Yesterday I was about to go to the party with a friend {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I found a mobile phone by the roadside. After picking it up, I started searching the contact list and called numbers{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(see) whether I could figure out whose phone it was. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(fortunate), the only person who answered the phone didn't recognize{#blank#}4{#/blank#}number that I was calling from.

    My friend suggested that we {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(go) back to the street and the house in front of{#blank#}6{#/blank#} we found the mobile phone. And we did so. I knocked at the door and two young men answered. Neither of them had lost their phones, but as I referred to some names {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the contact list, one of them said he also had those names{#blank#}8{#/blank#} that it must be the phone of one of their friends. Then, he took the phone and said how wonderful it was that I took the time to find the owner. Afterwards, I left without {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (leave) my name or address. I never considered keeping the phone. Instead, I immediately tried to find the owner. And I believed that was exactly what I would want someone to do if I lost my phone. It couldn't have been {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good).

    Sometimes, helping others is just doing the right thing.

    Which is the most significant classical Chinese painting? According to Paul Denlinger, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} visited China many times when young, it should be Along the River During the Qingming Festival. This {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (create) dates back to the Northern Song Dynasty.

    This painting is important {#blank#}3{#/blank#} several reasons. First, up until this time, almost all Chinese paintings are landscapes, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (contain) no or only a few images of people. Second, this is the first scroll (卷轴) painting {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (describe) both Chinese urban and suburban life during the period in the capital, Bianjing, Third, the painting is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (high) detailed and features shops of all kinds and different economic activities in and out of the city. People are able to see the Chinese technology of the time, which helps them {#blank#}7{#/blank#} great deal in understanding {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the Chinese lived.

    The Beijing Palace Museum keeps the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (origin) Song painting and one of its famous copies——the Qing version {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hold) in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

    Skin is not only large, but it is important. One of its jobs is to protect us, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} keeps bad things out. But sometimes it fails. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (extreme) small bugs, called mites, can get under our skin. And when they do, they cause itching and great discomfort. So, to get under someone's skin means to annoy them or to bug them. That's just one definition of the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (express) "to get under someone's skin." It can also mean that someone is very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (attract) to you. You can't stop thinking about them. You might even be obsessing （着迷）about them.

    There are many ways {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (describe) people using the word "skin." If someone is thick-skinned they are not easily hurt emotionally. You can criticize them or be unkind to them and it simply rolls off their back. Thin-skinned people, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, are easily hurt by criticism, even if it is not too severe. You have to be careful about {#blank#}7{#/blank#} you say to thin-skinned people so as not to hurt their feelings.

    If someone is suddenly very {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (scare), you can say they nearly jumped out of their skin! For example, one day I saw my friend Sierra {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (wait) at a bus stop. She was wearing headphones and did not hear me come up behind her. So, when I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (touch) her shoulder, she nearly jumped out of her skin!

    We use flowers as messengers to say something we might have trouble {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (say) directly ourselves. Over time flowers have come to symbolize the most {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (power) human experiences: beauty, love, hope, and rebirth. Sweet flowers alone can say what one {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (fear) expressing. We've listed some of the most famous flowers that have an important meaning. In Mao Zedong's poem Ode to Plum Blossom《咏梅》, the plum blossom was used {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (praise) soldiers who sacrificed their lives for Chinese people. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} great Chinese poet Li Bai from the Tang Dynasty once compared Yang Yuhuan's beautiful face {#blank#}6{#/blank#} blooming peonies (牡丹). Flowering in May, peonies' large petals and strong colors are linked to prosperity (成功) and richness. The orchid (兰花) is well known because {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (it) delicate smell attracts lots of people. Beautiful articles and poems {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (call) “lanzhang” by Chinese people in traditional Chinese culture. Roses, of course, have the most colorful meaning among all the flowers. Red roses mean “I love you.” A red rose, rather than yellow roses, acts as the traditional romantic gift{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (give) to your love on Valentine's Day. Sending yellow roses can be risky, as they represent either friendship {#blank#}10{#/blank#} envy.

    Anna had a car accident when she was a teenager. She lost her arms because of that. What's worse, when she was twenty years old, she lost her parents. Her elder sister, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is ten years older than her, told her she'd take care of her. However, Anna refused {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (live) with her. Instead, she said she would take care of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (she). She managed to enter college and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (study) very hard. Four {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(year) later, she graduated and offered work. Once she wrote in her diary, "I am quite lucky. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} I lost my arms, I still have my legs." Anna lost her arms, but she chose to face it in a positive way. Instead of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (feel) sad every day, she decided not to let it hold her back. She has taught us {#blank#}8{#/blank#} good lesson.

    When something bad happens to us, we have two {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (choose). One is to complain, and the other is to face it {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (brave). If we choose to escape, it will always follow us wherever we go. If we decided to be strong, new hopes will come. So choose wisely.