Passage 1:

    My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we were travelling across the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle . She {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again, but ten minutes later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other {#blank#}3{#/blank#} now. However, they have decided to use the post office. Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.

Passage 2:

I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter , she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun {#blank#}5{#/blank#} my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to some people. It {#blank#}7{#/blank#} be the only modern house in the district.

Passage 3:

I enter the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just lost £50 and I felt very upset.‘I left the money in my room,'I said, ‘and it's not there now.'The manager was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} , but he could do nothing. ‘Everyone's losing money these days,'he said. He started to complain about this wicked world but was {#blank#}9{#/blank#} by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelop on his desk. It contained £50 . ‘I found this {#blank#}10{#/blank#} this gentleman's room,'she said. ‘Well,'I said to the manager, ‘there is still some honesty in this world! ‘

    China, which takes pride in inventions in ancient times, has once again shown its{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(able) to change the world with its “new four great inventions”: high-speed railways, electronic payments, shared bicycles and online shopping. The “new four great inventions” are all related{#blank#}2{#/blank#}China's high-tech innovation(创新){#blank#}3{#/blank#}improved the quality of people's lives. “My wallet is no longer in use. I can buy and eat{#blank#}4{#/blank#}I want simply with a tap of my phone,” said Lin Jinlong{#blank#}5{#/blank#}overseas Chinese student from Cambodia{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(add) that “even pancake sellers are using Alipay (mobile payment). We can also order food at home, which is super convenient. If I{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(be) at home in Cambodia, I would have to go outdoors.”

    The bikes themselves are not new, but the operating model of bike-sharing is based on satellite navigation system, mobile payment, big data and other high technologies. It is{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(increase) clear that China is innovating and no longer copying Western ideas. This is partly because China skipped over the PC age and went directly to mobile. China has the{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(large) mobile use in the world.

    In terms of the “new four great inventions”, Charlie Dai, principal analyst of American market research company Forrester, said, “These products and services{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(improve) customer experience so far, improving national and global economy at the same time”.

    Reggie was a normal boy, but he had been born deaf. He was well known to everyone in town, and they were all very fond of him. Unfortunately, he always seemed to be treated {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (different) from everyone else.

    Reggie didn't like this very much. But the person {#blank#}2{#/blank#} disliked this most was his friend Michael. Michael decided that things had to change. So he managed to persuade other people in town {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (choose) one day of the festival for deaf people this year. During that whole day everyone in town would have to wear earplugs( 耳塞). The day {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (call) The Day of Silence, and when it arrived everyone stuck plugs in their ears. As the hours passed, people began to realize {#blank#}5{#/blank#} difficult life was for the deaf. Soon no one was thinking of Reggie as {#blank#}6{#/blank#} deaf person. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (use) his usual gestures, Reggie was the one who could communicate best with everyone. They were surprised at his ability to find solutions {#blank#}8{#/blank#} almost any problem. They realized all Reggie needed was {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (much) time than others to communicate. That was the only difference.

    It was on this day {#blank#}10{#/blank#} everyone realized they have to give people a chance to show how useful they are.

    Stress used to be an almost unknown word, but now that we are used to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (talk) about it, I have found that people are beginning to get stressed about being stressed.

    In recent years, stress {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (regard) as a cause of a whole range of medical problems, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} high blood pressure to mental illness. But like so many other things, it is only too much stress {#blank#}4{#/blank#} does you harm. It is time you considered that if there were no stress in your life, you would achieve a little. If you are stuck at home with no stress, then your level of performance will be low. Up to a certain point, the more stress you are under, the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (good) your performance will be. Beyond a certain point, though, further stress will only lead to exhaustion, illness and finally a breakdown. You can tell when you are over the top and on the downward slope, by asking yourself {#blank#}6{#/blank#} number of questions. Do you, for instance, feel that too much is being expected of {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, and yet find it impossible to say no? Do you find yourself getting impatient or {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (annoy) with people over unimportant things?... If the answer to all those questions is yes, you had better {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (control) your stress, as you probably are under more stress than is good for you.

    To some extent you can control the amount of stress in your life. Doctors have worked out a chart showing how much stress is involved in various events. Getting married is 50, pregnancy 40, moving house 20, Christmas 12, etc. If the total stress in your life is over 150, you are twice as likely {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (get) ill.