One evening I was resting in a cafe.I wore a pair of newly bought white leather shoes,  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  were rather expensive.Then a boy came to me.

     He was in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} old and not fit shirt, looking pale and about eleven.No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe­polishing.He was busy doing his work{#blank#}3{#/blank#}  heavy rain began to pour down.People rushed to the cafe for {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  (protect) from the rain.More and more people crowded in and gradually separated the boy {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  me.

     Hours passed，and it turned dark.I had no shoes on my feet and wondered where the boy had been.I thought I would have to go home on my bare feet. When it was near midnight, the cafe was to be closed.I had to move to the door，just as I went to the gate，I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (surprise) found that a boy of about eleven, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  (look) very familiar，was sleeping at the door with his head leaning  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  a box.I shook him slightly and woke him{#blank#}9{#/blank#}  .He opened the package hurriedly, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly.I paid him and wrapped him with his {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  (fit) shirt.On my way home, the image of the boy stayed in my mind.

    British people are working to an older age. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} number of working 70-74-year-olds has doubled in recent years. Around 10% of people in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (they) early 70s now work. This is the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(high) figure on record. An important reason {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the British work in their old age is that retirement pensions are becoming more difficult to live on. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(consequence) many older people have to work in order to survive.

    Britain {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (see) great changes in the labor market during the last decade, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}far more people working beyond their retirement age. While there are plenty who enjoy remaining in work, many need to earn extra cash because they can not afford {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(retire) early. Older people need decent(体面地) jobs and pensions so that they can make a proper {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(choose) about whether they remain in work. Now they are deciding on a career change later in life and are starting up their own businesses, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(devote) to something they may have dreamed of doing for years.

    Good evening, everyone! It is my honor to be here to share something with you. Today my topic is “Stop {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(choose) merit students(优秀生)”.

    There is no doubt {#blank#}2{#/blank#} choosing merit students may inspire some students to learn from those models, which make many parents happy, for they always attach great importance to their education. However, this way has its {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (weak). As we know, the students are still young, and choosing merit students may be {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(harm) to their mental health by sorting them into good students and bad students. So it {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(obvious) doesn't benefit them in health. At the same time, teachers are always {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(drown) in teaching, thus ignoring their virtue and PE, which does more harm {#blank#}7{#/blank#} good to the growth of students.

As a matter of fact, what is more important is that we should take measures to enter their minds to find {#blank#}8{#/blank#} they are thinking and desiring. Only in this way can we really find an effective method {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(guide) them at school. Everyone may have a balanced {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(develop).

    That's all.

    Thank you for listening!

    Winter break was fast approaching. All Scott wanted to do was to go snowboarding. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (fortunately), Scott's parents had different plans. They had booked a weeklong trip to Hawaii. Scott hated warm weather and asked {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he could just stay at his best friend's house so that he could snowboard every day. His parents didn't want to hear anything of it. He kept {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (debate) with them about the topic, but they would not change their minds. Family time was important to them, and it was a tradition that they spent winter break together.

Black Friday is a popular holiday, which is usually celebrated {#blank#}1{#/blank#}day after Thanksgiving in the United States. On this day, Americans all over the country rise at dawn in order to stand at the head of the line at {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(vary) stores, so that they can get deeply discounted (打折的) deals offered by these stores.

This day is called Black Friday because it is the day on which many traders "hit the black",{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(mean) that they start to make money after being "in the red", all year long. The traders used {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(write) with a red pen on their ledgers (账簿) to show losses and black inks to show gains. It is not how this holiday gets its name, although it is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(common) believed by the public to be the case.

Although this day {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(continue) to be a big holiday in the United States, it is beginning to lose some of its {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(popular). That is because more and more people are turning {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(they) attention to online shopping. It allows them to buy what they want {#blank#}9{#/blank#}convenience. As a result, Cyber (网络的) Monday appears,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}is a day directly competes with Black Friday and may lead to its downfall.