Mary will never forget the first time she saw him. He suddenly appeared in the class one day, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(wear)sun glasses. He walked in as if he {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(buy) the school. And the word quickly got around that he was from New York City.

For some reason he sat beside Mary. Mary felt {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(please), because there were manyempty seats in the room. But she quickly realized that it wasn't her, it wasprobably the fact that she sat in{#blank#}4{#/blank#} last row.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}he thought hecould escape attention by sitting at the back, he was wrong. It might have madeit a little {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(hard) foreverybody because it meant they had to turn around, but that didn't stop thekids in the class. Of course whenever they turned to look at him, they had tolook at Mary,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} made her feel like a star.

“Do you need those glasses for medical reasons?” the teacher asked. The new boy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(shake) his head. “Then I'd appreciate {#blank#}9{#/blank#} if you didn't wear them in the class. I liketo look your eyes when I'm speaking to you.” The new boy looked at the teacherfor a few seconds and all the other students wondered {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the boy would do. Then he took them off, gavea big smile and said, “That is cool.”

    Do you know the UK government has{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(successful) passed a law banning branding on packs of cigarettes? That means tobacco manufacturers will be forced{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(pack) their cigarettes in plain packets.

    The motivation behind this{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(decide) is to make smoking less appealing to people, especially children.

    A similar law{#blank#}4{#/blank#}was passed in Australia in 2012 has resulted{#blank#}5{#/blank#}a fall in smoking rates from 15.1% to 12.8% for people aged 14.

    As of January 2015, 22% of adult men and 17% of adult women smoke in Great Britain. The possibility of smoking in the UK increases with age so that by 15 years of age 8% of school children{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(be) regular smokers. Children, it is thought, will be less attracted to cigarettes{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(sell) in unbranded boxes.

    Smoking is one of{#blank#}8{#/blank#}biggest causes of preventable deaths in England. Every year about 80,000 die and over 450,000{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(send) to hospital due to smoking. This places a large strain on the health service and is also a factor in why the government would like to prevent people from{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(take) up smoking or help them quit.

    It was a windy night. I had just turned {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the TV, brushed my teeth and was reading my favorite book, Wuthering Heights (呼啸山庄)by Emily Bronte. I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (absorb) in the book when Cathy's ghost(幽灵) appeared.

    As I looked through my book, some strange noises were coming from the window. I walked towards the window {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (see) what was going on there. All I observed were {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (branch) of trees waving wildly. All of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} sudden, I heard the noises again. They sounded like someone was knocking at the window. But I knew that was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (possible) because my room is on the second floor of the house.

    My heart was beating {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (violent) as I quickly opened the window. At that moment, a cold, white hand caught my arm {#blank#}8{#/blank#} tried to pull me out of the window. I screamed and tried to free {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (I) but in vain.

    Suddenly, I heard a gentle voice saying, “Tommy, wake up.” Then, I opened my eyes and saw my mother was standing by my bed, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hold) my book in her hand. I was so glad that Cathy's ghost hadn't been real!

    The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture(雕塑品) Festival is Harbin's main tourist highlight every year. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(become) the world's biggest winter festival so far. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} makes the Harbin festival special are the scale and size of the sculptures and the beautiful lighting. It is bigger than the ones in Japan, Norway, and Canada.

    At first, mainly the Chinese took part, but now it is an international festival and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(compete). As the festival grows, the size of the snow sculptures and ice architecture exhibits keeps {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(increase). The work of making these exhibits is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(astonish), and their size and beauty are amazing.

    The festival is {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(official) held from the end of December through February. Opening dates keep changing, and closing dates partly depend {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the weather. More than 1,000 ice sculptures are on show such as ice lanterns, magical figures and animals that {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(love) by children. It is mostly an ice world {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(aim) at kids. There are interesting activities kids may enjoy, like ice skating. If you are planning a Harbin tour, please attend {#blank#}10{#/blank#} wonderful festival.