Body language is one of the most powerful {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(mean) of communication, often even more powerful {#blank#}2{#/blank#}spoken language. People around the world show many kinds of feelings, wishes and attitudes that they might never speak aloud. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is possible to "read" others around us, even if they do not intend for us to catch their {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(speak) communication. Of course, body language can be misread, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} many gestures and actions are universal.

    The most universal {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(face) expression is, of course, the smile- its function is to show happiness and put people at ease. It does not always mean that we are {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(true) happy, however. Smiles around the world can be false {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(hide) other feelings like anger, fear or worry. There are unhappy smiles, such as when someone" {#blank#}9{#/blank#}_ (lose) face" and smiles to hide it. However, the general purpose of smiling is to show good {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (feel).

    Many people travel during the holiday season but do not make sure that their houses {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (protect). Crimes go up rapidly during the winter and summer holiday seasons. Here are two things that you should keep in mind when you go {#blank#}2{#/blank#} holiday.

    Always give {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (strange) the feeling that you are at home. Have the snow {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (clean) off your stairs or out of your driveway during the winter season. Your might ask others to park {#blank#}5{#/blank#} cars in your driveway.

    Tell your newspaper deliverer that you are not at home. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (have) a pile of newspapers and other mails on your doorstep tells people that you are not at home, so you should have a neighbor {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a relative get your mail every day.

    Nobody would bother to make these classic novels into films if they {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(have) nothing to do with contemporary life.

    Great Expectations {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (set) in England in the early 1800s.

    Like many of Burns' poems, a Red, Red Rose was intended {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (be) a song.

    Some of the world's greatest singes were also cast in this {#blank#}11{#/blank#} (produce).

    Modern pop music has its roots in the folk songs of black Americans{#blank#}12{#/blank#} (hold) in slavery.

    Thus, from the blues, there {#blank#}13{#/blank#} (spring) up a faster, livelier kind of music called jazz.

    Besides the works of da Vinci, the Louvre Museum has more than 6,000 other European paintings, {#blank#}14{#/blank#} (range) from the 13th century to the 19th century.

    The idea for our festival was hatched back in 1978, {#blank#}15{#/blank#} it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival.

    New York, 10 November 5:27 pm, yesterday. Biggest power failure in the city's history.

    Thousands of people got{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(stick) in lifts. Martin Saltzman spent three hours between the 21st and 22nd floors of {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Empire State Building. "There were twelve of us. But no one{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(panic). We passed the time telling stories and{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(play) word games. One man wanted to smoke but we didn't let him. Firemen finally got us out."

    "It was the best night we've ever had," said Angela Carraro,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}runs an Italian restaurant on 42nd Street. "We had lots of candles on the tables and the waiters were carrying candles on{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(they) trays. The place was full and all night, in fact, for after we had closed, we let the people stay on and spend the night here. Business was{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(good) than usual."

    The zoos had their problems like everyone else. Keepers worked through the night. They used blankets{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(keep) flying squirrels and small monkeys warm. While zoos had problems keeping warm, supermarkets had problems keeping cool. "All of our ice cream and{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(freeze) foods melted," said the manger of a store in downtown Manhattan. "They were worth $50,000."

    The big electric clock in the lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in downtown Manhattan started ticking (滴答) again at 5:25 this morning. It was almost {#blank#}10{#/blank#}time.

    My experience of teaching students was a wonderful adventure. I had to deal with various challenges again and again.

    The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (great) part of it was the relationship I developed with two students. One of the students was Michael, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} I met when I was working for a kindergarten. Before I became a morning bus assistant, I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (hear) that Michael was a student who would always shout, stand up on the bus, make fun {#blank#}4{#/blank#} other students, and distract the bus driver. So I decided that each morning, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} he got on the bus, I'd have Michael sit beside me. At first he didn't like this idea. But soon he settled down, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (know) he had no choice. I began to talk to him about little things outside of school life, such as his weekend {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (activity) and things that he liked to do. I also listened {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (close) to him. As I gave Michael the attention that he needed, little by little, he began to behave better and better.

    Another student I took a special interest in was a boy {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (name) Tony, a third grader. To some degree, Tony seemed to be a slow or passive learner. So I decided to see if I could find a way to encourage Tony {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (stay) at the task. Before long, he was paying more attention to his studies and scored high in all tests.