As an old English saying goes, “honesty is the best policy”. It is more than an old cliché（陈词滥调）, but {#blank#}1{#/blank#} good way to live your life.

    First, honesty is the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(easy) choice that we can make. When people get caught in lies, it always costs them something. Many relationships are destroyed by lies.

    Second, honesty gives us much{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (free). Many people believe that being honest limits them in life, but that is not true. Sooner or later those dishonest people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (pay) a price for their acts; on the contrary, when we are honest, we are {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (true) free.

    If there were two people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (stand) before you, a person with a record of being honest and a person{#blank#}7{#/blank#}is known to be dishonest, who would you be more likely {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (believe)? I'm sure most people would side with the honest person.{#blank#}9{#/blank#}we live in the truth or we live in lies. Truth sets us free and lies leave us in nothing but more troubles. Honesty is a choice that we make each day. The choice is{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (you). What will you choose?

Daisy: Hello, it is a long time since we last {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(meet).What have you been doing recently?

Alice: I work for Lenovo as an assistant.

Daisy: What do you think of the job?

Alice: It is hard to say. I am a little {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（disappoint）in spite of the good salary. Honestly speaking, I am unfit for the job. I feel like {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (change) my job. If I could find a more suitable position for myself, I would.

Daisy: I think you should change your job as soon as possible.

Alice: You are right. I will think {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（careful）about your advice. By the way are you satisfied {#blank#}5{#/blank#} your present job?

Daisy: You know, my dream is to be a lawyer. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (graduate) form my college, I worked in a law firm as a lawyer for one year, now I can deal with a case all by myself, but It's getting more and more {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (stress).

Alice: Yes, everything has two sides. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} is hard for everyone to be satisfied in life. Therefore, we should think about things {#blank#}9{#/blank#} are more optimistic in our lives. Everything can change if your attitude is right.

Daisy: Yeah, tomorrow is another day; we will have {#blank#}10{#/blank#} bright future.

Alice: I firmly believe that too.

    When I was in primary school, I didn't like going to school. I had {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (difficult) in reading and writing and I always could not answer the teacher's questions {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (correct). I cried a lot because I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (laugh) at by my classmates. My parents would always get mad at me. I felt very upset and didn't have any interest{#blank#}4{#/blank#} study.

    But then one day, I decided{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (change) my attitude towards study. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}I ended up paying more attention in class and I started to practice my vocabulary and spelling skills. Also, I always {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (go) to my teachers to ask for help when I had any trouble. I started to do better in Grade 3. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}I was in Grade 4, I was still improving. By Grade 5, I had become the top student in class.

    Now as I am {#blank#}9{#/blank#} senior high school student, I know it might be difficult at first. But I like my past in primary school, I know if I keep working and don't give up I will be {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (success).

    Valentine's Day is known as a day of love and romance on February 14th every year.

    There are a few different versions of its origin and history, one of which dates back {#blank#}1{#/blank#} an ancient Roman festival, Lupercalia, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate) on February 15th. On this day, young single women would place {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (they) names in a huge container and young bachelors of the town would come and draw a name from it. The young man and the woman, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} name was picked would become partners for the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (follow) years. Many of these couples would eventually get {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(marry). It {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (believe) that the month of February is perfect for romance.

    Valentine's Day was originally celebrated in Europe, but in recent years it is also celebrated in China, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (especial) among young people. Interestingly, China has its own Valentine's Day, Qixi Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th month of our lunar calendar. It is in memory of a day on which the legendary cow-herder and weaving-maid {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (allow) to be together, after being separated by the Milky Way for a whole year. What {#blank#}10{#/blank#} interesting story!

Have you ever tasted or perhaps heard of sugar painting? As fewer people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (distance) memory in some ways. However, a 38-year-old craftsman, Li Jiangzhong, is devoted to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (keep) the art of sugar painting alive.

Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After the mine closed down, Li turned {#blank#}3{#/blank#} housing decoration until he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had {#blank#}5{#/blank#} interest in.

Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could make {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (vary) of sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made with {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (melt) brown or white sugar. Craftsman {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(basic) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup (糖浆). When the sugar cools down, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}appears is a piece of sugar art.

Black Friday is a popular holiday, which is usually celebrated {#blank#}1{#/blank#}day after Thanksgiving in the United States. On this day, Americans all over the country rise at dawn in order to stand at the head of the line at {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(vary) stores, so that they can get deeply discounted (打折的) deals offered by these stores.

This day is called Black Friday because it is the day on which many traders "hit the black",{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(mean) that they start to make money after being "in the red", all year long. The traders used {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(write) with a red pen on their ledgers (账簿) to show losses and black inks to show gains. It is not how this holiday gets its name, although it is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(common) believed by the public to be the case.

Although this day {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(continue) to be a big holiday in the United States, it is beginning to lose some of its {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(popular). That is because more and more people are turning {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(they) attention to online shopping. It allows them to buy what they want {#blank#}9{#/blank#}convenience. As a result, Cyber (网络的) Monday appears,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}is a day directly competes with Black Friday and may lead to its downfall.