Do you feel the cold? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the answer is “yes”, then why not try a cold bath or shower? This unusual advice comes from a natural health therapist(治疗专家) in Germany, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} research is about the effects of cold water.

Most people are brought up to believe that it's important for them {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (keep) warm during the cold weather, with extra clothing and heaters, but research shows that the opposite {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) true. At a German health centre, hundreds of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (visit) follow this advice by taking {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (they)first cold bath at 6 am, and come out feeling much more {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (relax). This is due to the fact that the cold water {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (increase) blood sugar levels, the heart beat and breathing rate. Research at the medical centre of Hanover has shown that those taking daily cold baths have 50% {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (few)colds and breathing problems than those who don't. Studies in London have also proven that such treatment will help protect against heart attacks. For those people who find the idea of such behaviour unthinkable, then doing exercise such as running or cycling regularly is a good alternative. So, next time you're suffering {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the cold, don't sit and comp lain, take action!

    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.

    Since a university education in the United States {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(be)very expensive, most students work in addition to studying. Students {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(usual)work part-time, but some students take full-time jobs.

    A typical job for a students would be working {#blank#}3{#/blank#}a waiter or waitress. Other typical off-campus jobs would include being a clerk in a store or delivering pizza. Sometimes students also find jobs on campus such as cleaning, working in a cafeteria or library or answering {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(telephone). Most student jobs are entry-level and low paying, but have flexible schedule {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(allow) students to attend classes.

    Sometimes students also hold more responsible positions such as managers, or if they are lucky, positions in their area of study, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} they hope will help them find employment after they graduate.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#}double responsibilities of working and studying result in a very busy, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (stress)life for some students. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, it is the only way for many people to finance their college educations. Some Americans believe that the work experience is good for the students {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(they)since it gives them a taste of “the real world” outside the school.

    On a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(freeze) cold day,Mrs Smith's dog was hungry,but there was not any meat{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(leave) in the house.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (consider) there was no better way,Mrs Smith took a piece of paper,and wrote the{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(follow) words: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she asked her dog to take it to the butcher's.When the butcher recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting,he did as he{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(ask) to.The dog was very happy,and ate the meat up immediately.

    The next day,the dog came again exactly at midday.And as{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(usually),it brought a piece of paper in the mouth.This time the butcher did not take a look at the paper,and just gave the dog its meat,for he had regarded the dog{#blank#}7{#/blank#}one of his customers.

    One day later,to the butcher's more surprise,it came at six o'clock and brought{#blank#}8{#/blank#}third piece of paper.Though {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(surprise),the butcher gave him{#blank#}10{#/blank#}he wanted.But what he didn't know was,that there were not any words on the paper!

    A smiling face with tears, or “Tears of joy”, was chosen as the most popular emoji globally in 2016, according to a report{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（publish）by Chinese tech startup Kika.

    In 2015,emoji was the country's fastest-growing language in the UK and “Tears of joy”also became the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（make）it popular on social media worldwide.

    As a language expert pointed out, the reasons{#blank#}3{#/blank#}this are as follows. For one thing, with the development of the Internet, especially the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（popular）of smartphones, English alone is proving not enough to meet the needs of 21st-century digital communication. For{#blank#}5{#/blank#}emojis can offer greater freedom than verbal language. Meanwhile, compared with text messages, they are often more intuitive（直观的）and{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（simple）,which is also the reason why more and more People choose{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（express）their emotions and ideas by using emojis.

    Even if you don't send emojis yourself, you will{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（probable）receive them.

    However, nobody can definitely-tell {#blank#}9{#/blank#}emojis will finally come to look something more like traditional language that we understand and use daily some day or they are just in fashion for{#blank#}10{#/blank#}while like many things. “After all, it's an addition to language rather than a language itself,”Dr Drummond says.