BEIJING—World－renowned Oxford and Cambridge have come to China to attract top－rank postgraduate students in cooperation with the China Scholarship Council.

    Oxford made its first {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (appear) at the China Scholarship Council's annual International Graduate Scholarship Fair,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} opened on Saturday in Beijing. The school wants to encourage excellent Chinese students to consider {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Oxford can offer for their academic and professional careers.

    “The students{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (come) well－prepared with specific questions and were serious about the chance,”said Sherwood,director of graduate admissions and funding at Oxford,who will make {#blank#}5{#/blank#} two stops for the fair in Wuhan and Shanghai.

    The University of Cambridge has attended the fair since{#blank#}6{#/blank#} first session in 2009,and stresses that it would continue to invest to train students to be problem solvers.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#} Cambridge and Oxford present at the fair in competition for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} best and brightest,Osterfield and Sherwood agree that the two universities {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (usual) have more interest in cooperation {#blank#}10{#/blank#} competition,except in their traditional annual boat race.

    Long ago,there was a mother and a son living in a house.She worked hard every day,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}they were always poor.

    One day,her son stole his friend's bag.“Mom,what do you think of this bag?”His mother praised her son instead of scolding him.The next time,he stole{#blank#}2{#/blank#}overcoat.She praised him again.A few years{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(late),he grew up to be a young man.He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother.This time,she did not scold her son.Then,he started{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (steal) more expensive things.

    One day,the police caught him.Before he{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(put) in prison,he begged the police to meet his mother.They took him{#blank#}6{#/blank#}his mother.As soon as he saw his mother,he suddenly bit her ear.“Ouch!What is the matter with you?”She finally scolded him.Her son answered.“If you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag,I could not {#blank#}7{#/blank#}a thief.”{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (look) at her son heading to prison,“If only I{#blank#}9{#/blank#}turn back time,I would scold him severely.”She said{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(regret).

    Rachel and her husband, Jason,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}were both experienced climbers, were on a climbing holiday in Switzerland. When they were 3，000 metres up in the mountains, there was{#blank#}2{#/blank#}storm.The wind was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (extreme) strong and the snow was two metres deep.They couldn't move. Rachel had her mobile phone with her, so she sent a text message to five friends in the UK {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(get) their help.

    About four hours later, one of her friends, Martha, responded {#blank#}5{#/blank#}her with a text message.Martha said she had phoned the police in Switzerland and that they had got in touch with the mountain rescue team.

    But the weather was so bad{#blank#}6{#/blank#}the helicopter (直升飞机) couldn't get to the two climbers.The rescue team sent a message to Rachel, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}say：“So sorry Rachel. We tried. Wind is too strong. Have to wait till morning. Take care. Be strong.” Rachel  felt {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(hope) and thought they were going to die as it was freezing, －15 ℃. However, Jason encouraged her, telling her not to give up.

    Next morning the storm{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(pass) and the helicopter arrived to take them off the mountain. After the accident, they cared for each other with greater{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(devote)．