Last Friday, my friend David called me and invited me and our friend Tom to a party in his university. Tom and I are in{#blank#}1{#/blank#} same class. We both wanted to go to the party, but there was a problem--we'd have a final exam on the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (come) Monday.

    “Don't worry. We can come back on Sunday and won't miss the exam,” really{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (want) to go to the party, Tom said. So I decided to go{#blank#}4{#/blank#} him.

    The party was great and we{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (true) enjoyed ourselves there. However, we stayed up late on Saturday night and slept all day on Sunday and didn't make it back to our university until Monday morning. We missed the exam. Then we went to our professor's office and explained{#blank#}6{#/blank#} we missed the exam. We lied that there was a flat tire（车胎漏气）on our way back to the university. Our professor {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (agree) that we could take the exam the following day.

    When it was time to take the exam, Tom and I{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take )to different rooms. After we opened the test paper, we saw only one question, “Which tire?”

    Neither Tom nor I answered the question. Instead we told our professor the truth. Luckily, he later gave {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (we) the real test paper. And both Tom and I made a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (decide): never to lie again.

    Two weeks after the popular show Chinese Poetry Conference, a new program, Reader (朗读者), has become much {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (popular) than it.

    The weekly talk show, hosted by the famous hostess Dong Qing, invites people from all walks of life {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (read) aloud poems, essays and book excerpts (节选) they like or wrote. The guests who join{#blank#}3{#/blank#} it also share their own life stories and explain the reason why particular pieces touched their hearts. Viewers can often be moved to tears {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they listen to those stories.

    Three days after its first broadcast on CCTV-1，Readers has been {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (great) successful and interested thousands of people. Through the poetic words, Readers has made {#blank#}6{#/blank#} public pay attention to the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (lose) habit of reading aloud. Readers is one of the cultural TV {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (program) to restore (恢复) the country's love for literature. Its success is very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (encourage) in today's television world where TV series {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (play) a leading part so far.

    Last Monday, my father would be on a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(busy) trip for five days. Having gotten my promise of being great at home and taking care of my mother, he rest assured and put his luggage into the trunk of his car.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(see) my father's driving away, my mother and I waved our hands and said goodbye to him. For a moment, I began to miss my father,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(wish) that he would be safe and well the next days. I thought everything would go well, as this was not the first time that my father{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) away for several days. Yet, —{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(fortunate), my mother caught a cold the next morning. Looking at her pale face, I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(experience) high levels of anxiety. However, I told myself that I had to calm down and look after my mum, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}I promised to my dad. The moment I got my mum to sleep, I put cold towel on her forehead, found pills in the medicine box, and made some noodles for her. Luckily, she woke up and felt {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(good) after taking the pills and the noodles. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}her fever was gone relieved and satisfied me a lot. In the next four days, I was taking her body temperature twice a day, ensuring that she was completely well. To our delight, my dad went back home safe and sound on Saturday. On hearing {#blank#}10{#/blank#}I had done to my mum, he as well as my mum beamed at me and gave me a big thumb. Hearing their praises and seeing bright smiles on their faces, I really felt overjoyed and thrilled. Taking care of my parents was, indeed and definitely, my mission and obligation。

    With the passing of 2018 and Spring Festival, we{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(start) a new important year already.

    This year is one of the final stepping stones to becoming a{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(moderate) prosperous society in 2020. Meanwhile, 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. To prepare for 2019, the government made{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(it) economic agenda (事项) clear at the Central Economic Work Conference,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (attend) by the country's leaders in Beijing in December.

    Great attention will keep on{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(pay) to China's growth performance in 2019. To meet the target of doubling 2010 GDP by the end of 2020, it needs to average about 6.3 percent this year and next.

    Meanwhile, China will host the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in April. At this event, the Belt and Road Initiative,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}has huge potential to drive economic growth, will take greater shape.

    This year is also likely to pave the way for a number of technological{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(advance). China is expected to roll out 5G, the next generation of{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(wire) technology, next year. It's up to 100 times faster{#blank#}9{#/blank#}the current 4G technology.

    It will be a year for China to reflect{#blank#}10{#/blank#}its past and future direction,

    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.