A group of classmates got together to visit their old teacher. These classmates all had good jobs and made lots of money. They talked {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (happy). The teacher asked them the difficulty they had{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (achieve) their dreams. Then their talk soon turned to complaining about the stress in work and life. The teacher went to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} kitchen and came back with a large pot of coffee and many cups-china ones, plastic ones and glass ones. Some are plain looking, some are expensive and some are lovely. The teacher told them to help {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(they)to the coffee.

    When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said, “Can you notice that all of you took nice-looking expensive cups, leaving {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the plain and cheap ones? You want only the best for yourselves,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}is the source of your problems.”

    “What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} you went for the best cups and then began looking at each other's cups.”

    “Now think about this: life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) the cups. They are just {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (tool) to hold, and do not change the life. Sometimes, by caring only about the cups, we fail {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(enjoy) the coffee. So don't let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead.”

    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.

    As a general rule, a band may start as a group of high-school students {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (share) the same interest in music. They may first practise their music in someone's house. And then the musicians may get the chance to give {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (perform) in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid {#blank#}3{#/blank#} cash. As time goes by, they gradually become known to the audience and some even make records!

    The Monkees,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, started in a different way. Of {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(it) four members, only one was good enough and the other three just pretended {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (sing) during the broadcasts. To be honest, it couldn't {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (call) a real band in the beginning. Anyhow, they succeeded and became so popular {#blank#}8{#/blank#} their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them.{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fortunate), the Monkees broke up about 1970. But they reunited in the mid-1980s and produced a new record in 1996,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} was to celebrate their former happy time.

    One day,the lion king announced that he was going to get married,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}invited all the animals to attend the wedding ceremony.So the tortoise thought,“I am an animal.I shall attend it as well.”Then he set out on the journey.

    On his way,he met{#blank#}2{#/blank#}animals.They were{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(surprise) for a few seconds and then began to laugh at the tortoise,saying,"How silly you are!The ceremony is starting.Can you make{#blank#}4{#/blank#}as you walk so slowly?I'm afraid you still can't be there after the baby lion king is born,or grow up or even{#blank#}5{#/blank#}he gets married."But the tortoise had made his mind{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(go).

    Many years passed,and he finally got to the entrance of the lion king's cave.No doubt{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the lion king's wedding{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(finish)a long time ago.However,the tortoise found that the cave was so well-decorated and all varieties of animals were there.They told the tortoise,"Today,the son of{#blank#}9{#/blank#}old lion king is going to get married."

    How could the tortoise attend the little lion king's wedding party if he{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(stop) half-way?

    It is reported that next year, Singapore will treat sugary drinks in the way that other countries treat cigarettes — no advertisements. The plan aims {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (reduce) the high rate of sugar which may cause diabetes (糖尿病)and heart diseases. Thanks to its economic {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. (develop) and income growth, Asians have access to more and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (good) food than ever. However, Asian eaters, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} have become richer, gradually begin to change their traditional diets to the food rich in fat and sugar. As {#blank#}5{#/blank#}result, extra calories make them heavier. The effects of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (eat) unhealthily are serious. In the past twenty years, countries in the region {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (see) the world's largest increases in premature deaths because {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the diseases related to sugar. Faced with {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (it) serious situation, Singapore^'s plan is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (certain) reasonable.