I am so tired of winter. First it was all the snow and now it's just rain, rain, rain. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (seem) like the cold and rain have been here so long that I can {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hard) remember what the sun looks. It has been wet and miserable for weeks and weeks.

    All I want to do is climb into bed, crawl under the covers, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} hide from the world until spring is really here. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}official first day of spring is in less than a week, but you wouldn't know it at all from the weather.

    I have been feeling so bad lately and think it has a lot to do with the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (depress) weather this month. March is just the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (bad) month in my opinion.

    Today I got thoroughly wet{#blank#}7{#/blank#} my way home from work. It started to pour when I was walking to my car, which {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (park) at the end of the lot. Why do I always forget {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (bring) an umbrella with me?

    I had a hard time {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (drive) home. I was wet and the traffic was terrible. But I am home now and happy that the day is over.

    Most students do an IQ test early in their school career. Even if they never see their results, they feel that their IQ is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} determines how well they are going to do in life. When they see other {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (student) doing better than them, they usually believe that those students have a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (high) IQ and that there is nothing they can do {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (change) facts. However, new research into EQ suggests that success is not {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (simple) the result of a high IQ.

    While your IQ tells you how {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (intelligence) you are, your EQ tells you how well you use your intelligence. Professor Salovery, who {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (invent) the term EQ, gives the following description: At work, it is IQ {#blank#}8{#/blank#} gets you promoted. Supported{#blank#}9{#/blank#} his academic research, Professor Salovery suggests that when predicting someone's future success, their character, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} measured by EQ tests, might actually matter more than their IQ.

    In the time of Queen Victoria, cholera, a deadly disease, hit London, which often resulted in large numbers of {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(dead). John Snow, a then well-known doctor, became{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(inspire) when he thought about helping ordinary people who {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(expose) to cholera. John Snow thought {#blank#}4{#/blank#}most important was to find its cause. He got interested in two theories {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(explain) how cholera killed people. He believed in the second theory{#blank#}6{#/blank#}suggested people absorbed the disease with their meals. He began to gather information and made a map, on which he marked {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the victims(受害者)had lived. As a result, he found out that the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(pollute)water was the cause of cholera and suggested that the source of all water supplies{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(examine)immediately. Finally, “King Cholera”{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (defeat).

    Harry is an American businessman. His job requires him to do a lot of traveling. In the past six months he has made nine trips, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}purpose is to attend meetings and make presentations. Harry loves to travel and feels each country has a charm of its own. After graduation, Harry decided to make travel part of his career. He wanted to experience different cultures of other {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(country). He was dreaming of{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(work) for an international company. Then his dream came true. Now he's working for a German hi-tech company.

    High school graduates on the Chinese mainland have shown increasing preference for Hong Kong {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(university), with enrollment （入学人数） jumping from 7 students in 1997 to about 4,900 in 2017, according to the data published on Thursday by the EIC Group.

    “Mainland students enjoy the advantages studying in Hong Kong, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}they can choose{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (work)and live after graduation, or make Hong Kong a springboard （跳板）for entering top colleges and universities in other countries," said Hong Lijuan, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}international education expert from the EIC Group. Hong Kong still needs more talented people, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(especial) in its finance, banking, and tourism, according to Hong.

    Hong Kong's economy{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(develop) and improved in recent years, and the local government has created policies （政策） to attract talented people by {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(allow) graduates who have no local permits to live and work in the place for at least one year.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}June 27, China's central government announced a series of policies （政策）to improve economic and cultural relationships between Hong Kong and the mainland. I think exchanges between students and teachers from Hong Kong and mainland universities will be enlarged and Hong Kong colleges{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(encourage) to set up educational centers in neighboring Guangdong Province. These policies will provide more and{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good) job opportunities for mainland students studying in Hong Kong over the next years.

    There is one all-important law of human conduct. If we obey that law, we shall almost never get into trouble. In fact, that law, if {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (obey), will bring us countless friends and constant happiness. But the very instant we break the law, we shall get into {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (end) trouble. The law is this: Always make others feel important. John Dewey, an American psychologist, once {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (say) that gaining others' respect is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} deepest urge in human nature. According to psychologist, William James, the ruling principle in human nature is the desire {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (appreciate). It is desires and urges like these {#blank#}6{#/blank#} distinguish us from animals. People have thought about the rules of human relationships for thousands of years before {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (discover) one rule—probably the most important rule in the world: Do to others as you would have them do to you.

    You want the approval of those with {#blank#}8{#/blank#} you come in contact. You want the recognition of your true worth. You want to have the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (feel) that you are important in your little world. So let's obey the Golden Rule, recognize others' importance and recognize it {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (honest). When? Where? The answer is: all the time, everywhere.