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.

    Few people I know seem to have much desire or time to cook. Making Chinese{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(dish) is seen as especially troublesome. Many westerners {#blank#}2{#/blank#} come to China cook much less than in their own countries once they realize how cheap {#blank#}3{#/blank#}can be to eat out. I still remember{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(visit) a friend who'd lived here for five years and I{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(shock) when I learnt she hadn't cooked once in all that time.

    While regularly eating out seems to{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(become) common for many young people in recent years, it's not without a cost. The obvious one is money; eating out once or twice a week may be{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(afford) but doing this most days adds up. There could be an even{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(high) cost on your health. Researchers have found that there is a direct link between the increase in food eaten outside the home and the rise in {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(weigh) problems.

    If you are not going to suffer this problem, then I suggest that the next time you go to your mum's home {#blank#}10{#/blank#}dinner, get a few cooking tips from her. Cooking food can be fun. You might also begin to notice the effects not only on your health but in your pocket.

    As a major part of the culture and sports activities in our school, the Culture and Sports Festival, which ended last week, is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} largest and longest culture and sports event {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (organize) by our school.

    There were so many interesting and attractive activities that could enjoy {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(we) in them. The sports meeting {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (hold) on the new playground that is twice {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (large) than the old one. It is always the favorite of the sports fans. We took part in many sports events, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} helped us build up our {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (strong) and health. We also enjoyed other {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (program) including the competition of campus singers and the host contest.

    The Culture and Sports Festival has offered so many chances{#blank#}9{#/blank#} all the students. Hope you {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (join) us in the activities next year!

    A man was really worried about his son, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(train) his child.

    The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, "You should leave your son to me. I will make him a man of{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(brave) within three months. However, you can't come to see him during that period."

    Three months later, the boy's father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the child and a(n){#blank#}4{#/blank#}（profession） boxer（拳击手）.

Each time the boxer hit the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up. Several times later，the Buddhist monk asked，"{#blank#}5{#/blank#} do you think of your child?"

    "What {#blank#}6{#/blank#} shame!" the boy's father said." I never thought he could be so{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(easy)knocked down. I shouldn't have left him here at all."

    "I'm sorry that's all you see. Don't you see {#blank#}8{#/blank#} each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(cry)? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have."

    If each time you are knocked down and you have the courage to stand up again, then you can be proud {#blank#}10{#/blank#} yourself.

    One day, about ten years ago, while working at the cash register (收银机) in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History, I saw {#blank#}1{#/blank#} elderly couple come in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked closer at this girl, I found that she was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (fix) on her chair. I then realized she had no arms {#blank#}4{#/blank#} legs, just a head, a neck and upper body, dressed in a little white skirt. As the couple wheeled her up to me, I turned my head toward the girl. When I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} was giving me the most optimistic, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (large) smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her handicap (缺陷) was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} smile just melted me and almost immediately gave me a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (complete) new sense of what life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (bring) me into her world; a world of smiles, love and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (warm). I'm a successful business man now and whenever I think about the troubles, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.

    China successfully landed the Chang'e 4 lunar probe(月球探测器)on the far side of the moon on January 3,2019, becoming the only country in history{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(touch) the lunar surface unseen by those on Earth. The far side of the moon has been seen and mapped{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(previous) by astronauts of the Apollo missions. But it is the first time that the moon's far side{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(set) foot on by any spacecraft, and the successful landing of Chang'e 4 is seen as a major milestone in space {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(explore).

    The Chang'e 4 spacecraft consists{#blank#}5{#/blank#}two parts:a lander and a rover(巡视器). Representing China's{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(new) step in the lunar probe project of all time, it landed at 10:26 am Beijing time. Then it sent back a photo of the landing place.{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(shoot) through cameras on the probe's lander, the photo marks the world's first image taken on the surface of the far side of the moon. One of the photos published by the China National Space Administration shows the place{#blank#}8{#/blank#}Chang'e 4's rover-named Yutu 2~will be heading hours later for{#blank#}9{#/blank#}purpose of conducting further research. The name Chang'e has its roots in the Chinese goddess of the moon. In the ancient tale, Chang'e{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(fly) to the heavens and landed on the moon as her final resting place.