Last Friday, my friend David called me and invited me and our friend Tom to a party in his university. Tom and I are in{#blank#}1{#/blank#} same class. We both wanted to go to the party, but there was a problem—we'd have a final exam on the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (come) Monday.

    “Don't worry. We can come back on Sunday and won't miss the exam,” really{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (want) to go to the party, Tom said. So I decided to go{#blank#}4{#/blank#} him.

    The party was great and we{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (true) enjoyed ourselves there. However, we stayed up late on Saturday night and slept all day on Sunday and didn't make it back to our university until Monday morning. We missed the exam. Then we went to our professor's office and explained{#blank#}6{#/blank#} we missed the exam. We lied that there was a flat tire（车胎漏气）on our way back to the university. Our professor {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (agree) that we could take the exam the following day.

    When it was time to take the exam, Tom and I{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take)to different rooms. After we opened the test paper, we saw only one question, “Which tire?”

    Neither Tom nor I answered the question. Instead we told our professor the truth. Luckily, he later gave {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (we) the real test paper. And both Tom and I made a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (decide): never to lie again.

    Colorful lanterns are lighting up China's night sky, as activities begin across the country to celebrate Lantern Festival today.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (date) back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), the Lantern Festival is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(mark) the first full moon of the lunar new year.

    You Guoqing, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} folk custom expert in Tianjin, said the Lantern Festival was about going out for a colorful celebration rather than a family get-together. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}watching lanterns, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is also a day to appreciate the full moon, solve lantern riddles, watch art {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(performance) and eat tang yuan.

    The festival was once also a time for romantic encounters. In feudal times, young women were not allowed to go out {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(free), but Lantern Festival was an exception, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} young men and women could meet up.

    Some aspects of the festival, such as its romantic atmosphere, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fade), but people {#blank#}10{#/blank#} see the Lantern Festival as a day to rejoice and a chance to wish for happiness.

Alice: Frank, have you got a hobby?

Frank: Well I don't think I have one. How about you?

Alice: I have several {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hobby), reading, gardening…… but {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(collect) stamps is the one I like {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

Frank: How Interesting! How {#blank#}4{#/blank#} have you been collecting stamps?

Alice: 12 years so far, since I was 9.

Frank: You must have a lot of stamps then.

Alice: Sure, I have thousands of stamps from more {#blank#}5{#/blank#} 20 countries.

Frank: Wow, unbelievable! I also want to have a hobby, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} I just don't have the time.

Alice: What {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (keep) you so busy?

Frank: I travel a lot on business.

Alice: Then how do {#blank#}8{#/blank#} kill time on your trips?

Frank: Sometimes I read {#blank#}9{#/blank#} book.

Alice: I have one idea. You can join a reading club.

Frank: Reading club? What do you do there?

Alice: We read books and organize discussions.

Frank: {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (sound) great!

    Our local Community Youth Club is a very popular{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(organize) with young people in my town. We've taken part{#blank#}2{#/blank#}lots of projects.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}, we've also started doing social work to help in{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(we) neighborhood. We're particularly proud of the recent project. We paid{#blank#}5{#/blank#}visit to the local people's home,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}we sang songs and played games with the elderly. After this visit, we made a decision{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(help) improve the quality of their lives. Up to now,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (probable) over twenty volunteers{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(join) us. Everyone finds the experience{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(offer) by our local Community Youth Club rich and rewarding.

    World Read Aloud Day is celebrated each year on the first Wednesday of March. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (start) by the LitWorld.org website in 2010 and has now reached 65 countries. The aim is to encourage people worldwide who cannot read to enjoy the benefits of a book. The website asks everyone {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate) the day by taking a book, finding an audience, and reading out aloud. It is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(belong) to all people.

    The website asks {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(visit) to join in the movement to reduce {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  number of illiterate（不识字的）people in the world. It is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (absolute) necessary to help those who cannot read. The website says, “It's time to start by reading aloud to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} might like it. Share a book with a child who might need it, share a story with someone who would treasure it, listen patiently {#blank#}8{#/blank#} someone else's story as they share with you.” The United Nations says, “Literacy involves a variety of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to participate fully in society.” In that way, World Read Aloud Day does help make a {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(different).