Most people wrongly believe that when people reach old age, their families place them in nursing homes. They {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (leave) in the hands of strangers for the rest of their lives. Their grown children visit them {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(occasion), but more often, they do not have any regular visitors. The truth is that the idea is an unfortunate myth — an {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (imagine) story. In fact, family members provide the most care {#blank#}4{#/blank#} elderly people need. Samuel Prestoon, a sociologist, has studied {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the American family is changing. He has reported that by the time the average American couple reach 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. Moreover, because people today live longer after an illness than before, family members must provide long-term care. More {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (psychology) have found that all caregivers believe that they are the best people for the job. Social workers interviewed caregivers to find out why they took {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the responsibility of caring for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} elderly relative. Many caregivers thought they had obligation {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (help) their relatives, stating that helping others make them feel more useful. Most hoped that by helping someone, they would deserve care when they became old and dependent. Caring for the elderly and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (take) care of can be a mutually satisfying experience for everyone who might be involved.

    Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For{#blank#}1{#/blank#}, it is a useful way {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（release） their pressure. And all these make it more and more popular with high school students. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（manage） one's micro blogs will take a lot of time and energy, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}should be used to study．

    In my view, I am in favor{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the activity. Today the Internet is playing an important role in our life. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this meaningful tool to communicate and display {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（us）.What's more, opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities such as writing, designing, being skillful at computer and so on. Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}a result, we improve ourselves while organizing our micro blogs.

    In fact, micro blog itself is of little harm．It is your attitude towards it {#blank#}10{#/blank#} matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.

    There are all kinds of festivals throughout the world. Festivals are held{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (satisfy) and please the ancestors, to honor some famous people or important{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(event), and to express people's gratitude to the God for bringing them a year of plenty. For example, in India, October 2 is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}national festival to honor  Mahandas Gandhi, the leader{#blank#}4{#/blank#}helped gain India's {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(depend) from Britain.{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (tradition), in China the Spring Festival, which {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(celebrate) in January or February, is the most {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(energy) and important because it is a festival that looks forward{#blank#}9{#/blank#}the coming of spring. Why are all these festivals everywhere? Because during the festivals, people can get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (forget) all the daily struggle and demands for a while.

    The nursing home invited me to play my violin for three{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (love) listeners I stopped in the room of the quiet and gentle woman, for whom I had played for two{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (time)before. She was sleeping but I set up anyway as I know she loves the violin. Her roommate was also with the health center for{#blank#}3{#/blank#}I volunteer and I asked if she wouldn't mind and maybe she would like it as well. She told me yes, please play but she was going to{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (weigh)soon. The weighing{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (take) about three minutes. My{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (sleep) beauty slept as I played and my other listener told me{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (repeated) how much she loved it and that I was just wonderful.

    It happened that another woman in the next door was sleeping lightly in front of her TV. She told me, " Why, sure, I would like music! Come on in!" Her TV and her room mate's TV{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) on (the room mate wasn't there). I played through it for one piece and asked if I could turn them off{#blank#}9{#/blank#}her. Oh please, she said. What{#blank#}10{#/blank#}difference today!

    Saint Patrick's Day is a major holiday in Ireland, but the rest of the world has influenced its celebration as much as the Irish{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (they). Most Americans think of Saint Patrick's Day as a big party{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(center) around drinking alcohol. But its {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (origin) in Ireland were religious, says Mike Cronin, a professor of Irish history with Boston College of Massachusetts.

    Saint Patrick lived in Ireland more than 2,000 years ago. He is{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wide) considered to have established Christianity in the country. The Church decided to honor him with a holy day. March 17, the date of his death{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (choose) in the 17lh century.

    St. Patrick is believed{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(serve) in Ireland as a Catholic Bishop (主教). The average Irish person honored March 17 quietly{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(attend) church services was the main activity. In fact, most businesses that served alcohol would close in honor {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the day. In the early 1900s, Ireland's government made St. Patrick's Day{#blank#}9{#/blank#} official holiday. By the 1960s, towns across Ireland started celebrating the holiday with parades and music.

    In Ireland today, St. Patrick's Day is a four-day public celebration {#blank#}10{#/blank#} includes parades, music, food, and games.

    The Mid­Autumn Festival {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (celebrate) by the Chinese people all over the world every year. The moon is said to be its biggest and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (bright) on this day. The Mid­Autumn Festival is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} special occasion for family. People eat many different kinds of moon cakes {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (include) fruit, coffee, chocolate, etc. The Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations. There are many stories about how the Lantern Festival {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (start). Nowadays, most lanterns come in many {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (shape). People often eat sweet dumplings boiled and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (serve) in hot water on this day. The Dragon Boat Festival, which started more than 2, 000 years ago, marks the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (begin) of the hottest season of the year. There is a special food called zongzi {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the festival.