It was Mr. Hill's birthday. He was one hundred {#blank#}1{#/blank#}old and many people {#blank#}2{#/blank#}to his birthday party. A reporter came to the party and ask him a few {#blank#}3{#/blank#}."Many people want to know how you keep {#blank#}4{#/blank#}," the reporter said, "Could you {#blank#}5{#/blank#}us about  it " "That is because I{#blank#}6{#/blank#}get up at six in the morning," said Hill."And have three {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a day and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} drink alcohol(酒)" "Really? said the reporter, "my uncle also did the {#blank#}9{#/blank#},and he only lived to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} eighty. What do you think of that?" "He didn't keep it long enough,"  the old man answer.

    Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some {#blank#}1{#/blank#} read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers when they have {#blank#}2{#/blank#} time. They can learn what is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the world.

    Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} look at the front page or the names of the passages.

    Newspapers are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities,  {#blank#}6{#/blank#} in some mountain villages we can see fewer (更少的) newspapers.

    Some newspapers are published(出版) once a {#blank#}7{#/blank#}^, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} enjoy short stories. They just choose what they are interested {#blank#}9{#/blank#}.

Today newspapers in English have the most (最多的) {#blank#}10{#/blank#} in the world. Many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily and 21st Century. They bring us more messages together with the Internet.

    Life in the 2lst century is different from that in the 20th century because many changes have taken place. There are more and more people in the world and most of the lives are longer than before. Computers are much smaller, more {#blank#}1{#/blank#}and more popular. And Computer Science is one of the most important subjects {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . People work fewer hours than they did in the 20th century, and they have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is much more convenient and easier. And more people go to {#blank#}4{#/blank#}countries for holidays. There are changes in our food, too. More land is used for building new towns and houses. Then there is less room for cows and sheep, so meat becomes more expensive. People have to eat more vegetables and fruit. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} it's good for people's health.