Last weekend we celebrated Jacob turning nine{#blank#}1{#/blank#}his friends with an art party. Instead of hosting it at our house, we{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（decide ）to try something new to celebrate it. It cost US $50,00 to rent a small restaurant. I worked with a store manager. And I bought{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(balloon) and a few other things from him.

    On the day of the party, the tables in the restaurant{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(cover) and waiters and waitresses were ready to get to work when we arrived. We started with helping the children paint their own canvases(油画){#blank#}5{#/blank#}then create their own T-shirts. I should have advised parents {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(take)some old clothes,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (unlucky)we did not. When one child got paint all over{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(him), I felt bad about that.

    Overall, Jacob had{#blank#}9{#/blank#}wonderful time. We were able to do the art parity for minimal cost. The smile on his face at the end of the day was all{#blank#}10{#/blank#}mattered to me.

    Dragon Boat Festival, also{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(call) Duanwu Festival, is a traditional holiday, which is observed each year over 2,000 years in China{#blank#}2{#/blank#}((honor) Qu Yuan, an ancient Chinese patriotic（爱国的）poet. Originating from south China, Dragon Boat Festival enjoys higher popularity in southern areas, such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong Provinces. With {#blank#}3{#/blank#}history of over 2,000 years, it used to be a day{#blank#}4{#/blank#} people would use herbs（药草）to drive away diseases. However, the most popular origin is closely related {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the great poet Qu Yuan in the Warring States Period. Composing masterpieces like Li Sao, he was regarded as one of the greatest{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(poem) in Chinese history. After he was exiled（流放）by the king, he had no alternative but to choose to drown {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (he) in the river rather than seeing his country conquered by the State of Qin. He died on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is {#blank#}8{#/blank#}people decided to commemorate（纪念）him on that day annually. To remember his death on the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(five) day of the fifth lunar month, people celebrate the festival in various {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(way).

    It is predicted that the Chinese space station will be built mostly by machine. China hopes to have the space station{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(complete) by 2022 and it is expected to operate for at least 10 years.

    China also plans to land a probe（探测器）on Mars by 2020. Until now, China has completed a total of five manned space missions. And, in 2003, it{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(successful) landed a probe on the moon.

    During World War II, I lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. My family was Jewish,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}we had been hidden away for a year and a half. During that time I hadn't been able to be outdoors for so long{#blank#}2{#/blank#} I had grown so crazy {#blank#}3{#/blank#}everything to do with nature. Once, I decided to look at the moon at midnight. But I didn't dare{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (open) the window to see the night face to face {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I was afraid of{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(discover) by the Nazis. I felt very lonely {#blank#}7{#/blank#}seeing my old friends. So I had to make a new true friend, my diary Kitty,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} I could tell everything to.{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fortune), at last my family were discovered and{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(catch) by the German Nazis half a year later.

— I regret to tell you that when you arrive , it will have ended and I ________ questions with my students.