On a cold evening with snow floating in the air, I got {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (stick) on the road because of a flat tire(轮胎). I attempted {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (seek) help from the passing cars, but no one stopped. As I was about to give up hope, a man {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (drive) an old dirty car came to my aid. To be honest, I was scared when he first approached me. Eying him up and down, I thought to myself, “There is a very good chance {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he may rob me,” He seemed to have sensed my discomfort so he tried to ease my {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (anxious) by introducing himself. His act of kindness made me feel ashamed to have questioned his intentions. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} was really considerate of him to stop to help a perfect stranger like me, especially in such terrible weather. Thus, after the spare tire was fitted, I asked {#blank#}7{#/blank#} much I owed him. I wanted to pay him back. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (surprising), he did not take my offer but rather told me to pass the act of kindness forward and help more people {#blank#}9{#/blank#} need. As he said those words, I noticed him wearing a smile of contentment. Helping  others seemed a very {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（nature）thing to him. I witnessed the true beauty of human nature in him.

    Josh Snow was a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} doctor in London—so {#blank#}2{#/blank#} , indeed, that he {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Queen Victoria as her personal {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. But he became {#blank#}5{#/blank#} when he thought about helping ordinary people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to cholera. This was the deadly disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its {#blank#}7{#/blank#} was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. John Snow wanted to face the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never be {#blank#}10{#/blank#} until its cause was found.

    I am a huge fan of thrift shop (旧货店) and have several that I check out every weekend. It's how I relax and get some time to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (I). I actually look forward to it every week.

    One of my favorite shops started discounting certain pieces of clothing by 90%. I was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (disappoint) at first that I couldn't benefit from this, because none of them was in my or my husband's size.

    Then it {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (occur) to me that I could stock up on sweaters and jackets for the coming cold weather and donate them {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the homeless shelter! In the last couple of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (week) I've gotten six huge bags of clothes for under $20! I try to get unisex (男女皆宜的) colors and styles in case there are women {#blank#}6{#/blank#} need clothing, too.

    I went to the shelter today to drop off the clothing. It was pouring with rain, and there were several people huddled (挤成一团) inside {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (wait) for lunch. One poor man was lying on the wet floor. I asked him {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he wanted something dry to lie on and gave him a sleeping bag. He was thrilled and said he {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (real) needed one.

    Before dropping off the clothing I put {#blank#}10{#/blank#} smile card into one of the jacket pockets!

    A man was really worried about his son, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(train) his child.

    The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, "You should leave your son to me. I will make him a man of{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(brave) within three months. However, you can't come to see him during that period."

    Three months later, the boy's father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the child and a(n){#blank#}4{#/blank#}（profession） boxer（拳击手）.

Each time the boxer hit the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up. Several times later，the Buddhist monk asked，"{#blank#}5{#/blank#} do you think of your child?"

    "What {#blank#}6{#/blank#} shame!" the boy's father said." I never thought he could be so{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(easy)knocked down. I shouldn't have left him here at all."

    "I'm sorry that's all you see. Don't you see {#blank#}8{#/blank#} each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(cry)? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have."

    If each time you are knocked down and you have the courage to stand up again, then you can be proud {#blank#}10{#/blank#} yourself.

    Artist Song Peilun is known{#blank#}1{#/blank#}"The Father of Yelang Valley" after spending the last two decades turning a village into an artistic village.

    Yelang was an ancient political centre first{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(describe) in the 3rd century BC, and it was centered in{#blank#}3{#/blank#}is now western Guizhou Province, China. Experts believe that many ancient{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(culture) were rooted here,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}there are unfortunately no buildings left standing in the great valley. Inspired by Crazy Horse, a mountain monument in the US slate, Chinese artist Song Peilun devoted his life to building a memorial to the artistic culture of Yelang Valley.

    It was in 1996{#blank#}6{#/blank#}Song quit his job as a professor and purchased a 200,000 square meter plot of land in a mountainous forest area. Then he began to follow his dream.

    When he first arrived in the area, most of the locals{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(mine) in the mountain and selling the stones to make ends meet，but he convinced many of them to help him instead.

    So far, Song Peilun and the villagers{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(turn) the forest land that he bought into an artistic village full of stone sculptures,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}were inspired by Chinese Nuo culture. It is now a{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(relative) popular tourist attraction.

    Who are better at science in your class, girls or boys? These years, girls start to show more interest in the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (subject) of science, technology, engineering and Maths (STEM), according to a recent study from the UK.

    In the study, every year over the last seven years, over 20,000 students {#blank#}2{#/blank#} were in their final year in high school were surveyed. As for university courses, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} number of girls considering choosing STEM subjects has a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (big) increase than that of boys. Over one-fifth of the girls surveyed said they were considering jobs {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (relate) to STEM, such as engineers. And the interest in engineering and science has also risen.

    This is an important change for women in the UK. But at present, there are not nearly as many women {#blank#}6{#/blank#} men studying STEM subjects or working in the STEM fields. Only 13%～22% of people who graduate {#blank#}7{#/blank#} university with STEM degrees are women. And women are seen only one in eight STEM jobs.

    Are men really more suited to STEM work than women? Of course not. This is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (part) because of the conventional idea, which means many people think so, even though it is not correct.

    "It is important that young women should {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (encourage) to get into these jobs. In fact, STEM subjects are fun and exciting. Studying science can do {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (we) good. It offers women chances of taking up fantastic careers and they will get higher pay in these areas," said Niki Yates, manager of GSK's business.