根据括号内的英(汉)语提示,完成句子。
【小题1】The teacher told us that the sun ____ (rise) in the east.
【小题2】They ____(提供) us with delicious food last night 
【小题3】He fell asleep while he _____ ( read) a book.
【小题4】A good beating will teach you to tell the ____ ( true) in future.
【小题5】Please ____ (允许) me to introduce my best friend Mary.
【小题6】Education is one of the most important parts of a country’s _______ (develop)
【小题7】The ____ ( die ) of my pet dog made me feel sad.  
【小题8】It’s too hard for me to learn it. Can you show me how ____ ( throw) the ball
【小题9】It’s raining _____ ( heavy). Let’s stay at home.

Take a look at teenagers around, dressed in baggy-pants (宽松裤), drinking soft drinks such as coke, reading Japanese cartoons. Whether you are in Beijing, Wuhan or Hong Kong, you will get the same impression. But should we copy others or should we maintain (保留) our differences?
It sounds convenient that people around the world speak the same language, dress in the same style, eat the same food and play the same games. If the world was like this, you won’t feel strange in any corner of world. But just imagine living in such a strange world. How dull and colorless it would be!
Different kinds of food that people can taste, the colorful and fashionable clothes that we dress in and different languages we speak are all part of the different cultures that our ancestors left us. These differences represent their creativity (创造力) and talent. And we all enjoy different cultures in our daily lives. When you travel to other places, you want to see different things. When you talk to foreigners you expect to listen to interesting stories. These differences in culture are what make life colorful.
But the whole world is shrinking into a small village as globalization (全球化) takes effect and many different cultures are disappearing. In most big cities around the world people wear the same clothes. Fast food stores are everywhere. Hollywood movies are kicking traditional performing arts out of our lives. The colors of our life are disappearing.
There is joke that even the panda and zebra want to live a colorful life. So let’s take action to protect our colorful culture before it becomes as simple as black and white.
It’s not difficult. Learning some folk songs, trying on a traditional clothing and even eating local food instead of going to KFC can help. And we’re sure you will enjoy it.
【小题1】The passage is written to _______.