Debbie, who lives in Hong Kong, was on holiday in Beijing with her best friend Lily. Lily is a beautiful girl who is studying science at university. She also models{#blank#}1{#/blank#}her spare time. Debbie is studying history and wants to be writer. Lily and Debbie were very{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (excite)to be in Beijing because there was so much to see. Lily suggested {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(visit)the Great Wall first, so they went on a tour to see it the first day. Their tour guide was a young man with {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(glass)who was very {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (knowledge). He told them many interesting stories. The next day, they took a bus from their hotel and then, using a map, they walked around some old hutongs. Both of the girls thought that it gave them a good idea of  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}life was like in the 13^th century. Debbie was{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(especial) excited as she{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(study)hutongs earlier in the year{#blank#}9{#/blank#}was the Forbidden City that was next on{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(they) agenda and the girls loved every minute of the tour around the beautiful grounds. Because they were leaving the next day, when they finished the tour, they went shopping and splashed out on an expensive meal.

    I have a muscle disease but I don't look any different from other people. Sometimes, I was too weak{#blank#}1{#/blank#}go to school so my education suffered. Every time I returned after an{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (absent), I felt stupid because I was behind the others.

    My life is a lot easier at high school because few fellow students make me{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (annoy). My ambition is to work for a firm{#blank#}4{#/blank#}develops computer software when I grow up. Last year I invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to buy it from me. I have a very busy life with no time to sit around{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (feel) sorry for myself. As well as going to the movies and football matches with my friends. I spend a lot of time looking after my pets{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (proper) but I find it worthwhile.

    In many ways my disability has helped me grow stronger psychologically and become more{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (independence). I have to work hard to live a normal life but it has been worth it. If{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (have) a chance to say one thing to healthy children, it would be this: having a disability does not mean your life is not satisfying. So don't feel sorry for the disabled or make fun{#blank#}9{#/blank#}them, and don't ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are, and give them encouragement to live{#blank#}10{#/blank#}rich and full a life as you do.

    As you know, science plays{#blank#}1{#/blank#}very important role in our education. Do you want to keep up{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the latest research and discoveries in science? There are many good websites{#blank#}3{#/blank#}you can check out the latest in the science world.

One great site is Science News for Kids. This site reports science news{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(cover) a wide range of subjects. The articles are intended for younger readers, but adults will find this site{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(suit) for them as well. Another wonderful site, one that I check out every day{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(call) Science Daily. The site is{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(constant) updated with news, often about exciting{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(finding) that change how we view the world.

    These sites post the latest stories and also keep all the past articles they{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(post) earlier. That way you can find articles just about anything that{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(be) related to the science fields you are interested in.

    Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned {#blank#}1{#/blank#} farm, which looked almost abandoned.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby for other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it began to rain heavily. While {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) great efforts to run away, she fell over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the cow. In order to support his family, Mr.

    Johnson {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (begin) to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children's clothes, he started growing cotton, too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market {#blank#}9{#/blank#} people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (he) that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

    The Agricultural Feast {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (fall) after the Independence Day. It is not a worldwide celebration. Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its arrival for its {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (religion) origin.

    Long ago, man's ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word. So annoyed was God {#blank#}3{#/blank#} he turned up and drowned all their crops. Consequently, many people starved to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (die). In order to gain God's forgiveness, a woman poet set off {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (see) God, and made apologies, which moved God. With God's permission, human beings finally had good harvests again. Thus to wipe sadness and remind {#blank#}6{#/blank#} of the belief in God, people celebrate the festival. On the festival, people gather in the open air, such as playgrounds and parking lots, and have fun with each other energetically all night long, as though they were never tired. When a beauty {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (dress) in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} poet, everyone holds his breath. Then, it is the custom that the bone of a rooster head is given to her {#blank#}9{#/blank#} an award.

    Obviously, the story may not be true, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the festival is interesting.

After a lot of preparation, Joseph Lockwood and Philippa Amos were finally ready to start their journey into the Amazon rainforest. They were feeling {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(cheer) as they sailed down the great river. Eventually, they got out of the boat and walked into the darkness of the jungle. Neither of them had ever been in such an extreme situation before, using just a compass (指南针) to find the area where the kind of frog they wanted to study {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (live). Suddenly, Joseph, who was holding the compass, tripped and lost it in a river. The situation seemed hopeless—how would they find the frogs now? But just {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they started to feel really sad and worried that their journey {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) a failure, they saw the frogs they had come to look for.