I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit before the TV all day, thinking about nothing but the next show. It was not long ago that I first learned how important {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (have) a passion is to life.

    One day I went with Mum {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (drop) my sister off at the gym. Then, as Mum stopped at a red light, someone on the roadside caught my eyes. It was a man {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (dress) in rags, homeless. That didn't interest me, for I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (see) many like him before.

    But the man wasn't sitting down with a sad {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (express). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (merry) to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing {#blank#}7{#/blank#} he had.

    “Mum, why does that man have a radio even though he is homeless?” I asked.

    “He bought {#blank#}8{#/blank#} ,”she replied.

    “But if he is homeless, why doesn't he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn't need.”

    “Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren't the only important things. We need happiness, too.”

    “I see.” The man {#blank#}9{#/blank#} care too much about music, so he bought a radio instead of food and clothes. I realized that happiness is the key to life. Without it, there {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (be) nothing to look forward to. A passion a person the happiness he needs to keep going!

    “Click!” That's the sound of safety. That's the sound of survival. That's the sound of a seat belt locking in place. Seat belts save lives and that's a fact. That's why I don't drive anywhere until {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(I) is on tight. Choosing {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(wear) your seat belt is like choosing between life and death. Imagine you are driving at 100 kilometers per hour or{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (fast) when somebody ahead of you puts on his or her brakes suddenly. What may happen to you?

    Someone think that seat belts are {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(comfortable). Let's just take {#blank#}5{#/blank#} close look at your choice. You are not wearing your seat belt{#blank#}6{#/blank#} you can slide in and out of your seat easily. That sounds {#blank#}7{#/blank#}a lot of fun. But you are also more likely to die or suffer serious{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(injury).

    Wearing a seat belt does not make you completely safe. You can get killed or{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(hurt) while wearing your seat belt. But wearing them{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(prove) to be safer than without them. So why not take the safer way?

    Speaking of talented people, we will think of the young. Mozart created his first piano concerto at 11. Yet I can 't help but draw much{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(inspire) from those who succeeded at an old age.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(give ) hope, I am convinced that our dreams can come true if we have faith {#blank#}3{#/blank#}ourselves and keep learning and working for{#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

    Consider the story of Mary Declany, a 72﹣year﹣old woman from the UK, who invented a new art form in the 1770s. On a visit to a friend, she met two plant experts who{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(take) a trip with an explorer through the South  Pacific. Interested in their work, she picked up a pair of{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(scissor) and began making flower collages with cut paper.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#}surprised us most was that her works of art were so unique and{#blank#}8{#/blank#} （value) that they were on display in the British Museum. There's the modern versio {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （create) our lives, without worrying about our age. And away from the mysterious world, Colonel Sanders didn't open his first KFC restaurant {#blank#}10{#/blank#}he was 62, while Fauja Singh ran his first marathon at 89.

    Fu Xuewei, a 25-year-old girl from Chengdu, China {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (recent) shared a beautiful set of wedding photos on the Internet. However, there's a debate on the photographs, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} no groom (新郎) seems to be found in the photos. In fact, the only people {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (feature) in the photos are Ms. Fu and her 87-year-old grandfather.

    Despite having no plans of getting married anytime soon, Fu decided {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wear) the wedding dress for her grandfather. The man fell seriously ill last September, with doctors warning that he could pass away {#blank#}5{#/blank#} any time. Fearing he might never get to fulfill the dream of walking her down to the Mr. Right, Fu arranged the surprise photoshoot. She took {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (she) grandfather for a regular hospital check-up, only to reveal that they were going to take pictures later and he agreed.

    Ms Fu {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (raise) by her grandparents from the age of ten, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} makes them mean a lot to her. She insists that she takes care of them in return. The young woman even {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (have) a tattoo of her grandfather. "I had my grandfather's appearance tattooed on my arm because I want all my new {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (friend) to know what he looks like in the future," she said.

    The College Entrance Exam, also known as Gaokao, is one of the most influential tests scheduled {#blank#}1{#/blank#} June 6^th to 8^th. For this, Chinese students are separated into Science and Liberal Art at high school, a practice that allows them to stay {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(compete) in the College Entrance Examination by choosing preferred subjects. However, thing began to change when the policy of College Entrance Exam Reform {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(publish).

    And now, an ongoing reform of China's college entrance exam and enrolling system, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} which students used to be selected for their performance on a single test, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(extend) to cover more provinces in China since 2018, according to the Ministry of Education.

    In 2018, the reform was expanded to eight provincial-level {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(region), namely Hebei, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong and Chongqing, where Year-1 high school students {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(start) from fall 2018 needed to prepare for the change.

    It brought the total number of regions implementing the reform {#blank#}8{#/blank#} 14, according to the ministry.

    With the reform, the new selection and enrollment rules may differ slightly from region to region. In northern China's Hebei Province, students will only have to sit the annual national college entrance test for three subjects, Chinese language, math and foreign language {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (include). Their performances during high school academic tests will also serve as measurable indicators. Their results in the comprehensive quality evaluation throughout the high school will be used as {#blank#}10{#/blank#} reference.