Imagine having the     1     to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual choir members record themselves while they perform alone on video. These videos are uploaded onto the Internet, and then they are put     2     into one video that you can see online—a virtual choir. Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere—all you need is a video camera and an Internet     3    . You do not even need a     4    . A virtual choir helps connect     5     people together. Many people do not have close friends or     6     who have the same interest in music. Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir. A virtual choir     7     them to add their voices to those of other     8     and become part of the global community. It has     9     to be a positive influence on the lives of many people. As one virtual choir member said, “Music helps me to … forget my problems. With music, I become someone     10    .”

I recommend that you talk to your friend about his behavior. It is not unusual for teenagers of your generation to     1     computer games and the online world. But spending too much time online is unhealthy and makes it very difficult to focus on other things in life. Some students even     2     the Internet and cannot     3     school and family life.

I know I`ll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to       1     a lot more. I`m a bit worried about     2     the other students in my advanced course, and it`ll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework.

Everywhere survivors looked, there was     1     but ruins. Nearly everything in the city was destroyed. About 75 percent of the city’s factories and buildings, 90 percent of its homes,     2     all of its hospitals were     3    . Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves,     4     no wind could     5     them away. Most bridges had fallen or were not     6     to cross. The railway tracks were now     7     pieces of metal. Tens of thousands of cows, hundreds of thousands of pigs, and millions of chickens were dead. Sand now filled the wells     8     of water. People were in shock — and then, later that afternoon,     9     big quake shook Tangshan again. Even more buildings fell down. Water, food, and electricity were hard to get. People began to     10     how long the disaster would last.

Hi! My name is Adam and I’m a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big     1    . The first week was a little     2    .

First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the     3    ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be     4    when I graduate. My adviser     5    that I should     6    for advanced literature because I like English and I’m good at it.

I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn’t play well enough.     7    , I was unhappy, but I won’t quit. I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year. I joined a     8    club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to     9    people in the community.

This four-day     1     tour will take you on amazing     2     through the Andes Mountains on the way to the city of Machu Picchu.     3     reaching your     4    , you will have a day to     5     and be amazed by this     6     city.     7     amazing is the Incas’ dry stone method of building. Inca builders cut stones     8     exact sizes so that nothing was     9     to hold walls together other than the perfect     10     of the stones.

Imagine having the     1    to sing together with hundreds of other people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual choir members record themselves while they    2         alone on video. These videos are uploaded     3    the Internet, and then they are put together into one video that you can see online-a virtual choir.    4    can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere-    5    you need is a video camera and an Internet connection. You do not even need a     6    . A virtual choir helps connect     7     people together. Many people do not have close friends or contacts who have the same interest in music. Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir. A virtual choir    8    them to add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community. It has     9     to be a positive influence on the lives of many people. As one virtual choir member said,”Music helps me to... forget my problems. With music, I become someone     10     .”