Catherine was a famous writer of children's stories. She lived in a fine old house in a small town near London. Often she worked at home, in her quiet 1 . Long before her books became popular, she had tried to teach 2 how to use a computer. And now she typed（打字）all her stories on her computer. But sometimes she had to 3 to get some books from the library or have a meeting. She didn't like being away because she was workried about burglars（盗贼）. So she was very careful. Just before leaving, she always put a full cup of coffee on the writing desk, and left the radio playing to make a burglar think someone 4 at home.

　　One day she came back after a day out, and found that there was something different in her house. There was only a little 5 left in the cup, and the radio was off. But when she looked at her computer, .she saw it was 6 , and someone had typed in a new story. She had no idea who had got in, or how, because none of the doors or windows was broken. Then she sat down to read the story. To her surprise, it was a very good one. “I'll use it in my 7 book!” she said 8 .

　　The next month she had to go to London. She put a cup of coffee and a plate of sandwiches on the desk. When she returned, the coffee and the sandwiches had 9 . She ran to the computer. This time there was only 10 on the screen（屏幕）. “IT'S NOT YOUR STORY. IT'S MINE!” it said.

　　For a long time the zoo didn't have hippopotamus（河马）. Tex wanted 1 very much. But a hippopotamus was hard to find.

　　Then a circus（马戏团） 2 down. It had to sell all its animals. One of them was Cleo--Cleo the hippopotamus! For a while Cleo was 3 on a farm. Poor Cleo! A hippopotamus can't be let 4 on a farm, so Cleo had to lie in a tub（盆）of water just 5 enough to hold her. She couldn't move anything 6 her head.

　　Tex wanted to buy Cleo. But she cost ＄ 4000! The 7 didn't have the money.

　　Then Tex thought of his friends, the children of Kansas City. 8 they knew about Cleo, they would help. He wrote a story about Cleo and sent it to a 9 . “Help save Cleo, children!” the story said. “Send in your pocket money.”

　　One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father's new car. I 1 to see my father, but to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving instead. “She stole my father's car.” I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, “Follow that new car 2 ” And I told him why.

　　The taxi driver had a car phone, and I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the 3 of a police car and its loudspeaker. The police told the woman to stop her car. Our car came to a stop, too. I 4 right now and said to the woman, “It's not your car. It's my 5 ”

　　The woman smiled and said, “Oh. You're Mr Johnson's younger son, right? I've ever seen your photo at your father's office.”

　　It was cold outside. A strong ____1___ was blowing hard. I ____2___ at a round table in a cafe,drinking coffee. I was glad there were other people in the place,but the happiness didn't ____3___ long. No one seemed to care about the others except the computer ___4____ him. I stood up, walked between the tables and came to the nearest computer. In front of it was a thin, young man, with a cup of coffee beside the computer, untouched （没有运过的）.

　　“I'm Steve,” he answered ____5____I asked him twice. “I can't talk with you. I'm ___6_____,” he said. I thought he was ____7____ ,and said sorry to him. Before going back to my seat,I noticed he was not working. He was ____8____on-line with somebody-probably somone he didn't know-and, at the same time, he was playing a computer game-a war game. Then I saw ____9____there is playing a computer, talking on-line. Though there were many people around me,I felt I had ___10_____been so lonely.

　　What will be the future of human beings who prefer sharing （分享） their lives with machines instead of people?

　　“That's right.” said the manager 7 Billy told his story. “I made a 8 last month. For one mistake, I can close my 9 . But for two, I can't. Thank you, Billy. I've　　10 you already. I have to choose another man instead of you. I think you should know what to do in the future.”

　　But there are serious 4 in big cities, too. The cost of living is 5 , and there are too many people in some places of the big cities. Every years many people move to the cities because they can 6 to find work there, to study at good schools, and to receive good medical care（医疗保健）. But 7 these people can't find work or a good place to live in. Also too many people in a small space make it 8 to keep the cities 9 and clean.

　　Time spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable. If you go to a 1 shop, no assistant（营业员）will come near to you and say, “Can I help you?” You 2 buy anything you don't want. You may try to find out 3 the book you want is. But if you fail, the assistant will lead（引导）you there and then he will go away. It seems that he is 4 selling any books at all.

　　There is a story which tells us about a good shop. A medical（医学的）student 5 a very useful book in the shop, 6 it was too expensive for him to buy. He couldn't get it from the library, either. So every afternoon, he went there to read 7 at a time. One day, however（然而）, he could't find 8 from its usual place and was leaving when he saw an assistant signing（示意）to him. To his surprise, the assistant pointed to the book 9 , “l put it there so as not to be sold out.” said the assistant. Then he 10 the student to go on with his reading.

　　The earth is our homeland. We should love it.

　　Imagine you receive an e-mail that looks something like this: ARE YOU GOING TO CLASS TODAY? How does 1 this message make you feel? Why did the sender use 2 capital（大写）letters? Was he or she angry, 3 did that person just 4 to turn off the 'Caps Lock'（大写锁定）on the computer? This e-mail 'sounds' like the 5 is shouting because using all capital letters in an email is 6 the way that people shout online.

　　Knowing when and when not to 7 capital letters is just one 8 of online etiquette（礼仪）.

　　Don't do anything online that you wouldn't do in 9 life. Don't use information that someone else has written, and 10 it's yours. Do share（分享）your knowledge of the Internet with others.

　　We live in the “computer age（时代）” People like scientists, teachers, writers and even students use computers to do 1 work. But more than 30 years ago, 2 couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. Very 3 people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and 4 . 5 they can do a lot of work, many people like to use them. More and more people even have them at home.