The beginning of a new year finds many people making New Year's resolutions. Though they are easy to make, few people stay true to them. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} , it's a new year and many want to turn over a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} leaf.
If you're one of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} , you'll be more successful if you make SMART goals! Each goal should be:
Specific. Don't say you want to lose some {#blank#}4{#/blank#} , read more or exercise. Decide how much weight to lose, how many books to read, or how many times a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to exercise.
Measurable(可衡量的). Weigh yourself daily, count the number of books you read {#blank#}6{#/blank#} , and make notes of how many times you exercise each week.
Attainable(可达成的). Don't set impossible goals. For example, don't make promise to lose 10 kilograms in a week. Or if you have just {#blank#}7{#/blank#} running, realize you won't be running a long-distance race in a month.
Relevant(相关的). If you love history, you probably {#blank#}8{#/blank#} read eight books a month about science. You won't stick with it if the subject isn't {#blank#}9{#/blank#} .
Timely. Set deadlines. How long will you {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to read a book?A new year is about starting over— so start now!

A: Hello. May I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to Mr Brown, the headmaster(校长), please?

B: {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is Mr Brown speaking.

A: Hi! This is John. I want to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for a student in your school. Can you help me?

B: A student? {#blank#}4{#/blank#} does he look like?

A: Well, he's tall and fat. He has big black eyes and short black hair. He {#blank#}5{#/blank#}very friendly.

B: Oh, I see. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} Li Lei. But why are you looking for him?

A: Yesterday I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} ill on my way home. At that time he met me and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}me to the hospital. So I want to find him and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} him.

B: That {#blank#}10{#/blank#} exciting(今人激动的). I think I will help you.

A: Thank you very much.

B: You are welcome.

    Hello, everyone! Next week we will go on a t{#blank#}1{#/blank#} to the Yellow Mountain(黄山). Do you want to know something about it? Here is some i{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    The Yellow Mountain is a f{#blank#}3{#/blank#} mountain in China. It is in the south of Anhui. Every year thousands of people from China and all o{#blank#}4{#/blank#} the world come to visit it. It takes us about three hours to get there by bus. When we are c{#blank#}5{#/blank#} the mountain, we can enjoy the f{#blank#}6{#/blank#}air, the sea of clouds, wondrous pines and unique rocks along the way. In the early m{#blank#}7{#/blank#} when the sun rises, the sky looks q{#blank#}8{#/blank#} beautiful.

    Please p{#blank#}9{#/blank#}well for the trip next week. Wear comfortable trainers, bring something to eat and drink, but please r{#blank#}10{#/blank#}: We should be polite visitors.   

    There is a sign at a Korean university asking tourists {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (not step) into the grass to take photos. The sign {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (write) in Chinese, not Korean or English.   

    These signs, and signs in other countries warning Chinese tourists about their behavior, have shamed many Chinese who worry about the image of the country.

    Over 70 million Chinese tourists {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (make) overseas trips last year and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (spend) $102 billion, more than the $84 billion spent by American and German tourists. For many Chinese tourists, it {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) their first trip abroad and they didn't know about foreign ways. And some of these tourists took their bad habits from China with them.

    Wang Yang, a Chinese deputy prime minister (国务院副总理), said, "They (the tourists) speak loudly in public, carve words or numbers on tourist attractions, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (cross) the road when the traffic lights {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) still red and spit anywhere. It damages(毁坏) the image of the Chinese people and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (have) a very bad influence."

    Before you travel to a foreign country, it's important {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (learn)  some things about the country and its culture. You are guests in the country and it's important to respect(尊重) your hosts. As more and more Chinese visit foreign countries, their behavior will certainly change and those shameful signs {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (disappear), we hope.

    David is from America. He and his family{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(have) different plans for the coming holiday. David likes China very much and he{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (go) to Beijing last year. But he wants to know more about Chinese culture so he{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (visit) Beijing again. This time he is going to the Palace Museum. There{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) many interesting things about Chinese culture there. He{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (want) to take lots of photos of the things in the Palace Museum. He{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (show) them to his friends. David's father {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (read) many books about Japanese history three months ago. He thought some things in Japan were interesting. He{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take) a trip to Japan. David's mother didn't know where to go at first. At last she {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (decide) to go to Singapore. She likes the climate (气候) there. What about David's sister? She {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (stay) at home and do her homework.