No one knows what would happen in the future for sure. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} we often think of the future and wonder what the world would be like {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a hundred years' time.

    Think of space. By that time perhaps {#blank#}3{#/blank#} permanent station on the moon will have been set up. Perhaps people {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) able to visit the moon as tourists. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(permit) long journeys throughout the solar system. When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting other planets, such {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the Mars Colony and the Venus Exploration outpost.

    Scientists of the future will almost certainly find other ways to make life last{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(long). They will {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(probable) find cures for most diseases. Hospitals will may have “body banks” {#blank#}9{#/blank#} can give you almost any new part you need to keep on {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (live). People in the future may live to be a lot older than 100 years.

    In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear {#blank#}1{#/blank#} spoken.. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ,we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

    There is no easy way to success {#blank#}3{#/blank#} language learning. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}meanings , studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(advise) for those {#blank#}9{#/blank#}are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(write) the language whenever we can.

    "Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small." "Nothing is softer and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(flexible) than water, yet nothing can resist it."

    These are the food for thought {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (serve) to Tube passengers at Oval station in south London. It's been 14 years since customer services manager Anthony Gentles {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (inspire) to brighten up the "blank faces" of travelers with daily {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(wise) from his favorite book, Tao Te Ching. Every day he wrote one quote on the board {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (him). Mr. Gentles said offering quotes from ancient China was his way of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (try) to make people feel more welcome as they braved the Underground.

    Thousands of quotes later, Mr Gentles' favorite message remains the first one he wrote: "A journey of a thousand miles begins {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a single step". "Because it's {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (fundamental) true," he said. "No matter {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you live your life, regardless of your situation, you have to take the first step."

    Since 2007, the baton(接力棒) has been taken on by his colleague Glen Sutherland, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} posts on the station information board have set off a wave of enthusiasm to copy the practice across the capital.

    No one loves me more than my parents, especially my father. My father is stout and strong, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a serious look on his face and keen expressive eyes. At first sight you may feel him hard {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (approach). In fact he is very kind and considerate. I believe my father is a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (gift) man. He is decisive and efficient in doing things. By his own talents and years of efforts, he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (provide) his children with good education and a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (relative) rich life. Besides, he lives in harmony with others and never quarrels with anyone, so people from all walks of life come to my house, from {#blank#}6{#/blank#} I've gained lots of social experiences. But at home he is a strict parent who is hard on me and has a high{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (expect) of me. I can see that my idling away time hurts him deeply, while {#blank#}8{#/blank#} I have done something great and meaningful, such as {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (write) a book, he will be more excited than me. I always remind {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(I) I must go on and on, and never shall I give up halfway.

    A mouse, because of a(n) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (luck) chance, made close friends with an evil frog. One day, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} frog played a trick on the mouse by {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (tie)a foot of the mouse to his own. At first, both of them joined together and the frog led his friend toward the pool {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he lived, and didn't stop until he reached the side of the water. Then the frog {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (sudden) jumped into the water and the mouse {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (pull) in with him. The frog enjoyed {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (he) in the water, happily dancing and crying

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}if he had done a great deed The unhappy mouse died soon in the water, and his dead body floated on the surface, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fasten) to the foot of the frog. A hawk saw the dead mouse, suddenly flew down towards, caught it and flew away. The frog, still tied to the foot of the mouse, was also carried off as a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (prison), and he was eaten by the hawk.

    The fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has raised questions about the condition of thousands of other cathedrals and historic {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (structure) across Europe. It also raises questions about whether European governments are doing enough {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (keep) up and care for such buildings.

    Tibor Navracsics, the European Union's top culture official, told The Associated Press that "we are so used to our outstanding cultural heritage that we tend to forget that it {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (need) constant care and attention." Some people say the fire was a wake-up call, not just for Europe, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the whole world.

    Large fires have long robbed humanity {#blank#}5{#/blank#} knowledge, art and treasures. In 2015, the German engineering company Siemens {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (find) that Scotland had about ten {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (damage) fires a year, while England lost at least a dozen listed buildings a year. In Germany, seventy historic buildings have been {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (heavy) damaged since 2000.

    Experts say that {#blank#}9{#/blank#} is needed is continuous attention and maintenance. Some say world-renowned monuments like Notre Dame are the driving force behind tourism and should get more respect. Quaedvlieg-Mihailovicis, who heads the heritage group Europa Nostra, noted the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (important) of such respect. "Cultural heritage is a gold mine. You cannot exploit it and then just leave the mine and go to another one." she said.