A rainforest is an area{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(cover) by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year. Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the forest cover, these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (warm) the rest of the world. Losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns, potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the world.

    In the past hundred years, humans {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(begin) destroying rainforests in search of three major resources: land for crops, wood for paper and other products, land for raising farm {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (animal). This action affects the environment as a whole. For example, a lot of carbon dioxide in the air comes from burning the rainforests. People{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(obvious) have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} we will suffer much more than we will benefit.

    Rainforests are often called the world's drug store. More than 25% of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests. However, fewer than 1% of rainforest plants have been examined for their {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(medicine) value. It is extremely likely {#blank#}9{#/blank#}our best chance to cure diseases {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(lie) somewhere in the world's shrinking rainforests.

    A study shows that new technology is reducing children's ability {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(use) a pencil or pen. The study is from the National Health Service in the UK. Researchers said that nowadays, children spend so much time swiping iPads or mobile phone screens {#blank#}2{#/blank#}they cannot hold a pencil properly. Children are not using{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(pencil), so they now lack the muscle{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (strong) in their hands to be able to write {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(proper). Researcher Dr Sally Payne said: “Children are not coming into school with the strong hand and the ability they{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (have)

    10 years ago. Children {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (come) into school are being given a pencil but are increasingly not able to hold it because they don't have the fundamental (基本的) movement skills.”

    The researchers said technology is changing the physical way that children write, draw or make things. Dr Payne explained why. She said: “It's{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(easy) to give a child an iPad than encourage them to do muscle-building play such as building blocks, cutting and sticking, or pulling toys and ropes. One expert said {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a child isn't strong enough to hold a pencil, perhaps their whole body is weak. She said it was better for children's physical development to climb trees {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to watch YouTube videos.

    "Mirror, mirror, which clothes suit me best?" Now, there is a magic mirror in the shopping center {#blank#}1{#/blank#} can answer the question.

    A shopping center in England is selling a magic dressing mirror．You needn't enter a fitting room and put the clothes {#blank#}2{#/blank#} by yourself．All you need to do is to stand in front of the mirror．The magic mirror can tell you {#blank#}3{#/blank#} or not the clothing you have chosen suits you.

    3D technology {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) for the magic mirror for you to choose and try on all kinds of clothes from different stores．When you stand in front of the mirror, with the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (assist) of the technology, you can make its own judgement of your body type．Then you can see {#blank#}6{#/blank#} wearing the dress you have chosen in the mirror．

    It's very convenient for you to find the most {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (suit) dress．You do not have to spend a lot of time {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (walk) around in different stores．{#blank#}9{#/blank#} do you need to shut yourself into a small dressing room．

    "The mirror has worked much better with women's clothing than {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (expect), so we are now developing the software for men's and kid's clothing," said the marketing manager of the shopping center.