Once a farmer lost his watch in his barn, in which lots of grain was kept. The watch, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} was a gift from his father, was very important to him and he was determined to find it.

    After searching the barn for a long time, however, he gave up and asked for help from a group of children who were playing nearby. He promised to give a great reward to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} found the watch.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (hear) this, the children hurried inside the barn immediately . {#blank#}4{#/blank#} searched everywhere but still could not find the watch buried in the grain. The farmer was about to give up {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a little boy went up to him and asked to be given {#blank#}6{#/blank#} second chance.

    The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”

    So the farmer sent the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the watch in his hand! The farmer, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (surprise) but happy, asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed.

    The boy replied, “I did nothing but {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sit) quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”

    This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (well) than an excited one.

    Tim Cook，the CEO of Apple，showed off their newest device，the Apple Watch．Mr．Cook said it was the most personal device Apple{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(create)．

    The Apple Watch is a very small computer a person wears on his or her wrist．It can do many of the same things{#blank#}2{#/blank#}an iPhone．The apps are customized(定制) for the watch．It is different than just seeing{#blank#}3{#/blank#}is on your phone．

    Like a phone，you will be able to receive{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(call)on your wrist．Mr.Cook smiled while{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(describe) this. “I've been wanting to do this since I was five years old，”he said. “The day is{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(final) here．”

    The watches arrived in stores{#blank#}7{#/blank#}late April．They are sold at different prices，beginning at ＄349．Mr．Cook said the high-end model，the one{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(make) of 18-karat gold，is thousands of dollars.

    One problem with Apple Watch is that you need an iPhone on your body，or nearby{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(get) this watch to function fully．Like a phone，it also needs to be charged each night. It remains to be seen whether people really want to carry both a smart phone{#blank#}10{#/blank#}a smart watch.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American leader of the civil rights movement in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} 1960s.King {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (remember) for his non-violent protests against the unequal treatment of African-Americans. His actions led to equal rights {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (law) for all people.

    In addition to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (become) an activist, King was a scholar and religious leader. One of the most famous events related {#blank#}5{#/blank#} him came in 1963.That year, more than 250,000 people assembled in Washington, D.C. for the “March on Washington". King delivered a historic address {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (know) as the" I Have a Dream speech, one of the most famous lines from the speech {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(read): I have a dream {#blank#}8{#/blank#}one day little black boys arid black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

    King's actions helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The law ended the legal {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(separate)of people by race in public places. Although the Civil Rights Act was important, it did not address all kinds of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (race)discrimination.

The Future Life on Mars

    Compared with the life we {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (live) on the earth now, the future life on Mars will be {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (total) different.

    Firstly, without pollution on Mars, people will be able to drink cleaner water {#blank#}3{#/blank#} breathe fresher air, so they will be {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (health).The food on Mars will be different from {#blank#}5{#/blank#} food now. People will just take {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (pill) and drink man-made juice instead of eating bread and meat. Secondly, people will travel back to the earth or to other planets for sightseeing by spaceship. Additionally, there will be no {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (fix) school and classrooms. Children will just fly to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} classroom {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the school spaceships. And people won't work in factories or companies. They can stay at home, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (work) with computers.