She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to the challenge of her new A-level course . But unlike school friends ,16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (rest). Instead, she is earning $6500 a day as {#blank#}2{#/blank#} model in New York.

    Sarah  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (tell) that she could be Britain's new supermodel， earning a million dollars in the new year. Her father Peter44,want her to give up school to model fulltime. But Sarah, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}has taken part in shows along with top models， wants  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (prove) that she has brains as well as beauty. She is determined to carry on with her{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(educate).

    She has turned down several {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(invitation) to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies. After school she plans to take a year off to model full time before going to university to get a degree {#blank#}8{#/blank#} engineering or architecture.

    Sarah says, "My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(come) first. I don't want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don't want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can't model my more."

    Most people nowadays are so busy with their lives that they do not have time to enjoy a healthy and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (balance) diet. For most individuals, as {#blank#}2{#/blank#} result of eating foods rich in fats and sugar several years, they choose to go on a diet but do not succeed at the end. Be sure to be with a strong {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (aware) that you are {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you eat! Therefore, maintaining a healthy diet not only {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (provide) your body with energy but also numerous health benefits. One is that you will keep a healthy weight and is also the easiest and most {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (benefit) way in which you can be energetic and protect yourself {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a number of diseases when growing old. Another benefit is that you will meet your everyday nutritional {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (require). {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (basic) speaking, you should ensure that you take the good amount of vegetables, grains, milk and proteins. In most cases, a healthy diet can help you decrease the risk of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (get) some diseases like diabetes and cancer.

    The only survivor of a shipwreck(失事船)was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed worriedly for God to rescue(营救)him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but {#blank#}1{#/blank#}seemed forthcoming(即将来临的). Exhausted, he {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(eventual)managed to build a little hut(小屋)out of driftwood(漂浮的木头)to protect him{#blank#}3{#/blank#}the bad weather, and to store his few possessions(财产). But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(roll)up to the sky. The worst had happened;{#blank#}5{#/blank#}was lost. He was almost fainted(昏倒)with grief and anger. “God, how could you do this on me!” he cried. Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(approach)the island. It had come to rescue him. “{#blank#}7{#/blank#}did you know I was here?” he asked one of his rescuers. “We saw your smoke signal,” they replied.

    It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad. But we{#blank#}8{#/blank#}lose heart,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}God is at work in our lives, even in the middle of pain and suffering.

    Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be {#blank#}10{#/blank#}smoke signal from the grace(恩泽)of God. For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves. God has a positive answer for them.

    China has always been famous for being a “State of Etiquettes (礼仪)”. According to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (history) documents, as early as 2,600 years ago, this nation has already established a thorough set {#blank#}2{#/blank#} dining etiquettes. A famous 19th century Russian writer, Anton Chekhov, once invited a Chinese man {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (have) a drink in a bar. Chekhov said, “Before drinking from his cup, he held {#blank#}4{#/blank#} with his hands and presented to me and the bar owner and bar tenders, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (say) “qing (please).” This is the custom of China. They are not like us to finish it in one drink, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} prefer to drink by taking a small amount at a time. With every sip (一小口), he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (eat) some food. Afterwards he handed me some Chinese coins to show {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (grateful). This is a rather interestingly polite nationality. This was the most valuable opinion of a Chinese person {#blank#}9{#/blank#} was given by a foreigner two centuries ago. Chinese traditional dinner procedures used to be long and dealt seriously with. The {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (important) the occasion, the more complex the procedures were.

    Tea is one of the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(much) popular drinks in the world. You make it by pouring hot water over the dried leaves of a tea plant. For {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hundred) of years people believed that tea could cure illnesses, and they used {#blank#}3{#/blank#}as medicine. Today scientists know that tea contains chemicals that prevent cells from dying. Most teas have caffeine in them, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}makes you feel more active. Some people have problems{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(drink) tea because it can cause sleeplessness.

    The tea plant{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(grow) best in tropical and temperate places where rain falls throughout the year. Teas can be grown from sea level {#blank#}7{#/blank#}about 2,000 metres, but the best quality grows in higher regions.

    Tea comes from the leaves and buds of tea plants. Wild plants can be up to 9 metres high, however, on tea plantations,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}( pull ) the leaves {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (easy), people cut them back to a bush of about a metre in height. It takes a plant three to five years before it is ready for picking.

    A picker can harvest about 20 kg of tea {#blank#}10{#/blank#}day. On large tea plantations the leaves are harvested by machines, but the quality of tea is higher when the leaves are picked by hand.

    Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter, was asked {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (paint) some pictures on the walls of the king's palace in English. Then workers were sent for and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} big platform was made. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the help of a worker, Thornhill started painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year {#blank#}4{#/blank#} at last the pictures were ready.

    Thornhill was happy when he looked at the pictures, for they were {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (real) beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (much) beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge of the platform, but he did not know it because he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (think) of his pictures.

    The worker saw everything. "{#blank#}8{#/blank#} should I do?" he thought. "Thornhill is at the very edge of the platform. If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off the platform and surely be killed." So the worker quickly took some paint and threw {#blank#}9{#/blank#} at the picture. "What are you doing?" cried the painter, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (run) quickly forward to his pictures.