I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class at the age of 9! You can imagine how {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (terrible) shy I was with so many eyes {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(fix) upon me. I had no {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(choose) but to prepare for it, though. First of all, I was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(lie) in my oral presentation from my memory— for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my listeners were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Otherwise, I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(run) away from them. Gradually I found myself back, delivering my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding— I made {#blank#}7{#/blank#}! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(confident) building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way {#blank#}9{#/blank#} success is our fear. Overcome it {#blank#}10{#/blank#} we will be able to achieve our goals.

    Do you know the UK government has{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(successful) passed a law banning branding on packs of cigarettes? That means tobacco manufacturers will be forced{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(pack) their cigarettes in plain packets.

    The motivation behind this{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(decide) is to make smoking less appealing to people, especially children.

    A similar law{#blank#}4{#/blank#}was passed in Australia in 2012 has resulted{#blank#}5{#/blank#}a fall in smoking rates from 15.1% to 12.8% for people aged 14.

    As of January 2015, 22% of adult men and 17% of adult women smoke in Great Britain. The possibility of smoking in the UK increases with age so that by 15 years of age 8% of school children{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(be) regular smokers. Children, it is thought, will be less attracted to cigarettes{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(sell) in unbranded boxes.

    Smoking is one of{#blank#}8{#/blank#}biggest causes of preventable deaths in England. Every year about 80,000 die and over 450,000{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(send) to hospital due to smoking. This places a large strain on the health service and is also a factor in why the government would like to prevent people from{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(take) up smoking or help them quit.

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    A girl {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(name)Dina was born in California in 1932. After {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(graduate) from university in 1954, she worked at a children's hospital in Kentucky for several years. However, her interest in animals inspired her {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (take)her first step towards her future work. In 1966, she went to Africa to study rare mountain gorillas

Even though some of the gorillas were quite dangerous, this didn't not discourage her. She showed great {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (devote) to her work and loved to tell people about gorillas. Dina was an outgoing and kind person and had the ability to gain valuable data about their lives by becoming a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(company)to them. She wrote a book about the gorillas she had lived {#blank#}6{#/blank#} It is thanks to her research {#blank#}7{#/blank#}we now know more about mountain gorillas. Her love for the gorillas teaches people about dangers these animals {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(face)with. Now they are protected by governments and various organizations. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}her work, there would be very few mountain gorillas left today. She has received world's {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(famous)around the world and is now regarded as one of the heroes of the 20^th century.

Color blindness is very common. It affects{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (rough) 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women in the world. People {#blank#}2{#/blank#} blindness can't see colors in a normal way.

There are {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(variety) causes of color blindness. For the majority of color-blind people, color blindness is genetic, although some people become color-blind as a result of other diseases, such as diabetes(糖尿病), or they have {#blank#}4{#/blank#} condition over time due to the aging process, etc.

Most color-blind people can see {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (thing) as clearly as other people, but they are unable to fully "'see" red, green or blue light. There are different types of color blindness but there are extremely rare cases {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people are unable to see any color at all. The most common color blindness is red/ green color blindness. Although {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(know) as red/green color blindness, it doesn't mean {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(suffer) will only mix up red and green. It means they mix up all colors that have some red or green as part of the whole color.

The effects of color blindness can {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (classify) into mild，moderate(中等的) or severe. About 40% of color-blind people are even unaware that they're color-blind. Statistically speaking, most people {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (have) a moderate form of red/ green color blindness can only identify 5 colored pencils from a standard box of 24 pencil crayons.