Anne: I can’t stand this heat. I can’t give my attention to     41   (learn) for the mid-term exam. I guess I will have to go to the library this afternoon.

Mary: The dormitory does not have an air conditioner. I can’t study there,    42    . My roommate and I are thinking about moving out to an apartment    43    has an air conditioner.

Anne: Oh, I     44    (think) about moving for a long time. But if I live in an apartment, I will have to pay a lot of money for electricity. Do you know an air conditioner is     45    (expensive) today than it was 10 years ago? On the other hand, electricity prices have risen sharply.

Mary: I don’t know that.     46      do we have to pay for electricity?

Anne: Five years ago it was     47     (possibility) to run an air conditioner 24 hours a day for just $20 a month. Today running     48    same air conditioner costs more than $40 a month.

Mary: Oh, no. That’s     49     (extreme) expensive and I can’t afford it. Well I guess I will tell my roommate we will go to the library. If     50    doesn’t work out, we will sweat all summer.

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What can keep your brain young and active? Marie Pasinski,  （1） doctor from Massachusetts General Hospital, says, “New experiences as well as a good snack.”

The next time you feel （2）       (bore) at the pool, play a board game or cards. Exercising your mind with a challenging game that requires brainpower, （3）      chess or bridge (桥牌), is more than just fun. These types of games are so interesting （4）      they can build up working memory. Traveling, especially in the places where English isn’t spoken, can make you much （5）   (intelligent). There is a great deal of recent research proving its benefits.

 On the other hand, eat more nuts! Not only are nuts the perfect snack for a summer road trip, they also keep your mind sharp. Some nuts are rich in magnesium (镁), （6） can improve learning skills and memory of mice. The research（7）    (publish) in the Journal Neuron last month. Another study at New York State Institute also proved the point, （8）   (show) that mice who ate nuts made a few （9） (improve) in learning, memory, emotional regulation and movements, compared with （10）   who didn’t eat nuts.

Once, a rich man was near death. He was very upset because he had worked so hard for his money   (1)   he hoped he could take it with him to heaven. So he prayed to God he might be able to take some money with him. 

  (2)   angel heard his pray and appeared. “Sorry,   (3)  you can’t take your wealth with you.” The man begged the angel to speak to God to see   (4)   he might break the rules. The angel reappeared and said that God could allow him to take one suitcase. Excitedly, the man gathered his suitcase and filled it   (5)  pure gold bars.

Afterward, he died and showed up in heaven to greet St. Peter.   (6)  (see) the suitcase, St. Peter said, “Hold on, you can’t bring that here!” The man explained that he had God’s   (7)  (permit). St. Peter checked it out, came back and said, “You are right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but I’m supposed to check its contents  (8)  letting it through.”

St. Peter opened the suitcase to inspect（检查）the things  (9) the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaimed(感叹), “You brought paving(铺路的) stones? As you can see, the great street of the city of heaven  (10)  (make) of pure gold!”

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   Have you heard about “empty-nest”? The term （1） (origin) referred to elderly people who live alone. Their children leave home for the first time to live on their own（2）to attend a university. Nowadays,its definition （3） (enlarge) in China as more young folk live alone away from their hometowns.

   In recent years, China has witnessed（4） increase of so-called empty-nest youths aged 20 to 39, most of（5）live in major cities.Beijing, Shenzhen,Shanghaiand Guangzhou are home to the （6）(big) number of empty-nesters.

   These young empty-nesters prefer to spend most of their time in their apartments. Outside of work, their main way of interacting with （7） is through social media. Empty-nest youths spend more money on better food, high-quality clothes and digital products，（8）one in five young empty-nesters has no savings or is slightly in debt.

（9）(speak) to Xinhua, Sichuan University sociology professor Wang Yimei said, “ The emergence (出现）of empty-nest youths is a result of imbalanced social and economic development between big cities and smaller towns. It is a natural result of Chinaˈs ongoing urbanization （10）well.”