I'm on holiday here in Switzerland with my parents and I'm having {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Fantastic time. We're staying in a hotel near a lake and I can see snowy mountain  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (peak) from my bedroom.

    I've never been to the mountains before and I love {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. It's also the first time I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (stay) in a hotel. My father isn't very happy though. He {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (forbid) to smoke in the hotel so he has to go outside!

    We go mountain climbing with a guide. You don't have to go with a guide but it's {#blank#}6{#/blank#}．(safe).

    Yesterday we went {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a boat trip around the lake. It suddenly started to rain heavily. It was fun but a bit {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (frighten).

    The best thing of all is the beautiful scenery. The worst is{#blank#}9{#/blank#} I can't go out at night. Not because my parents won't let me but because there's nowhere {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (go).

    Paul Frederic Simon is a famous musician, singer and songwriter. He was born {#blank#}1{#/blank#}October 13, 1941 in the USA.  It's been more than half a century since he wrote his famous song The Sound of silence with his partner Art Garfunkel. They also adapted the old English folk song Scarborough Fair, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}is still popular all over the world now.

    Recently Paul Simon released his latest album Stranger to Stranger and received excellent reviews. And Wristband, which is one of the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (song) from the album, is often played on college radio.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, Simon is ready to hang up his guitar and stop {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) music. “Show business doesn't hold any interest for me,” said the 74-year-old man.

    Simon is planning {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (begin) a month-long tour of Europe on October 17, shortly after his 75^th birthday. After that, he's going to travel for a year, perhaps with his wife. “It's {#blank#}7{#/blank#} act of courage to let go,” said Simon. “I am going to see{#blank#}8{#/blank#} will happen if I let go. Then I'm going to see who I am.”

    If he does quit music, Simon {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (bring) a great career to a close, which has spanned sixty years. He has won more than a dozen Grammys and produced a lot of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (amaze) songs. Paul Fredric Simon has been named by Time Magazine one of the “100 People Who Shaped the World”.

—She is the kind of person who {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(stand) out in a crowd.

    China's educational and health authorities have banned convenience stores in all kindergartens, primary, middle and high schools across the country. The regulation took effect on April 1.

    The campus convenience store is a place {#blank#}1{#/blank#}many students enjoy a snack and a chat. But it will soon become {#blank#}2{#/blank#}thing of the past. It requires that administrators (管理人员) should keep record of each meal and solve any food problems as soon as possible. Parents can also eat with students at school canteens and give{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(suggest) to the school on food safety and nutrition. The regulation raised heated debates.

    Many students were sad about the ban. They said the campus life would be less interesting {#blank#}4{#/blank#}convenience stores, and they wouldn't be able to have different flavored drinks or desserts.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, many parents expressed support for the regulation. The father surnamed Fang said, "cheap, low-quality snacks sold at these stores are{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(harm) to children's health, and students rush to shops to buy snacks as soon as a class is over, which affects the normal teaching order".

    The move comes among food health concerns at public schools and{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(design)to meet the nutritional needs of students. The regulation also requires schools{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(monitor) students who may be obese, and intervene (干预) to make sure they follow a healthy diet. And in fact many foreign countries have their own ways to make students eat {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(healthy). For example, many parents in Australia volunteer in schools, sometimes in canteens, do their best to see that {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(they) children are served nutritious food. In Japan, there is "food and nutrition education". This helps children acquire "a sense of gratitude (感恩)" and "appreciate foods and social manners."

    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 her 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 next year. Her father Peter, 44, wants her to give up school to model full-time. 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 put too much 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 any more."