The giant panda {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(love) by people throughout the world. Chinese scientists {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(recent) had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby. She was a very {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(care)mother. For 25days, she never left her baby, not even to find something {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(eat)! She would not let any other pandas come near. She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean. Any smell might attract natural {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(enemy) that would try to eat the little comforting pats. The mother held the baby in herfront paws much the way a human does. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} it cried, she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats, The mother continued to care for the young panda {#blank#}7{#/blank#}more than two years. By that time, the panda no longer needed {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(it) mother for food. However, it stayed with her and leaned about the ways of the forest.Then, after two and a half years, the mother {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(drive)the young panda away. It was time for her to have a new baby, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}itwas also time for the young panda to be independent.

    What is the most popular communication tool today? {#blank#}1{#/blank#}your answer is QQ or MSN, I must say you are a bit old fashioned. Today, a new form of communication “Wechat”, which  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (own) a Chinese name Weixin, is becoming the most influential text and useful tool all over the world.

    What advantages do Wechat have? First, Wechat is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}relative cheap way of communication; that is to say, it uses network traffic instead of telephone fare. Next, we can know  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}is going on at any time. And we can have {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (easy) access(通道) to information available than other messaging tools.

    What roles does it play {#blank#}6{#/blank#} our daily life? According to the latest report, the registered (登记的) users on Wechat platform has topped 200 million and expanded its business to overseas market. Can you imagine that a mobile phone “app” is so {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(attract) that it reaches 200 million users within 8 months? Wechat itself has become the most popular mobile chat application in the world. A large {#blank#}8{#/blank#} of people have become “Wechataholic”, which means they keep staring at the mobile phone all the time and can't live without {#blank#}9{#/blank#}.

    However, while enjoying its great convenience, people should not ignore the danger of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (cheat), for information on Wechat is publicly known.

    One day a rich man took his sons on a trip to the countryside. He wanted to show them how the poor lived so that they could be thankful {#blank#}1{#/blank#} his wealth through hard work.

    They spent a couple of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (day) on the farm of what would be considered a poor family.

    On their return, the father asked the elderly boy{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (explain) what he had learnt. To his surprise, the boy, who had kept {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (silence) and deep in thought on the journey home, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (reply) in a way that shocked his father.

    “I want to become a farmer,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the farmers can enjoy the beautiful night stars while we have only expensive lanterns.” Finally, he asked his father, "What makes us safer, large walls around our house or some friends {#blank#}7{#/blank#} will protect us?"

    After a while, the boy finished by saying, "Before the trip I thought we {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) rich but today I learnt who is {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(true) rich." With this, the boy got up and walked away,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (leave) his father sitting on their comfortable sofa, totally speechless.

    Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (choose) where and what to eat.This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald's has struggled financially.

    McDonald's is one of the best­known {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (restaurant) in the U．S.and even around the world, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} these days the company leaders are seeing numbers they probably do not like.In the last quarter of last year, McDonald's income dropped by about $300 million.The January earnings report brought more bad news.Worldwide sales dropped for the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (eight) month in a row and even more than expected.

    McDonald's is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (work) hard to get their customers back.In January, the company ran an advertisement during the Super Bowl.The football game is the most watched TV event every year in the U.S. McDonald's has wanted {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (reach) those viewers.

    Shake Shack is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} new kind of restaurant becoming popular in the U．S.The restaurants are not “fast food”．They are known as “fast casual”．When McDonald's is struggling to get their customers back, Shake Shack is doing well {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (financial)．The New York­based burger chain had a very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (success) IPO, or Initial Public Offerings, of shares at the end of January.{#blank#}10{#/blank#} its first day of trading, Shake Shack went from $21 a share to just under $46 a share.

    Shake Shack's a quality hamburger.It's fast food, but not “fast food” food.Being part of the “fast casual” trend has helped Shake Shack.

    Mac was cycling along a road. With a heavy camp bag, he wasn't moving very fast. Suddenly he heard loud breathing behind him. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (look) to his side, he was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (terrify) to find it wasn't a dog but a wolf that was running after him. He reached {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the spray in the bag. With one hand on the handlebar, he fired it. A bright red color covered the wolf and it fell back shaking its head. But a minute {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(late) it was by his side again. He sprayed {#blank#}5{#/blank#} second time, the wolf falling back again but only to quickly restart {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (it) attack. The wolf was getting closer. Mac waved and yelled at passing {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(motorist) but meanwhile rode hard. He knew clearly he must be careful not to slow down. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(fortunate) , Paul and Becky were driving along the same road when they spotted the scene. They drove toward Mac. When the car was in front of him, Mac jumped off the bike and dashed for the back door. Paul {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(open) the door so as to let Mac in. It was quite a while {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Mac became calm and thanked them.