“Why are you unwilling to accept this opportunity in space? Have you read the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(describe) carefully?” Wang Ping asked me. “You will live in a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(furnish) house with all modem equipment and robots will be able to clarify any problems. You are only needed to become familiar with the administration and rules for such a project. It will be an{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (enjoy) experience for you.”

    Many people need to be reminded of the job opportunities in space stations, which{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (constant) need space cooks, cleaners, teachers, stewards and stewardesses. You can be swiftly trained for your new job from using previous skills. At first people may find new surroundings difficult{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(tolerate). However, they will be able to overcome the difficulties if their families encourage them to take{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the job. There are lots of advantages{#blank#}7{#/blank#}come from a period of time in space. But for health reasons only one stay of three years{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(allow), because{#blank#}9{#/blank#}link between illness and length of stay may be strong. It is a little disappointing,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}the rules cannot be changed for anyone.

Dear Dad,

    On this date of your 50th birthday, Mom gave me the letter you wrote me when I was born 18 years ago. In your letter, you {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(wish) me to be strong-minded and successful. You were looking forward to {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(see) me fight for my future bravely and do well for {#blank#}3{#/blank#} and others.

    After reading this letter, I feel quite {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(shock) at your{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(expect) on me. I also feel shamed {#blank#}6{#/blank#}not having performed well to meet your demand. I still remember when I was in primary school, I failed to apply myself to studying. I was addicted to computer games. As a consequence, I soon became the last one in my class. You didn't abuse me at all. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the contrary, you taught me that studying was the most important object at the moment and encouraged me to study hard. Only {#blank#}8{#/blank#}I read your letter did I realize that I behaved so badly at that time and you were so sad to see I didn't do well for myself.

    I can't help expressing my gratitude and sending my best wishes to you. Wish you{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(health) and happy. I promise that I will spare no effort to satisfy your demand of being {#blank#}10{#/blank#}brave and successful person.

    I{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（invite）to attend a function（盛大的集会）to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a business{#blank#}2{#/blank#}position was in the west of our city and it was owned by a very good and special friend.

    The day of the celebration arrived. However, because of an appointment taking up some time, I knew that I would be late, so l phoned to tell my friend about it. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（know）that I was on my way, he put off the official part of the celebration. I arrived 20 minutes late and my friend came out to welcome and greet me. He said he was pleased to see me.

    As I joined the other guests, I could feel a wonderful sense of friendship, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (warm）and happiness in the room. Sadly, I had very little time to speak to more than a couple of people before the official part of the celebration {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（start）.

    In his speech, my friend welcomed all the guests{#blank#}6{#/blank#}behalf of his family and team members, and then he{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（sincere）thanked the people who were gathered in the room for their support and friendship over the past 25 years. In his thank-you speech, he used a quote："Always dance with the person you took to the dance."

    He then went on to talk about the importance of remaining{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（faith）to those people who had supported him. He also mentioned that during that time many people had offered their services and even sometimes provided{#blank#}9{#/blank#}better arrangement for his business. What a great honor it was for me{#blank#}10{#/blank#}（continue）to go to the dance with such a good friend!

    China's homegrown sci-fi blockbuster (大片) The Wandering Earth scored at the Spring Festival box office. The film is an {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  (adapt) of a novel of the same name by Liu Cixin, author of the Hugo Award-winning The Three-Body Problem. As {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  (it) visual effects impress a global audience, a united human community when {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  (face) a big disaster gets attention too.

    Director Guo Fan said that he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (conscious) avoided making a do-it-alone superhero; instead, the fight to save Earth {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (fight) by all humans. In The Wandering Earth, mankind is threatened by a dying sun, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} forces them to go on a generations-long space journey to look for a new one. At {#blank#}7{#/blank#} center of the story are a Chinese astronaut and his son, who join a global task {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (prevent) Earth from crashing into Jupiter. At the end of the film {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(come) international rescue teams who help the Chinese team and give a final try to save Earth.

    One online review reads, "It fits the Hollywood standard on presentation and visual effects, but the themes of family and love of homeland are typical {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Chinese sci-fi films."

    Elisabeth Kubler-Ross was born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1926. In spite of her father's objections, Elisabeth was determined at an early age {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(study) medicine and in 1957 received her medical degree from the University of Zurich. In 1958 she married Dr. Emanuel Ross, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}American, who also studied medicine at the university and they moved to the U.S. to fulfill their medical dreams {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (well).

    While working at Manhattan State Hospital, Dr. Kubler-Ross {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(horrify) by the routine neglect and poor treatment of mental patients. It was here that she began her lifelong approach to medical practice as she developed a program of individual care and attention for each patient. This approach resulted{#blank#}5{#/blank#}significant improvement in the mental health of 94% of her patients.

    In 1965, Dr. Kubler-Ross published her first book, On Death and Dying, a 1969 worldwide bestseller. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(base) on her many patient interviews, she identified the five now {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (wide) accepted stages that patients go through as they approach death: denial, anger, bargaining,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(depress) and acceptance.

    During her career, Dr. Kubler-Ross served in 16 different hospitals and universities,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(write) more than 20 books, many of {#blank#}10{#/blank#}were translated into other languages, and received many honors. In 1999, she was listed among Time's 100 Most Important Thinkers of the Century.

    Summer is over, but there's no reason to be upset as that means autumn is upon us, arguably the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (good) season of the year.

    Beijing's autumn is extremely short, so parks around the city fill up fast with people coming to see the season's sight—a show of changing {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (color) as the trees turn from dark green to deep red. There are plenty of places in the city center {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (catch) the golden Gingko leaves, but I'm heading just outside of the Fifth Ring Road to see the season on {#blank#}4{#/blank#} larger scale.

    Despite parks like Xiangshan getting so busy {#blank#}5{#/blank#} you need tickets a week in advance, there are still areas well-known and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (frequent) visited by the Beijing crowds, and Baiwangshan, one of such places, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (locate) 3km from the Summer Palace to the city's North West. It offers hiking tails and beautiful views of the city and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (surround) forests.

    I love coming to Beijing's parks at this time of year because I can always enjoy {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (I), bathing in the last of the good weather and golden colors. You never know {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you're going to find around every corner.