Passage 1:

    My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we were travelling across the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle . She {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again, but ten minutes later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other {#blank#}3{#/blank#} now. However, they have decided to use the post office. Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.

Passage 2:

I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter , she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun {#blank#}5{#/blank#} my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to some people. It {#blank#}7{#/blank#} be the only modern house in the district.

Passage 3:

I enter the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just lost £50 and I felt very upset.‘I left the money in my room,'I said, ‘and it's not there now.'The manager was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} , but he could do nothing. ‘Everyone's losing money these days,'he said. He started to complain about this wicked world but was {#blank#}9{#/blank#} by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelop on his desk. It contained £50 . ‘I found this {#blank#}10{#/blank#} this gentleman's room,'she said. ‘Well,'I said to the manager, ‘there is still some honesty in this world! ‘

    When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West, you often see a lot of people{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (walk) with dogs. It is still true that the dog is the most useful and faithful animal in the world. But the reasons why people keep a dog{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(change). In the old days, people used to train dogs to protect themselves against the attacks from{#blank#}3{#/blank#}beasts. And later they came{#blank#}4{#/blank#}( realize) that the dog was not only useful{#blank#}5{#/blank#}willing to obey its master. For example, when people used dogs for hunting, the dogs would not eat what they caught without{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(permit). But now people in the city need not protect themselves against attacks of animals. Why do they keep dogs, then? Some people keep dogs to protect themselves from robbery, but the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(important) reason is for companionship. For a child,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with; for a young couple, a dog is {#blank#}9{#/blank#}child when they have no children; for old couples, a dog is also their child when their real children have grown up. So the main reason why people keep dogs has changed{#blank#}10{#/blank#}protection to friendship.

—Yes, there's a high {#blank#}1{#/blank#} that it will, especially in this season.

    Every day has the potential to be a good and, in some cases, a great day for you. Few of us get up in the morning,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (think) that we want this to be a bad day. Yet in many cases the day turns that way because of a person or an event {#blank#}2{#/blank#}we worry about.

    Think about those small {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(event.) which can throw you off balance and affect your whole day {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(negative). Who stole your day?{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (Be) it your boss, an odd driver on the way to work, or an impolite waiter at lunch that did?

    Every day numerous people or things can prevent us {#blank#}6{#/blank#} having a good day, if we let them. The key is that we should adopt {#blank#}7{#/blank#}positive attitude towards life. We cannot control {#blank#}8{#/blank#} happens to us in many cases,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}we can control how we react to them.

    Lao-tzu, a Chinese philosopher, said, “He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(he) is mighty.

    Located in the northwest of Hunan Province, about 300 kilometers away from Changsha, capital of Hunan, Zhangjiajie, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} covers a total area of 9,563 square kilometers, is a tourist city for its unique natural scenery and abundant tourism resources. Zhangjiajie {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(award) the title of "World Geological Park" in 2004. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (actual), Zhangjiajie, honored as "the most fantastic mountain under heaven" and "a walking Chinese landscape painting", is also widely praised as "{#blank#}4{#/blank#} enlarged potted landscaping" "a mini fairyland" and "a maze (迷宫) of nature", attracting a growing number of tourists {#blank#}5{#/blank#} home and abroad.

    Since it was discovered in the 1980s, tourism industry {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (become) the leading industry in Zhangjiajie, which has stimulated the development of other industries {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (relate) to tourism. At the same time, eco-tourism has been developed rapidly in Zhangjiajie. When you come to Zhangjiajie, you can fully appreciate {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (it) magnificent natural scenery and experience appealing folk custom as well as other thrilling tourist {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (activity), and you will be deeply impressed by {#blank#}10{#/blank#} is performed by the minorities there.

    It must be an exciting, joyful and unforgettable tour to Zhangjiajie.

    The Palace Museum, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (know)as the Forbidden City, welcomed {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (it)17 millionth visitor on December 13, becoming the museum with the most visitors in the world. The number of visitors has continued growing since it {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (reach)the milestone with 10 million in 2009. There is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} increase of 6.25％from last year in the number of visitors. Although the Palace Museum has limited daily visitors {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (protect)the ancient architecture, the number of off-season visitors has grown {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (steady)this year. Over the last decade, the museum has produced more than 10, 000 cultural items {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (range) from notebooks to lipsticks.

    The official Weibo account of the Palace Museum, with more than 6 million followers, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} keeps showing the palace's charm of four seasons by posting beautiful {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (photo) regularly, plays all important role in interacting with the young people and promoting the museum. The fundamental reason why the Palace Museum has become so popular among young people is that it strikes the right balance between preserving history {#blank#}10{#/blank#} providing many interesting interactive displays.