Patient: Good morning, doctor

Doctor: Morning. What seems to be the trouble?

Patent: It's my vision. I can't see well at night, and when I wake up in the morning, it takes me a few minutes {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I can see clearly.

Doctor: OK. I'm going to take a closer look. Just relax. How {#blank#}2{#/blank#} has this been going on?

Patient: A couple of weeks, I guess — wow, that's bright!

Doctor:{#blank#}3{#/blank#}it hurt when I do that?

Patient: Not exactly. It's just really bright.

Doctor: OK. Please, go on.

Patient: Well, I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (walk) down to the basement in my house about three weeks ago when I slipped and bumped my head pretty hard on the steps.

Doctor: Where exactly did you hit your head?

Patient: Right on the back. I heard a loud sound, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} everything seemed to be okay.

Doctor: You didn't get it {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(check) out then?

Patient: No, I didn't. Well, a week passed, and all of a sudden I started to have problems {#blank#}7{#/blank#} my sight. I first noticed it when I was driving back home from work. It's gotten {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (bad) over the past week.

Doctor: I'm glad you came. I'm going to order some tests, and I want to make {#blank#}9{#/blank#}appointment for you to see a specialist tomorrow morning. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hope), nothing is too serious.

    On July 12th, 2012, an airplane took off from the capital airport of Belgium. After about an hour's flight, something {#blank#}1{#/blank#} ( believe ) happened on the plane. The airhostess was about to serve lunch {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a small mouse stole out from the bag of a young man, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} made the young woman nearby fall in terror with loud screaming. Then more and more {#blank#}4{#/blank#}( mouse ) came out of the bag. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} ( catch ) by surprise, the other passengers all shouted in panic. The steward（机长）managed to get in touch with the control center on the ground. With the order from the ground, the plane {#blank#}6{#/blank#} ( succeed ) landed at the nearest airport. As soon as the plane was on the ground, all the passengers got off. Then seven specialists got on {#blank#}7{#/blank#} ( kill ) these small creatures. Many means had been tried, but {#blank#}8{#/blank#} of them were good enough.

    At last they tried to fill in the plane {#blank#}9{#/blank#} carbon-dioxide, which poisoned all of the small creatures. It {#blank#}10{#/blank#} ( report ) that the young man wanted to carry them to another city and sell them as pets but no one expected that these small creatures succeeded in escaping from the bag .

    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 but which are not real invitations. For example: "Please come over for a drink sometime." "Why not get together for {#blank#}7{#/blank#} party sometime?" "Why don't you come over and see us 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 {#blank#}10{#/blank#} sounds like an invitation, listen carefully. Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly?

    Two weeks ago, I helped my dear Joan, one of my close friends {#blank#}1{#/blank#} just graduated, move out of her apartment. We decided {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (have)a nice dinner before she moved back to her hometown 400 miles away, but being the caring person she is, she had offered her time to help her friends move during dinner, even though she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (her)needed to pack and donate things.

    She isn't usually one to ask {#blank#}4{#/blank#} help, so I knew that I had to offer my time and energy with {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (determine) if I was going to be {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (use). I bought her something to eat because I knew she hadn't eaten and then {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (rent) a carshare (拼车) for her to ship her things. It was a whole disaster-{#blank#}8{#/blank#} first carshare we rented wouldn't open, so we had to carry the things to another car a few {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (block) away.

    This car then had no gas, so we had to gas this car, which pushed back our timeline by 40 minutes. Despite it all, it was a fun lasting memory with her, and I'm glad I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (be) able to show her my love through these small acts of service.