Keeping a diary in English is one of the effective ways to improve our English writing ability.

    Compared with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(little) time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. If we persist in this practice, gradually we'll learn how {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（express）ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(difficult). In the first place, it often happens that we have trouble in {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(find) appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(proper).

    As far as I am {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(concern), my suggestion is {#blank#}8{#/blank#}we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also ask our English teacher {#blank#}9{#/blank#}help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is of great use to keep a diary in English for {#blank#}10{#/blank#}development of our writing skills.

    If we look at successful people, we can always see that they are usually not those {#blank#}1{#/blank#} never faced failure at all in their life. In fact, some of the most successful people in this world we have heard of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (start) out poorly, and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (actual) they have failed many times.

    There are so many other great {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (fail) that famous people met with. For example, the most famous basketball player of all time. Michael Jordan was just {#blank#}5{#/blank#} ordinary person before he joined the NBA and he was even cut out from his school basketball team {#blank#}6{#/blank#} they said he was “lack of skill”. The greatest inventor in history, Albert Einstein was thought as mentally retarded (智力迟钝的) when he was young. He didn't speak until he turned 4 and didn't read until he was 7. His grades were so poor in school {#blank#}7{#/blank#} his teacher finally asked him {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (quit) his school.

    Successful people do not complain {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the adversity (逆境). Instead, they accept the adversity as part of life and never put blame onto {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (other).

    In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear{#blank#}1{#/blank#}spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (three), we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

There is no easy way to success {#blank#}3{#/blank#}language learning. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long a list of words and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(they) meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(satisfy) with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. ＂Learn through use＂ is a good piece of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(advise) for those {#blank#}9{#/blank#}are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practice speaking and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(write) the language whenever we can.

    Stan Lee, who dreamed up Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk and other Marvel Comics (漫威漫画) superheroes that became highly successful at the movie box office, died at the age of 95, his daughter said on Monday.

    "{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (know) as a writer and editor, he felt a duty to his fans to keep creating," his daughter J. C. Lee said in a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (state). "He loved his life and he loved {#blank#}3{#/blank#} he did for a living. His family and his fans loved him. He was irreplaceable." Lee was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wide) credited with adding a new layer of humanity to superheroes. His characters were not made of stone. They had love and money worries and suffered terrible shortcomings or feelings of insecurity.

    "I felt {#blank#}5{#/blank#} would be fun to show that they are human as well as super," Lee said in 2010. Many of Marvel Comics movies Lee created were produced in the first decades of the 21^st century, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (add) up to over $20 billion at theaters worldwide, according to box office analysts.

    In 2008, Lee {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (award) the National Medal of Arts, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} highest government award for creative {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (artist). His greatest contribution will be not only the co-creation of his characters but the way he helped to build the culture that comics have become, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} is a pretty significant one," said Robert Thompson, a pop culture expen at Syracuse University.

    One Sunday morning in August I went to a local music festival. I left it early because I had an appointment{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(late) that day. My friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with me{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the bus arrived. I got on the bus and found a seat near the back，and then I noticed a man{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(sit) at the front. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(pretend) that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. He must be{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(mental) disabled.

    Behind him were other people to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he was trying to talk，but after some minutes {#blank#}7{#/blank#} walked away and sat near me，looking annoyed.

    I didn't want to be laughed at for talking to him but I didn't like leaving him {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his own either.

    After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. I sat next to the man and introduced myself. We had {#blank#}9{#/blank#} amazing conversation. He got off the bus before me and I felt very happy the rest of the way home.

    I'm glad I made the choice. It made {#blank#}10{#/blank#} of us feel good.