Holi ( 洒红节) is a spring festival, also   (1)   ________ (know) as the festival of colours or the festival of love. It is an ancient Hindu religious festival   (2)   ________ has become popular in and outside Asia. It is celebrated at the end of winter   (3)   ________ the night and the day are of equal length. The date of the festival is different every year. According to the Hindu calendar, it   (4)  ________ (usual) comes in March, sometimes in late February.

The celebration   (5)   ________ (start) with a bonfire ( 篝火) on the night before Holi, where people gather, sing and dance. The next morning is a carnival of colours, where anyone, children or elders, friends or   (6)   ________ (strange), chase and colour each other with dry powder and coloured water. Everyone is happy to be made fun   (7)  ________. Groups carry drums and musical instruments,  (8)  ________ (go) from place to place. After a(n)   (9)   ________ (excite) day, people visit their friends and share the delicious food after cleaning up and dressing up.

The purpose of the festival is to celebrate the beginning of the new season, spring. Hindus believe   (10)   ________ is a time for enjoying spring's rich colours and saying goodbye to winter.

Yuan Longping is one of the most famous scientists in the world. He    61    (struggle) for the past five decades for the Chinese farmers. He grows    62    is called super hybrid rice. This special strain of rice makes    63    possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.   64    (use) his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.

     Finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal since he graduated from college in 1953. At that time, hunger was    65    disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Therefore he wanted to help his motherland rid of hunger    66  increasing the rice output without ____67   _ (expand) the area of the fields, and he finally made it .

         68     a great scientist, he lead a very simple life. He believes that a person with too much money has more rather than    69    troubles. He has another dream    70    his rice can be grown around the globe and no hunger is in the world.

Silly Fred was a little surprised when he saw his mother in his house.

“ I got your ___61___ (invite) to come for dinner, said Mother.

“ I did,” said Silly Fred, ___62___ (try ) to think of why he had invited his mother for dinner and then thinking that it ___63___ be her birthday. “ Happy Birthday!”

“It isn’t my birthday,” said Mother. “It is Mother’s Day.”

“ Well then,” said Silly Fred. “Happy Mother’s Day.”

“Thank you,” said Mother. “Now, ___64___ is for dinner?”

“Dinner?” shouted Silly Fred.

“Oh dear,” said Mother. “You ___65___ (forget) about cooking me dinner?”

“Well actually,” said Silly Fred, not able to lie ___66___ his mother. “I did forget to prepare for the dinner. ___67___, there is a nice restaurant down the street. How about going out dinner?”

“Sure,” said Mother.

Silly Fred and Mother had ___68___ nice supper together. Silly Fred went to pay for the meal but he couldn’t find his wallet.

“Are you looking for ___69___?” asked Mother, handing Silly Fred his wallet, ___70___ she saw him put on the counter at home.

“Yes,” said Silly Fred, a little embarrassed. “Thank you.”

It was a busy day at the grocery store and an old couple were in line behind me with birthday balloons.

From ___61___they said, I knew their nephew had a twin and something bad happened to the baby at birth. Though they did all they could ___62__(help)them but times were tough for them.

They seemed to be too nervous and were too ____63___(anxiety) to leave, so I asked ___64__they wanted to go ahead of me or not. They didn’t understand what I ___65__(mean) at first. After knowing it, they were very appreciative. But they stood behind me.

At that time I knew it had to be a significant day to them. Nothing could be __66__(good)if someone offered to help them. So I told the cashier to add the balloons to my purchases. The old couple refused at first __67___I insisted. I said, “You tell your sweet nephew that there are still nice people left who wanted to give them __68__hand in this world.” They thanked me over and over and the cashier was moved to tears, __69__(say)there was an angel in her line today.

That little act of __70__(kind) made everyone who saw it feel good---but it made me feel the best of all!

The Internet is an       61      (amaze) information resource. Students, teachers, and researchers use it as      62      investigative tool. Journalists use it to find information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the     63     (late) medical development. Ordinary people use it for shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating  64   family and friends. People all over the world use it to connect with individuals from__65__  countries and cultures. However, while there are many positive developments _____66    (associate) with the Internet, there are also certain fears and concerns. One concern relates to a lack of control over      67     appears on the Internet, With television and radio there are editors to check the accuracy or appropriateness of the content of programs, and with television there are     68      (restrict)on other aspects, for example, what kinds of programs can___69___   (broadcast) and at what time of the day. With the Internet, parents cannot check a published guide to determine what is suitable for their children     70    (see).