Our ancestors（祖先）made the old saying that friends{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(be) like wine-the older,the better.Because of that, many people think old friends to be{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(important) than new ones.For example,if two pieces of advice are given to solve a problem,one from a new friend and the other from an old friend,people always prefer to choose the latter one,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}the new friend's advice may be better.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(disagree) with the old saying,I believe that new friends are not{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(necessary) worse than old friends. Why?Because the{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(long) of time cannot tell whether your friendship is better or not.

    Once you call someone friend,he must be a person who is{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(rely) and whose interests are in common with{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(you).Maybe a friend's outside look{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(change) all the time,but the inside characters of him and his interests won't change at all.It is just these unchangeable characters and interests that make him a friend to you.{#blank#}10{#/blank#},there is no difference between old friends and new ones on this point.

    The representatives from six major international film festivals attended a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (week) programme. Maria says that the Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}is an annual festival that {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (begin) in 1932. Kathy tells the audience that the Sundance Film Festival deliberately boycotts all Hollywood films and that they don't foresee ever including {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Isabel says Cannes is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} festival that can make films famous, at which many films {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (show) to the public for the first time. At Berlin International Film Festival, Hollywood films are {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the minority, films that are likely to be overlooked at other festivals have a real chance of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (become) champions. Mike thinks the Toronto International Film Festival is the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(two) largest festival in the world. Xu Li says the Shanghai International Film Festival has a good reputation worldwide and they have {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (entry) from many different countries.

    Tony and I are good friends. We tried to walk across the United States of America. We're not exactly sure{#blank#}1{#/blank#} we were doing it. Part of it was to test ourselves; to see if we could face the challenges. When I was{#blank#}2{#/blank#} teenager I often daydreamed that I was going to walk across the United States{#blank#}3{#/blank#} I graduated from high school.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} , I didn't do that. Before I knew it I was in my thirties, married,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} （have） a job, yet still had this idea in my mind with each{#blank#}6{#/blank#} （pass） year. I figured I was too old and my opportunity had passed. Then, a few years ago, I met Tony,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} was in his thirties and quit his job as a civil engineer in New York City to walk across the United States. He wasn't doing it for a cause{#blank#}8{#/blank#} as part of an organization. He was doing it{#blank#}9{#/blank#}（simple） because he loved to walk and discover. The idea was back and I no longer had an excuse. We planned on averaging 20miles a day and taking some days off to rest, so we expected the walk to take about 6months realizing it could take{#blank#}10{#/blank#} （long）. We were in no hurry: The total distance would have been about 3,100miles.

    If you visit a supermarket in the UK in March or April, you will notice a strange thing: Shelf after shelf is filled with large, brightly-colored eggs.

    Look a little {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (close) and you will discover something else. These eggs aren't real. In fact, they {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) of chocolate. And that can mean only one thing—it's Easter time again.

    Easter is a festival {#blank#}3{#/blank#} has been celebrated in Britain for thousands of years. These days we mark the occasion (场合) by {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (give) each other chocolate eggs, or Easter eggs. But what are the roots of this {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (tradition) event?

    For Christian people Easter is a religious festival. According {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the Bible, Jesus Christ was killed by the Romans {#blank#}7{#/blank#} came back to life three days later. That is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} Easter is seen as a time of rebirth.

    However, some people suggest that Easter has its origins in pre-Christian times. They say that the very earliest societies celebrated the end of winter and the beginning of spring—the time {#blank#}9{#/blank#} life returns to the land.

    Whatever its origins, Easter is big business. The UK's biggest retailer (零售商) of Easter eggs sold more than 20 million units last year and some Easter eggs {#blank#}10{#/blank#} cost more than £20!

    One day, a father and his son were walking with their horse. An old man saw them and said, "You {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(suppose) to ride a horse, not to walk it!" The father then put his son on the horse.

    Soon they passed a group of people, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}said, "That's a lazy boy! He gets to ride the horse while his father walks." The father decided to take his son off and get on the horse himself. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}they kept going, they came upon two {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(passer-by). One said, "You are a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(self) man! Your son has to walk while you get to ride!" The man then reached down and put his son on the horse with him.{#blank#}6{#/blank#}a while, they entered a town. Everyone started to laugh at them,{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(say), "You are too heavy for that horse!" The father and his son didn't know what {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(do).

    Finally, they decided to carry the horse. When they came to a bridge, the horse {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(fall) to the water. "If you try to please {#blank#}10{#/blank#}," the father told his son, "in the end, you will please no one." Then they went home.