As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that     1    winter from the human face”, and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. He    2    the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between.   He made people laugh at a time when they felt     3    , so they could feel more content with their lives.

Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! He was born in a poor family in 1889. His parents were both poor music hall     4    . You may find     5    astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was common in acting families at this time, especially    6    the family income was often uncertain.     7     his father died,     8    the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother. By his teens, Charlie had,     9     his humor, become one of the most popular child actors in England. He could mime and act the fool doing     10    everyday tasks. No one was ever bored watching him-his subtle acting made everything entertaining.

At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were    1    , but today they are accepted as the beginning of    2    we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists     3    artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but     4    the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t     5    to paint objects as we see them with our eyes,     6    instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object,     7    color, line and shape to represent them. On the    8    hand, some paintings of modern art are so     9     that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can    10    what painting styles there will be in the future?

This wonderful plane can     1     seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can     2     anywhere: on snow, water. … The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a     3     island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him….

I still cannot believe that I am     1     this prize that I won last year. I have to remind myself     2    that I am really in AD 3008.     3    the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. As a result, I     4     “time lag”. This is similar to the “jet lag” you get from flying, but it seems you keep getting flashbacks from your    5    time period.

I believe that human    1    is wrong. If we    2    with nature, we will have to deal with the    3    . Who knows    4    could happen? Human life would just become a crop to be    5    or a project for sale. The human race is    6    up the Earth’s natural wealth. We should be having fewer babies in order to    7    the Earth’s population, not cloning more. I feel sorry for the lady    8    cannot have a baby, but I would like to    9    out that there are many children in the world with no parents who would be    10    to have a mother.

Tony worked in a lawyer's office years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good     1    , but he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it     2    . Tony saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me twenty pounds.    3    my surprise, he gave me the money immediately.

The     1    was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were    2     a valuable parcel of diamond from South Africa. A few hours     3    , someone had told the police that thieves would    4     to steal the diamonds.

An advertisement uses words and pictures to     1     people to buy a product or service, or to believe in an idea. Newspapers, magazines, the Internet, radio and television are the most common places to find them. There are two main types of advertisements—commercial advertisements and public service advertisements (PSAs). A commercial advertisement is     2     which someone has paid for to advertise a product or service. PSAs are often run for free, and are meant to educate people about health, safety, or any other problem that affects public     3    .

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would    1    the end of cold weather, planting in spring and    2    in autumn.   Sometimes   celebrations would be   held after    3    had caught animals. Today’s festivals have many origins, some     4    , some seasonal, and some for special people or events. Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to     5    the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. Festivals can also be held to honour famous people. The most    6     and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.       7    the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children       8    money in red paper. People love to get together to eat, drink and have     9     with each other. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our     10    and forget our work for a little while.

Peru is a coastal country along the Pacific， mainly made up of       1     parts： a narrow belt     2     parallel（平行） to the coast， the Andes Mountains， and the Amazon rainforest. The ancient Inca Empire once existed in the 1400s and 1500s， which was     3     then. But in the 1600s， Peru was     4     by Spain， and its     5     came to an end in 1821. Because of this， the main     6     language in Peru is Spanish.

Two popular tourist     7     are the Amazon rainfor­est， and Machu Picchu. You can take a short flight into the rainforest， where you can choose your accommodation in the middle of the forest，     8     the rainforest， where plants and animals are     9    . At Machu Picchu， you will be     10     by its dry stone method of building.