Two men travelling through a forest together promised {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(help) each other whatever danger threatened them. They had not gone far before a bear rushed at them from some bushes. One man was a good {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(climb), and quickly climbed a nearby tree, but the other,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(see) that he had no chance alone against the bear, fell flat on his back and pretended to be {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(die).

    The bear came up to him and sniffed at him. Thinking the man was dead, he went off into the wood again {#blank#}5{#/blank#} hurting him. When the bear had gone, the other traveler came down from his tree, and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(smile) asked his companion what the bear had said to him. "For I could see," he said, "that he put his mouth close to your ear."

    "He told me to tell you," {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(reply) the other, "that you were a coward（懦夫）, and that in future I should not trust those {#blank#}8{#/blank#} make fine promises, but will not stand by {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(they)friends in danger."

    Don't trust fine promise {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you are sure of the person who makes them.

    In my opinion, we should try our best {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (realize) our goals even though {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is little hope. The efforts seem to be the lights in the darkness, leading the way to hope and success.

    I used to be {#blank#}3{#/blank#} shy girl in my primary school. I was weak in English at that time, especially for {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (speak) English. So I was afraid to answer the teacher's questions during English classes. After I entered my dream middle school. Something {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (change). I started to read many {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (interest) English stories and my English teacher was patient to help me a lot. I studied hard in class and practiced by watching English films and listening to English songs in my free time. Little {#blank#}7{#/blank#} little, I found {#blank#}8{#/blank#} more and more interesting to learn English. I could even talk with my classmates {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fluent) in English and I was not shy any more. At last, I got high grades in English and I had {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (confident) to do it better in the future.

    The Financial Times gave part of my job to a robot named Amy last week. For years I have been making podcast version(播客)of my column, but now I am faced with a tough competition.

    To be fair, Amy {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (do) something going for her. She has a great voice, smooth as velvet. Her{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(two) advantage is that she's practically free. She is part of a new service from Amazon that turns text {#blank#}3{#/blank#}speech, costing-nearly nothing. Even more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (impress) is her speed. Less than two seconds after receiving my {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (write) text, which means when I just start to read, "Yesterday the Finan…", she has already finished.

    Yet once I got over my distress and listened to her work, I felt {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (good). I know it's early days for her, but at the moment Amy is no match for me. Listening to her is not like listening to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} non-English speaker read aloud, but to someone without brain, or heart, or sense of humor. Her {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (deliver) is so poor that I don't even understand. Amy never reads with understanding, never knows when {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (pause), and never does irony. She continues to get it wrong.

    Finally, I'm not afraid Amy is about to steal my job. Only people possess human touch. It is the heart-to-heart communication {#blank#}10{#/blank#} makes us special, beautiful and irreplaceable.

I think winter is a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(fascinate) season, especially when it snows. The snowflakes {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (fall) on the fields cover everything like white quilts. In the morning, many volunteers {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(wear) heavy coats come out to clean the snow. The roads {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (clean) now will not be slippery any more. What children expect most is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) a snowman. With so many children playing and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(laugh), the cold winter is full of warmth and vitality.