Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family?
Text messaging or “texting” is becoming very p__1__. But scientists have p__2__ that texting can give us problems with our h__3__. Be careful! Too much texting can cause RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) in our thumbs (大拇指) and wrists (腕关节). We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson, who treats many patients with RSI. She says if we spend more than 10-15 minutes texting each time, we could have p__4__ in the future.
Dr. Harjeet Deepa, who treats RSI patients, said that the y__5__ patient she had treated was a 5-year-old girl. She had s__6__ bad RSI in her hands that she couldn’t hold a pencil.
As mobile phones d__7__, they are getting smaller with buttons c__8__ together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with b__9__ buttons. Using computers and playing video games can cause the same problem. So more and more people could find t__10_ with RSI.
Many university students and teenagers have RSI. If we don’t do anything about this, too many young people could grow up in terrible pain.

Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family?

Text messaging or “texting” is becoming very p__1__. But scientists have p__2__ that texting can give us problems with our h__3__. Be careful! Too much texting can cause RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) in our thumbs (大拇指) and wrists (腕关节). We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson, who treats many patients with RSI. She says if we spend more than 10-15 minutes texting each time, we could have p__4__ in the future.

Dr. Harjeet Deepa, who treats RSI patients, said that the y__5__ patient she had treated was a 5-year-old girl. She had s__6__ bad RSI in her hands that she couldn’t hold a pencil.

As mobile phones d__7__, they are getting smaller with buttons c__8__ together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with b__9__ buttons. Using computers and playing video games can cause the same problem. So more and more people could find t__10_ with RSI.

Many university students and teenagers have RSI. If we don’t do anything about this, too many young people could grow up in terrible pain.

Earth Hour(地球一小时) 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(电器) like computers for one hour. In this way, people can pay   27 attention to the climate(气候) 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?

Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English. Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.

1. Mr. White works in the daytime every day and the place he will choose is ______.

    A. Global English Center

    B. Modern Language School

    C. The 21^st Century English Training Center

    D. The International House of English

2. The 21st Century English Training Center is different from the other three. It ______.

    A. has a language lab and computers B. has more experienced teachers

    C. offers morning or afternoon classes  D. requires an entrance exam

3.If you want to attend the course at the International House of English, you’ll pay about

______.

    A. 1,200 yuan       B. 1,600 yuan       C. 1,500 yuan       D. 1,800 yuan

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When he was 13, he started to play with computers. At that time, computers were large machines. Once he was very interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for $4,200 when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University(哈佛大学). In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon. So they began developing(发展) the software for personalcomputers. They improved(改进) the software to make it easier for people to use computers.
【小题1】Bill Gates grew up in _______.