You may like reading novels for fun. But you need to get{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(organize) if you are reading a novel for school. Here {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) a few tips.

        First, pay attention to characters. What do they do in the novel? What do they want? Everything{#blank#}3{#/blank#} is about a character can help us to understand him, from his{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (appear) to the kind of food he eats.

        Besides, the order ofthe story and the plot are {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(equal) important. Make sure that as you read, you make {#blank#}6{#/blank#}quick note of what happens in each chapter. This will help you bring the things you have noticed about thecharacter, setting, language andso on together. It's also an enormous help for you to retell the story after you have read it.

        Next, themes. They are ideas that a novel explores. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} is a must to get the hang of the theme if you want to fully appreciate the novel. Perhaps loveis a major theme, or justice，or  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(survive).

        Furthermore, novels are made up {#blank#}9{#/blank#}language. Writers use language in a special way{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(make) their novels work. They may use metaphors, invent symbols, or show different characters' personalities through their speech styles.

                         Gift from a stranger

    My local supermarket is always busy. The first parking space I found was convenient, but I'd noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a while.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} I was in a good mood, I let her have it. On the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spot—it was a tight fit.

    Pretty soon I'd made my way through the supermarket and was back in the fresh air. Feeling good, I{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(empty) my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park（倒车）.

    Just as I approached my car, 1 saw the woman I'd let have my car space earlier. She was giving me {#blank#}3{#/blank#} odd look—half puzzled, half intent (热切的). I smiled and wished her a pleasant day. As I squeezed back into my car, I spotted the same lady {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (look) in at me. "Hello," she said, hesitantly. "This {#blank#}5{#/blank#}_ sound crazy but I was on my way to drop some of my mother's things off at the charity bins.” You are just so much {#blank#}6{#/blank#} her.” You helped those people, I noticed, and you seemed so happy.” She looked at me meaningfully and passed a box in through the window. “I think she would like you to have it.”{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (shock), I took it from her automatically. She smiled and walked away.

    After a pause, I opened the box. Inside was a beautiful gold necklace with a large grey pearl. It was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (nice) gift I'd ever received, and it was from a complete stranger. The necklace was around my neck, a warm reminder of human kindness.

    One of the purposes of children's slang(俚语){#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) to stop adults from being able to understand what they're saying. Obviously, the strategy works. Recent research shows that {#blank#}2{#/blank#}majority of adults can't translate the meaning of common slang.

    In a survey of 4,5000 people last month,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}was found that 85 percent of adults didn't understand the translations of emoji(表情符号)and text. The researchers warned that a lack of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(aware) of what children are communicating online can leave them unprotected, with phrases that express eating disorders and unhappiness not

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(understand).

    For young people growing up with technology, this new language comes {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(natural), but it's leaving some adults unsure about {#blank#}7{#/blank#}is being said by their children online. It's important for adults to speak to young people about how they use social media and chat online.

    Caroline Bunting, general manager at Internet matters, said “While it is unrealistic to expect parents

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(know) every piece of Internet slang their children will ever see, online safety starts {#blank#}9{#/blank#}a conversation. It's vital for parents to talk to their kids about their digital worlds, including all {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(sort) of things they might experience online and the types of problems to be aware of.”

    This summer I travelled from noisy Beijing to Wuzhen, a beautiful village in Zhejiang Province. Unfolded before me was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} unique image of this water country—the stone bridge and the water flowing, all like fairy tales to me.

    However, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} impressed me most was not the natural scenery but the scene of a grandma bathing a little baby in a wooden basin with the door open. My friends couldn't help {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (take) pictures of them. To my surprise, the grandma smiled and waved at us. All of a sudden, my heart was filled with {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (warm).

    I shared the photo and my {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (forget) experience with my friends. They were {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(simple) moved as I was, but at the same time they reminded me of the unpleasant experiences in big cities. We feel embarrassed to see people quarreling in public because they {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (step) on accidentally by strangers.

    According to a recent survey {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (make) in November 2016: 45 percent of the residents don't know the names of their neighbors; 63 percent have never devoted {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (they) to talking to their neighbors; 67 percent think that the relationship between them and their neighbors is just so-so, or even bad.

    Wouldn't it be beautiful to say hello to our neighbors who just came back{#blank#}10{#/blank#}work and give them a smile?

The annual Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival is Harbin's main tourist highlight. It is the world's biggest winter festival. The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (bitter) cold winters are just right for this festival.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} sets the Harbin festival apart is the scale and size of the sculptures and the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(beauty) lighting. It is bigger than {#blank#}4{#/blank#}ones in Sapporo, Norway, and Quebec.

At first, mainly Chinese participated, but in the last decade, it {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(become) an international festival and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(compete). As the festival grows in international participation, and as China's economy grows, the size of the snow sculptures and ice architecture exhibits keeps {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(grow). The work going into making those exhibits is astonishing, and their size and beauty is amazing.

The lightning {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(effect) on the huge ice sculptures in the Ice and Snow World are technologically complex.

Officially the festival {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(hold) from the end of December through February. Opening dates keep changing, and ending dates partly depends {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the weather.

The Sun Island Scenic Area will be opened from Dec. 21 to Feb. 28.