No one knows {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(exact) how the earth began, as it happened so long ago. However, according to a widely {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(accept) theory, the universe began {#blank#}3{#/blank#}a “Big Bang” that threw matter in all {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(direction). For several billion years after the “Big Bang”, the earth was still just a cloud of dust.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} it was to become was {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(certain) until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the dust settled into a solid globe. The earth became so {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(violence) that it was not clear {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the shape would last or not. It exploded loudly with fire and rock. They were in time {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(produce) carbon dioxide, nitrogen, water vapour and other gases, which were to make the earth's atmosphere. What is even more important is that as the earth cooled down, water began to appear on {#blank#}10{#/blank#} surface.

A Game Guy

    A few years ago,I got involved in a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(mass) plan to win an Israeli Quiz show similar to Who Wants Be a Millionaire,which was beyond my wildest{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(expect).I was walking down the street{#blank#}3{#/blank#}a friend called and said, “Dude,you've got to run home.You're going to be on the radio{#blank#}4{#/blank#}20 minutes.Explanations later.”As I walked,he explained that he{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(win) the show the week before and wasn't allowed go on again.So he'd played that week using my name.

    Now I was on the radio{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(compete) with ten other people.Not to worry—he was helping me.With one phone, I listened to the radio show,and on{#blank#}7{#/blank#}phone,I had my friend telling me what {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(say).I was just repeating the answers.As we advanced to the final round,where I{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(ask) the question "Who has sold the most albums?" I knew{#blank#}10{#/blank#}answer,so I shouted it.

    As it turned out,however,Britney Spears was not the one.

    Who's the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (popular) cartoon character in China right now? It might be Peppa Pig. Peppa is 6 years old. She {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wear) a red dress. Her favorite thing to do is to jump in muddy puddles (泥坑). She can spend all day {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (do) this. Her favorite toy is a bear named Teddy. Mummy Pig is a beautiful lady and she takes care of her family. Daddy Pig is an architect who is very cheerful and plays with Peppa and George a lot. Peppa often makes fun of his big belly (肚子).They are {#blank#}4{#/blank#} main characters on the British TV show Peppa Pig.

    The show has been on TV in 40 languages in more than 180 {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (country) and regions. It's about the everyday lives of the Peppa Pig family members. The show is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (main) for preschoolers. But many older kids and even adults have become fans of the show {#blank#}7{#/blank#} well.

    “I think its popularity is partly because of it being ageless,” Richard Ridings, a voice actor {#blank#}8{#/blank#} plays Peppa's dad, told the Mirror.

    The show's stories are simple，but {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (it) humor is not too childish. Both kids and adults are always made {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (laugh) as soon as they see Peppa.

    I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class! You can imagine how {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (terrible) shy I was with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no choice but {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(prepare) for it, though. First of all, I was to write the speech,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (lie) in my oral presentation from my memory— for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began when I stood in the classroom with my legs {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(tremble) and my mind blank. But my listeners were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (deliver) my speech with difficulty. After{#blank#}7{#/blank#}seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience satisfied — I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(confident) building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way{#blank#}9{#/blank#} success is our fear. Overcome it and we {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(achieve)our goals.

    Lasa Bailey took her gloves off when {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(take)her dog for a long walk on a winter day and didn't notice anything until that evening. She was shocked when she realized her beautiful anniversary ring was missing. She {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(hurry)back to look for it but couldn't find anything. Her husband kept going on a website where people sell jewelry,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} never found it.

    All that changed, however, thanks to a recent Facebook post {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(write)on their local police department's page. A woman police officer posted, "If anybody knows of anybody losing a diamond ring, please contact us." One of her friends read it and wrote on it "Lisa Bailey".

    The police station happened to find some unidentified {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(jewel)in a local pawn shop (当铺) and took them away. When Bailey learned from her friend that her ring might {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(find), she couldn't believe it.

    The police called Bailey and asked her to describe it. She sent a picture of it to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} and then they asked if she could come to the police station. When the police officer in the station {#blank#}8{#/blank#} had written the Facebook post handed her the ring the next day  she was very thrilled and started to tear up. She could wear her anniversary ring home where it belongs {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (final) after three years' wait.

    Bailey's husband had offered to replace the ring after it went {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (miss), but she refused because she thought it wouldn't be the same.

    The cheongsam is a female dress with distinctive Chinese features and enjoys a growing {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (popular) in the international world of high fashion. The name "cheongsam", {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(mean) simply "long dress", entered the English vocabulary from the dialect of China's Guangdong Province. In other {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(part) of the country including Beijing, however, it is known as "qipao", which has a history behind it.

    After the early Manchu (满族) rulers came to China, the Manchu women normally wore a one-piece dress which came to be called "qipao". {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the rule of the Qing Dynasty was ended in 1911, the female dress survived the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(politics) change and, with later improvements, has become the traditional dress for Chinese women.

    The cheongsam, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}neck is high, collar closed, fits well the female Chinese figure, and its sleeves may be either short, medium or full length, depending {#blank#}7{#/blank#}seasons or tastes. In addition, it is not too difficult {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(make). Nor does it need too much material. Another beauty of the cheongsam is that, they can {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(wear) either on casual or formal occasions. In either case, it {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(create) an impression of simple and quiet charm, elegance and neatness.