2 . When we do not understand each other’s language, we can talk with the help of body language.

A Frenchman was once travelling in England. He could not speak English at all.One day he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When the waiter came, he opened his mouth, put his fingers in it and took them out again. He wanted to say, “Bring me something to eat.” The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea. The man moved his head from side to side.The waiter understood him and took the tea away. In a moment he came again with a cup of coffee and put it on the table. The man again refused his offer. He shook his head whenever the waiter brought him something to drink. When the man was going away, another man came in. This man saw the waiter,and he put his hands on his stomach. That was enough. In a few minutes there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table in front of him.

3 . Millions of people pass through the gates of Disney’s entertainment parks in California, Florida and Japan each year. What makes these places an almost universal attraction? What makes foreign kings and queens and other important people want to visit these Disney parks? Well, one reason is the way they’re treated once they get there. The people at Disney go out of their way to serve their “guests” as they prefer to call them and to see that they enjoy themselves.

All new employees, from vice presidents to part-time workers, begin their employment by attending Disney University and taking “Traditions I”. Here, they learn about the company’s history, how it is managed and why it is successful. They are shown how each department relates to the whole. All employees are shown how their part is important in making the park a success.

After passing “Traditions I”, the employees go on to more specialised training for their specific jobs. No detail is missed. A simple job like taking tickets requires four to eight hours of training a day. When one ticket taker was asked why it took so much training for such a simple, ordinary job, he replied, “What happens if someone wants to know where the restrooms are, when the parade starts or what bus to take back to the campgrounds? We need to know the answers or where to get them quickly. Our constant aim is to help our guests enjoy the party.” Even Disney’s managers get involved in the daily management of the park. Every year, the managers leave their desks and business suits and put on special service clothes. For a full week, the bosses sell hot dogs or ice cream, take tickets or drive the monorail and take up any of the 100 jobs that make the entertainment park come alive. The managers agree that this week helps them to see the company’s goals more clearly.

All these efforts to serve the public well have made Walt Disney Productions famous. Disney is considered by many as the best mass service provider in America or the world. As one long time business observer once said, “How Disney treats people,communicates with them, rewards them, is in my view the very reason for its success. I have watched, very carefully and with great respect and admiration, the theory and practice of selling satisfaction and serving millions of people on a daily basis, successfully. It is what Disney does best.”

4 . Scott had always been creative. As he finished university, he _______ to become an inventor. He often designed many new things. His friends thought that he was misguided. “You cannot spend your life as a(n) _______. You will never have a steady income.” Luke, his best friend, was _______ his friend’s future. “Why don’t you reconsider and get a job in the city?” Luke often asked. “This is my _______, ” Scott said to Luke. “I have wanted to be an inventor since I was a small child. I am not going to give up.” 

Over several years, Scott developed many ideas that _______ to become a success. His first invention had many _______ and he was unable to sell it. His second idea received little support from people or companies. Scott’s friend Luke _______ to encourage him to find a(n) _______ career.  

“Scott, you have to think about your _______. I think it is now time to try something else.” “But I cannot stop now. I am so close to coming up with something huge. ________ I left my designs now, all my life would have been wasted,” he replied. Luke nodded, “I ________, my friend. Just know that I am here to support you.” 

Then one day it happened. Scott ________ his design of a new wing for an airplane. He presented it to several companies who all loved his ________. After some competition, a company offered to buy his design.  

“I knew that one day I would________ it!” he said to Luke as they celebrated at his apartment. Luke felt a little guilty for ________ suggesting that Scott should give up. “I don’t know how you kept going all these years,” Luke said. “You certainly deserve every bit of your success.”

5 . I must have always known reading was very important because the first memories I have as a child deal with books. There was not one night that I don’t remember Mom reading me a storybook by my bedside. I was extremely inspired by the elegant way the words sounded.

I always wanted to know what my mom was reading. Hearing mom say, “I can’t believe what’s printed in the newspaper this morning,” made me want to grab it out of her hands and read it myself. I wanted to be like my mom and know all of the things she knew. So I carried around a book, and each night, just to be like her, I would pretend to be reading

This is how everyone learned to read. We would start off with sentences, then paragraphs, and then stories. It seemed an unending journey, but even as a six-year-old girl I realized that knowing how to read could open many doors. When mom said, “The C-A-N-D-Y is hidden on the top shelf,” I knew where the candy was. My progress in reading raised my curiosity, and I wanted to know everything. I often found myself telling my mom to drive more slowly so that I could read all of the road signs we passed.

Most of my reading through primary, middle and high school was factual reading. I read for knowledge, and to make A’s on my tests. Occasionally, I would read a novel that was assigned, but I didn’t enjoy this type of reading. I liked facts, things that are concrete. I thought anything abstract left too much room for argument.

Yet, now that I’m growing and the world I once knew as being so simple is becoming more complex, I find myself needing a way to escape. By opening a novel, I can leave behind my burdens and enter into a wonderful and mysterious world where I am now a new character. In these worlds I can become anyone. I don’t have to write down what happened or what technique the author was using when he or she wrote this. I just read to relax.

We’re taught to read because it’s necessary for much of human understanding. Reading is a vital part of my life. Reading satisfies my desire to keep learning. And I’ve found that the possibilities that lie within books are limitless.

6 . If you are hungry, what do you do? Have your favourite meal and stay quiet after that.    1     But you don’t realise it, because your mind is busy thinking about your friends or favourite stars. If your mind is always hungry, it doesn’t grow. When your mind fails to grow, creativity stops. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next?”, “Why can’t I think?”

    2     Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood. Since it helps with other parts of our life, we have to get help from reading.

Once you read a book, you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you.    3     Now this seed is used by you to develop new ideas, although you don’t realise it. If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to create a lot of things, which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!

This is nothing but creativity.    4     When you’ve read widely enough, you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and find yourself able to freely use plenty of good right words.

So dear friends, do give food for your mind by reading, reading and more reading.    5     Go and get a book!

My aim in life is     1     (protect) the environment for future generations. I want to become     2     environmental consultant after graduation. Many people think that pollution cannot     3     (stop) if we want the country to develop. But that is not true. We can cut back on     4     (danger) and dirty waste from factories. Although a factory produces a large quantity of goods, it does not mean that it has to pump a lot of pollution into the environment. I also want to teach people to buy products     5     have been recycled. This is much     6     (good) for the environment, because it means we do not need to cut down many trees.Companies and businesses can still operate,     7     the Earth will not have to suffer.

There is no     8     (debate) that we also have a problem with population. The number of people in the world keeps growing, and we    9     (produce) more rubbish and using up more raw materials. What if they run out? I am confident that if we are all willing     10     (work) together, we can overcome these challenges and keep the Earth clean and healthy.

8 . It isn’t every day that the future and the past get to meet on national television.

When his wife of 72 years passed away six years ago, Peter Davies ________ he felt like “a lost soul”. The 100-year-old man from Macclesfield, England ________ to find new purpose in his life, so when his daughter suggested he offer his help at the local elementary school, he ________ to go for it.

“I was married for 72 years, and when my wife died, life changed ________,” Peter explained. “My daughter suggested that, to get some ________ back into my life, I do something I’m ________ of doing”

Peter chose to ________ at a primary school, and he was a huge ________ with all of the children he tutored. He ________ reading into a fun game. Besides, his new ________ as a grandfatherly figure made him feel more connected to his community than ever before

“The ________ are great,” said Peter. “I’m sure I get more than the kids do. It is a lovely warm feeling that I ________ the community. I’m part of it. Moreover, my image is ________. Wherever I go in the village, a child will shout ‘Hello Mr. Davies.’ I feel 10 feet tall. ”

Recently he was ________ with a British Empire Medal (BEM) on television with the youngest recipient, 18-year-old Dara McAnulty. “He is the future, and I am the past,” Peter said. “It’s just simple as that, it really is. I’m ________ for him.”