Last Friday, my friend David called me and invited me and our friend Tom to a party in his university. Tom and I are in{#blank#}1{#/blank#} same class. We both wanted to go to the party, but there was a problem—we'd have a final exam on the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (come) Monday.

    “Don't worry. We can come back on Sunday and won't miss the exam,” really{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (want) to go to the party, Tom said. So I decided to go{#blank#}4{#/blank#} him.

    The party was great and we{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (true) enjoyed ourselves there. However, we stayed up late on Saturday night and slept all day on Sunday and didn't make it back to our university until Monday morning. We missed the exam. Then we went to our professor's office and explained{#blank#}6{#/blank#} we missed the exam. We lied that there was a flat tire（车胎漏气）on our way back to the university. Our professor {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (agree) that we could take the exam the following day.

    When it was time to take the exam, Tom and I{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take)to different rooms. After we opened the test paper, we saw only one question, “Which tire?”

    Neither Tom nor I answered the question. Instead we told our professor the truth. Luckily, he later gave {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (we) the real test paper. And both Tom and I made a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (decide): never to lie again.

    One of my main concerns when I am helping people achieve their goals {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) how they measure success . I see individuals getting  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (frustrate) as they struggle hard for success.

    The main reason is that people allow their definition of success to be determined by someone or something else. We should look at {#blank#}3{#/blank#} own skills to determine what is successful to us. We should look inwards to determine {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it would mean for us to be successful in our own mind.

    Evaluating a successful person needs {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (look) at his pathway to success, his action and his{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (determine). You must set your own course of action, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} stay on your course. You alone must determine what success means to you. Do what you do to the best of your ability and the rest will take care of itself.

    Here is the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (true). Being a success is doing your best, not being the best. Success is not something you become, but it is something you continue being.

    When we get to that point, we will experience a lot more joy and a lot less depression. And that {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sound) good to us!

    Remember the great quote from Napoleon Hill, “If you cannot do great things, do small things in {#blank#}10{#/blank#} great way.”

                         Gift from a stranger

    My local supermarket is always busy. The first parking space I found was convenient, but I'd noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a while.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} I was in a good mood, I let her have it. On the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spot—it was a tight fit.

    Pretty soon I'd made my way through the supermarket and was back in the fresh air. Feeling good, I{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(empty) my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park（倒车）.

    Just as I approached my car, 1 saw the woman I'd let have my car space earlier. She was giving me {#blank#}3{#/blank#} odd look—half puzzled, half intent (热切的). I smiled and wished her a pleasant day. As I squeezed back into my car, I spotted the same lady {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (look) in at me. "Hello," she said, hesitantly. "This {#blank#}5{#/blank#}_ sound crazy but I was on my way to drop some of my mother's things off at the charity bins.” You are just so much {#blank#}6{#/blank#} her.” You helped those people, I noticed, and you seemed so happy.” She looked at me meaningfully and passed a box in through the window. “I think she would like you to have it.”{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (shock), I took it from her automatically. She smiled and walked away.

    After a pause, I opened the box. Inside was a beautiful gold necklace with a large grey pearl. It was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (nice) gift I'd ever received, and it was from a complete stranger. The necklace was around my neck, a warm reminder of human kindness.

    Yuan Longping is a great scientist, but his sun-burnt face and his slim, strong body are like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(struggle) for the past five decades. When he was young, hunger was a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (disturb) problem. Since he graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953, he has devoted his life{#blank#}3{#/blank#}developing a new kind of rice{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(call) super hybrid rice. The rice farmers are now producing crops{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (two) as large as before by planting his super-rice{#blank#}6{#/blank#}makes it possible to solve the problem of hunger.{#blank#}7{#/blank#}, he is not satisfied with his work, he still insists on his work to develop his rice. I think his work is of great{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(important) to the world.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (thank) to his research, the UN has more tools in {#blank#}10{#/blank#}battle to rid the world of hunger. Now Yuan Longping is spreading his knowledge in many other less developed countries.

    How are you getting along with your high school? It may be hard for you as this is the first time that you {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(leave) your parents. I know that you are now having trouble{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(communicate) with others. That's{#blank#}3{#/blank#}you are new here and people don't know about you. But I think you can follow the advice below.

    First, you should take{#blank#}4{#/blank#}active part in the discussions and show your own opinions about the matters, and at the same time, learn to listen to other people's views{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(careful). Second, you should learn about your classmates' likes and dislikes,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}can make you get familiar with them. Only in this way can you get to know more{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(difference) people and show them that you are just as friendly. I'm always here ready to help. We can take part in some{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(activity) together and I can introduce you to others.

    There's no need{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(worry) too much. People will know you more very soon and will like to make friends{#blank#}10{#/blank#}you if you can do as the above.

    Moving silently through Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's "FlyZoo" hotel, black disc-shaped robots about a metre in height deliver food and drop off fresh towels.

    The robots are part of a set of high-tech tools that Alibaba {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (say) extremely cuts the hotel's cost of human labour and removes the need for guests to interact {#blank#}2{#/blank#} other people.

    Inside the hotel, softly-lit white panelled walls bring to mind {#blank#}3{#/blank#} insides of Hollywood spaceships. Guests check in at reception desks that scan {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (they) faces, as well as passports or other ID. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (visit) with a Chinese national ID can scan their faces using their smartphones to check in ahead of time.

    At the hotel's restaurant, taller capsule-shaped robots deliver food that guests {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (order) via the FlyZoo app while at a separate bar, a large robotic arm can mix more than 20 different types of cocktails. Facial recognition cameras add charges to the room rate {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (automatic).

    The hotel does employ humans, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} Alibaba refused to tell how many. This includes chefs and cleaners as well as reception staff, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} will assist with conventional check-in procedures for guests unwilling to have their faces {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (scan) and want to use electronic key cards.