My grandma is a great woman named Mary. She was born in 1919 and died in 2009. ___ she didn't live to be 100 years old, she had a good, long life. She worked as a ____ for 70 years. She taught in Africa for many years. Then she ____ Africa and moved to Malaysia. At that time, people didn't travel by plane, so she traveled by ____. It _____her three months to go by ship from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947, she traveled by plane for the first time. This new transportation made traveling from England to Malaysia much   ___ than before. She didn't stop teaching ____ she was seventy-five years old.

Mary really loved teaching and she was also good at ____ stories. I always hear her talk about her stories. They were very_____ , and I would like to listen to her when I was free. She could remember everything though she was old, I think it was because she ____stopped working and thinking. My grandmother was really a great woman.

Earthquake usually come without warnings. What should you do if this happens to you? An earthquake is dangerous, but there are still things you can do to protect yourself.

Stay calm as the earth begins to shake. Your chances of survival in an earthquake go up if you can keep calm.

If you are inside when the earthquake starts, get under a table or a bed. You need to have something strong around you to protect you from falling objects (物体). Do not stand near walls or windows and stay out of the kitchen. The kitchen is dangerous because of many glass objects.

If you are outside, get to open area as fast as you can. Stay away from buildings and trees. If you are in a car, pull over to a place where there are no trees or tall buildings and stay in the car.

When the earthquake is over, there is still plenty of danger. For example, gas fire often comes with an earthquake. If you see a fire, quickly move outdoors to an open area.

Remember: Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

Long long ago, there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people moved from one place to another place over the land, hunting (打猎) animals for food.

No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives first changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow it.

People began to live near one another. And so the first village grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big. When machines appeared, life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities grew very big.

Today some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why?