I'm on holiday here in Switzerland with my parents and I'm having {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Fantastic time. We're staying in a hotel near a lake and I can see snowy mountain  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (peak) from my bedroom.

    I've never been to the mountains before and I love {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. It's also the first time I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (stay) in a hotel. My father isn't very happy though. He {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (forbid) to smoke in the hotel so he has to go outside!

    We go mountain climbing with a guide. You don't have to go with a guide but it's {#blank#}6{#/blank#}．(safe).

    Yesterday we went {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a boat trip around the lake. It suddenly started to rain heavily. It was fun but a bit {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (frighten).

    The best thing of all is the beautiful scenery. The worst is{#blank#}9{#/blank#} I can't go out at night. Not because my parents won't let me but because there's nowhere {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (go).

                           My Stay in New York

    After graduation from university, I had been unable to secure a permanent job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}I might have a better chance to find a good job. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started work in a local café as a waiter. I believe that30．{#blank#}3{#/blank#} I was offered a good position, I would resign at once.

    Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already  {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (exhaust) shoulder. On the other hand, my search for a respectable job had not met with much success. As I had studied literature at university, I found it quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had just said that {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I want to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps {#blank#}6{#/blank#}my mother had told me was deeply rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.

    Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job to my delight. After nine months of frustration, I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned {#blank#}8{#/blank#}I realize that a quiet town life was the best for me.

    A young man in Wuhan, Hubei Province has become the latest Internet sensation after a video showing his heart-warming act on a subway train went viral on social media {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (recent).

    In the video, the man can be seen {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hold) his mobile phone in his hand after falling asleep on a Metro, with a message in large font on the screen which reads, “Please wake me if you need my seat.”

    The video {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (record) by a fellow passenger who posted it on Weibo, The video, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}length was just 7 seconds, has been viewed more than 19 million times in just two days. Chinese netizens were greatly touched by the young man's act and applauded him for his kind {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (behave). A web user even commented, “I only needed 7 seconds to fall {#blank#}6{#/blank#}love with this young man.

    The humble man {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (refuse) an interview invitation after becoming an Internet star and said that he just did {#blank#}8{#/blank#}he felt he should. In a Weibo post, he thanked netizens for {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (they) love and praise. He said he would always fall asleep when he had nothing to do on the train but worried others may need the seat, so he got {#blank#}10{#/blank#}idea of making a message on his phone screen.

    Mandarin(普通话) is the most {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (use) non-European language for children to learn, the UK parents believe. It will boost(促进) their children's career prospects (前景),according to 55% of parents, while 56% felt it would open their children's minds {#blank#}2{#/blank#} an “exciting and dynamic（动态的）” culture. Arabic and Japanese, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} were both picked by 14% of parents, were the other key non-European languages. The figures were gained after 1,138 UK adults with children aged under 18 {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) questioned in a survey {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (conduct) by the Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP).

    French, Spanish and German were the top choices overall for young people in the UK     {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (learn) after being picked by 57%, 54% and 40% of parents respectively.

    Mark Herbet, of the British Council, said: “With the global economy {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (become) more interconnected and the drive to boost exports, language skills are increasingly important for work and life. Mandarin is one of the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (language) that matter most to the UK's future prosperity (繁荣).If the UK is to remain competitive on the world stage, we need far more of our young people leaving school with a good grasp of Mandarin in order to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (success) work abroad or for businesses here in the UK. Learning Mandarin is also a fascinating process that brings {#blank#}10{#/blank#} valuable understanding of Chinese culture.”

    The MEP aims to help at least 5,000 young people in England to speak fluent Mandarin by 2020.

    The story happened in ancient times. A king was so clever that he thought of a good way to test {#blank#}1{#/blank#} his men were reliable.

    One day, he had a huge rock {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (place) on a roadway at night. Then he hid {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (him) nearby and watched carefully to see if anyone would remove the big rock. Some {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wealth) businessmen and high officials came by, but they simply walked around it. Many of them even loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none of them would bother {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (get) the big stone out of the way.

    Then a villager came along carrying a load of vegetables. On {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (approach) the big rock, he stopped and laid down his burden, trying hard to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing, he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (final) succeeded. As the villager picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the rock {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be). The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king, saying that the gold was for the person {#blank#}9{#/blank#} removed the huge rock from the road.

    The villager learned a valuable lesson that many others would never understand: Every obstacle presents {#blank#}10{#/blank#} opportunity to improve one's condition.

    Two weeks ago, I helped my dear Joan, one of my close friends {#blank#}1{#/blank#} just graduated, move out of her apartment. We decided {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (have)a nice dinner before she moved back to her hometown 400 miles away, but being the caring person she is, she had offered her time to help her friends move during dinner, even though she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (her)needed to pack and donate things.

    She isn't usually one to ask {#blank#}4{#/blank#} help, so I knew that I had to offer my time and energy with {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (determine) if I was going to be {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (use). I bought her something to eat because I knew she hadn't eaten and then {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (rent) a carshare (拼车) for her to ship her things. It was a whole disaster-{#blank#}8{#/blank#} first carshare we rented wouldn't open, so we had to carry the things to another car a few {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (block) away.

    This car then had no gas, so we had to gas this car, which pushed back our timeline by 40 minutes. Despite it all, it was a fun lasting memory with her, and I'm glad I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (be) able to show her my love through these small acts of service.