A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} sat next to each other. “What's that in your bag? ” asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the old man.“Gold. There was nothing but gold,” Answered the old man. The young man could not believe his won ears and was {#blank#}2{#/blank#}great amazement. Then he began to think about {#blank#}3{#/blank#}to get the gold. The old man was very tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. After a while the old man {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(lie) down on the chair and fell asleep.The young man took {#blank#}5{#/blank#}big bag gently and quietly. But when he was just about to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the old man's body. Several times he tried to pull it out, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} in vain. At last he took off his coat, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (think) that the gold in the bag must cost far more than his fur coat. Nervous but {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(delight), the young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him until he reached a place {#blank#}9{#/blank#}he thought the old man couldn't find him. He stopped and quickly opened the bag but he just found a great many of small stones in it. Then he ran back to the station {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(hurry) only to find that the old man was gone.

    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.

She {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the finest poet in the world. (acknowledge)

    Your class starts in 10 minutes, but you find yourself {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (stick) in traffic. Don't panic. With just a press of a button, your car will lift off the ground and fly to school. What's your {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (impress)? It seems like science fiction, but it isn't. Engineers have taken {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the research of flying cars, and they have already found {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (solve) to many of the big challenges. They predict that we'll all be using these {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (amaze) vehicles one day. According to Car Trends Magazine, one model, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} is part car and part plane, is going to be on the market in the not-so-distant future. It will look like a regular car when it's on the road, but its wings will unfold when the driver {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (decide) to take to the sky. And {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (operate) by a computer, all controls will be automatic (自动的). Imagine this: You'll be doing your homework while your car is getting you to school {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (safe). And what does this future dream car cost? Well, at first it will be about a million dollars, but after a few years, you'll be able to buy {#blank#}10{#/blank#} for "only" $60,000. Don't throw away your old driver's license just yet!

    Can you imagine waking up each day in a house that is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (gentle) rocked by the movement of water? Well, for some people this vision of the future may become a reality.

    It is a commonly accepted fact that {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Earth's temperature rises, the ice caps at the North and South Poles will melt, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (cause) the sea level to rise.

    So, where does this leave the many countries in the world {#blank#}4{#/blank#}have large sections of their populations living in areas which lie at or below sea level? The Netherlands, for example, is one of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} most highly populated, low-lying countries and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (battle) with the problem of flooding for years. Further rises in the sea level would result in much of the country disappearing under water.

    Inventive architects may have come up with a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (solve) to the problem: a house actually built on the water. The basic idea is that houses will have a base {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (fill) with air and a way of anchoring(使固定) them to the ground. This will allow the house {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (move) upwards whenever the sea level rises and sink back down when the sea level drops. So, will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (float) houses be the homes of the future? For some people there may be no alternative.