I was living a life in my screen and hardly noticed what{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(be)around me. I was always checking the time and thinking of future{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(plan). My thought was:“Who's going to text me now? What will I do next?” My bedtime routine was usually centered

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} one thing: my phone. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} I went to sleep, I browsed through news websites and checked my emails. When I woke upin the middle of the night. I did the something. The problem with this was that I felt anxious every night.

        So when my friends invited me {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(go)for a long weekend camping withoutthe cell service, I thought this was {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(exact)what I needed. Here's how {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (keep)away from my phone for 48 hours changedme and my way of life.

        Without my phone, I {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(fall) asleep listening to the songs offrogs and crickets. In the  morning, I woke upenergy．Sitting by the river, riding a bike, or singing theold songs, I {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  (true)enjoyed what I was doing.

        I felt free without my phone at weekend camp, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} changed me completely. I listened to what my body wanted instead of what my phone was telling me to do.

    Felicity Miller, a 32-year-old British woman, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} has a Chinese husband, still remembers the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (excite) when she first learned to use the “red packet” function on WeChat in 2015. She sent and grabbed some red packets in her Chinese family's group. The rule in her family was that the person who grabbed the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (high) amount sent the next. Attracted by the unique way of communicating, many foreigners {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (join) in sending and grabbing red packets so far. Usually, the money in each packet is random. Thus the amount of money one can grab {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (large) depends on his or her luck, from 0.01 yuan to less than 200 yuan. Many foreigners get more familiar {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Chinese culture through “red packets”. Two years ago, when Felicity Miller was sent 5.20 or 8.88 yuan red packets, she had no clue about the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (hide) meanings. Now, she has known about them. However, the popularity of virtual red packets doesn't stop people sending paper red packets {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (contain) real cash during the Spring Festival. It {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (call) lucky money. In Chinese tradition, people take lucky money for children as {#blank#}10{#/blank#} blessing.

    The Great Wall of China{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(list) in the World Cultural Heritage(世界文化遗产) by UNESCO in 1987. Just{#blank#}2{#/blank#} a huge dragon, it winds up and down across deserts grasslands and mountains, covering{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (approximate)6, 700 kilometers from the east to the west of China.

    In ancient China, many people built walls around their states to protect their land. It was Emperor Qing Shihuang who had the walls{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(join) up. The project cost much money and hundreds of thousands of people worked on{#blank#}5{#/blank#} wall. On top of it, it is wide enough for five horses or ten men{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (walk) side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}soldiers used to keep watch. With a history of more than 2000 years, some of the sections of the Great Wall are now in ruins or even disappeared. However, it is still one of the most{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (attract) spots around the world because of its wonderful buildings and historical{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(important). Many of the tourists have come to know the famous Chinese saying— "He who does not reach the Great Wall {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (be) not a true man.”

    Wang: What's G. P.A.?

    Smith: G. P.A. stands {#blank#}1{#/blank#}the grade quality point average. Quality points are used {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(determine) the students' rank in class, academic honors, and academic warning, and probation or suspension.

    Wang: How can I list my overall undergraduate G. P.A. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(use)3 digits?

    Smith: I think it's difficult to change your grade {#blank#}4{#/blank#} G. P.A., as our system of grading is different from {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in your country. I'd like to advise you to submit your {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(office) transcripts(文字稿)of all previous undergraduate and graduate work.

    Wang: That's a good idea. I took TOEFL last year, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} I haven't taken the GRE. What's to be done?

    Smith: The GRE may {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(require) by the particular graduate or professional program. You should go over the Table of Program carefully. What's your TOEFL{#blank#}9{#/blank#}?

    Wang: 630.

    Smith: Wonderful. In general, the graduate division requires a TOEFL score of at least 575. Those {#blank#}10{#/blank#}TOEFL scores are in the range 500­575 are admitted conditionally upon successful completion of further coursework in English as a second language.

    Nowadays, English is widely spoken all over the world. Actually, English has changed and developed {#blank#}1{#/blank#} time. At first, the English {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(speak) in England between AD 450 and 1150 was quite different from the English spoken today, which was based more {#blank#}3{#/blank#} German than English we speak now. Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those {#blank#}4{#/blank#} ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(settle) enriched English and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600's Shakespeare used a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(wide) vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America, later they moved to Australia too. English began {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(speak) in both countries. Finally, the language was settled by the 19th century. English now is spoken {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a foreign or second language in India, Singapore, Malaysia and so on. Today the number of people learning English in China {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(be) increasing rapidly. Will Chinese English develop {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(it) own identity? Only time will tell.