— Sorry, he       to his uncle's home. May I take a message?

— It       about 296 million.

— Yes, I've       returned it.

—If you don't, ____________.

—She said light _______much faster than sound

—About half a year.

    When you go out for a business trip or weekend, you have to 1 pack your mobile phone, laptop(手提电脑), MP3 player, camera and so on. It's wonderful for you to 2 no batteries, no chargers(充电器) and no wires.

    This is the future “wireless power”. That is 3 of passing on electricity through the air to laptops and other small electrical devices (装置) without the need of wires.  These new devices were4 the first trade products in Las Vegas at the International Consumer Electronics Show, the world's biggest trade 5 for small electrical devices.

    Experts believe this is just the 6. In a world without wires, you can use a laptop in cafes or airports 7 you put an “electricity hotspot” inside and no longer have to search for a charger form your bags. It is said that you will be able to 8 your devices in the room that has wireless power, and then they will get the power 9. If one room has wireless power, you would know that once you walk through the front door, your mobile phone starts charging up, even when it is still in your bag or pocket. You'd never need to 10 the right charger again.

    This kind of technology, named Power Bean, can turn electricity into a laser(激光), then pass it on as heat, across the room.

A

    An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress on display, but the girl stood still behind the counter, taking no notice of the request.

    The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked closely at the girl and nodded to her, “I am too old to see well.” I can't even tell a plastic (塑料的) model from a real girl.”

    On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted at the old woman, “ What? Did you call me a plastic model?”

    The old woman was greatly surprised. “On, dear me,” she said. “The model can speak. Then it must be a robot of a new type.”

B

    One day I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying “You don't say!” I was puzzled, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” So I said to him. “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?”

    “Certainly! Everyone at home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on more about it, he stopped me again, “You don't say!”

    I couldn't help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?”

    “Well, I don't ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surprised.

    “Didn't you say 'You don't say'?” I asked again.

    Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “ 'You don't say!' means 'Really?'. Perhaps you know little about English idioms (习语) .”

    Wow! How foolish I was ! Since then I began to learn more English idioms.

C

    In the United States, headmasters and teachers discipline (惩罚) students in several ways. The teacher often writes to or calls the students' parents. Sometimes students have to stay at school for one hour. If a student behaves very badly, the headmaster can stop the student having classes. The student can't come to school for one, two or three days. Mr. Lazarus, the headmaster of a middle school in Ohio, did not like to do so. When he didn't let the students come to school, they were happy. “A three-day holiday!” they thought.

    One day, a boy was in Mr. Lazarus' office. The boy was not behaving well in class. Mr. Lazarus telephoned the boy's parents. “If you come to school with your son, I won't stop him having classes,＂he said. The boy's father came to school and went with his son to every class. Other students looked at the boy and his father. The boy was embarrassed. After that he behaved better. And, of course, other students behaved better, too.

    Now headmasters all over the USA are trying Mr. Lazarus's idea. They too, think that students behave better when parents come to school.

    Yang Liang is a student in Grade Two in the First Elementary School in Rongcheng. His father        when he was three. His grandfather       in bed for many years. His mother worked so        that she is ill now. She will not        money for her family. The family is in       . Yang Liang can't go to school         other students. When the local government knew the things, they took 10, 000 yuan        the family. They let Yang Liang keep his      . Yang Liang needn't        any money for school. When the famous ping-pong player Deng Yaping knew this, she       to help him finish his study until he graduated from the university.

A：Hey, Mary. I've waited for you for half an hour.       ?

B：I've been to the post office. The traffic is heavy now, you know. I'm so tired and hungry now.

A：What about getting some take-away food now?

B：      . We can call the restaurant.

A：OK.（Making a telephone call）Hello. Is that Super Pizza House?

B：Yes.       ?

A：I'd like to order a large pizza with beef and potatoes.

B：OK. A large pizza with beef and potatoes.       ?

A：No, thanks. Nothing else. When shall I pay you ?

B：You can pay us when we send you the food.      ?

A：Around 11:30 am. I live at 253 Culture Street.

B：OK. Thank you. See you then!

A：See you.

The meeting has               for 15 minutes.

              have you lived in Shanghai?

Air pollution               to our health.

Lucy asked me        I        seen the movie.

Not        you but also he        right.