Every student will {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (face) with the question when he or she {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (pass) the College Entrance Examinations: Should we choose a good major（专业） or a good university first?

    Some students preper to consider majors first so that they can learn {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they are interested in. It will also make {#blank#}4{#/blank#} possible for them to take their favourite jobs in the future. However, those who think {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (different) believe that the environment is important to one's {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (develop) and that graduates from leading universities are often more likely {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  (find) a good job.

    In my opinion, the best choice is a good major at a good university. If we cannot obtain {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, the first thing to consider is a good major, because no matter {#blank#}9{#/blank#} we study, we can still achieve a lot in {#blank#}10{#/blank#} certain field if we try our best.

    I was wandering into the small store, when the store owner received a call from a customer. The customer and his wife had shopped there several months before. When noticing that his wife really liked one thing in the store, he wanted to buy it as a surprise. Because time was limited, out{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (go) the couple without buying it. It was not until several months later that the customer wanted to buy it.

    But the customer was in Tennessee, living far away from the store which was in Maine. What was more, he had been to the store several months before, and it was difficult to believe that the store owner would remember him, or  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it was that he was referring to. There were{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (diversity) goods in the store. The customer's question was whether she could do it. She said yes. The store owner advised him to describe the thing for her and so he did.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (inform) what the thing was like, the store owner took a few close-up photos with her camera« and e-mailed them to the customer. Having received the photos' then the customer decided which one was the very thing.

Then the customer said, “Now it is time we discussed a price over the phone.” Apart{#blank#}5{#/blank#}discussing the price, they also decided the time to send it. Then she took care of the credit card transaction (交易)online, and the customer proposed the gift{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(send) that afternoon. Then the agreement was reached. The customer said. “I live far away from your place now.{#blank#}7{#/blank#} I would get it myself.”

    The store owner was really smart. She wasn't necessarily{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (talent) for new technology but she was willing to push herself to find new ways to make the transaction (交易) actually happen. It was not a dramatic thing. It was the first time she had ever done it. Never before had she done such a thing.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} difficult it was, the store owner discovered a creative solution {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (contribute) to a new way of doing business. In my view, we should realize that challenge and opportunity go hand in hand.

    Did you know that what you think you like and don't like is often the result of false beliefs? As humans, we tend to be {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (easy) influenced when it comes to liking or disliking something, and we're happy to have our existing beliefs confirmed. But once these beliefs became fixed, we often lose our ability to be {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (object) and we don't like to have our ideas challenged.  Generally speaking, human beings are not good at taking a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (balance) view of things. For instance, we unconsciously start to listen for and select information that {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (match) our beliefs and turn a blind eye to information that doesn't, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (reject) it out of hand. We don't always like to accept new information that doesn't match up with what we already believe.

    As a result, we often don't even consider the reasons behind {#blank#}6{#/blank#} opposing point of view. Instead, we look for evidence that confirms {#blank#}7{#/blank#} we had already thought, and which conforms to our own point of view. We're more likely {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (give) meaning to information that matches the beliefs we already have. In other words, we are biased (偏见) towards certain information. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} can come as a shock when information we {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (trust) is actually exposed to be untrue.

    An old Spanish proverb goes, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.” How many times have we put off our dreams until tomorrow? Too many. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait. It is universally{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(acknowledge) that everybody is going to die at one point. None of us know{#blank#}2{#/blank#}day, or the hour. You can dream about writing a great American play, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}it is never going to happen if you don't actually put pen to paper. In other words, dreams can't come true{#blank#}4{#/blank#} you take action. Tomorrow is not promised. Today is all we have. Therefore, don't go to your grave{#blank#}5{#/blank#}unfulfilled dreams. One of the biggest dream killers is fear. There are so many people who could have achieved{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(amaze) things if only they weren't afraid. Just think about all the things you wanted to do, but allowed fear to convince you that you weren't {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(capability) or good enough. In the movie After Earth, Will Smith's character{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(say), “Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create.” Choose not to let fear stop you from {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(achieve) your dreams. All in all, make the{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(decide) to go after every dream, big or small, right now.

    Wilbur and Orille Wright are brothers famous for inventing the first aeroplane. Their interest in flight{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(start) on the day when their father brought home a toy helicopter for them. It was made of paper and wood. The boys played with it until it broke, and then made their own{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(replace) it. When they were older, they owned a bicycle shop where they started producing and selling their own bikes. This provided them with the money to pay for their experiments in flight. Eventually, they built their {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(fly) machine.

    Nobody wants to be aged, but{#blank#}1{#/blank#}it comes to visiting cities, most of us want to visit the world's oldest cities. Luoyang is one of the oldest and most {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(attract) cities in the world that I'd like to recommend to you.

    Luoyang stands out {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the oldest continually inhabited (持续居住的) city in Asia. The city is considered to be {#blank#}4{#/blank#}birthplace of Chinese culture and history as well as being one of the Seven Ancient Capitals of China. There {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) no other city in China that has seen so many{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(dynasty) like Luoyang.

    With such a long and exciting history, Luoyang has really a lot {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (offer). The longmen Grottoes(龙门石窟), which {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(include) in the world Heritage List since 2000, and many historic Buddhist temples{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (constant) attract tourist from all over the world. Luoyang is also famous for the White Horse Temple, the earliest Buddhist temple {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(build) in China. Are you anxious to visit the city?