Jane Scott is fourteen years old and last year she {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (begin) to study in a middle school. She likes {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (dance) and singing and spends a lot of time on them. But she hates math and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (not study) hard at it. She thinks it difficult to learn math. Once she failed the math exam, and now she decides to give it up. Her father is angry with her when he knows about it.

    It was Sunday. Mr. Scott gave a call to his sister. She teaches math in another school. He hoped she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (come) and tell his daughter how {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (learn) math. The woman came quickly and said, “You're a clever girl, Jane. I'm sure you'll soon do well in math if you work hard at it. ”

    “I'm afraid I can't, Aunt,” said Jane. “I am not interested in math at all.”

    “I don't think so.” said the woman. “You {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (be) good at it if you try your best. You {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (do) more exercises and practice a math problem again until you make it. Well, here's a math problem. Think it over and practice it again and again, then you {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (work) it out. ”

    “OK,” said the girl, “Let me {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (have) a try.”

    About an hour later Jane took the exercise book to her aunt and said, “I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (do) the problem ten times by now.”

    “Well done!” her aunt said happily, “What answers did you get?!”

    “Ten answers.”

    A Chinese traditional cough syrup, called Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, is becoming even {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (popular) among New Yorkers in this flu season, following a US news report.according to an article published by the Wall Street Journal last week, Alex Schweder,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}architect and professor of design at Pratt Institute {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(suffer) a cough about-ten days, felt better only in 15 minutes after he drank a bottle of Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, which{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (recommend) by his girlfriend.

      Here is a selection of the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (comment) online:

    This cough syrup is effective to me. I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(use) it whenever I have minor coughing since the flu broke out. It helps sooth the coughing. I like to take a soup spoon full of the syrup in my mouth and let the syrup melt down my food pipe {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(effort). I take it as much as I need. This is great stuff. Mostly it's the honey in {#blank#}8{#/blank#}that helps you talk again, but it tastes delicious too.

      A Chinese market in New York City where the syrup is sold {#blank#}9{#/blank#} $7.80. That's the price of a Chinese pharmacy;{#blank#}10{#/blank#}the syrup is sold as much as $70 online through third parties, the Wall Street Journal said.

    One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} some of them looked very anxious and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(disappoint). When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (catch) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked, “{#blank#}8{#/blank#} anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It's {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(I)”. She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully. Five others on the bus began talking about what the boy had done and the crowd of strangers {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(sudden) became friendly to one another.

    On Aug 13，four Chinese irrigation sites won global {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (recognize)and were added to the 2018 list of Heritage Irrigation Structures， among {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Dujiangyan is the oldest and only surviving damless irrigation system in the world.

    Built over 2，000 years ago in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China， this amazing engineering achievement is still playing a crucial role in irrigating farms and providing water resources for more than 50 cities in the province.

    In ancient times，the region in which Dujiangyan now stands {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (threaten)by frequent flooding from the Minjiang River. Li Bing，a local official of Sichuan Province at that time，together with his son，decided to construct an irrigation system on the Minjiang River {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (prevent)flooding. After many studies，they found the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (simple)solution was to build a dam，but this would have ruined the Minjiang River. So instead Li designed a series of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (channel)built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (natural).Better still， the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain，{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (make)it suitable for farming.

    Ever since the great Dujiangyan Irrigation System was completed， the Chengdu Plain has been free {#blank#}10{#/blank#} flooding and the people there have been living peacefully.

    Once a young man was passing by a street where he saw an old man sitting by the roadside {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (beg) for money. That old man was sitting there with {#blank#}2{#/blank#} empty bowl in front of him, and a cardboard sign was put up beside the bowl. There was a sentence {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (write) on the cardboard: "Blind-Please help!"

    The young man felt very bad that no one planned {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (give) him any money. So he went to the old man and took his cardboard in his hand. He then took a thick marker pen out of his pocket and re-wrote the sign without hesitation and then left. The old man noticed that someone was writing something {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (differ) on the board but didn't say anything.

    Just in a few minutes, that empty bowl {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (fill) with money. The old man noticed that and stopped a stranger and asked him {#blank#}7{#/blank#} was on that cardboard. The stranger replied, "It says, "It's a beautiful day. You can see it. I cannot." Our {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (choose) of words and language can create positive or negative effects {#blank#}9{#/blank#} others. If we choose the right words, then we can {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (true) connect with people and change their views.

    Jackie Robinson made his debut (初次露面) with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15,1947, and broke the color barrier {#blank#}1{#/blank#}African Americans in baseball.

    "It was the most {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (eager) expected debut in the history of the national pastime," sports author Robert wrote. "It {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(represent) both the dream and the fear of equal opportunity, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it would change forever the color of the game and the attitudes of Americans."

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}quietly tolerating harsh racist treatment from baseball fans and team members{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(like), Robinson rose to Rookie of the Year and proved himself to be one of the most{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(talent) and fiercest players in the game. Just two years into the Major Leagues, Robinson won the National League Most Valuable Player Award. He'd go on to play in six World Series and helped give the Dodgers {#blank#}8{#/blank#} World Series win in 1955.

    Off the field, Robinson was a forefather of the Civil Rights Movement, speaking out against {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (race) discrimination and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (push) baseball to use its economic influence to fight against racialism.