Dr. Brown liked reading in bed when he was at school. But it was ___1___ for his eyes and now he is near-sighted. He doesn’t want ___2___ to know about it and he never wears ___3___. It often___4___ him some trouble.
One day he was invited to a village school. He took a bus to a small town. Then he had to __5__ to the village school. The road to the village was very bad. He fell over(摔倒) some times and it __6___ his clothes dirty. ___7___ he got to the village. Suddenly it began to blow(刮风) heavily and his hat was off. He felt his hat run into a fence(篱笆). So he ran __8__ it into the house, too. An old woman __9___ him angrily and shouted(喊叫),” ___10___ are you running after my little duck?”

China is a country that is changing very quickly over the past fifty years and   1  you look closely(仔细地) you can see it   2  in front of your eyes. Fifty years ago, everybody travelled around by bike. Today lots of people in China still ride their bikes  3  school or work, but many people also take the bus or travel   4   underground. There are some people who even drive their own cars. Shops   5  small businesses but now the centre of China’s cities are full of   6   department stores. In these department stores, you can buy  7  you want in one trip. You can buy food, toys, bikes and even televisions. Television is    8   change that China has seen. Many children would say that they can not imagine life   9  TV set , but years ago they had to live without them. The Internet and the computer have only recently become regular items in our lives. Without the Internet, people would not  10  to get information as quickly as they can now and the Internet helps to make people   11  friends all over the world. Computers help   12  children and adults in their   13  lives Many students are lucky enough   14 able to use them to do their homework or   15  with their friends and sometimes play games.

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In America, on school and work days, breakfast in most homes is often a hurried meal. Some people even don’t have it in order to  1  work or school on time. Others just stop at coffee shops for coffee. But on weekends,   2  are quite different. People usually get up late, so they have enough time to have a large breakfast.

Lunch is just a   3  break from the day’s work rather than a large, long meal. It usually lasts  4 half an hour or an hour, so family members do not have time to   5  home. Most people have a sandwich or a hamburger, and fruit or ice-cream for lunch.   6  people either take their lunches to work in the brown paper “lunch bag”,   7  eat a sandwich at a fast food restaurant. Children   8 to bring the “lunch box”.

Dinner is the most   9  meal of the day in the USA. At this meal, most American families can sit down together. It is usually a hot, large meal and it is quite different from lunch.   10  usually cooked dinner for their families in the past. Nowadays, however, with more women working and as a result, men are doing more in the kitchen.

Paris has a beautiful name, it is called the City of   1 . Do you know   2  it means? Many beautiful buildings in Paris are lighted (点亮) at   3 . The streets are very   4 . When you   5  in Paris, you needn’t turn on your headlights (车灯) even after dark.
Paris is full of life(充满活力) all day and all night.   6  this is not the only reason for its beautiful name. For   7  of years, Paris has been the centre of science and art in the world.   8   scientists and artists (艺术家) have come to  9  here. For this reason, people  10  it the City of Lights.