2 . China is a big old country,    1     has a history of more than five thousand years. We are proud of     2     (it) culture and part of the culture even influences the world     3     (great), for example, the thought of Confucius (孔子). As Chinese economy develops very fast and plays     4     important role in the world, more and more     5     (foreign) learn Mandarin (普通话) in Confucius institutions. The Chinese traditional culture can be tested by the time. It unites the whole nation and no matter     6     kind of disaster comes, we will fight together for the country’s future. Today, many young people lose faith in traditional culture and they are crazy     7     the western culture. They follow the western fashion,     8     (think) we are the old style. But some day, they     9     (realize) they are wrong     10     (ignore) traditional culture.

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What do people do with their old, out of date but still useful computers? Most people don’t know     1    to do with them. Many old computers are put away in homes. Many more     2    (throw) away as rubbish.
Finally, some companies are thinking of ways     3    (bring) down the number of old computers. Sony has agreed to help recycle old Sony products. Dell, Hewlett Packard and other     4    (company) now also take back some old computers.
In some countries, laws have been passed, too. Computer companies have to pay for collecting and     5    (recycle) their used products. And 70% of computer waste must be recycled. The idea behind the laws     6    (be) that computer companies themselves should pay for the cost. That will encourage them to make computers     7    (easy) to repair and upgrade (升级).
Yet while many people are throwing away good computers, others cannot afford     8    at all. Hundreds of organizations are working to solve this problem. They collect and repair old computers. Some also teach others how to repair computers.     9    computers then go to schools, charities (慈善团体) and people who need them. Giving a used computer to one of these organizations can turn one person’s rubbish     10    someone else's useful things and cut down waste, too.