Woman: Our design class is really interesting. Don't you think so?

Man: Yeah, I like Professor Vargas, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} sometimes he goes too fast, and I feel like I'm missing something. There's a lot we have {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (remember).

Woman: True. There are a lot of details about all the different styles.

Man: Yeah, there are Art Nouveau, and Art Deco, and Art Moderne... I have a hard time {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (keep) it all straight.

Woman: I know what you mean.

Man: For example, it seems to me {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Art Deco and Art Moderne are the same things.

Woman: Well, it's somewhat confusing. They were both popular in {#blank#}5{#/blank#}1930s although Art Deco came a little before Moderne. I think Professor Vargas {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (say) Art Deco started at an exhibition in Paris in 1925. Let me check out my notes. Right, Art Deco was a popular international art design movement from 1923 until the 1940s, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (affect) the decorative arts such as architecture and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (industry) design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts and film.

Man: So, they were about the same time. It's one thing that gets confusing. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} thing is, they seem so similar that it's hard to see why they're {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (consider) different styles.

    Every individual is a member of a group called the community, and it is the duty of every citizen {#blank#}1{#/blank#} ask what he can do for his community. A good citizen {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(相信) that he should serve the community and not the community serve h{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. As students, there are many ways in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you can serve the community. Above all, however, you have to acquire a certain amount of skill and experience b{#blank#}5{#/blank#} you can be of service to others. Your school has lots of{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(活动) which prepare you {#blank#}7{#/blank#} good citizenship. Many school societies train students to become good citizens who later p{#blank#}8{#/blank#} in volunteer work and serve the public in t{#blank#}9{#/blank#} of need. If you serve your community, you will grow {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to be a good citizen with a strong sense of responsibility.

    E-commerce（电子商务）has changed the lives of people across the world. With fewer people {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(leave) home for shopping, physical stores are having a more {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(difficulty) time. It seems that one kind of physical store is not being hit—the convenience store.

    Convenience store sales in 2016 in China increased by 13 percent {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(compare) with that of 2015, according to China Daily. There are now{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(near) 100,000 convenience stores in China. And in Japan, there are 11,000 more convenience stores in 2017 than in 2010.

    Why are these 24-hour stores with {#blank#}5{#/blank#}average area of 110 square meters enjoying such rapid {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(develop)?

    One reason is that young people have grown into the habit of shopping at convenience stores, noted Convenience Store News. Convenience {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(store) not only have everything for daily use, but also fresh food like sushi, bread and salads,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} are all quite popular among young people.

    What's more, different {#blank#}9{#/blank#} supermarkets, many convenience stores sell things they make themselves, like bread and cakes. As these products can only{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(find) in these stores, many people go there just to buy them.

    Thomas is an undergraduate student at Simon Fraser University. Three years ago, he was pursuing a Science degree with the goal of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (become) a nurse but was unsure of his next steps.

    One day {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he was attending a classroom presentation, Thomas learned about the YWCA's Boy 4 Real program. “It was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} unique experience to work with the youth, where you are giving {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (they) skills to prepare for high school.”

    Thomas has been volunteering for the program for over 3 years. His favorite parts {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) the community service and healthy living units, where he can share and apply what he's learning in university {#blank#}6{#/blank#} a biology student. The community service project, in which volunteers lead the youth of Grade 7 to visit a seniors home or collect cans for a food bank, is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (especial) meaningful to Thomas.

    Volunteering with the YWCA has helped Thomas see the impact that can {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (make) by him as a mentor. Boy 4 Real gave him a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (clear) direction of where he is headed professionally than before. Now he has made up his mind {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (continue) to stay at a school being a teacher after finishing his bachelor's degree.

    My hometown is Hangzhou, which attracts a great many tourists every year. Hangzhou played a very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (importance) role in Chinese history, so it has a number of great heritage sites well reserved.

    Lying on the west district of Hangzhou city, West Lake {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (be) the symbol of Hangzhou as well as one of the most beautiful {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (sight) in China. West Lake has all along been praised as a sparkling pearl.

    If you want to enjoy {#blank#}4{#/blank#} whole West Lake, there are three kinds of sight you need to see. The sunny one, the rainy one and the night view of it.

    There is a saying that the sunny West Lake is not equal {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the rainy West Lake, and the rainy West Lake is less beautiful than the West Lake at night.

    At last there is a love tale {#blank#}6{#/blank#} happened at West Lake. It is said that a white snake changed into a beautiful lady, who {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (call) Bai Suzhen. She was willing to repay Xu Xian for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (save) her life 500 years ago. Then she married him, living together {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (happy). But the Monk Fa Hai kept doing wrongs to her. He finally made them part. Bai Suzhen was shut in the Leifeng tower and the couple had no chance {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (meet) again.