Born into {#blank#}1{#/blank#} poor family in Gaomi, Shandong Province on February 17, 1955, Mo Yan,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}original name is Guan Moye, threw himself into reading and calligraphy{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(enthusiastic) in his early years. Not only did he have a strong sense of humor,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}he was intelligent and patient. With his attention {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (fix) on literature, Mo Yan went on further education and received a Master's Degree in arts from Beijing University five years later after graduating from the PLA Academy of Arts in 1986. What happened next was{#blank#}6{#/blank#}he won China's {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (high) literary prize — Mao Dun Literature Prize by his book Frog in 2011. To all Chinese's{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(amaze), he became the first Chinese writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012, which will certainly make great contributions to development of Chinese literature. Since then, he {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(consider) as the best Chinese writer in modern China. Although he is famous, he is still as common as an old shoe and he doesn't keep his readers{#blank#}10{#/blank#}a distance.

    An American skydiver has survived a 7, 600-meter jump from an airplane, although he did not use a parachute(降落伞). Luke Aikins dropped into a huge safety net on Saturday after falling for about two minutes over the desert in California. Aikins reached a speed of 193 kilometers per hour during the jump. He fell safe into a net. Cranes(起重机) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hold) the net about 65 meters over the desert floor. The 42-year-old husband and father has jumped out of planes thousands of times, but never once  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}he left a plane without a parachute. Aikins said he was nervous before this jump. “We're talking about jumping without a parachute,” he told reporters. "I take that very  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(serious). It's not a joke.” Aikins prepared for two years  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(make) the jump. Three skydivers with parachutes made the jump with him. They recorded the event with a video and carried the  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (equip) that Aikins needed, like an oxygen mask. Aikins rolled in the air just moments before he hit the net so as to land on his back. The sky-diver did not move for several seconds as the net was lowered to the ground. Then, Aikins stood, waved his arms and hugged his wife.

    The colors red, white and blue, along {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the stars and stripes on the American flag, all represent different things. Red represents {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (strong) and bravery, white means virtue, and blue stands for hard work and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (just). There are fifty stars on the flag, one for each state,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (represent) the union of fifty states {#blank#}5{#/blank#} one country in a federal system. The thirteen stripes are {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (remind) people of the thirteen colonies that {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (join) together to fight for independence from Britain. Each year on 4 July, the USA celebrates Independence Day,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} the Stars and Stripes {#blank#}9{#/blank#} be seen all over the country,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (light) by fireworks in the night sky.

    My experience of teaching students was a wonderful adventure. I had to deal with various challenges again and again.

    The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (great) part of it was the relationship I developed with two students. One of the students was Michael, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} I met when I was working for a kindergarten. Before I became a morning bus assistant, I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (hear) that Michael was a student who would always shout, stand up on the bus, make fun {#blank#}4{#/blank#} other students, and distract the bus driver. So I decided that each morning, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} he got on the bus, I'd have Michael sit beside me. At first he didn't like this idea. But soon he settled down, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (know) he had no choice. I began to talk to him about little things outside of school life, such as his weekend {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (activity) and things that he liked to do. I also listened {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (close) to him. As I gave Michael the attention that he needed, little by little, he began to behave better and better.

    Another student I took a special interest in was a boy {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (name) Tony, a third grader. To some degree, Tony seemed to be a slow or passive learner. So I decided to see if I could find a way to encourage Tony {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (stay) at the task. Before long, he was paying more attention to his studies and scored high in all tests.