Gao Xiaosong, who is a famous musician, movie director and the writer of the famous song My Deskmate, has been sent to jail(监狱) and will{#blank#}1{#/blank#} there for six months for drunk driving.
“I've {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to say for myself and I'm willing to be punished(惩罚),” he said when he was standing in the{#blank#}3{#/blank#} . “What I want to say is that I feel {#blank#}4{#/blank#} for what I've done. I thought alcohol(酒精)could bring me freedom but never realized drunk driving could {#blank#}5{#/blank#} away others' freedom. And now I've{#blank#}6{#/blank#} my own freedom because of drinking. I'll obey the new road safety {#blank#}7{#/blank#}and I want to be a life-long volunteer in persuading(劝说) others not to drive after drinking.”
Anyone who drives after drinking doesn't think much of human life. If Gao had cared, he would have left his car parked outside the restaurant and took a{#blank#}8{#/blank#} home, and he would have thought about a road killer he would become. It's fair to say that his behavior can not be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in modern society. Gao may not have killed anyone, but by choosing to drive a car while under theinfluence of alcohol, he and the large number of others who do the same have{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the dangerous decision that may possibly hurt other people.

      There is nothing more i{#blank#}1{#/blank#} to life than the sun. W{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the sun, all living things on the earth would die. The sun is a star. In the sky there are t{#blank#}3{#/blank#} of stars like the sun. They are as large as the sun and as hot as the sun. At night you can see many stars, but in the day you can o{#blank#}4{#/blank#} see one star-- the sun.

      The sun is much n{#blank#}5{#/blank#} to us than any other star. That is w{#blank#}6{#/blank#} it looks the biggest and brightest of all the stars. The distance (距离) of the sun from the earth is as m{#blank#}7{#/blank#} as 150,000,000 kilometers. Most stars are thousands of light-years a{#blank#}8{#/blank#}from the earth.

      Do you know what a light-year is? N{#blank#}9{#/blank#} in the world travels faster than light. It travels 300,000 kilometers per second. And one light-year is the distance that light can travel in one y{#blank#}10{#/blank#}.

    Eric and Chen first met in their Math class at an American college. Chen was an international student f{#blank#}1{#/blank#} China. He wanted to learn about American culture and hoped he and Eric would become good friends. At first, Eric seemed f{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. He always greeted Chen warmly before class. Sometimes he offered to study with Chen. He even i{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Chen to eat lunch with him. But after the term was over and they were in different classes, Eric seemed more distant. They didn't s{#blank#}4{#/blank#} each other very much at college. One day Chen called Eric, But Eric didn't seem very interested in talking to him, Chen was h{#blank#}5{#/blank#} by Eric's change of attitude（态度）. "Eric said we were friends." Chen said. "I thought friends were friends forever. As a foreigner, he doesn't understand the way Americans view friendship.

    Americans use the word "friend" in a very general way. Their friendship is based on common i{#blank#}6{#/blank#}. When the shared activity ends and they have no the same interests, the friendship may die. Now as Eric and Chen are no longer c{#blank#}7{#/blank#}, their "friendship" has changed.

    In some culture's friendship m{#blank#}8{#/blank#} a strong life-long tie between two people—friendship develops slowly, since it is built to last. American friendship develops q{#blank#}9{#/blank#}, and it may change just as quickly.

    Learning how Americans view friendship can help non-Americans remove misunderstandings（误解）. It can h{#blank#}10{#/blank#} them make friends in the American way.

    If you are in the UK, you'll probably meet people who never talked to you before. They may{#blank#}1{#/blank#} you "dear", "darling" or" love" There is no need{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Why? Because those people are just{#blank#}3{#/blank#} to be polite.

    Just like "sir" and "madam'.', there are many other{#blank#}4{#/blank#} for the British to call the people they may not know well. It is{#blank#}5{#/blank#} for a shop assistant (店员) to call you "darling", "dear" or "love". Don't{#blank#}6{#/blank#} shy.

    The British also use words like "petal", "duck" "son" and so on. It all depends on (取决于) your age and where you are. For example, if you{#blank#}7{#/blank#} your seat (座位) to an old lady on the bus, she will say "Thank you, petal". If you are in a bar (酒吧) in the West Midlands and try to ask for a(n){#blank#}8{#/blank#} the barman will say. "What'll it be, duck?"

    Next time you are called a strange name in {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in the UK, just accept it and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. Remember to say "please'! and "thank you".

    Charlotte Simmonds is a 17-year-old student from Sydney, Australia. Charlotte spends most of her free time on the beach{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (连词) she is a surf （冲浪) life Saver. Her job is to save {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (life) on the beach or in the water, but she doesn't get any money for this. When she grows up she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (hope) to work as a life Saver on some of the most famous surf beaches in the world.

    Charlotte joined a surf life savers' club{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (介词) her older brother and sister when she was only five years old. "We lived near the beach but my parents were very busy in their shop, so they didn't have time {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (play) with us. Joining {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(冠词) club was a great way to meet other children, keep healthy and most importantly, we could spend hours on the beach. We{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (learn) to swim and surf at an early age. At the age of 15, I {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (become) a surf life saver and soon after that I saved someone in the water."

    Charlotte loves helping people on the beach. "Everybody can see{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (we) on the beach because we wear red and yellow~ hats, shirts and shorts. If you can't see us, that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (mean) we can't see you, so maybe you aren't safe," she said.

    My good friend is Bill. He is twelve years old. He {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(be) born (出生) in New York in 2005. At the age of seven, he {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (start) to go to school. When he was eleven，he {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(leave) New York with his parents and moved to Washington D.C. At his new school, he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (meet) me. He became my deskmate (同桌). Because some terrible things were going on, at that time I wasn't enjoying {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(I). I didn't want to say anything to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (anyone). So of course, I didn't say hello to him. However, Bill said to me with a smile (微笑) on his face, "Hi, Dale! Do you need my help?" Bill's smile made me feel better. I didn't keep silent (沉默的) anymore.

    I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (decide) to say something to him. After that Bill and I became good friends.

    Now Bill is still my deskmate. Every day he {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take) the subway to school with me. Like me, he {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (study) and exercises hard. We are in good health. We always {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (get) good grades.