1    time I have been changed quite a lot from a     2    machine in 1642 to an analytical machine in 1800s. At first I could only     3    difficult sums but gradually I could be made to work as a “universal machine ” to solve any difficult    4     problems.

Both the Winter and the Summer Olympic Games are held on a regular    1    . The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. Every country wants to host the Olympic Games because they thought it not only a     2     but also an honor to be chosen.

The Amber Room, made of several tons of amber and  decorated    1    gold and jewels, has a(n)     2     history. At first, it    3    for the palace of Frederick I. Then in 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great, and later, the Czar made it serve as a small    4    hall.

In addition to the physical benefits, aerobic exercises has     1     benefits. People who exercise aerobically often say that they feel thirty percent less     2     than they did before they began exercising. The aerobics     3     seems to have     4     people who have not     5     been motivated to get much exercise.

Respect is     6     to any relationship. Respect is the key to     7     friendships, to political alliances, and to international cooperation.    8     respect you show that someone     9     to you. Your treatment of others     10     your level of respect for them.

In the 1400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of the powerful ancient Inca Empire. The Inca    1     lived in the now-famous site Machu Picchu. Spain took control of Peru and ruled until 1821. It was for this reason that Spanish is the main     2     language of Peru.

After     3     your destination, you will have a day to explore and be     4     by this ancient city.     5     amazing is the Incas’ dry stone method of building.

My time here in China is going well. I love my new school and classmates. Over the October holiday, my parents and I are     6     to go to Xi’an to see the Terracotta Army. I’ve heard that it is an amazing sight, and I can’t wait to go. To me, the story of the Terracotta Army is almost     7    .

Finally, I stopped     8     myself with     9     and models and looking for things that were wrong with my face or body. Instead, I made a list of the things I liked about myself. By     10    positive about myself and my body, I became both happier and healthier.

So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy     1     butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I     2     the voice of Mrs Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. I had     3     got back to the kitchen     4     the door-bell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!

Put simply,     1     is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough. Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create, what medical     2     you will make or what     3     technologies you will develop! The     4     are endless, and I have     5     in your ability to make a     6     to your family, to your community and to our country.

You need to make a     7     effort to train your mind and develop your     8    . Senior high school will help you learn and grow, yet you alone are    9     for     10     your great potential.

He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm    1    .A gust of wind    2    the bed off the roof and sent it    3    into the courtyard below. The young man did not wake up until the bed    4    the ground.

I sat in the front of the bus to get a good    5    of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped.    6    , I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus. “You’ll have to get off here,” the conductor said. … “We are going back now,” said the conductor.“Well, in that case, I    7    stay on the bus,” I answered.

First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which    8    . The list    9    most of the things Herbert loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Herbert was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was    10    that he was very embarrassed.

The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a     1     business career and study music. My parents, though     2     and sharing my love of music,     3     of it as a     4    . This was     5     in view of the family background. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years at Springhill College and,     6     much beloved and respected in the     7    , earned     8     enough to provide for his large family.     9     a consequence of this example, my parents     10     upon college instead of a conservatory of music.

In Britain and the USA, the managing directors or presidents of big companies are often     1     of being “fat cats”, i.e. bosses whose salaries are often twenty-five times more than the company’s     2     worker. When times are hard and workers are     3     off, they     4     very little. Departing directors, on the other hand, get big golden     5    .

The United States is a     6     nation. Sports in America take a variety of forms. Most sports are     7    , so that what is happening in sports     8     upon the time of year. Some sports are called     9     sports, as the number of spectators greatly     10     the number playing in the game.