Joe Smith is a player in a football team．Several{#blank#}1{#/blank#}ago，he and his family were taking a holiday in a small town．One rainy afternoon，it was {#blank#}2{#/blank#}for them to play outdoors，so the family decided to go to the cinema．Joe，his wife(妻子)and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}children drove down to the town's cinema．They bought four{#blank#}4{#/blank#}and then went into the hall．The lights were still on(亮着)，and there were just{#blank#}5{#/blank#}other people there．When Joe walked in．some of them saw him and{#blank#}6{#/blank#}lapping(鼓掌)．Joe gave them a smile and turned to his wife，"Ah，what a warm welcome!I can't believe they know me here．"he said．"I{#blank#}7{#/blank#}they've seen my games on TV"When they sat down．a young man turned around to shake hands with Joe．"I just can't believe you know{#blank#}8{#/blank#}I am，"Joe said．The man {#blank#}9{#/blank#}puzzled(困惑的)．"All I know'"said the man,"is that they said they would not show the film {#blank#}10{#/blank#}at least ten people had bought tickets．"

 (短文由Unit 2的课文改写而来)

   Now, people around the world are doing different things
   It's 5:00 pm in London. It's time to {#blank#}1{#/blank#}People are waiting for buses or trains. Some are driving home.

    It's 8:00 pm in Moscow. It's time for {#blank#}2{#/blank#}People are having it at home or in restaurants.

    It's 1:00 am in Beijing. Most people are sleeping, but some are still{#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    It's 9:00 am in Los Angeles. People are working and children are starting {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    It's 12:00 in New York. People are {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A Brief History of Time

    Stephen enjoyed writing books. In 1988 he{#blank#}1{#/blank#} A Brief History in Time. This book covered modem subjects on cosmology such as the big bang and black holes in terms that could be understood by the{#blank#}2{#/blank#} reader. The book became very popular selling millions of {#blank#}3{#/blank#}and remaining on the London Sunday Times best-seller list for four years. He had since written many more books{#blank#}4{#/blank#} A Briefer History in Time, On the Shoulders of Giants, and The Universe in a Nutshell.

    Li Wen is a 16-year-old boy. He works hard and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} well in school. It is hard to believe that he had much {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in school. His parents moved to the city to look for jobs, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they couldn't be at home to look {#blank#}4{#/blank#} him. From then on, he became less interested in {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to school and missed classes. Then his parents made a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to send him to a boarding school. He was shy and had no friends. Life there was difficult for him. One day he told his teacher he wanted to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the school. His teacher called his parents and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} them to come back and talk with their son in person. Then his parents came back and had a talk with him. This communication changed his life. He realized that his parents would always love him and they would be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} of everything good that he did. Now he is much {#blank#}10{#/blank#} and more outgoing than he used to be.