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.

    How are you getting along with your senior high school? It may be hard for you as this is the first time that you {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(leave)your parents. I know that you are now having trouble {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(communicate)with others, and you may often feel lonely. That's {#blank#}3{#/blank#}you are new here and people don't know about you. But I think you can overcome the difficulty if you can follow the advice below.

    First, you should attach great{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (important) to taking an active part in the discussions and show our own opinions about the matters, and at the same time, learn to listen to other people's views {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (careful). Second, you should learn about your classmates' likes and dislikes,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}can make you get familiar with them. Only in this way can you get to know more {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (difference)people and show them that you are just as friendly. Last but not least, I'm always here ready to help. We can take part in some {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (activity)together and I can introduce you to others.

    There's no need{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (worry)too much, people will know you more very soon and will like to make friends {#blank#}10{#/blank#}you if you can do as the above. Just remember, “God helps those who help themselves.”

    Talent shows are getting increasingly popular among China's national and local TV programs nowadays. They help some ordinary people. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} performance talent realize their dreams. Some of them even can become stars overnight. Even if they could not become famous, the whole progress can also enrich their life experience, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} can make their life more colorful.

    What's more, with people's life getting better and better, more and more people are not {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (satisfy) by only material conditions. They are seeking for spiritual and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (culture) activities. At this time Talent Show Programs catch their attention and bring them pleasure and fun.

    However, every coin has two {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (side). Though talent show programs {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (true) bring us lots of pleasure, they have caused many negative effects, especially on {#blank#}7{#/blank#} youth. For example, many students have spent too much time and money {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (watch) various programs, which {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (effect) seriously their studies. What's more, the programs give them illusion that everyone can be famous overnight.

    All in all, we cannot live without amusement. As long as the talent show could entertain and inspirit {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (we), there is great sense to encourage them.

    The British have been drinking tea for over 350 years. But in fact, the history of tea goes much {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(far) back.

    The story of tea begins in China. According to the legend, the Chinese emperor Shen Nung was sitting {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a tree while his servant boiled drinking water, when some leaves from the tree blew into the water. Shen Nung,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} expert in herbal medicine, decided to try the water his servant created. As a result, it tasted so good that later the drink was{#blank#}4{#/blank#} we now call tea.

    It is{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(possible) to know whether there is any truth in this story. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, tea drinking certainly was established in China many centuries before it had even been heard of in the west. Containers of tea {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(find) in tombs dating from the Han dynasty (206BC-220AD) before tea was firmly established as the national drink of China in the Tang dynasty (618-906AD). It became {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a favorite thing that during the late eighth century, a writer {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(call) Lu Yu wrote the first book entirely about tea, the Ch'a Ching, or Tea Classic. It was shortly after this that tea was first introduced to Japan, by Japanese Buddhist monks who had travelled to China to study before. Tea drinking has become a vital part of Japanese culture,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}may be rooted in the sprit described in the Ch'a Ching.

    For thousands of years, doctors {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (recognize) that childbirth can have a big effect on a woman's mind and body. Many women experience a time of sadness {#blank#}2{#/blank#} they give birth to a baby. This is called the baby blues, or postnatal depression.

    Doctors do not know the exact cause of postnatal depression. But they believe that an imbalance of brain chemicals {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) probably the cause. Hormones are {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (nature) body chemicals. They affect a person's emotions. Immediately after pregnancy, a woman's hormone {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (level) change a lot. So, a woman's emotions and ways of thinking also change a lot.

    Other brain chemicals also influence the way a person feels. They {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (physical) affect the brain. They make a person feel depressed. There are ways to fix and balance these brain chemicals.

    Some medicines, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (call) anti-depressants, can help to treat postnatal depression. But these medicines may cost a lot of money. And not all people can get them. However, there are ways that women may be able to treat and recover from these sicknesses without medicine.

    If you are a new mother {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (suffer) from the baby blues or postnatal depression you should know that you are not alone. Other women have had {#blank#}9{#/blank#} same experiences. They have lived to have happy and healthy lives. If you are a husband, friend, or family member of a new mother, you should know that you can help! You can support the new mother. You can share the information {#blank#}10{#/blank#} her. You can help her find hope.

Are you a tea drinker? If so, you're not alone. Every day around the world, millions of cups of this popular brew {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(drink), and it's been that way for thousands of years.

The oldest discovered tea is from the Han Dynasty, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(date) from 206 BC to 220 AD. But it's thought that the tea trend really took off during the Tang Dynasty in the 8th Century, when it {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(become) China's national drink.

Much of the early growing of tea in China was by small farms and plantations, many of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}were tended by Buddhist monks, on the land high on the mountain tops. So the Chinese have always held the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(believe) that famous teas come from high in the mountains, and indeed, many of the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(fine) and best-known teas have often come from these mountain plantations

Today, China produces about 20% of the world tea exports. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}great variety of teas are grown and produced in 16 different regions of China. There's said {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(be) over 8, 000 different classifications, most of which are for green tea alone, with a few black and oolong teas {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(include).

Many of China's finest teas are still made by hand, and the skills needed for their manufacture have been passed down {#blank#}10{#/blank#}generations, from one to the other.