An American skydiver has survived a 7, 600-meter jump from an airplane, although he did not use a parachute(降落伞). Luke Aikins dropped into a huge safety net on Saturday after falling for about two minutes over the desert in California. Aikins reached a speed of 193 kilometers per hour during the jump. He fell safe into a net. Cranes(起重机) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hold) the net about 65 meters over the desert floor. The 42-year-old husband and father has jumped out of planes thousands of times, but never once  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}he left a plane without a parachute. Aikins said he was nervous before this jump. “We're talking about jumping without a parachute,” he told reporters. "I take that very  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(serious). It's not a joke.” Aikins prepared for two years  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(make) the jump. Three skydivers with parachutes made the jump with him. They recorded the event with a video and carried the  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (equip) that Aikins needed, like an oxygen mask. Aikins rolled in the air just moments before he hit the net so as to land on his back. The sky-diver did not move for several seconds as the net was lowered to the ground. Then, Aikins stood, waved his arms and hugged his wife.

    Henry is carried out to sea by a strong wind but {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (spot) by a ship, on which he earns his passage by working without pay. As a result, he is brought to London. Feeling hungry, he {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wander) alone on the streets, hoping for {#blank#}3{#/blank#} job.

    Then unexpectedly he is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (invite) to a large and beautiful house by two rich brothers, Roderick and Oliver. They give a(n) envelope {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a bank note in it to him.

    They have made a{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(secretly) bet on whether a man can {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (survival) a month in the city with a million-pound bank note. Henry is the person they want.

    He feels surprised at first and doesn't want {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(accept) it, for he just wants an honest job from them, not {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(they) charity. The two brothers persuade him to take it at last, however. Though feeling very {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(surprise) about the matter, Henry promises them not to open the letter until one and a half hours later.

    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.

    You may like reading novels for fun. But you need to get organized {#blank#}1{#/blank#} you are reading a novel for school. Here {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) a few tips.

    First, pay attention to characters. What do they do in the novel? What do they want? Everything {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is about a character can help us to understand him, from his {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(appear) to the kind of food he eats.

    Besides, the order of the story and the plot are {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(equal) important. Make sure that as you read, you make {#blank#}6{#/blank#} quick note of what happens in each chapter. This will help you bring the things you have noticed about the character, setting, language and so on together. It's also an enormous help for you to retell the story after you have read it.

Next, themes. They are ideas that a novel explores. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} is a must to get the hang of the theme if you want to fully appreciate the novel. Perhaps love is a major theme, or justice, or {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(survive).

Furthermore, novels are made up {#blank#}9{#/blank#} language. Writers use language in a special way {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (make) their novels work. They may use metaphors, invent symbols, or show different characters' personalities through their speech styles.

    Spring Festival is the most celebrated festival in China. On that day and over the following two weeks, people greet each other. Streets and houses {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(decorate)by many things of red color.

    Spring Festival is a time for expressing gratefulness. Gratefulness is a Chinese virtue. A regular activity is offering sacrifice to the heaven and to the earth, and to ancestors. It is meant{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(show) gratefulness to the origin of life.

    Spring Festival is also a salute{#blank#}3{#/blank#}another Chinese virtue, diligence(勤劳).We Chinese people believe that only with{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(we) own hands can we create a happy and beautiful life. Some activities staged during Spring Festival{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(most) reflect daily working scenes such as harvesting and fishing.

    Spring Festival also calls for sharing,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}value long kept by Chinese. As the old saying goes, good fortune should be shared, and misfortune be faced together. In some areas, people bring foods to a public place and have fun together by having games or{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(perform).

    As ware celebrating Spring Festival，the festival is getting more popular in the west.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tradition)Chinese activities，such as the dragon dance and the Peking Opera, are performed as a fixed program，{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (add) diversity to local culture. It indicates the trends of mutual (相互的)learning and harmonious coexistence(共存) between civilizations,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}are expected to contribute to the building of a shared future for humankind.