless," Richard Ridings, a voice actor plays Peppa's dad, told the Mirror.

    The show's stories are simple, but its humor is not too childish. Both kids and adults are always {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (make) to laugh as soon as they see Peppa.

    One of the biggest challenges {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (face) students today is how to concentrate on studies. Almost all of them are struggling for their concentration power. In an age {#blank#}2{#/blank#} mobile phones and Internet are eating up most of our time and energy, one can understand how different it is to focus attention and energy on studies.

    One of the most important {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (factor) for developing concentration on a task, whether it is study or anything else, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) to develop an interest in that task. We are able to focus {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (easy) and more long periods of time on tasks that we find more interesting. If you ever want to concentrate on anything and studies are no {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (except), you need {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(ensure) that the environmental around you is distraction (注意力分散) free. So the question is not how to concentrate on studies {#blank#}8{#/blank#} how to avoid distractions that have swallowed up mankind today. The only way to guarantee {#blank#}9{#/blank#} distraction free environment is by getting rid of all the unnecessary things around you, including the electronic gadgets (小器具) {#blank#}10{#/blank#} mobile phones.

    The British have been drinking tea for over 350 years. But in fact, the history of tea goes much {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(far) back.

    The story of tea begins in China. According to the legend, the Chinese emperor Shen Nung was sitting {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a tree while his servant boiled drinking water, when some leaves from the tree blew into the water. Shen Nung,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} expert in herbal medicine, decided to try the water his servant created. As a result, it tasted so good that later the drink was{#blank#}4{#/blank#} we now call tea.

    It is{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(possible) to know whether there is any truth in this story. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, tea drinking certainly was established in China many centuries before it had even been heard of in the west. Containers of tea {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(find) in tombs dating from the Han dynasty (206BC-220AD) before tea was firmly established as the national drink of China in the Tang dynasty (618-906AD). It became {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a favorite thing that during the late eighth century, a writer {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(call) Lu Yu wrote the first book entirely about tea, the Ch'a Ching, or Tea Classic. It was shortly after this that tea was first introduced to Japan, by Japanese Buddhist monks who had travelled to China to study before. Tea drinking has become a vital part of Japanese culture,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}may be rooted in the sprit described in the Ch'a Ching.

    A small town in New Zealand has announced a (n) {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(usual) plan to ban domestic cats in order to protect native wildlife.

    Those {#blank#}2{#/blank#} currently own cats will not be forced to give them away, according to the plan. However, after their cats pass away, they will not be allowed {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(get) another one. The cats will need to have microchips (芯片) {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(put) just below the surface of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} skins so that they can be found at any time.

    Village officials say the plan {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(need) because domestic cats {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (attack) wild animals in the area. Because of this, the area's native wildlife is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (rapid) disappearing.

    New Zealand has listed 150 animal species as being seriously endangered and in need of {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(protect). These animals include a kind of ant that only lives under one kind of rock, and a kind of lizard (蜥蜴) that only lives {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a certain area.

The English word "dinner" used to refer to breakfast. It comes from the Old French word "disnar", {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in fact means "breakfast".

So {#blank#}2{#/blank#} did this word come to have a different meaning? {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (tradition), dinner (what we now refer to as breakfast) was the first meal of the day, eaten around noon. It also happened to be the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (big) meal of the day, with a lighter meal coming later {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (know) as supper.

Today many people find {#blank#}6{#/blank#} strange that the biggest meal of the day once centered around noon, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it made great sense at that time. Artificial lighting such as oil lamps and candles were expensive, and provided weak light at best. So people went to sleep at sundown, because it's difficult {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (work) and eat in the dark. The last meal of the day was a rushed affair, a quick snack before the lights went out.

Eventually, more meals {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (add) to the day. This meant that people were eating smaller meals before the bigger meal. So the word that once {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (refer) to our first meal, now refers to our last. However, it is true that in many Western cultures dinner still remains the biggest meal of the day.