Everybody knows that the United Kingdom consists {#blank#}1{#/blank#} four countries: English, Scotland, Wales plus Northern Ireland. However, about four hundred years ago Scotland tried to break away from English {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(influent). The Scots wanted to attack England and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(decide) that France should take the place of England {#blank#}4{#/blank#} their closest friend. England,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} was unhappy when the relationship between the two countries broke down. Queen Elizabeth I did not want to be left out of any decisions {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(do) with Scotland, so she divided the Scottish lords into several groups so that they would argue with each other instead of {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(attack) England. This {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(arrange) worked well until 1603 {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Queen Elizabeth died. As King James of Scotland was her only relative, he became King of Scotland and England, and everybody was {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(delight) with the solution.

    Many people travel during the holiday season but do not make sure that their houses {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (protect). Crimes go up rapidly during the winter and summer holiday seasons. Here are two things that you should keep in mind when you go {#blank#}2{#/blank#} holiday.

    Always give {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (strange) the feeling that you are at home. Have the snow {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (clean) off your stairs or out of your driveway during the winter season. Your might ask others to park {#blank#}5{#/blank#} cars in your driveway.

    Tell your newspaper deliverer that you are not at home. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (have) a pile of newspapers and other mails on your doorstep tells people that you are not at home, so you should have a neighbor {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a relative get your mail every day.

    Nobody would bother to make these classic novels into films if they {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(have) nothing to do with contemporary life.

    Great Expectations {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (set) in England in the early 1800s.

    Like many of Burns' poems, a Red, Red Rose was intended {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (be) a song.

    Some of the world's greatest singes were also cast in this {#blank#}11{#/blank#} (produce).

    Modern pop music has its roots in the folk songs of black Americans{#blank#}12{#/blank#} (hold) in slavery.

    Thus, from the blues, there {#blank#}13{#/blank#} (spring) up a faster, livelier kind of music called jazz.

    Besides the works of da Vinci, the Louvre Museum has more than 6,000 other European paintings, {#blank#}14{#/blank#} (range) from the 13th century to the 19th century.

    The idea for our festival was hatched back in 1978, {#blank#}15{#/blank#} it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival.

    Bank of China and Alibaba are the dream employers for Chinese students, according to a new survey.

    The survey of more than 55,000 students, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(conduct) by a research firm Universum, found that {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(rough)a quarter want to work for an international company, while only 9% want to work for a start-up. Five percent want to start {#blank#}3{#/blank#}own business.

    When it comes to desirable companies, business students{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(name)Bank of China the top choice for seven years, and it shows no signs of {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(give)up its lead.

    William Wu, manager of Universum, said that banking remains{#blank#}6{#/blank#}attractive industry for young Chinese. “China's government is now emphasizing the revolution of finance industry, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}leaves the younger generation with the impression that though banking is a {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(tradition)industry, there are still a lot of development {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(opportunity),” Wu said.

    Alibaba improved six places from 2014, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(rank)second among business students. It held a record-breaking $25 billion IPO in September.

    It was Mother's Day morning last year. My five­year­old son, Tenyson, and I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (leave)the supermarket after shopping when an old woman fell over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. Her husband was with her, but the woman was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (serious) hurt and shaking with pain.

    At the front of the supermarket a charity (慈善) group was selling flowers to raise funds. Tenyson suggested that we {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (buy) the lady a flower. "It will make {#blank#}4{#/blank#} feel better," he said. I was amazed that he'd come up {#blank#}5{#/blank#} such a sweet idea. So we went to the flower seller to buy a flower for the lady.

    By now rescuers had arrived, and were attending the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (injure) woman. As we walked up to her, my son became frightened by all the blood and medical {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (equip). He said he was just too scared to go up to her.

    Instead I gave the flower to the woman's husband {#blank#}8{#/blank#} told him, "My son was very upset for your wife and bought her this flower to cheer her up."

    At that, the old man was moved and said, "Thank you so much, you have a good son. Happy Mother's Day to you."

    The man then gave his wife the flower, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (tell) her who it was from. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with thanks in her eyes and gave him a little smile.

    The Hong Kong –Zhuhai–Macao Bridge, the world's {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (long) cross-sea bridge, enters the history of human engineering and connection as a point of pride upon {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (it) opening to traffic at 9 a. m. on Oct. 24, 2018.

    One day after the opening was announced at a ceremony {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (hold) in Zhuhai, the bridge's ports in three different administrative regions started serving travelers around the clock, opening 24 hours a day, seven days a week. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (ensure) faster boundary crossings for passengers, the Macao and Zhuhai ports jointly use a one-off immigration model, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} allows travelers to queue up only once to finish both exit and entry procedures of the two cities in about thirty {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (second).

    Apart {#blank#}7{#/blank#} private cars, taxis and goods vehicles, two types of public transportation—shuttle bus and cross-boundary coach—can also run on the HZMB. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} frequency of shuttle buses is about 5-10 minutes during peak hours. Booking tickets for the shuttle bus online in advance {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) available since 9 am on Tuesday. With the bridge now in service, the travelling time between Zhuhai and Hong Kong International Airport will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (shorten) from 4 hours to 45 minutes.