Day after day, a small blue truck speeds along the streets of Funen. A dog sits beside the driver, looking at him as if{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (listen) to his order. Whenever the truck goes by, the people of Funen tum and stare, some in wonder, others in admiration; for on its sides{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (print) the words TRACKER DOC and a telephone number.

    Yes, the passenger in the blue truck is a dog that{#blank#}3{#/blank#} ( be) used to find lost things or follow the tracks of persons and animals. Within seven years, the dog and his{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (own) Anderson have found lost things worth nearly $400,000，among{#blank#}5{#/blank#} are watches, jewelry, money, cows, pigs, and other dogs. Of course, the secret of the dog is his sensitive nose.

    Each year the dog and Anderson answer about 700 calls{#blank#}6{#/blank#} help. Four out of five times they find what they are asked to look for. Whenever the phone rings in Anderson's house, the dog is{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (immediate) excited. He quickly runs to the truck, eager to be off in search of the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (lose).

    On the way, Anderson repeats again and again the namesof{#blank#}9{#/blank#}  they are looking for. So by the time they arrive, the dog is ready{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (get) to work. He circles here and there until he picks up the smell of an object in a place where it doesn't belong.

    Last summer, as soon as school was over, I thought maybe I could spend the summer {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a way different from previous ones. But how? Perhaps I could take{#blank#}2{#/blank#}part-time job and make some money. I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (offer) an interview soon after I filed my application to Kentucky Fried Chicken. The interview was three days ahead. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (prepare) for it, I went through Interview Skills, a book {#blank#}5{#/blank#} prepares readers for job interviews. My mom and dad tried to help by {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (give) me simulated (模拟的) interviews one after {#blank#}7{#/blank#}I was all ready the day before the interview.

    I answered all of the manager's questions {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(perfect). After all, my mom and dad had expected all of them and I just needed to repeat the answers I had prepared. Besides, I had carried myself well through the interview. My facial {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(express), my voice, my…… all were excellent. I felt the job was already mine. That night I calculated how {#blank#}10{#/blank#} money I would make, and I planned the ways I would like to spend it.

    Hua Mulan was a brave girl in the Northern Wei dynasty. She disguised (假扮){#blank#}1{#/blank#} (her) as a man, and joined the army in place of her father. Mulan's father, once{#blank#}2{#/blank#} soldier, taught his daughter military (军事的) skills{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(include)horse riding and how to fight. Hua Mulan also read her father's books{#blank#}4{#/blank#} military science.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(drive) away the Rouran nomads (游牧民族), the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(rule) of Northern Wei ordered that every family should send a man off to war against them. Mulan's old father, as well as her young brother, was not able to go and fight. So Mulan {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(decide) to join the army instead of her father. Mulan fought for 12 years{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (successful) without her true identity being discovered.  Mulan became a hero{#blank#}9{#/blank#} bravery moved people greatly, and she{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(offer) a high position, but she refused it.

    Even though her story might be no more than a legend, Hua Mulan has been respected as a filial (孝顺的) daughter by Chinese people for hundreds of years.

    Have you found that much of your online communication has been replaced by emojis(表情符号) ? Has "Happy Birthday" become a cake with {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(light) candles? Since they were invented in the 1990s in Japan, emojis, meaning "picture characters", {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(occupy) the world. According to a UK-based mobile technology company, 6 million emojis used in text messages are sent around the world every day through smartphones.

    That's why for the first time Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year is emoji-- a face {#blank#}3{#/blank#}tears of joy. Emijis are regarded as a new kind of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(express). Behind the popularity of emojis {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) the rise of young people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} welcome new technology and inventions. So the reason why young people as well as others love to emoji is that they show meanings {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (beautiful). When young people are asked what makes the generation unique, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} put "technology use" first.

    Now emojis are in much {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(wide) use than written words. As{#blank#}10{#/blank#} result, people began to doubt whether it has made up a too large part in our online communication.

    The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture(雕塑品) Festival is Harbin's main tourist highlight every year. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(become) the world's biggest winter festival so far. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} makes the Harbin festival special are the scale and size of the sculptures and the beautiful lighting. It is bigger than the ones in Japan, Norway, and Canada.

    At first, mainly the Chinese took part, but now it is an international festival and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(compete). As the festival grows, the size of the snow sculptures and ice architecture exhibits keeps {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(increase). The work of making these exhibits is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(astonish), and their size and beauty are amazing.

    The festival is {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(official) held from the end of December through February. Opening dates keep changing, and closing dates partly depend {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the weather. More than 1,000 ice sculptures are on show such as ice lanterns, magical figures and animals that {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(love) by children. It is mostly an ice world {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(aim) at kids. There are interesting activities kids may enjoy, like ice skating. If you are planning a Harbin tour, please attend {#blank#}10{#/blank#} wonderful festival.