On many campuses, it has become a trend for a host of students to participate in various {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(activity). Involved in some positive ones, students find them quite {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(benefit) and rewarding.

     A case in point is the English club {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the activity of learning benefits me most. In contemporary world, English learning has gained great popularity and it is {#blank#}4{#/blank#}great importance for students to learn English well. However, I {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(meet) a variety of difficulties in study so far. For instance, I have trouble {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(memorize) words. Sometimes, it is also difficult for me to understand the rules of grammar. Although I can read and write, I cannot express myself freely in English.

     Then, how to get a good command of his language for me? I{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(convince) that practice makes perfect and that joining the English club is worthwhile. In the English club, daily practice enables me {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(speak) and write fluently. It is also through constant practice {#blank#}9{#/blank#} I can master the rules of grammar and remember words. I will bear in mind that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} I try my best to practice every day, the future of my English learning will be promising.

    A Frenchman went to a small Italian town {#blank#}1{#/blank#} stayed with his wife at the best hotel there. One night, he went out for{#blank#}2{#/blank#}walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(quietly). Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man {#blank#}4{#/blank#}walked past him quickly. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(go). He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(follow) him and get back the watch. Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  them understood the other's language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist(拳头) while {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (point) at the Italian's watch. In the end, the Italian gave his watch to the Frenchman. When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (great) surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Then he{#blank#}10{#/blank#}  (realize) that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the Italian's.

    After weeks of rain, a town flooded and the people {#blank#}1{#/blank#} lived there had to move to a safe place. At one house, rescue workers found {#blank#}2{#/blank#} man standing deep in water. "Come on! Get in the boat!" the rescuers shouted. The man shouted back, "No! I have faith {#blank#}3{#/blank#} God, and He will save me!" Soon the floodwaters chased the man to the second floor. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(luck), another boat came by at this point. "Get in the boat!" the rescuers urged. "No way!" the man said, stubborn in his thought {#blank#}5{#/blank#} God would save him. The floodwaters continued to rise, and the man had to climb to the roof of his house. Fortunately, a rescue helicopter came by and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (drop) a ladder for him. The pilot shouted through a megaphone, "Grab the ladder!" The man refused and shouted the same thing again.

    But the floodwaters {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (rise) above the roof. The man {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (sweep) away and drowned. When {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (arrive) at heaven, he demanded to meet with God. "God, I was certain that you would save me, but you let me die. Why? Why did you abandon me?" God replied with a {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(puzzle) look, "What do you mean? I sent you two boats and a helicopter!"

Happiness Is an Attitude

    The 92-year-old confident and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably combed and makeup perfectly applied, moved to a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(nurse) home today.

    Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) the move necessary.

    After many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (smile) sweetly when told her room was ready. As she got into the elevator {#blank#}4{#/blank#} her wheelchair, I provided a description of her tiny room.

    "I love it," she started with the enthusiasm of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} eight-year-old child having just been presented with a new dog.

    "Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room….just wait."

    "That has {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to do with it," she replied. "Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged…it's {#blank#}8{#/blank#} I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (recount) the difficulty I have with the parts of my body{#blank#}10{#/blank#} no longer work or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones working. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away… just for this time in my life.”

The FIFA World Cup attracts worldwide attention. But have you ever considered how watching the World Cup might affect {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(you) health?

Watching sports might have some positive consequences. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  (support) a team can give people a sense of community and boost fans' self-esteem when their team wins. Jason Lanter is a psychology professor at Kutztown University who studies the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(behave) of sports fans. Lanter says people feel like they fit in. They know there {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) good psychological and health benefits simply from being part of a group.

On the other hand, however, when watching{#blank#}5{#/blank#}intense match like the World Cup, people's pulse can{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(easy) spike(激增), which could cause heart attacks, especially when their teams lose. On the day in 1998 when Argentina defeated England in the World Cup, 55 more people {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(admit) to hospitals due to heart attacks,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (compare) to an average day in England. British research revealed that apart {#blank#}9{#/blank#}heart attacks, the excitement, disappointment and flow of adrenalin from watching a national team play might also cause more domestic violence.

John Ryan, a cardiologist at the University of Utah advised people to stay hydrated, stay cool and eat and drink alcohol in moderation. He said those pieces of advice{#blank#}10{#/blank#}we found useful for life in general were also useful while we were watching sports games.