People realize that, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} animals may not have the same intelligence as human beings, they are smart enough to learn certain things.

    Dogs are {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (extreme) useful as companions for blind people. When a dog has been properly trained, he will always lead his master {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the right direction and keep him out of danger.

    Horses are also able to learn many things. Horses that are used for guard or police duty must learn never to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (frighten) of noises, traffic, and other disturbances. Racing horses are also quite strong. Therefore, it is necessary for those people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} train them to be very patient and understanding.

    The moving pictures and television can use {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (train) animals too. Some animals, such as monkeys and foxes, are easy to film. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} you have to do is make a trail in front of the camera by dragging something that smells good to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} animals over the ground. Big animals, such as lions and tigers, can be photographed as they bound happily back to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} families and dinner. If a movie actor is nearby, the well-trained animal will pay no attention to him. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, the audience may imagine that the actor escaped a terrible death by the skin of his teeth.

    Liu Fang is a famous pipa soloist, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} whose music is strongly influenced by traditional singing. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (graduate) from Shanghai Conservatory of Music, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she studied the pipa and the guzheng, she went back to work in her hometown Kunming. She then moved to Canada in 1996 and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (live) there since then. For her, the biggest challenge of playing the pipa is to respect the traditions but{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (add) her own style. In her opinion, classical Chinese music and traditional Chinese painting are quite {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(like). The former has {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (silent) that is full of music {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the latter features empty spaces which give life to the whole painting. As a soloist, she enjoys performing live, for she likes the atmosphere of a concert. Not having a concert for a long time may put her in a state of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (depress). She also enjoys the time immediately after the concert to share the feelings and ideas with the audiences, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (listen) to their opinions about the music.

    I used to live in San Paulo, Brazil.

    It is a huge city with more people{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (live) in it than in my own country. I rented a flat in a wealthy community, but there was a favela（贫民窟）quite near. For several months I didn't have a car, so I used public transportation to go to the city centre.

    Once,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}my way back, I had to wait for a long time at a bus stop. I was alone, except for a woman {#blank#}3{#/blank#} was apparently very poor. She carried a small paper bag of popcorn.

    While{#blank#}4{#/blank#}were waiting, she walked over and offered me some popcorn. I thanked her,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}I didn't want to help myself to it. She repeatedly {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(insist) that I take some from the paper bag.

    I was so moved by that woman's{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(kind) that day. I clearly had more than she did, but she naturally and joyfully shared {#blank#}8{#/blank#}she had with me.

    I think about how poor people are sometimes able to share the little they have more easily

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#}those who own a lot. I wonder if it's true that the more you have,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} more difficult it is for you to share anything with others.

    "Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell." Picture this:You're rushing {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(finish) your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up to get it {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(do). How can you feel calm and happy?

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(invention) have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(noise) cities often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead {#blank#}5{#/blank#}simple life.

    One family in the UK went "back in time" to see{#blank#}6{#/blank#}life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Thomas,7, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(spend) nine weeks in a house dating back to 1940. They had no microwave, computer or mobile phones.

    The grandmother, Molly, said, "It was hard {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(physical), but not mentally." She believed life was less materialistic."The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes," she said. The boys said they had less to fight over, their computer, for example. Benjamin also noticed that {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(he)grandmother had changed from being a trendy, beer-drinking granny to one{#blank#}10{#/blank#}liked cooking things.

    National Youth Day is celebrated in China every year on 4^th May. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (establish) by the Government Administration Council of People's Republic of China in December of 1949 {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (honor) the May Fourth Movement of 1919.

    After World War I ended, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} peace conference was held by the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France and Japan in Paris. China sent some of its delegates (代表) to participate in the conference. China demanded that Japan cancel the unfair “21 items” and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Germany should give Shandong Back to China, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} was occupied by Japan during WWI. The very rational request was refused and the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (legal) privilege of Germany of Shandong Province was transferred to Japan. The outcome caused a significant amount of anger among the residents of China. Approximately 30,000 students from different {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (university) around Beijing gathered at Tian'anmen Square on May 4^th to hold a protest {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the decision. Finally on June 28^th Chinese delegates refused to sign the Paris Treaty, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (make) the movement a success. This marked the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (begin) of National Youth Day.

    China's research icebreaker Xuelong, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}126 crew members aboard on the 35th Antarctic research mission, on Thursday local time left the Zhongshan Station on {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (it) way back to China.

    Snow Eagle 601, China's first fixed-wing aircraft for polar flight, on Thursday night also departed from the Antarctic after {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(complete)all assignments.

    Xuelong, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} arrived near Zhongshan on Feb 9, supplied the station with fuel oil, and then picked up summer expedition team members at the Kunlun, Taishan and Zhongshan stations, as well as {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(member)of the fixed-wing aircraft project.

    Sixteen members of the Kunlun team {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(previous) completed all scientific expeditions at Dome Argus (Dome A), the South Pole's highest icecap. They, together with 21 members of the Taishan team, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(return) to Zhongshan on Feb 8.

    The Zhongshan team completed tasks including installation of and tests for LiDAR, drilling of ice bed rock, atmospheric sounding {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(observe), surveys of birds and aerial exploration carried out by the fixed-wing aircraft.

    As the summer expedition team at Zhongshan left, 19 members would stay for winter expeditions.

    Also {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(know)as the Snow Dragon, the icebreaker carrying a research team set sail from Shanghai on Nov 2 last year, beginning {#blank#}10{#/blank#}country's 35th Antarctic expedition. It is expected to arrive in Shanghai in mid-March.