Linda Evans was my best friend. When I was 13, my family moved away. We kept in touch through {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (letter) and saw each other on special time — like my wedding and Linda's. Soon we were busy with children and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (move) to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (come) back, stamped—Address Unknown. We lost touch with each other.

    Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I was eager {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (share) happiness and sadness. There was {#blank#}5{#/blank#} empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.

    One day, I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (read) a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman—Linda's {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (marry) name. There must be thousands of Wagmans, I thought, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} I still wrote to her.

    She called as soon as she got my letter. Mrs, Tobin, she said {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (excite), —Linda Evans Wagman is my mother.

    Minutes later, I heard a voice that I knew very much, even {#blank#}10{#/blank#} 40 years. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there's one thing that Linda and I know for sure: we won't lose each other again!

    When I left for the United States to study, I had butterflies in my stomach. I was nervous because I was going to {#blank#}1{#/blank#}new place with new people and new customs. I couldn't even understand{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(they) language. Everything was{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(difference) from my own country. There was nobody {#blank#}4{#/blank#} I could talk to. I just had my husband, who was a new person for me, too.

    It was a sad moment {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I had to say goodbye to my family and friends. I didn't want {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(leave) my hometown because I grew up there and had wonderful{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (memory) of the place.

    So, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(think) about all these changes made me nervous and I {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(worry) about my new life. But studying abroad was a {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(decide) that I made myself. I had to continue and accept the challenge. I looked forward to visiting my family in the summer vacation.

    In China, the history of people planting and using bamboo can date back to as far as 7000 years. As early as the Shang Dynasty, bamboo was being used in ancient people's daily lives. It was used for food, clothing, housing, transportation, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (music) instruments and even weapons.

    The {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(apply) of bamboo in science and technology is thrilling. In 251 BC, Li Bing, in Sichuan, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (lead) the local people in building the Dujiang Weirs, the first irrigation network in the world, in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} bamboo played an important role. The world's oldest water pipe was also 65{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) of bamboo. During the Han Dynasty, the people in Sichuan {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (success) sank a 1600-metre-deep well with thick bamboo ropes. This technology did not spread to Europe {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the 19th century, and it was by using the technology that the Americans drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859.

    In Chinese culture, bamboo is well-known {#blank#}8{#/blank#} one of the "four gentlemen" in plants. To many distinguished men, bamboo is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} symbol of goodness and honesty. It is always closely related to people of positive spirits. Bamboo culture contributes to encouraging people to hold on when {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(face) tough situations.

    Mayun, founder and chairman of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba, left his position as company chairman on Sept 10, 2018, according to an {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (office) announcement.

    CEO Zhangyong would take over {#blank#}2{#/blank#} new chairman then. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (make) sure a smooth and successful transition(交接), Mayun would remain in his present role until Sept 10, 2019.

    Daniel Zhangyong, who will replace Mayun in 2019, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (call) an outstanding business leader by Mayun. Zhangyong has proven {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (he) by leading Alibaba to realize thirteen months of  healthy and high-speed {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (grow) over the past three years. He is also known as a key architect of the "Double Eleven" festival, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} has been copied by other platforms since then.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(pass) the Alibaba torch(火炬) to Zhang yong and his team is the right decision at the right time," Ma yun said in a letter, "I feel {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (true) proud of this decision". When asked about his future plan, Ma yun said "I want to return to education because this is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} I love to do".