1 . The fall leaves are really starting to change now. It looks like the trees and mountains have become a canvas painted by a loving artist. The bright, beautiful reds are_________in the sunlight and the yellows look like gold. Some trees have only a few leaves changed, some are half-way and others have already completely_________. Some of the leaves are falling to the ground to turn it into a colorful_________. I am enjoying this so much because I am completely aware when winter arrives all of the trees will be_________with the leaves down. It is always a little sad to see but I know it is the circle of life. Those dead leaves will become the soil that feeds the trees and_________new life next spring.

Today I noticed a lovely little girl from our community picking up the fallen leaves from the ground. The prettiest reds, yellows, and oranges were picked up and_________in her arms. Soon she had quite a pile and carefully carried them over to her Mom and then with a smile gave them to her as if they were delicate flowers. Her Mom accepted them with a smile and together they put them out on their porch and stared at them like the priceless_________.

I watched this_________from my living room window with a smile on my face as well. The world creates a circle of love as well as a circle of life. And I am positive that the former like the latter will never end. It will_________all through this life and into the next. Take your place in the circle. Give love. Receive love. Live every day of your life to the__________with love. And your soul will shine bright like the most beautiful tree in autumn.

2 . Nowadays, many music fans listen to songs not from records or CDs but directly from the Internet. This is called streaming, and it allows people to listen to what seems like an endless variety of songs. But how exactly does it work?

The largest music-streaming website, Spotify, began in Sweden in 2008. It spread to other countries as major music labels agreed to let Spotify users stream their songs. _________, Spotify gives the labels some of its earnings. Spotify users have a variety of ways to choose what songs they listen to. They can _________ songs by artist or title. They can play entire albums（专辑）, create playlists or listen to playlists from other users. Many streaming services allow people to sign up for free accounts. _________, free accounts are usually limited in some way. For example, you might not be able to choose every song you listen to. Or you can only skip a certain number of songs per hour. And the listening experience will likely be _________ by advertisements. To avoid these issues and gain new features, users can pay for a subscription (订阅费).

Streaming music over the Internet requires a lot of _________. This means that if a user has a(n) _________ connection, their music might pause, skip ahead or stop completely. In order to solve this problem, Spotify uses a variety of methods to _________ overworking their servers. It stores some information on the user's computer. And it sometimes sends songs from the computers of other users rather than from a central server.

There are some _________ to music-streaming services. For one thing, people are only renting music, not buying it. This means if they stop their subscription to the service, they have no right to listen to the music. Also, artists generally don't earn much money from streaming services. If users want to _________ their favorite artist financially, they're better off just buying an album. On the other hand, streaming makes it __________ to discover new music and enjoy a wide variety of songs.

Streaming is convenient and inexpensive, and it offers a huge selection of songs to listen to. It is likely to grow more popular and may even develop new services for users to enjoy.

3 . How many of you drink Cola? Nearly everybody. Did you know that cola started out not as a soft drink but as a cure for headache back in the late 1800’s? John S. Pamberton, a druggist from Atlanta, had experimented for many months trying to find a ________ for the common headache. He worked in his backyard, mixing and heating different mixtures of oils and flavors（香料）________ he found one that seemed to work well. Pamberton bottled the mixture and began selling it in drugstores as a concentrated（浓缩的）syrup（糖浆）that the customer had to ________ with water before drinking. The invention of Cola came about quite by accident. One day, a customer came into a drugstore complaining of a headache and ________ a bottle of cola syrup. He wanted to take it ________. So he asked the clerk to mix the medicine while he waited. The clerk, ________ walking to the other end of the counter to get plain water, ________ mixing the syrup with soda water. The customer agreed, and after drinking it, ________ how good it tasted. The clerk continued offering the mixture and it grew in ________. Today this kind of Cola is sold in most countries around the world. And although they no longer ________ the ingredients to kill headache, they are still very refreshing.