The first computer came out in 1946. It was very _______ and it worked slowly. Today computers are much smaller and _______ faster.What can computers do? A writer said, “People can’t live _______ computers today.”

The _______ came a little later than computers. It is about 25 years _______ than computers. But now it is almost _______. We use it to read books, do some shopping, play computer games or make friends. Many students use the Internet quite often. They _______ online and maybe they never know these people. They don’t know their _______ names, ages and work. They are so interested in making the “unreal friends” that they can’t put their hearts into _______. Many of them become poorer (更糟糕) in subjects than before _______ that.

Computers and the Internet let us learn more about the world, but we should remember that they can’t do anything.

When Owen was a baby hippo, he     11     his parents in a big     12    . He felt very sad and     13    . But everything changed when he met Mezee, a 130-year-old tortoise. They built a good     14    . They ate, slept and swam     15    . Owen felt happy again.

Robert likes to take a walk in the park after work. One day when he was walking in the park, he heard a woman calling his name. He stopped to look around, but didn’t see anything except a little snake. Shortly after Robert saw it, it was gone.

Though Robert felt a little strange, he did not think about it too much and sat down for a rest on a bench (长凳) in the park. Then he noticed the snake that he just saw climbing up the bench. Robert was too afraid to move away from the bench. Right at this moment, a woman behind him shouted, “Come here, Robert. You can’t stay on the bench like that. People will be scared by you.”

In surprise, Robert turned around and said to the woman, “Excuse me, but that’s not a very nice thing to say, and in fact some people say I’m handsome.”

“I’m not talking to you,” said the woman, “I’m telling Robert, my pet snake, to get down from the bench, not you.”