Recently I have found many of us students spend too much time sending text messages or {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (play) games on cell phones, which has negative effects on our students and also does them to our eyes. Worse still, it is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} waste of time. We have little time to communicate {#blank#}3{#/blank#} our parents and friends. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} do we have time for physical exercise.

    What shall we do {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (improve) the situation? All of us should be {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (full) aware of the harmful effects of frequent use of cell phones. To begin with, let's limit our time {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (spend) on cell phones and start other hobbies. And we should spend more time playing sports, which is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (benefit) to us. besides, talking with friends is also a good choice to help us relax and get rid of the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (addict). I hope that my suggestions will be of help to you.

    Let's put down our cell phones and focus on {#blank#}10{#/blank#} is happening around us!

    The Abbey Road pedestrian crossing in Northern London is one of the world's most famous {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it is on the cover of Beatles album. Now, the British government {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(put) it on the list of national heritage sites.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (normal), only buildings and other architectural sites get the award. It is the first time {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a section of street became part of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (Britain) National Heritage. The crossing is near the Abbey Road studios {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the Beatles made most of their records. Today it can {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(see) around the world on a special webcam(网络摄像头). The studio building {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(it)became listed by British Heritage last February. The photographer of the picture said he only had 10 minutes {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(take) it. It became one of the most famous album covers of all times. The Abbey Road  album was {#blank#}10{#/blank#}last one the Beatles completed before they broke up.

    My best friend and I walked to an ice cream shop today. I brought my water bottle out of habit and commented to her that I had no idea why I brought it. We kept {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(go) though. On our way, a man asked {#blank#}2{#/blank#}either of us had money for water, or a drink or something. He was sitting on the ground at the time with a sign he stopped holding up.

    I offered my reusable water bottle for him{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(keep). He drank all the water quite {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (quick). He gave me my bottle back after all. I said to my friend with a smile, “That was{#blank#}5{#/blank#}I brought it then.”

On the return back from the ice cream store, I tried to get water to go, in case he {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(may) be still there. They only had mineral water and coconut water there, something he probably disliked. It turned out he was no longer there, though.

    My friend and I talked about keeping water{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (bottle) on hand in our vehicles and socks with added positive statement notes. This way, we give away {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (use) things{#blank#}9{#/blank#}are truly helpful. We both like the idea and these things will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (prepare) soon.

    Many people consider old friends to be more important than new ones. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}an old saying goes, “Friends are like wine, the older, the better.” If two pieces of advice {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (give) to solve a problem, one from a new friend and the other from {#blank#}3{#/blank#} old friend, people would prefer the latter one {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the former one, even though the new friend's advice may be better.

    I, however, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (agree) with the old saying, believing that new friends are not necessarily worse than old friends. It is not always right {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (determine) your friendship by the length(长度) of time.

    Once you call someone a friend, he must be a person who is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (rely) and whose interests are in common with {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(you). It is mainly his character (性格) and interests that make him your friend. It {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (actual) has little to do with time. People's appearance may change, but their character usually stays the same. Therefore, on this point, there is no {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (different) between old friends and new friends.

    One day, I was walking in the street when I noticed a woman {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(come) up to me with a nervous smile and said,“Sir, can you help a person out? I haven't eaten for almost two days.” I handed {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(she) a few quarters and watched her walk away.

    That area was so poor and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(rule) by drugs and crimes. I walked to the corner and stopped by the door of the ATM machine. Then I {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(walk) inside and made sure that no one came in behind me.

    I put my card into the machine and deposited my money with a sigh of relief.60.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} I turned to leave, I saw a wallet sitting on another machine. I had a look at it. The name on the license was one I could not pronounce, but whoever he was, he was going to get into a panic over a wallet {#blank#}6{#/blank#} his identification in it being lost in this city.

    I put it in my pocket and went home. In my apartment, I checked the online phone book {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(find) out whether there was someone who matched the name on the cards in the wallet, but without luck. I picked up the bank card and had {#blank#}8{#/blank#} thought. Because I wanted to help the guy, I called his bank. But the girl over the phone said they could not give out any personal information about their clients. So I left my contact information with her and asked her to tell the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(own) to contact me. Two days later, a very {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(thank) gentleman appeared at my office and I gave him back his wallet.

Landslide Injures at least 10 in Norwegian Town of Ask

A landslide (山体滑坡)has smashed into a residential area near the Norwegian capital at midnight on Dec. 30. injuring at least 10 people, leaving 21 unaccounted for and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(destroy) several homes, authorities said.

About 700 people have been brought to safety for fear of further landslides.

The landslide cut across a road, leaving a deep gap that cars {#blank#}2{#/blank#}not pass. Video footage showed dramatic scenes including one house falling into the gap. Photographs showed at least eight destroyed homes.

Rescue workers continued to search the area for children and adults {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(believe) to have been caught in mud and debris (废墟), police said. "We're still looking for survivors? police spokesman Roger Pettersen told a news conference.

Pettersen said there were no reports of missing people, but officials could not rule out the possibility {#blank#}4{#/blank#} there might be survivors in collapsed buildings. He said 21 people registered as living in the area arc unaccounted for.

One of the injured was seriously hurt, while nine had {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(light) injuries. Weather at the time was reported to be challenging, with snowstorm sweeping the village of Ask, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}about 5,000 people inhabited.

Norway's King Harald said the landslide had made a deep impression on him. "My thoughts are with all those who are affected, injured or have lost their homes and chose who now live in fear and uncertainty of {#blank#}7{#/blank#}damage the disaster has caused," he said in a statement released by the royal palace.

The area in which Ask {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(locate) is known to have a lot of quick clay, which can change from solid to liquid from. Previous landslides have been reported in the region.

Helicopters continued to circle over the area as night fell {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (lower) rescuers towards the debris of collapsed houses.

"There could be people trapped ... but at the same time we can't be sure{#blank#}10{#/blank#}it is the new year's holiday, which means people could be elsewhere," Ema Solberg, the Norwegian Prime Minister, told reporters after visiting the site.