When young F.W. Woolworth was a store clerk, he tried to convince his boss to have a ten－cent sale to reduce inventory(存货). The boss agreed, and the idea was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} great success. This inspired Woolworth {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (open) his own store and price the items at a nickel and a dime (角). He needed capital for such a venture ，{#blank#}3{#/blank#} he asked his boss to supply the capital for part interest in the store. His boss turned him {#blank#}4{#/blank#} directly."The idea is too risky，" he told Woolworth." {#blank#}5{#/blank#} are not enough items to sell for five and ten cents."

Woolworth went ahead {#blank#}6{#/blank#} his boss' support. But he not only was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (success) in his first store, but {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (eventual) owned a chain of F.W. Woolworth stores across the nation. Later, his former boss {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (hear) to remark，"As far as I can figure out, every word I used to turn Woolworth down {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (cost) me about a million dollars."

China's Tea Villages

    In most Chinese tea villages, March is the time of year in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} locals start to pick and process tea. The usually quiet villages suddenly become busy centers of activity, as people take out special tools and prepare {#blank#}2{#/blank#} tea processing. In some villages, local residents hold traditional ceremonies,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (thank) heaven for its blessing. The price of tea {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(pick) in March is extremely high because {#blank#}5{#/blank#}is fresh, tender and contains multiple trace elements.

    China {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(be) famous for tea production since ancient times. Of the goods transported and traded along {#blank#}7{#/blank#}Old Silk Road linking China to the Middle East and Europe, the importance of tea was matched only by silk. China produces Oolong, black, green, white, yellow {#blank#}8{#/blank#}dark (aka post-fermented) tea. The Oolong, green and black {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(vary)are most notable for their high quality.

    Most of China's tea villages are found in remote mountainous areas in the country's south and southwest,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the beautiful scenery is often hidden under clouds.

    Memories of my sophomore (高二学生）dance {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) still vivid in my mind.

It was 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and I had put on my red party dress and my host mother was doing up my hair. My schoolmate Chris {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(show) up at the front door {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his suit and tie. He handed me a red corsage (小花束）that {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (perfect) matched my dress. We headed for school, and started our dance? To be honest, I am not sure {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I should call what we did “dancing”. We jumped, yelled and laughed with people we knew or had just met for the first time. We twirled in circles, threw our arms in the air and, as my English teacher later put it, ran wild around the place. In those few {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (hour)，nothing seemed to matter {#blank#}7{#/blank#} than having fun.

    With music playing and everybody {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (have) a good time, Chris asked me a question, "How is the dance different from dances in China?"

“Well, we don't usually have dances in China.”

    “What? How do you express {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (you) then?”

    {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (lose) in thought. I was silent for a while.

    Now, I have an idea for everyone: Just dance.

    Parents' Day is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} American event for the parents and families. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (surprising), this event was not even there two decades ago.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} was only in 1994 that this event got officially accepted in the USA.

    It is very hard {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (say) when the idea of Parents' Day actually came into picture. But it can be certainly said that this event is born to honor and appreciate parents {#blank#}5{#/blank#} are responsible for the upbringing of the new generation. Their hard work {#blank#}6{#/blank#} endurance (耐力) open up a new horizon for the humankind.

    As said earlier, Parents' Day {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(get) its acceptance in 1994. President Bill Clinton passed the law for {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(recognize), uplifting, and supporting the role of parents. It was decided that the fourth Sunday of every July would be celebrated as Parents' Day, which is similar {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Mother's Day and Father's Day.

    The tradition {#blank#}10{#/blank#} celebrating Parents' Day is relatively new. But within few years after its acceptance, the event has spread its wings to the whole world. Now the event is widely adopted.

With the development of our society, the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (connect) between people becomes inevitable (不可避免的). People need to communicate with others as long as they are in the world. As a result {#blank#}2{#/blank#} interpersonal relationship becomes more and more important.

A good interpersonal relationship promotes (促进) people's success. Throughout human history, we can know {#blank#}3{#/blank#} no one can do everything well and become {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (success) alone. Most great men have a good relationship with other people. For many people, the interpersonal relationship and their abilities are equally important to their success. By {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (keep) a good relationship with others, people can easily get help from others {#blank#}6{#/blank#} facing difficulties. In other words, excellent interpersonal communication skills can help people remove obstacles(障碍) on the way {#blank#}7{#/blank#} success. Besides, a good interpersonal relationship can help people live a happy life. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(create) a harmonious environment, people should keep a good relationship with the people around them. These friendly people will form a happy atmosphere, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} will make people work efficiently(高效的) and put them in a good mood in daily life. It is certain that people will receive {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (happy) in the end.

    The heat wave that broke high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (cause) the surface of the islands vast ice sheet to melt at near-record levels and a huge {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lose) of ice in the Arctic. On Wednesday alone, more than 10 billion tons of ice was lost to the oceans by surface melt, which is equal {#blank#}3{#/blank#} about 4,000,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, said Ruth Mottram, a climate scientist with the Danish Meteorological Institute.

    Melting {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (increase) in recent decades because of climate change and has been decreasing accumulation from snow. Previously, during the 1970s and the 1980s, Greenland lost {#blank#}5{#/blank#} average of 50 billion tons of ice each year. From 2010 to 2018, that figure shot up to 290 billion tons {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (annual). This summer, the extent of the melt could surpass (超过) the record set in 2012, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} about 97% of the ice sheets surface began to melt. NASA-JPL Caltech reported at the time.

Greenland, the worlds largest island, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (lie) between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, with 82 per cent of its surface {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (cover) in ice. A June 2019 study by scientists in the U. S. and Denmark said melting ice in Greenland alone will add between 5 and 33 centimeters to the rising {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (globe) sea levels by the year 2100. If all the ice in Greenland melted, which would take centuries, the world's oceans would rise by 7.2 meters.