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?

    “What's the matter, Mum?”

    As soon as I entered the door, I found that my mother was not{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (please). It was unusual — she usually{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (open) the door and welcomes me with a smile!

    “She's dying,” Mum said{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (sad). I knew what she said. The tulip (郁金香), my mother's favorite, is dying.

    A month ago, we moved into our new house and Mum{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (buy) a very beautiful tulip in a flower shop. Mum liked it very much. Whenever she was free, she would sit in her armchair beside the tulip and enjoy {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (it) beautiful colour and nice smell.

    She regarded the tulip as a baby and looked after it carefully. She put the tulip by the window and moved it from one place to another{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(give) enough sunshine to it. The first thing she did{#blank#}7{#/blank#} she got up every morning was to water the tulip. Mum also fertilized it many times.

    She hoped that{#blank#}8{#/blank#} great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful{#blank#}9{#/blank#} the tulip was dying because of too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.

    It's true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love must be {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(harm).

    Too much love can sometimes kill what you love.

    Born in England in 1944, Ian Wilmut{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(know) as the leader of the research group than first cloned a female lamb {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (call) Dolly in 1996. Dolly became famous and pictures of her appeared on the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (cover) of magazines all over the world. The {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (possible) of reproduction without a male and female being involved also made her the focus of a moral debate. For scientists, however, the cloning of dolly using the DNA of an adult cell was a breakthrough {#blank#}5{#/blank#}showed the cloning of special animals was possible.

    However,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}Wilmut think unlikely is human cloning. He says {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (undertake) the procedure with humans would require 29 surrogate（替代的）mothers and 300 eggs. Of those 29, 28 would be bound {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(experience) failure and suffer physically and emotionally. He says he is also concerned about the psychological and {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(society) consequences a cloned might have to go through. For these reasons, he is not{#blank#}10{#/blank#} favor of it.

    Last Monday, my father would be on a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(busy) trip for five days. Having gotten my promise of being great at home and taking care of my mother, he rest assured and put his luggage into the trunk of his car.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(see) my father's driving away, my mother and I waved our hands and said goodbye to him. For a moment, I began to miss my father,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(wish) that he would be safe and well the next days. I thought everything would go well, as this was not the first time that my father{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) away for several days. Yet, —{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(fortunate), my mother caught a cold the next morning. Looking at her pale face, I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(experience) high levels of anxiety. However, I told myself that I had to calm down and look after my mum, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}I promised to my dad. The moment I got my mum to sleep, I put cold towel on her forehead, found pills in the medicine box, and made some noodles for her. Luckily, she woke up and felt {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(good) after taking the pills and the noodles. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}her fever was gone relieved and satisfied me a lot. In the next four days, I was taking her body temperature twice a day, ensuring that she was completely well. To our delight, my dad went back home safe and sound on Saturday. On hearing {#blank#}10{#/blank#}I had done to my mum, he as well as my mum beamed at me and gave me a big thumb. Hearing their praises and seeing bright smiles on their faces, I really felt overjoyed and thrilled. Taking care of my parents was, indeed and definitely, my mission and obligation。

    Does the name of the college you attend really matter? Research on the question {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (suggest) that, for most students, it doesn't. What students do at college seems to matter much more than {#blank#}2{#/blank#} they go. The students benefitting most from college are those {#blank#}3{#/blank#} are totally engaged (参与) in academic life. taking full advantage of the college's chances and resources (资源). Students should have a proper attitude towards college before thinking about which college to attend, and it's never too early to make necessary preparations for a healthy and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (meaning) college experience.