The music you love could end up making you deaf. More {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (special), the way you listen to the music you love could be making you deaf.

    The problem is headphones. In the past, we {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (play) music out into the air. Then earmuff-style（耳罩式）headphones were invented and we were able to music much {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (close) to our ears. Now we have car buds（耳塞）, which many doctors think are worse than older headphones because they play music directly into the ears. Also, ear buds are not as good as blocking outside noise, so people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} use them may turn the volume（音量）{#blank#}5{#/blank#} to dangerous levels.

    What's dangerous level? Well, it {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (depend) on how long you are going to listen to the noise. This is the next problem. Very, very loud sounds can be dangerous to your hearing even if you only listen to them for a few minutes. But scary {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (true) is that even “normal” seeming noise can be dangerous {#blank#}8{#/blank#} you listen to it all the time.

Think for three minutes about how long you spend {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (listen) to loud noises with headphones every day. Then do some research. There are resources online to tell you what volumes {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (be) safe, and for how long. Don't take your hearing for granted.

    You might want to think twice before purchasing{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(conventional) grown strawberries or spinach(菠菜). According to a new report from the Environmental Working Group(EWG), these foods are the most likely{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(pollute) with the pesticide.

    Even low levels of pesticide exposure can be harmful to infants, babies and young children,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}parents and caregivers should take measures to lower children's exposures{#blank#}4{#/blank#}pesticides while still{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(feed) them diets rich in healthy fruits and vegetables.

    Just last year, the red berry knocked apples and{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(hold) the title of the most polluted. The pesticide increased in strawberries because of out-of-season demand. The most polluted strawberry had traces of 20{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(vary) pesticides.

    Also moving up on{#blank#}8{#/blank#}list this year is spinach. Spinach jumps from the{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(eight) to the second most polluted product. The study finds spinach samples contain more pesticides by weight than all other produce{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(test). In high doses, it can cause damage to the nervous system.

    With the new term {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (approach）, Bertha Berger struggled to put on her blue jeans. She stepped on the bathroom scale（秤）. She had never seen such a high number on the little scale, so she decided to change. That day she threw out all the junk food in her fridge and went grocery shopping,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (determine）to lose weight; she bought low, fat versions of all her favorite foods. She had two low - sodium（钠）bacon {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（sandwich）with a diet soda for lunch. The food contained over 1, 200 calories but had very little salt. For dinner she ate two turkey burgers with reduced - fat cheese{#blank#}4{#/blank#}she had received over 2, 000 calories, Bertha felt that she needed a reward. Then for dessert she ate one low- calorie ice - cream sandwich. And {#blank#}5{#/blank#} bed she ate a bag of baked potato chips, which she thought were{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（healthy）than normal chips, even if they had {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (rough) the same amount of calories. She dipped them in low - fat cream cheese. Bertha{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（consume）around 6,500 calories that day, but she felt skinny. When she woke {#blank#}9{#/blank#}the next morning, she stepped on the scale. She couldn't wait to see how {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(success）her diet had been.

    Parents' Day is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} American event for the parents and families. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (surprising), this event was not even there two decades ago.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} was only in 1994 that this event got officially accepted in the USA.

    It is very hard {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (say) when the idea of Parents' Day actually came into picture. But it can be certainly said that this event is born to honor and appreciate parents {#blank#}5{#/blank#} are responsible for the upbringing of the new generation. Their hard work {#blank#}6{#/blank#} endurance (耐力) open up a new horizon for the humankind.

    As said earlier, Parents' Day {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(get) its acceptance in 1994. President Bill Clinton passed the law for {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(recognize), uplifting, and supporting the role of parents. It was decided that the fourth Sunday of every July would be celebrated as Parents' Day, which is similar {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Mother's Day and Father's Day.

    The tradition {#blank#}10{#/blank#} celebrating Parents' Day is relatively new. But within few years after its acceptance, the event has spread its wings to the whole world. Now the event is widely adopted.

    Once upon a time, two young men were spending some time in the country. One day, while taking a walk together, they crossed a large field. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (sudden) a bull (公牛) appeared and began to chase (追逐) them. They were very {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (frighten) and began to run, but the bull kept {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (run) after them. Finally, one of the men climbed up a tree and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} other one jumped into a hole. Soon, however, the man {#blank#}5{#/blank#} had jumped into the hole came out again.

    Immediately the bull chased him back into the hole again. This {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (go) on for five or six times. Finally, the man in the tree came up {#blank#}7{#/blank#} an idea and shouted to his friend, “Stay in the hole for a while or this bull {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (keep) us here all day！” {#blank#}9{#/blank#}he jumped back into the hole again, he said, “It's easy for you to say, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} there is a bear in this hole.”

    The Dragon Boat Festival has been marked by {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (eat) zongzi and racing dragon boats for thousands of years. It falls on {#blank#}2{#/blank#} fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese lunar calendar in honor of Qu yuan, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself.

    Qu was minister of the state of Chu {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (lie) in the present-day Hunan and Hebei provinces during the Warring States period. He was upright, loyal and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (high) respected. However, he was fired from office due to his suggestion to fight against Qin in cooperation with other states. During his stay in other states, he wrote a number of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (poem) to express his strong love for his country. When Chu {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (defeat) by Qin. He realized what he could do about it was nothing. Qu jumped into Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month.

    After the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (die) of Qu Yuan, people of Chu went to Miluo River to mourn over the great poet they loved so much. People threw eggs and rice wrapped in leaves {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the river to feed the fish to keep them away from Qu Yuan. Now the Dragon Boat Festival has become {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（tradition） festival for the Chinese people.