I was on a plane that was about to take off when my phone rang. It was my neighbor saying I needed to get to the hospital, for my wife Mary {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (take) to hospital, and when I arrived doctors were trying to make {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (she) come back to consciousness, but it was no good.

    I explained to my {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (child) that Mummy had died. Within hours they were running around the garden, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (chat) with their grandad while I was in a deep sorrow. I went through the motions of being a dad—cooking, cleaning, washing—but inside I felt hollow. One of the hardest things {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (cope) with was that the boys had lost their mother. Mary and I were everyone's favorite couple. The physical loss of not having her around was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (extreme) painful. For a year, I was in the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (deep) of misery. Then I decided that we had to get through this. I began to date Emma, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} had been a childhood friend, and Mickey couldn't wait for us to get married so he could call her Mum. It wasn't long before George warmed to her, too—she is wonderful with them. Two years later we got married and life started to look rosy. Emma and I have had two boys to add {#blank#}9{#/blank#} our family.

    We all have the concept that our lives are following {#blank#}10{#/blank#} particular path, but sometimes it turns out it's not going that way.

    Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

    Keep Your Eyes Open for Weight Loss Ads

    “In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight.”

    “Two full inches in the first three days!”

    These are the kinds of statements {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (use) in magazine, newspaper, radio and television ads, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (promise) new shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the device. The promoters of products say they {#blank#}3{#/blank#} shape the legs, slim the face and smooth wrinkles. Often such products are nothing more than money-making things for their promoters. The results they produce are questionable, and some are dangerous to health.

    To understand how these products can be legally promoted to the public, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} is necessary to understand something of the laws covering their regulation. If the product is a drug, FDA(Food and Drug Administration) can require proof that it is safe and effective before it {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(put) on the market. But if the product is a device, FDA has no authority {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (require) premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a product already on the market is a danger to health, FDA can request the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily, or it can take legal action, including seizure(查封) of the product.

    One notable case a few years ago {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(involve) an electrical device called the Relaxacisor, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} had been sold for reducing the waistline. The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through contact pads. FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the device on the grounds {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it was dangerous to health and life.

    My friend had a chance to make a trip to Hong Kong{#blank#}1{#/blank#}August 15, 2015. He had dreamed about {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(visit) it since his boyhood and it was the first time that he{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(be) there. The following was what he had seen.

    Arriving there, he was {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(surprise) by its beautiful scenery and tall {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(building). As we all know, Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers in the world. Wherever he {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(go), he saw many smiling faces. People in Hong Kong were kind, generous, easy-going and ready to help others. Much to his surprise, he saw that people there always kept order in public places. Although a great number of people {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(be)waiting for the next train at the subway station, they were talking in such {#blank#}8{#/blank#} low voice as not to bother others.

    Chinese and English are the official languages of Hong Kong. English is {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(wide) used in governments, markets, service centers and other fields.

    Staying there for a week was a good experience for him, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}he would never forget.

    Frederick William Ⅰ, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined {#blank#}1{#/blank#} his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(amaze) history. This gift was the Amber Room, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(select) had a beautiful yellow­brown color like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(decorate) with gold and jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(make).

    In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg. About four meters long, the room served as a small reception hall for important {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(visit).