One day Mary was busy working in her office in London 【小题1】 she received an E-mail from her friend Joan .In Joan’s e-mail, she persuaded Mary 【小题2】( look) for a flat in London for her. As she had 【小题3】 (little) money at her command than before, the flat had to be cheap, but it had to be modern, with elevators, gas lines. It had to be in the 【小题4】 (east) part of London, with petrol and subway stations nearby. Though Mary found 【小题5】difficult to find such a flat, she still went from one block to another, looking for a flat 【小题6】would meet Joan’s requirements. Having tried too many times, Mary met her boss and politely asked him 【小题7】advice. It was the first time that she 【小题8】 (talk) with his boss about her personal problems. It happened that the boss just had such a flat for rent, so they quickly reached 【小题9】agreement. But to her surprise, when she e-mailed Joan, telling her the good news, Joan said that she had changed 【小题10】 mind--- she was not returning to London.

Have you ever forgotten 【小题1】(lock) the door of your house? Or, have you ever forgotten to switch off the TV 【小题2】computer? These kinds of things happen   【小题3】 us all the time, waste resources, and can sometimes lead to   【小题4】 (problem). However,   in the not-too-distant future, we 【小题5】(live) in smart homes 【小题6】 will lock the door for us when we   【小题7】 away and remember to switch off the TV when we forget. These smart homes will keep us 【小题8】 (security), save us energy, and provide 【小题9】 more comfortable environment 【小题10】 (live) in.

Hutongs in Beijing are narrow streets formed by lines of “siheyuan”, traditional Chinese courtyard residences. Here are three 【小题1】(protect) hutongs in Beijing’s Xicheng district.

The 1,500-meter-long Dongjiao Minxiang is the longest of the three, which is home 【小题2】 a few high-end restaurants and luxury stores as well as some cheap eating places and common shops. But 【小题3】 most important attractions are a number of well-preserved Western-style buildings, which 【小题4】(be) once some foreign officials’ homes.

The 496-meter-long Yangmeizhu West Street, 【小题5】 is the second longest among them, is originally famous for 【小题6】(it) 600-year-old architecture. It also attracts tourists for several 【小题7】(culture) figures, such as Shen Congwen, a late 20th-century Chinese author and scholar. Walking down the hutong, you will see Beijing locals 【小题8】(play) Chinese chess or talking about their own ideas on arts and life.

Different from the above two hutongs, Gongmenkou Ertiao is much 【小题9】(short), but it is where Lu Xun Museum 【小题10】(locate). It is also filled with history, culture and innovations.