The Spring Festival is{#blank#}1{#/blank#}most important festival in China. It is meant{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(celebrate) the lunar calendar's new year. During the Spring Festival, families get together and have a big meal in many place.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}many people like best is setting off fireworks, which is one of the most popular activities during the festival, though it may cause air pollution. Dumplings are the most{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(tradition) food. Children are fond{#blank#}5{#/blank#}the festival very much, when they can have delicious food and wear new clothes. They can also get some money from their parents,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}Is given to children for good luck. People put new year scrolls (春联) on the wall for good fortune. The Spring Festival{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(last) about 15 days long when people visit relatives and friends{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(happy) with the words "Best wishes". Nowadays more and more people are enjoying the Spring Festival around the world. People hold the{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(believe) that the Spring Festival and other traditional Chinese festivals will not{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(replace)by the foreign festivals like Christmas.

    Wang Peng felt very frustrated when he saw none of his patrons (常客) would eat in his restaurant as {#blank#}1{#/blank#}( usually). In his opinion, nothing could be {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(good)than his fried , mutton kebabs , fatty pork or his sugary cola . Who won his customers? He followed one of his best {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(friend) into Yong Hui's newly-opened slimming restaurant and was {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(amaze) at the menu there :raw vegetables , fruit and water . {#blank#}5{#/blank#} was obvious that Yong Hui was telling lies when promising to make the customers thinner. In order to win his customers {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, he went to the library to do some research, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}showed Yong Hui's menu didn't give the customers energy-giving food .Having found out the{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(weak ) of Yong Hui's menu , Wang Peng wrote his own sign ,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(say) energy-giving food served. In fact, there was weakness in Wang Peng's menus, too .Food at his restaurant {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(contain) too much fat . So the only solution is to combine the two menus together to be a balanced menu.

    Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager {#blank#}1{#/blank#}was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust (大屠杀). She and her family, along with four others,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(spend ) over two years during World War Ⅱ{#blank#}3{#/blank#}( hide) in another part of rooms above her father's office in Amsterdam.

    Since it was first published in 1947 , Anne Frank's diary has become one of the{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(powerful) memoirs（回忆录）of the Holocaust.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}( it) message of courage and hope in the face of difficulty has reached millions. The diary has been translated into more than 60 languages with over 30 million copies{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(sell). Anne Frank's story is especially{#blank#}7{#/blank#}( meaning) to young people today. For many she is their first exposure(接触) to the history of the Holocaust.

    After being reported to the Nazis, Anne, her  family, and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}others living with them were arrested (逮捕) and sent to Nazi concentration camps. In March of 1945, several{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(month) after she was arrested, Anne Frank died. She was fifteen years old.

    Her courage and legacy live on, and she is frequently regarded {#blank#}10{#/blank#}a role model for today.

    Every year on the last weekend in August around 1.5 million people go to west London to take part in and enjoy one of the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (large) street parties in Europe, Notting Hill Carnival.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} a colorful group of dancers, a wide range of music and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} atmosphere of fun and celebration, the carnival is not to be missed. The roots of the carnival date back to 1833 {#blank#}4{#/blank#} slavery was abolished. In that year the former slaves in Trinidad, a British colony in the Caribbean, took to the streets in celebration of their own carnival party with music, dance and costumes. Soon it {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (develop) into an important tradition throughout the Caribbean. In 1959 the first carnival took place in the St Pancras area of London. For the next few years, the Carnival _{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(celebrate) in different parts of London until it{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(final) came to Notting Hill in 1964. In 2003 the Notting Hill Carnival received royal {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(approve),when it joined the parade {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(mark) the Queen's 50th year on the throne(王位). The Carnival shows the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(culture) diversity of modern London.

    Brave and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(intelligence), the tiny mouse from the US cartoon series Tom and Jerry is loved and remembered by fans worldwide.

    Recently, scientists from Britain and Canada have created super-clever mice by {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(change) a single gene (基因). In the study, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(research) changed one of the mice's genes to stop the PDE4B enzyme (酶), a substance found in the human brain, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} working.

    After that, they ran several tests on the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(behave) and found they tended to learn{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(fast), remember events for longer and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(solution) difficult problems better than normal mice. The mice also suffered less anxiety (焦虑) and showed {#blank#}8{#/blank#} fear of cats, their natural enemy.

    A team from the UK's Leeds University is now trying developing drugs (药品){#blank#}9{#/blank#} could block the PDE4B enzyme. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(hope), the drugs could help with treatments for brain conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (老年痴呆症).

    Dario and his mother loved their new apartment {#blank#}1{#/blank#} living room was large enough for their piano. That night, the two of them sat side by side at the piano. They played jazz music {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate) their new home. The loud music filled the room and made them feel very happy. The next morning, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a note under their door during the night. One of their neighbors {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (write) to complain (抱怨) about the sound of the piano. Dario's mother asked the doorkeeper {#blank#}5{#/blank#} he knew anything about it. But he said 'no'. Later that morning, Dario suggested that they should hold a party at home and apologize {#blank#}6{#/blank#} their playing.

    They {#blank#}7{#/blank#} loved the idea. Over the next few days, they sent out {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (invite) and decorated the apartment with party lights. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (final), the day of the party arrived. The guests brought different presents. One woman even presented Dario with a book of piano music, which gave them a feeling of warmth. Dario apologized and was already looking forward to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (practice) the new music.