1 . It’s ten o’clock on Saturday morning. It is raining now, so we have to stay at home. I don’t like rainy days _______ I can’t do outdoor activities (户外活动). But my brother John likes rainy days. He says he can play with _______. Let me show you what we are doing now.

Look! My father is _______ a newspaper in the living room. China Daily is his favorite newspaper. My mother _______ rooms and she will go to the supermarket after that. _______ is my brother? He is playing _______ in his room because he is interested in music. What about me? I am _______ my computer to do my homework. Our science teacher asks _______ to find some news about animals. I think it’s easy and interesting to do our homework _______ this. Are there any other members (成员) in my family? Yes! Our pet dog is __________ on the sofa. She’s kind of lazy and she always sleeps in the daytime (在白天).

There are a lot of interesting names in the English language. Where did they come     1    ? Let’s have a look. The jackfruit (菠萝蜜) is a     2     fruit from some countries of Asia (亚洲). That’s     3     so many people enjoy eating it. When thinking about the fruit’s English name, it is easy to have questions like “Who is Jack? And why does he have his own fruit?”

Actually (实际上),   “jackfruit”     4     a person’s name at all. The fruit’s name first came from the southern Indian word chakka pazham. Portuguese explorers (葡萄牙探险者) came to the place and     5     it jaca. That was the English name of jackfruit today.     6     this fruit didn’t name after anyone with the name of Jack.

But there is     7     food, it really named after a person—the sandwich (三明治). In the 18th century, it was getting popular to play cards at     8     in the UK. John Montagu, the 4th Earl (伯爵) of Sandwich, started the habit of ordering pieces (片) of cold beef between two pieces of     9    . With this late-night food, people didn’t have to leave the table or use a knife and fork (刀叉).

The next time you find an interesting name in the English language, don’t forget to look into (探究)     10     history.