As you know, science plays 【小题1】 very important role in our education. Do you want to keep up with the latest research and discoveries in science? There are many good websites 【小题2】 you can check out the latest in the science world.

One great site is Science News for Kids. This site reports science news 【小题3】 (cover) a wide range of subjects. The articles are aimed 【小题4】 younger readers, but adults will find this site 【小题5】 (suit) for them as well. Another wonderful site, one that I check out every day,【小题6】 (call) Science Daily. The site is 【小题7】 (constant) updated with news, often about exciting 【小题8】 (finding) that change how we view the world.

These sites post the latest stories and also keep all the past articles they post【小题9】 (early). That way you can find articles just about anything that 【小题10】 (be) related to the science fields you are interested in.

In different countries and cultures around the world, free time 【小题1】 (spend) in different ways.

Several years ago, some surveys of how people spent their free time 【小题2】 (make) by some researchers. The results showed that reading was the most popular activity in the United States, followed by watching TV. In the UK, watching TV and videos was the most popular, and listening to the radio came second. For Japanese, eating out was their favourite activity in their free time. And they also like driving around.

There were also differences in what people liked to do outdoors among the three countries. The most popular outdoor activity for Americans was gardening while in Japan it only came ninth. For British people, going to the pub was their first choice, followed by visiting the cinema.

Though some similar things may 【小题3】 (do) by people around the world in their free time, their interests are changing. In the US, for example, the interest in computer activities is increasing. More people are spending their free time going online, or playing video games. As reading becomes much easier on the Internet, online reading 【小题4】 (like) by more and more people in the future.

We walked inside a museum in Garden City and looked around, eager 【小题1】 (meet) Kobie Boykins, a NASA engineer. He helped to design the Mars rover (探测器) Curiosity, 【小题2】 is still exploring to this day.

In a big presentation room, Boykins 【小题3】 (talk) about the team’s newest rover, Mars 2020. We asked him if the new rover would be 【小题4】 most complicated one he and his team 【小题5】 (make) so far. He told us that most of the engineering would be the same. However, the rover is still more   【小题6】 (advance) and will be able to get more accurate test   【小题7】 (result).

When Boykins finished his presentation, some people brought him into another room where we would interview him. We asked if he felt he was   【小题8】 a lot of pressure at work. He told us that he   【小题9】 (actual) put a lot of pressure on himself. He said that working on the spacecraft wasn’t putting him in that position, but he still wanted to make   【小题10】 perfect.