1 . A child wrote a heartbreaking composition about cellphones. When the child’s parents read it, they were _________ to tears. In the composition, the child _________ his complaint in a very moving way.

The child’s mom _________ to be his teacher and she asked her students to write a composition on what they would like to be in this modern world. She was grading their compositions when _________ she came to a stop.

The mother could not _________ what she was reading. Her husband noticed her _________ and asked her what was wrong. And she told him a child wrote he would like to be a _________, but his reasons were so _________. He felt his parents paid more attention to their cellphones than they did to him. He explained that as soon as his _________ came home from work he went __________ to his phone instead of paying attention to him. Reading this, the child’s mom was __________ in tears, but her husband was even more __________ when she told him that it was their son who wrote it.

Stories like this always remind me to be more __________ about the time I give to my cellphone. Too much use of it has __________ my life. So I will start __________ my phone when I am spending time with those I love.

2 . Imagine this: You’re digging a well, and instead of hitting water, you unearth a headless human body made of pottery. This actually happened to farmers in Shanxi province in central China in 1974. Local archaeologists heard of the find and biked over to investigate. They realized that the figure had come from a tomb built over 2,000 years ago for China’s first emperor, Qin Shihuang. Archaeologists finally discovered three separate pits (穴) filled with 8,000 life-sized statues, all made from terracotta-a type of fired clay.

About a mile away from these pits, there’s a large mound (山丘). Archaeologists know that this is the main part of Qin Shihuang’s tomb, but they have never looked inside. They have left it alone out of respect for the first emperor and to protect the tomb as it is.

“Many people wish to see the treasures and mysteries inside, but we cannot,” says Xiuzhen Li, an archaeologist. Opening the tomb could damage its contents. Someday, Li hopes, we’ll have technology that will let us see inside the main part of the tomb without opening and disturbing it.

“Probably in the near future we’ll have some new technology that can see inside like an x-ray,” she says. Scientists are working on techniques that make it possible to see underground. Another idea is that a tiny robot could enter through a small hole and capture videos of what it sees. Even if this robotic exploration is done very carefully, however, it would still damage the tomb. For now, the Chinese government prefers to wait to do anything until they have even better technology.

People send birthday wishes using cards and postcards in many cultures. It is not known when and where the tradition of     1     (send) birthday cards began, however, it is believed     2     it was in England in the early nineteenth century. In those days people sent birthday cards because they couldn’t wish somebody     3     happy birthday in person.

In 1840, the first postage stamp was issued (发行) in Britain and sending birthday cards became     4     (cheap) and therefore more popular. The development of colour printing processes in the 1930s also helped to increase sales of cards.

Today usually cards     5     (give) with a present, even when people can send     6     (they) wishes in person. In recent times, e-cards have also become popular: many people are starting to use these instead       7     traditional cards as they are free, environmentally     8     (friend) and arrive more quickly. So will e-cards take the place of paper cards in ten or twenty years? Probably not. For young     9     (child) and old people or for very formal occasions (正式场合) e-cards are not proper and some people     10     (simple) don’t use the Internet.

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear     1     spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation.     2    , we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct. There is no easy way to success     3     language learning.     4     good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only     5    (memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and     6     meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language.     7     we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of     8    (advise) for those who are studying a new language. Practice is     9    (importance). We must practise speaking and     10    (write) the language whenever we can.