(15)   people from around the world came to the eastern Spanish town of Bunol. They threw tons of tomatoes    (16)   each other in a yearly food fight. That made the street in red juice. A rocket    (17)   from the town hall was the start of the event for which local government offered 120 tons of tomatoes.
Many people, including many from Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Asia, wore hard hats, glasses or protective plastic sheets.    (18)   protect their things from the sea of red mush (糊狀物), shopkeepers    (19)   huge plastic covers on the front of their stores. About 40,000 people took part in the tomato fight this year,    (20)   four times the people of the town.    (21)   amazing!
After the fight lasting about one hour, municipal(市政的) workers and local people used big water pipes to clean the streets which were covered with tomato mush. The joiners went to a nearby river to wash    (22)  .
The tomato fight is held each year on the last Wednesday in August. The start of the event is still not clear although it is    (23)   to have its roots in a food fight between childhood friends    (24)   in Bunol.

It was the first day of biology class. The teacher wanted to give a good 41  to his class. He wanted to 42  his students’ eyes to the world of biology.
He knew that 43   young students was not easy, so he worked 44  and tried to find a good way to teach this class. 45  thinking for a long time, he made a 46  at last. He decided to show the kids something 47  and teach them a lesson at the same time.
He asked his students to 48  carefully. Then he began. He put a worm(蟲子) into a glass of water. The worm 49  around in the water. Then he put a second worm into a glass full of alcohol(酒精). It died at once. He asked the students if anyone knew about 50  they learned from it. A boy said, “You showed us that if we drink alcohol we won’t have worms.”

In many classrooms, it’s not  31 to find students spinning (旋轉(zhuǎn)) their pens  32 they listen to their teachers.
Pen-spinning is also popular  33  Japanese students. It is a form of entertainment. Recently, a pen-spinning competition was held in Tokyo, Japan. Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old high school student, became the first pen-spinning  34 .
276 people took part in the competition. They came from different age groups. Some were students  35 some were office workers. First, they  36 the videos of their pen-spinning skills to the organizer’s website. Then some of them came to the last round in Tokyo.  37 of them had 30 seconds to show their skills in front of 400 people,   38 reporters and fans. Omura took a pen from his little finger to the rest fingers, then to his palm(手掌) and the back of his hand. His wonderful show made him  39 the champion.
Omura said he began learning pen-spinning only about 14 months ago. He did  40 in the competition. If you like to spin your pen, you can practice it in your spare time. But when you are in the class, please don’t do that.

Today, it is a big problem for young graduates to get satisfying jobs. 16  that there are thousands of different kinds of jobs in the world. Choose the right one itself is not easy.
“Finding a job” is not   17  as “choosing a job”. Many young people end up in a job because they are not   18  for it. Sometimes “Chance” may   19  a more important part than “decision”.
Here are a few steps to help you think about   20  which you might enjoy doing after school or university. First, it is important   21 what kind of person you are, which special qualities  22  you outstanding (突出的，杰出的) among people and what you are interested in. There is a difference   23   an interest and a skill. If you like   24  and enjoy looking at pictures, that is an interest. But if you can  25   a horse that looks like a horse not a big dog, that is a  26  .
Then ask yourself a question, “In the following three areas --- skills with people, skills with information and skills with things, which are your  27  skills?
After   28   your skills, the next step is research. To   29 as many different kinds of jobs as possible, go to the library and read books, magazines and newspapers for information. Ask your friends  30  the work they do.
Finally, trust your own ideas and your own thinking! It is your own life, just find the job you really enjoy doing.

London is such a wonderful city. It is very large. The Thames River runs   __1  the city from west to east. So the city has   2    parts: the South and the North. In the North, there are important buildings, shops, big parks and interesting places.
The weather in London is good. In winter it is not very cold and in summer it is not very hot   3  the city is near the sea. People say   4  London is a foggy city and it often rains. It is true.
Last year, when I   5  in London I met one of the   6  fogs in years. You could hardly see your hand in front of your face. Cars and buses moved along with their lights on. When evening fell, the weather   7    even worse. The fog was as thick as milk.  8  the buses and cars stopped. I happened    9    an important meeting on the other side of the town, but it was impossible to find a car. I had to get there   10 .

Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often __35____that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of__36____? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he___37___that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is__38____wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel__39____toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds, it may mean that he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he___40___ her. When two people are in a conversation, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, ___41___ make sure that the listener does pay attention___42___what he or she is saying. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that ___43___cannot express.
Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the place___44___you stay.

This morning, I went to a charity show __(1)_____ in the town center. The charity show, called 'For Every Child', was to raise money for an orphanage(孤兒院). Many __(2)______ persons, including a few bosses, donated money at the show. What surprised us was that a little boy also donated 100 yuan. He had saved the money for more___(3) ____two years. He said that everyone should do something for others. Some famous pop singers gave wonderful__(4)____ on the stage. One of them even came ___(5)___ the stage and walked among the audience. She asked the audience to sing a song ___(6)____ her, and they did just __(7)___she wanted them to. The show lasted for about three hours. At the ___(8)___  of the show, some children from the orphanage __(9)___in front of the microphone. All of them were so thankful that they___(10)___ while they said thanks to those people who donated. Again, they felt the warmth of being helped by others.

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It is very important to stay healthy. I have a neighbor. She is an old lady. She can do all the housework,      31_ newspapers, watch TV and search on the Internet to learn something new. I often see 32   do Taijiquan in the morning and dance in the evening. She looks young and beautiful     33    she is over seventy. Last week a reporter from a magazine interviewed her and asked      34    she kept so young and healthy. She replied with a smile:
I have a secret of staying young and healthy. It is quite  35  . Keep your mind active, take an interest in the world  36  you., and learn at least one new thing every day. Try to do different kinds of housework and do sports as   37   as you can. Don’t think you are too old to go back to   38  . I know a man who entered a medical college when he was 70 years old. He studied there for 6 years and now he is a doctor. Another man went to a tennis school at the age of 72 and now he is good at  39  tennis. Some people may say staying young is easy only for those who live in the future. In fact, no matter how old you are, you can make it.
Please tell the story to your family. It would be a good start to    40  the lady’s example. I hope all people will stay young and healthy.

Korean culture is really popular right now. The Korean Wave(韓流) is sweeping Asian countries including(包括)   1   . Young people are   2  in Korean TV plays, Korean pop songs and the Korean language.
The Korean Wave started   3    years ago with the TV series(電視系列劇) Winter Sonata(冬季戀歌). This love story is still popular now. People, especially girls, like the beautiful stories and handsome actors   4     Pei Yongjun ( 裴勇俊).
In the music world, Korean stars are making   5  heard in China. You can often find big Korean names such as Baby Vox, SES and Finkle at the top of the Chinese   6   charts(排行榜).
The Korean Wave   7   makes young people try the clothes and hairstyles of the Korean pop stars. Besides those, now some girls in China are having plastic surgery(整形手術(shù))  8   
their looks. It is said that many Korean stars look beautiful   9  plastic surgery.
As you see, Korean culture has changed us a lot. Is it  10   for us to follow in every way? We each should think about it.

Earth Hour(地球一小時) is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and it is held on the last Saturday of March every year. It asks people to   26  their lights and other electrical appliances(電器) like computers for one hour. In this way, people can pay   27 attention to the climate(氣候) change and know that it’s important to save the earth.
Earth Hour first  28  in Sydney in 2007. More cities around the world followed Sydney’s lead in 2008.   29   March 28, 2009, 88 countries and more than 4,000 cities joined Earth Hour. From 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Beijing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Hong Kong and many   30  cities in China took the action, too.   31   shops closed and people used candles at home. The UN said that it  32   save the energy(能量).
The world seems to be a dark world   33  the lights are turned off. However, people are trying to do something to save the   34  in such beautiful “dark moment”. This year, WWF encourages people to make a small change for the environment every day. Now,  35   you join us?