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　　Are your table manners much better when you are eating at a friend's home or in a restaurant than they are at your own home? Probably so, ___1___ you are aware that people judge you by your table manners. You take special pains when you are eating ___2___. Have you ever stopped to realize how much less self-conscious you would be on such occasions if ___3___ table manners had become a habit for you? You can make them a habit by ___4___ good table manners at home.

　　Good manners at mealtimes help you and those around you to feel ___5___. This is true at home as much as it is true in someone else's home or in a restaurant. Good ___6___ make meals more enjoyable for everyone at the table.

　　By this time you probably know quite well what good table manners are. You ___7___ that keeping your arms on the table, talking with your ___8___ full, and wolfing down your food are not considered good manners. You know also that if you are mannerly, you say “Please” and “Thank you” and ask for things to be passed to you.

　　Have you ever thought of a pleasant attitude as being ___9___ to good table manners? Not only are pleasant mealtimes enjoyable, but they aid digestion. The dinner table is a ___10___ for enjoyable conversation. It should never become a battleground. You are definitely growing in social maturity(成熟)when you try to be an agreeable table companion.

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　　Wouldn't it be great if we didn't have to remember passwords (密码) ever again? If we could just sit in front of our computers and be 1 logged in (登录)? Crave men-tions how NECSoft BiodeLogon system uses face recognition technology to log you on to Windows, rather than using a 2 All you need is a webcam and your pretty face to 3 your PC．No more 4 , confusing pass-words to remember or change every few months.

　　After doing a little research, I found this type of 5 already available to consumers via a relatively 6 application called Face-Code. The 7 requires the use of a web-cam to recognize and log PC users into their systems. You can add as many 8 as you want, provided they each have a Windows ac-count. If the system 9 to recognize your 10 , you can recall the Windows user name and password by using a hot-key com-bination.

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　　Several years ago, the well-known writer and editor Norman Cousins became very ill. His body ached and he felt constantly tired. It was difficult for him to even ___1___ around. His doctor told him that he would lose the ability to move and eventually die from the disease. He was told he had only a 1 in 500 chance of survival.

　　___2___ the diagnosis(诊断), Cousins was determined to overcome the disease and survive. He had always been interested in medicine and had read a book, which discussed the idea of how body chemistry and health can be damaged by emotional stress and negative ___3___. The book made Cousins think about the possible ___4___ of positive attitudes and emotions. He thought, “Is it possible that love, hope, faith, laughter, confidence, and the ___5___ to live have positive treatment value? ”

　　He decided to concentrate on positive emotions as a way to treat some of the symptoms of his disease. In addition to his traditional medical treatment, he tried to put himself in situations that would ___6___ positive emotions. “Laugh therapy” became part of his treatment. He ___7___ time each day for watching comedy films, reading humorous books, and doing other activities that would draw out ___8___ emotions. Within eight days of starting his “laugh therapy” program, his pain began to ___9___ and he was able to sleep more easily. He was able to return to work in a few months' time and ___10___ reached complete recovery after a few years.

　　People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents DVD, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading material is comic books, movie magazines,and TV guides. City 1 have only 10 per-cent of the traffic that car washes have.

　　But how do you explain the following?An annual book festival in west Los Angeles is “ 2 ” year after year. People wait half an hour for a parking space to become 3 .

　　This outdoor festival, 4 by a news-paper, occurs every April for one weekend.This year's attendance was about 145 000.There were about 90 talks given by authors,with an 5 question period following eachtalk. Book lovers were also able to collect some of the signatures of their favourite au-thors. A food store sold all kinds of popular foods. 6 a $ 7 parking fee, the festival was free. Even so, some people 7 the food store prices by 8 taking in their own sandwiches and drinks.

　　The idea for the festival occurred years ago, but nobody knew if it would succeed. 9 book festivals were already popular in other US cities, would Los Angeles people welcome one? “Los Angeles people are very 10 , ”said one of the festival founders.

　　The earliest films were short, __(1)__ only one minute or less. People could, for one cent, see simple action films of trains, fire engines, crowds on city streets, and similar subjects. Soon 20-minute pictures of news items were shown in theatres at the end of the __(2)__ stage show. Later, film used a new method--putting the beginning of one scene upon the __(3)__ of the scene before--for magical effects and to __(4)__ a story together. In 1903 a film was made about a train robbery. Much of the action took place at the same time--the robbers __(5)__, the men meeting and planning to catch them--and the scenes went smoothly from one scene to another instead of unnaturally showing each scene __(6)__. This was the earliest successful film in which scenes were filmed at different places and times.

　　Before 1910 actors were __(7)__ in films without their names being given, because the producers were afraid that, if an actor became well known, he might __(8)__ more money. But later it became known that a film with a __(9)__ actor in it could be sold at a higher price to theatre owners than a film in which the actor was not known. Soon “movie stars” won fame wherever films were shown. By 1915 the more popular stars were __(10)__ as much as ＄2000 a week.

　　Some people have very good memories, and can easily learn quite long poems by heart. There are __(1)__ people who can remember things __(2)__ they have said them __(3)__.

　　The famous English writer, Charles Dickens said that he could walk down __(4)__ long street in London and then __(5)__ you the name of every shop __(6)__. Many of the great men of the world __(7)__ wonderful memories.

　　A good __(8)__ is a great help in __(9)__ a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he __(10)__ when he is a small child, and some children--like boys and girls who __(11)__ abroad with their parents-- seem to learn two languages always as __(12)__ as one. In school it is not so easy to learn __(13)__ language because the pupils have so __(14)__ time for it, and they are busy with other subjects as well.

　　A man's, mind is rather like a camera, but it __(15)__ not only of what we see but also of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo __(16)__ and ready to show to our friends. In the same way there is __(17)__ to be done before we can keep a __(18)__ for ever in our __(19)__.

　　Memory is the diary that we all __(20)__ with us.

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　　Millions of people in Britain struggle out of bed each morning, fumble（乱摸）into some clothes, and __1__ their way to a cup of coffee and the morning __2__. They need something cheerful to remind them that the rest of the day will be __3__ difficult than getting up. This need may be __4__ that many of them turn their __5__ eyes to the cartoons section of the newspaper as they sip（呷）their first cups of coffee of the day.

　　Cartoons reflect（反映）the times and the troubles and __6__ of people. They give people an opportunity（机会）to laugh at __7__ and at familiar（常见的）situations. In times of prosperity（繁荣）, for example, cartoons show people __8__ the good economic（经济上的）situation. They also make fun of the __9__ that people make for themselves--like making a problem out __10__ type of car to buy. In hard times--times of economic troubles--people want someone or __11__ to blame（责备）their troubles on. Cartoons provide scapegoats（替身）. They also help people to see the humor in a __12__ situation. For example, a cartoon might say that the government of a country is responsible for the bad economy and __13__ show the government leaders as a group of ridiculous（可笑的）people. Being able to use the leaders as scapegoats and to laugh at the leaders somehow makes people feel __14__ about their situation.

　　Cartoons also make people __15__ their own personal worries. Young people who are not always sure of how to act can smile at their awkwardness（尴尬）. Old people __16__ grown children pay little attention to them can chuckle（暗笑）at their neglect（疏忽）and loneliness. Students who have studied too little before an examination can laugh at their worries. __17__ problems are made bigger than life in the cartoons. Perhaps the problems __18__ funny because there is humor in something that is real being made unreal.

　　A cartoon combines（结合）art and humor. When it is skillfully __19__, a simple line drawing and a few words can make people laugh. Their troubles seem less __20__ and they enjoy life more fully.