Yuan Longping is a great scientist, but his sun-burnt face and his slim, strong body are like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(struggle) for the past five decades. When he was young, hunger was a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (disturb) problem. Since he graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953, he has devoted his life{#blank#}3{#/blank#}developing a new kind of rice{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(call) super hybrid rice. The rice farmers are now producing crops{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (two) as large as before by planting his super-rice{#blank#}6{#/blank#}makes it possible to solve the problem of hunger.{#blank#}7{#/blank#}, he is not satisfied with his work, he still insists on his work to develop his rice. I think his work is of great{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(important) to the world.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (thank) to his research, the UN has more tools in {#blank#}10{#/blank#}battle to rid the world of hunger. Now Yuan Longping is spreading his knowledge in many other less developed countries.

    A man was really worried about his son, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(train) his child.

    The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, "You should leave your son to me. I will make him a man of{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(brave) within three months. However, you can't come to see him during that period."

    Three months later, the boy's father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the child and a(n){#blank#}4{#/blank#}（profession） boxer（拳击手）.

Each time the boxer hit the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up. Several times later，the Buddhist monk asked，"{#blank#}5{#/blank#} do you think of your child?"

    "What {#blank#}6{#/blank#} shame!" the boy's father said." I never thought he could be so{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(easy)knocked down. I shouldn't have left him here at all."

    "I'm sorry that's all you see. Don't you see {#blank#}8{#/blank#} each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(cry)? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have."

    If each time you are knocked down and you have the courage to stand up again, then you can be proud {#blank#}10{#/blank#} yourself.

    Any bird that crossed his path would be eaten by Rex, a German shepherd. Rex{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(rescue) from his previous shelter, where he was going to be put down after a biting incident. Last year, he{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(eventual) arrived at Puriton Horse and Animal Rescue.

    Geraldine was a goose abandoned by owners who could no longer put up {#blank#}3{#/blank#} her. She wasn't exactly the picture of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(warm), either, when she arrived at the same shelter three months ago. The dog and the goose were individually given labels like cruel and dangerous. Neither seemed particularly harmonious with humans or even members of their own species.

    But when the two {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(annoy) creatures were offered a chance to hang out together, something magical happened. They chased each other when first {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(introduce), but Geraldine stood up for herself and that was that. They just fell in love with each other.

    “I've been doing rescue work since 1997 and seen all {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(kind) of strange animal behavior, but I've never seen anything like this,” said Sheila Brislin, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}is the founder of the shelter. “It's so amusing to see them because they love each other to bits. They are very affectionate. She just{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(run) around alongside him all day long and whenever we take him for {#blank#}10{#/blank#}walk in the woods she has to come, too.”

    Just now, I entered the website "Topic for Today". I feel{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(interest) in the report on middle school students' using cell-phones on campus. In fact，more students now come to school{#blank#}2{#/blank#} cell-phones. My schoolmates have different opinions. Some think{#blank#}3{#/blank#}is convenient to get in touch with others with the cell-phone,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}also makes them feel safe especially in time of trouble. Besides，it is nice to enjoy{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(variety) functions of different cell-phones.

    Others think differently. First，the cell-phone is not{#blank#}6{#/blank#}must in school，as there are some IC phones there,{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(make) it easy to call others. Second, many students often play e-games and send{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(message) with their cell-phones, even in class, which will surely have bad effects on their study. What's more, a large amount of time and money will{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(waste).In my opinion, the cell-phone is a useful tool in our daily life. But it doesn't mean we can use it {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(free) in school.

    A few months after returning the US from Germany, I took part in a college course in French. Since I had learned to speak German good in Germany, I thought that it might be interested to begin studying another language.

    People came to the area that's now New Mexico more than 12,000 years ago. Experts think they migrated from {#blank#}1{#/blank#}is now Russia across a land bridge{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(call) the Bering Strait during the last Ice Age. Thousands of years{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (late), native American tribes including the Apache, Zuni, Navajo and Pueblos lived on the land.

    In 1540, a Spanish{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(explore), Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, came to the area in search of cities made of gold {#blank#}5{#/blank#}were rumored (谣传) to exist in the America. He didn't discover treasure, but over the next century the Spanish colonized the land. Then in 1821, Mexico declared its independence{#blank#}6{#/blank#}Spain, and the area became part of Mexico. But after the United States won the Mexican- American War in 1848, New Mexico became an American territory. In 1912, it{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(declare) the 47th state.

    When the Spanish set out to explore the region, they hoped to find land as{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(value)as what they had found earlier in Mexico. So they{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(name) the area Nueva Mexico. ("Nueva" means "new" in Spanish.) As for the word" Mexico", some experts think it's a version of a name that the Aztecs (a cultural group from Mexico) had for one of their gods.

    The state has beautiful scenery from{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (mountain) to forests and deserts. This earns it the nickname the Land of Enchantment.

    So why has English changed {#blank#}1{#/blank#} time? Actually all languages change and develop {#blank#}2{#/blank#} cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was based more on German {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about 800 and 1150, English became {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (little) like German because those {#blank#}5{#/blank#} ruled English spoke first Danish and later French. These new comers {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (rich) the English language and especially {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (it) vocabulary. So by the 1600s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (settle) moved to America. Later in the 18^th century some British people {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (take) to Australia too. English began to be spoken in both countries. Today, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} number of people learning English in the world is increasing rapidly.