On receiving my learner's permit a couple of months ago ,I started driving lessons straight away. However, it wasn't until two days ago{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Dad finally allowed me to drive on the motorway. Our destination was Orewa,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}seaside town.

    That morning I made sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet about three times{#blank#}3{#/blank#}we left. I thought l was totally prepared{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the journey, but nothing could have prepared me for my family's complaints.

    “Relax! Don't hold the steering wheel so{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(tight)." called a nervous voice from the backseat.

    "Speed up. 70km/h isn't fast enough. You are holding up the traffic," another voice ordered from the seat next to{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(1).

    How{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(annoy)! To content them ,I{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(step) hard on the accelerator(加速器), and within a second, an angry voice began to yell again.

    “Stop!  Slow down!  Are you crazy? Did I tell you to go above l00km/h'?"

Finally I drove into the city, where the speed limit was only 50km/h.

    My family seemed relieved and stopped{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(tell) me what to do. On our way home, the journey was much{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(easy) than before as everyone else fell fast asleep. So ,I just took my time and enjoyed the drive.

    In Canada and the United States, people enjoy entertaining(请客) at home. They often invite friends over{#blank#}1{#/blank#} a meal, a party, or just for coffee and conversation.

    Here are the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (kind) of things people say when they invite someone to their home: "Would you like to come over for dinner Saturday night?” "Hey, we{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(have) a party on Friday. Can you come?"

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(reply) to an invitation, either say thank you and accept, or say you're sorry and give an excuse: "Thanks, I'd love to. What time would you like me to come?" {#blank#}5{#/blank#}"Oh, sorry. I've tickets for a movie."

    Sometimes, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, people use expressions that sound like invitations(邀请) but which are not real invitations. For example: "Please come over for a drink sometime." "Why not get together for a party sometime?" "Why don't you come over and see{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(we) sometime soon?"

    They are really just polite ways of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(end) a conversation. They are not real invitations because they don't mention a specific(确定的) time or date. They just show that the person is trying to be{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(friend). To reply to expressions like these, people just say "Sure, that would be great!" or "OK. Yes, thanks."

    So next time when you hear what sounds like an invitation, listen {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(careful). Is it a real invitation or not?

    Nowadays, in my spare time, I prefer to go outdoors and spend my time in some different places and with some different people.

    The first reason {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I do outdoor activities is that I have spent too much time indoors. Most of the time I just sit in the classroom, listening {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the teachers and doing my homework. The indoor activities are too {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(limit). The second reason is that fresh air, sunlight and enough physical exercise {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(need) for a healthy body. So when I am free, I should go out. And the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(three) one is that I want to have more {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(experience) in my life. When you go out, far away from your daily life, you will meet a lot of people who are quite different from you. It will give you a lot of {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(beauty) moments.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(do) outdoor activities, however, will take a lot of money and energy. So if you have not prepared enough, having some amusement indoors is also {#blank#}9{#/blank#} good choice. It may be much cheaper and easier {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(carry) out. Reading some books and enjoying music are also very good.

    Wolf Warriors II is putting China in the global spotlight. It's also the first film {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(taste) success both in terms of box office earnings and promoting Chinese values.

    Since its release on July 27, it {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(earn) an unimaginable 4.5 billion yuan, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (set) a record for domestic movies at the box office. The film focuses on a rescue operation in Africa, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(lead) by former special forces soldier Leng Feng—played by Wu Jing —who helps Chinese workers and local African {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(flee) a war-torn and plague-ravaged(瘟疫肆虐的) country.

    Wolf Warriors II links art to reality, and reminds people of the massive evacuation(撤离) of Chinese people from Libya {#blank#}6{#/blank#} civil war broke out there in 2011, and from Yemen in 2015, as well as the challenges the Ebola virus created in West Africa from 2013 to 2016.

    The film describes {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the Chinese government aims to protect overseas Chinese citizens. Just{#blank#}8{#/blank#} the message at the end of the film reads, "Citizens of the People's Republic of China, when you encounter danger in a foreign land, do not give up! People remember! At your back {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(stand) a strong motherland."

    Thanks to China's increasing participation in global affairs, the president could be considered as modern Chinese hero. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(hold)up a banner(旗帜) of peace, friendship and responsibility, Wolf Warriors II should be seen as a brave effort to promote Chinese values around the world.

    The traditional Chinese Longtaitou Festival, also called Dragon Head Raising Festival, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (fall) on the second day of the second lunar month every year, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the rain-bringing Dragon King is said to awaken {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his winter sleep. It's {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wide) believed that the second day of the second month on the Chinese lunar calendar means the start of spring and farming.

    The festival is a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (reflect) of the ancient agrarian (耕作的)culture. Nowadays, although some of the old ways {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (celebrate) the festival are no longer in practice, some still keep on. Most of them are still identical to those practised in the ancient times, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (include) eating Chinese pancakes and noodles. The most famous {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tradition) practice on this day is to have a haircut. Some people believe that going to the barber's on the second day of the second month will get rid of bad luck, while {#blank#}9{#/blank#} believe it is bad luck to get hair cut during the first month of the lunar calendar. Folk {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (activity)like dragon dance are also held during the Longtaitou Festival across China.