American popular music is played all over the world．Peopleof all ages in all countries enjoy{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (listen) to it．The reasons for{#blank#}2{#/blank#} popularity are its fast pace and rhythmic beat．The music has many origins in the United States．Country music,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}  (come) from the rural areasin the southern United States, is one source．Many people appreciate this music because of the emotions{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (express) by country music songs．

        A second origin of American popularmusic si the blues．It described mostly sad feelings{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (reflect) the difficult lives of American blacks．Itis usually played and sung by black musicians, but it is popular with all Americans．

Rock music is a newer form of music．This music style was known{#blank#}6{#/blank#} rock and roll in the 1950's．Sincethen there{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) many forms of rock music, hard rock, softrock, punk rock, disco music and others．Many {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (perform) of popular rock music are youngmusicians．

People hear these songs{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sing) in their original English or sometimestranslated to other languages．The words may differ{#blank#}10{#/blank#}the enjoyment of the music is universal．

    Bank of China and Alibaba are the dream employers for Chinese students, according to a new survey.

    The survey of more than 55,000 students , {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (conduct) by a research firm Universum, found that{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (rough) a quarter want to work for an international company, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} only 9% want to work for a start-up and Five per cent want to start their own business.

    When it comes to desirable companies, business students {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (name) Bank of China the top choice for seven years and it shows no signs of giving up its lead.

    William Wu, manager of Universum, said that banking remains {#blank#}5{#/blank#} attractive industry for young Chinese. “China's government is now emphasizing the revolution of the finance industry, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} leaves the younger generation with the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (impress) that though banking is a traditional industry, there are still a lot of development {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (opportunity),” Wu said.

    Alibaba improved six places from 2014, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (rank) second {#blank#}10{#/blank#} business students. It held a record- breaking $25 billion IPO in September.

    Volunteering to help people in need combined{#blank#}1{#/blank#}travelling to faraway places is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} new trend in the travel industry. It is called voluntourism. People travel to other countries, learn languages and other cultures and gain new{#blank#}3{#/blank#} ( experience ). Recent statistics show that in the past few years voluntourism {#blank#}4{#/blank#} ( be) one of the fastest - growing areas of tourism, More than 1.6 million people around the world are volunteers in other countries. They work in orphanages (孤儿院), help build schools, assist in hospitals and do farming work in{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (develop) countries. There are many reasons {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people want to engage in voluntourism, Students see it as a gap year after school, while others {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (simple) want to take time out from a job and do something else. However, some voluntourists do not see volunteering {#blank#}8{#/blank#} what it is. They only think it is a cheap way {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（travel）and don't really want to get{#blank#}10{#/blank#} （involve） in hard work.

    The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway may be the slowest train in the world. Every day the train {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (climb) over 2250 meters. Although the entire trip is 80 kilometers, it takes up to ten hours. The railway {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (build) in 1881 and has been carefully protected for its cultural importance. Today the train is attractive to the passengers who come from other places {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (see) the railway and the surrounding mountains. They seem to get a lot of pleasure {#blank#}4{#/blank#} its slow speed. For {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (fan) of this train, being slow is actually a good thing. As these people say, “slow” has four letters, so has life; “speed” has five letters, so has death.

    Increasingly, Americans are becoming their own doctors by going to diagnose their symptoms, order home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies(药店).Some avoid doctors because of the high cost of medical care, especially{#blank#}1{#/blank#} they lack health insurance. Or they may stay away because they find it{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(embarrass) to discuss their weight, smoking, alcohol consumption or couch potato habits. Patients may also fear what they might learn about their health, or they distrust physicians because of negative {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (experience) in the past. But{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(play) doctor can also be a deadly game.

Every day, more than six million Americans turn to the Internet{#blank#}5{#/blank#}medical answers— and most of them aren't nearly sceptical enough of what they find. A 2002 survey by the Pew Internet &American Life Project found that 72 percent of those{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(survey) believe all or most of what they read on health websites. They shouldn't look up “headache” and the chances of finding {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(rely) and complete information, free from a motivation for commercial gain,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) only one in ten, reports an April 2005 Brown Medical School study. Of the 169 websites the researchers rated, only 16 scored as “high quality”. Recent studies found faulty facts about all sorts of other disorders, causing one research team to warn that a large amount of incomplete, inaccurate and even dangerous{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (inform) exists on the Internet.

    The problem is most people don't know the safe way to surf the Web. “They use a search engine like Google, get 18 trillion choices and start clicking. But that's risky, because almost anybody can put up a site that looks authoritative ( 权威的), so it's hard to know if what you're reading is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(reason) or not,” says Dr. Sarah Bass from the National Cancer Institute.

    Everyone likes to have friends {#blank#}1{#/blank#} are trustworthy. When what we say matches what we do, we earn trust and friendship. On {#blank#}2{#/blank#} contrary, once we break our word, nobody will ever trust us again. For example, if you are {#blank#}3{#/blank#} untrustworthy worker, you are less likely {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (get) a promotion. Therefore, the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (important) of keeping one's word cannot be stressed too much.

    I once had the unpleasant experience of someone breaking his promise to me. Last month, everyone in my class had to gather at school {#blank#}6{#/blank#} 6:30 am for our {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(graduate) trip. My friend Ben asked me to meet him at McDonald's at six, but he never showed up. I was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (depress) that when I called him, he told me he was already at school. I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (rush) straight there, but all my classmates still blamed me for delaying the trip. After that, I ended my{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (friend) with Ben because I don't need friends who can't keep their word.