Recently a really strange thing happened in a middle school in China's Hubei Province. Over 600 students there took part in a "caring for an egg like a baby"{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (active), in which they were asked to keep an egg close at hand for a month{#blank#}2{#/blank#}breaking it.

    "It's hard for parents to bring up their children {#blank#}3{#/blank#} many students just ignore it," said Liu Kang, the school's director. "They should {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (teach) to be grateful to their parents, who have given them life but ask for nothing in return."

    Li Ming is one of the students. His egg didn't break during the month, but he felt   {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(exhaust). "I now understand what great difficulty my parents have had{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(bring) me up. I'll do all I can to make their life easier and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (comfort) when I grow up," promised the 13-year-old boy.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(luck), about 450 students broke their eggs. Yan Yueming broke his egg after just five days, which made him frustrated. He said, "I can't imagine {#blank#}9{#/blank#} sad my parents would be if there was something wrong with me, their 'egg'! It is now time I {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(do) something in return for their love," said Yan.

    Go ahead and grab that cup of coffee, or two, or more. Doing so may improve your health and help you live longer, suggests a new research in a new observational study involving close to 20,000 individuals, people {#blank#}1{#/blank#} consumed at least four cups of coffee daily had a 64% lower risk of early death {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(compare) to those who never rarely consumed coffee.

    The reduction in risk was more significant once people reached {#blank#}3{#/blank#} age of 45, suggesting that it may be even{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(good) to consume coffee as we get older.

    These findings support the recent results of another large observational study, which found that coffee{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(drink) appear to live longer, regardless of whether they consume regular coffee.

    Coffee has also been shown to reduce the risk of many diseases, including type 2 diabetes(糖尿病), liver disease, Alzheimer's and skin cancer, too.

    "Coffee is loaded with antioxidants（抗氧化剂）," said Joe DeRupo, a spokesman for the National Coffee Association." Many are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(natural) occurring antioxidants found in the coffee bean, while others {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(create) during the roasting process. These antioxidants are thought to be linked with positive effects in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (reduce) the risk of several diseases.

    While coffee consumption may appear to be healthful for many, others should carry on {#blank#}9{#/blank#} caution. Pregnant women, for example, should cautiously limit{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (they)intake of coffee.

Dear brother,

    I'm now writing to you for your advice. How I wish you{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) here with me!

    Yesterday afternoon, I went to a bookstore with one of my friends. After we went out, he showed me {#blank#}2{#/blank#}book he had stolen ,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(consider)he was wrong, I suggested he{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(go)back to return it or pay for it.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} he didn't listen to me, otherwise I wouldn't have reported it to his mother.

    Now I'm really{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (regret). I would rather I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (let)his mother know it. After all, he is my friend, without {#blank#}8{#/blank#}help, I wouldn't have made so rapid progress in study.

    But {#blank#}9{#/blank#}is now obvious that he has begun to hate me. It seems as if we hadn't been friends before. Can you advise what I should do now?

    {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (be) you in my position, what would you do? I hope you can give me some advice as soon as possible.

    My doorbell rings at 11 am. On the step, I find an elderly Chinese lady holding the hand of a little boy. In her other hand {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) a paper bag. She is the little boy's grandmother, and her daughter, Nicole, bought {#blank#}2{#/blank#} house next door last October. Nicole has {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (obvious) told her mother that I am having a heart operation shortly, and the result is that her mother has decided {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (supply) me with meals.

    I know what is inside the paper bag——a bottle of hot soup and a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (contain) with a meal of rice, vegetables and meat. It's become a daily occurrence.

    Communication {#blank#}6{#/blank#} us is somewhat difficult because she doesn't speak English and all I can say in Chinese is hello. Once, she brought an Ipad as well as the food. She pointed to the screen, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} showed a message from her daughter telling me that her mother wanted to know {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the food was all right for me.

So here we are, two grandmothers, neither of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (we) able to speak the other's language but communicating one way or another (with some help from technology). The doorbell keeps {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (ring) and there is the familiar brown paper bag, handed smilingly to me.

    Mobile payments have made our life {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(convenient) by freeing us from the trouble of having to take our wallets out with us. But a UK supermarket has gone one step {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(far), allowing customers to pay using just {#blank#}3{#/blank#} fingertip.

    Shoppers at the Costcutter store at Brunel University in London can pay for items {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(use) the special vein(静脉) pattern in their fingertips, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(report) The Telegraph. It's the world's first store {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(make) use of such technology.

    This new method of payment {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(mean) that customers can pay for items in just three {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(second).

    Sthaler, the company behind the technology, explained that it uses infrared scanners(红外扫描仪) to read the pattern of veins in the finger. It links this to the customer's bank details, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} are kept safe by payment provider Worldpay. The firm is also responsible for millions of online shoppers' details around the globe.

    The company said dozens of Brunel students are already using the technology, and it hopes to have signed up 3,000 students out of 13,000 {#blank#}10{#/blank#} November.

    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.