Today I took part in a quiz show at a TV studio. When I arrived at  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (eighth) o[clock, a woman put make-up on my face, and brushed my hair.

 Then the director came. He told me to stay {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (relax) and not to worry. It was really kind of him to do that. The hot lights shone down upon {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  (we). One of the contestants passed out before the show started, so the director  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  (choose) another girl. The girl was called Angela. She knew a lot of  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (thing). She beat me and another contestant and finally won the prize. Everyone was happy for Angela.

 I was sorry I didn't win, but I'll do{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (well) next time.

In many Western countries, teenagers are allowed to move out at the age of{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Their parents believe that they should be{#blank#}3{#/blank#} to care for themselves from an early age. In this way, when they start working, they can  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

their own lives. In most Asian societies,{#blank#}5{#/blank#},it is not common for teenagers to move out. Chinese parents believe that {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  is better for children to live with parents who can take care of them. But the young should then look after their parents when they get{#blank#}7{#/blank#}. That is why many Chinese adults continue to live with their parents, even {#blank#}8{#/blank#} they get married.

    The aim of students who came to school is to study. But to s{#blank#}1{#/blank#} requires a right way, or you waste e{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.

    The b{#blank#}3{#/blank#} time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that r{#blank#}4{#/blank#} , we can get good results.

    In studying we must have patience. If we have not k{#blank#}5{#/blank#} a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one u{#blank#}6{#/blank#} we have learned the first one.

    When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get n{#blank#}7{#/blank#} from the book while we are reading.

    We must always ask “whys”. If it is not w{#blank#}8{#/blank#} understood, write it down and ask our teachers or parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we've learned can be used well and made better.

    T{#blank#}9{#/blank#} there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do s{#blank#}10{#/blank#} .

    Now more than 40 million {#blank#}1{#/blank#} around the world are learning Chinese, according to a report. The relationship {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the United States and China is becoming more and more important in the world. This has really {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the growth of Chinese language learning in U.S.

    I am Chris from the United States. I am one of the many people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are learning Chinese. I am studying at a Confucius Institute(孔子学院)in New York. There are 10 students in our class. Some are over thirty years old. Some are middle school students. Our teacher comes from Beijing. He is fun and often tells us interesting things in China.

    I think Chinese is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} different from any other language in the world. It will take me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters(汉字). But I think there are many benefits (益处) of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} time in learning Chinese. One important benefit is that it makes me see things from a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} point of view, because Chinese is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a different language from English. I think for American the students most important benefit is that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a challenging language can open up their eyes.

    It's a Sunday morning. Jack and his father {#blank#}1{#/blank#} on a big bus. There are many people on it. Some of them come from America and some from England and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (Australian). They are all friends. They are going to the Safari Zoo. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Chinese are on the bus. One is a man. He is the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  (drive). He is driving the bus. The other is a young woman. She is good at {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (speak) English. She is talking {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the zoo. She says she likes {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （panda）best. Because they are cute and only {#blank#}8{#/blank#} in China. All the passengers(乘客)are listening to her. They like the zoo. It {#blank#}9{#/blank#} them 20 minutes to get there. They want {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (get) there soon（很快）.

    On Sept.19,2016 Alibaba(阿里巴巴 ) went public (上市) on the New York Stock Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun,50,has done his business {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (成功地) A short Chinese man seems to be the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （最高的）man in the world right now. Ma used to be an English teacher. So far ,he has {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （成为）the richest man on the Chinese mainland.

    Ma was born in Hangzhou and grew up as a happy kid. At the age of twelve ,he found that English was very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (有趣的). Every morning, he got up at 5 am, and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake where he could {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （交流） with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years, whether it was rain or shine. This {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (经历) made him become a fantastic English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wide world. In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was showed to the Internet for the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （第一次） time .He searched Yahoo using the word" Beer" ,and found that there was nothing about China .Seeing the chance, Ma {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （返回） to China and set up a website without knowing much about computers .Four years later,18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him "Crazy Jack Ma". But {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （十五） years later, Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e-commerce(电子商务) {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（公司）. When Ma was interviewed by the reporter from Times, he said, "Everybody should have a dream. What if that dream comes true?"