Woman: Our design class is really interesting. Don't you think so?

Man: Yeah, I like Professor Vargas, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} sometimes he goes too fast, and I feel like I'm missing something. There's a lot we have {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (remember).

Woman: True. There are a lot of details about all the different styles.

Man: Yeah, there are Art Nouveau, and Art Deco, and Art Moderne... I have a hard time {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (keep) it all straight.

Woman: I know what you mean.

Man: For example, it seems to me {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Art Deco and Art Moderne are the same things.

Woman: Well, it's somewhat confusing. They were both popular in {#blank#}5{#/blank#}1930s although Art Deco came a little before Moderne. I think Professor Vargas {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (say) Art Deco started at an exhibition in Paris in 1925. Let me check out my notes. Right, Art Deco was a popular international art design movement from 1923 until the 1940s, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (affect) the decorative arts such as architecture and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (industry) design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film.

Man: So, they were about the same time. It's one thing that gets confusing. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} thing is, they seem so similar that it's hard to see why they're {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (consider) different styles.

    Can you imagine yourself {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （work） on a project alone in office, and no one out there to support and assist you? Definitely not! We all love to be a part of a team and do things through teamwork. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}just makes life easier.

    Teamwork can {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( explain) as an activity or a set of inter-related activities done by more than one person {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(meet) a common goal. Teamwork is not only followed in the corporate world today, rather it is one of the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(old) things known to man. Mankind has worked in teams and groups since the primitive days of civilization. Hunting in groups {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(be) a suitable example of teamwork during those days. It is only in recent times {#blank#}7{#/blank#}it has been developed as a “concept” in the management jargon（术语）.

    Working as a team can benefit you as an individual, as a team, as well as an {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(organize). For some people, initially, it might be a bit difficult to adjust in a group, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}I am sure, they will gradually learn to adjust and work as a team. Effective teamwork motivates an individual to grow into a responsible citizen, and accomplish individual as well {#blank#}10{#/blank#}organizational goals.

    A proverb says, "Time is money". But in my opinion, time is even {#blank#}1{#/blank#} precious than money. Why？ {#blank#}2{#/blank#}when money is spent, we can earn it back. However, when time is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（go） , it will never return.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} is known to all that the time we can use is limited. Therefore we should make {#blank#}5{#/blank#}use of our time to study hard so as to serve our country in {#blank#}6{#/blank#}future. But it is a pity that there are a lot of people {#blank#}7{#/blank#}do not realize the value of time. They waste their precious time smoking, drinking and playing. In {#blank#}8{#/blank#}word, we should form the good habit of {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(save) time. Do not put off what can be done today {#blank#}10{#/blank#}tomorrow.

    In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice-bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

    Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (create) special design.

    The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) twigs(树枝) to remove it. Over time, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (gradual) turned into chopsticks.

    Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) too violent for use at the table.

    Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat {#blank#}10{#/blank#} their hands.

    We are what we eat because what we eat every day has {#blank#}1{#/blank#} great impact on our health. Therefore, we should make every effort to change our bad eating habits. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} we all know, baked or fried foods may be {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （taste）, but eating too much of them will {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （probable）result in some illnesses. Moreover, some food that costs us a great deal of money and is not healthy is junk food.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (compare) with people in the West, Chinese people used to eat more grain and vegetables, but {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (little) meat, which is a good eating habit. However, things are quite different now. With the rapid economic {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (grow) of our country, we are now also eating a lot of food that is high in sugar and fat. We {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (run) the risk of eating out without {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (consider) the balance of our diet .The food we choose affects our health, so we suggest that the food we choose {#blank#}10{#/blank#} give us the nutrients we need.

Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. This gift was the Amber room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber {#blank#}3{#/blank#} had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} popular in those days. It was also a treasure {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, which took the country's artists about ten years to make.