Singles' Day falls on November 11th every year in China, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is recognized as a day for people who have no girlfriend or boyfriend. Couples and lovers have Valentine's Day in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate) of their love, but how about the singles? There must be a day they can celebrate even without a partner. That's {#blank#}3{#/blank#} people created Singles' Day.

    On Singles' Day many singles choose to say goodbye to their single lives, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (attend) blind date（相亲） parties, and some people even decide to get{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (marry) to strangers. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} this day has recently become more of a time for shopping, because many shops online will give customers great discount {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (promote) their goods.

    More and more people are {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (will) to shop online to get what they want, and I am one of them. I just can't help buying things {#blank#}9{#/blank#} I need them or not. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (honest) speaking, some of the things that I bought have been put aside forever in my closet.

    Time is something from which we can' t escape.  Even if we ignore it, it's still going by, ticking away, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the main issue in using your time well is "Who's in charge?" We can allow time to slip by {#blank#}2{#/blank#} let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ally(同盟) .

    By taking control of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you spend your time, you'll increase your chances of becoming {#blank#}5{#/blank#} more successful student. Perhaps more importantly, the better you are at managing the time you devote {#blank#}6{#/blank#} your studies, the more time you'II have to spend on your outside interests .

    The aim of time management is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to schedule every moment so we become slaves of a timetable {#blank#}8{#/blank#} governs every waking moment of the day. Instead, the aim is to make informed choices as to how we use our time.

    For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming home to an empty house. All of them have something {#blank#}1{#/blank#} common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called latchkey children, who look after{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (them) while their parents work.

    Lynette Smith was once the headmaster of a school. She said, “We had a school rule against{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (wear) jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys fastened. I was{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (constant) telling them to put them inside their shirts. There were so many keys. It never came to my mind {#blank#}5{#/blank#} they meant.” Slowly, she learned they were house keys.

    She and her husband began talking to the children. Fear is the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (big) problem faced by children at home alone. One in each three latchkey children were scared. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (safe).

    The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. It might be in a shower still, under a bed{#blank#}8{#/blank#} in a closet. The second is TV. They'll often play it at high volume{#blank#}9{#/blank#}Smiths learned it's hard to get statistics on latchkey children. Most parents are unwilling {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (admit) they leave their children alone.

    Easter Island, or Rapu Nui as it is known {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (local), is home­ to several hundred ancient human statues. After this remote Pacific island was settled by the Polynesians(波利尼西亚人), it remained {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(abandon) for centuries. All the resources that went into the statues, some of {#blank#}3{#/blank#}are ten metres tall and weigh over 7,000 kilos , came from the Island itself . Yet when Dutch adventurers landed in 1722, they met a Stone Age culture. The statues {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（carve）with stones tools, then transported for many kilometers, without the use of animals or wheels, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}the large stone platforms. The identity of the statues builders was in doubt until well into {#blank#}6{#/blank#}twentieth century. Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(explore) , thought the statues had been created by the people from Peru. Bestselling Swiss author Erich Daniken believed they were built by aliens.Local folklore（民俗） believ Modern science has proved that the statues builders were Polynesians, but not proved {#blank#}8{#/blank#} they moved their creations. that the statues walked there {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(they), while researchers have tended to assume the ancestors dragged the statues there, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(use) ropes and logs.

    When I left for the United States to study, I had butterflies in my stomach. I was nervous because I was going to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} new place with new people and new customs. I couldn't even understand {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (they) language. Everything was different {#blank#}3{#/blank#} my own country. There was nobody that I could talk to. I just had my husband, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} was a new person for me, too.

    It was a sad moment when I had to say goodbye to my family and friends. I didn't want {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (leave) my hometown because I grew up there and had wonderful {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (memory) of the place. So, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(think) about all these changes made me nervous and I was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (worry) about my new life. But studying abroad was a {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(decide) that I made myself. I had to continue and accept the challenge. I looked forward to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (visit) my family in the summer vacation.