Tom is a boy with physical{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（disable）and he can't walk as {#blank#}2{#/blank#}normal boy. In order to offer him more convenience, his mother bought him a robot{#blank#}3{#/blank#} name is Jimmy yesterday. Jimmy accompanies Tom every day after his parents leave for work,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（take）care of him. Tom suffers from a rare disease. He can't stand up.  Instead, he has to sit on an armchair all the day. Jimmy shows sympathy to Tom and {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(try) his best to make him happy. Some days ago, he took Tom to the park. He tried to protect him from {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(harm). He gave Tom encouragement to have a try to walk. So Tom {#blank#}7{#/blank#} But to Jimmy's disappointment, Tom fell on the ground, causing some other boys nearby to make fun {#blank#}8{#/blank#} him. “Don't laugh at the disabled!” Jimmy turned around, warning those boys. They felt sorry and ran away immediately. The next day, Jimmy took Tom to the park once again. This time, Tom was {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (adapt) to the circumstance and didn't feel clumsy any longer. He gets back his own confidence {#blank#}10{#/blank#} he is still a disabled boy.

    Samuel Langhorne Clemens, more commonly {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (know) as Mark Twain, was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida. Twain is considered{#blank#}2{#/blank#} greatest author and humorist of the 19th-century American literature (文学).

    In 1839 the Clemens family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River where he was brought {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Like many authors of his day he had little formal education. His education came from the print shops and newspaper offices {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he worked as a youth. In 1853 Twain left Hannibal to travel. On a trip to New Orleans he persuaded a riverboat pilot {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (teach) him his skill. By the spring of 1859 Twain was a licensed riverboat pilot.

    After a(n) {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (success) attempt at gold and silver mining he joined the staff of a newspaper in Virginia City, Nevada. He first wrote under the pen name Mark Twain in 1863. 

    He continued to travel as a reporter for various newspapers, and in 1869 his travel letters from Europe {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (collect) into the popular book The Innocents Abroad. Between 1873 and 1889 he wrote seven novels {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (include) his Mississippi River books.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Twain's life and career progressed he lost much of the humorous style of his earlier years. What was expressed more and more in his later works was {#blank#}10{#/blank#} human beings are selfish. Even so Twain is best remembered as a great humorist.

    No trip would be complete without experiencing the local food culture. Actually, China has various kinds of delicious food, including a wide variety of local snacks.

    For most of the foreigners I contacted, and myself {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (include), Peking Duck, Mongolian Hot Pot are the favourite Chinese dishes. China is a place {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the food is not only delicious, but the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(cheap) I've ever found.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} my last night in Beijing before {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (return) to the States, I went to a Peking Duck restaurant that had been suggested for me to try. What a beautiful place! Splendid woodblock prints on the walls, fresh flowers in the vases,  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(attract) silverware (银餐具) and beautiful chopsticks. I was handed {#blank#}7{#/blank#} menu and found most of the prices were especially low for the high quality of the food. The lucky came in whole or half, along with all the little decorations - a little tortilla (玉米粉圆饼) to put the sliced cluck and vegetables in, chopped onion and sauce.

    Anyway, I ordered a whole duck, thinking I'd just take the rest back to my hotel {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(eat) later if I couldn't finish it.{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(believable), in the end there was none of the whole duck {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(leave) on the plate.

Getting around the city when you are six months pregnant and have a two-year-old girl can be really {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (challenge). One spring afternoon, we went to one of the grocery {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(store) nearby to buy some food. There was no sign of rain {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the store was just around the corner, so we went there without an umbrella. However, when we were about to leave the store) the rain came in full force and the streets {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (cover) with water within minutes.

I noticed a young Chinese couple staring at {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (we) when we came to a crossroad and were waiting for the light to change {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (patient). I figured they were probably wondering {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a pregnant foreigner was dragging her little kid out through the rain. But as we crossed the street, the woman offered me her umbrella. I declined but she handed it to me and hurried off with her husband.

Though {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (catch) in the rain unexpectedly, we still treasure {#blank#}9{#/blank#} memory and will remember the warmth and{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (kind) of the Chinese couple forever.

One question type that appears on SAT and ACT involves vocabulary. One of the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(easy) and most natural ways to broaden your vocabulary is by{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(simple) reading more. If the test you are going to take{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(use) texts from literary works, the best way to prepare is to increase your familiarity with these kinds of works. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(choose) a book from earlier times, such as The Great Gatsby and mark seemingly important words{#blank#}5{#/blank#}are unfamiliar to you. Also, mark any words that look familiar but do not quite fit{#blank#}6{#/blank#}context. Look{#blank#}7{#/blank#}these words in a dictionary and write down the sentence in which you encountered the word. You can then use that sentence when{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(study).

If you are not a greedy reader, there are still{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(technique) you can use to improve your vocabulary. Keep your ears open for new words you hear on the news, radio or in everyday conversation. Try to infer their meaning from context but always check with a dictionary. Then, try to use those words{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(you).