Lionel Messi，{#blank#}1{#/blank#} player from the South American country Argentina，is one of the greatest soccer players alive today.At a young age，he {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (move)to Spain and now plays {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (profession)for the FC Barcelona.Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (own)by his father. Even as a young boy，he did very well.But when he was 11 years old，he found out he had a sickness which would prevent him from growing much {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (tall)．There was a way to help him grow more，{#blank#}6{#/blank#}his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs.So，they looked around for a soccer club{#blank#}7{#/blank#} would be able to do this for them.The clubs in Argentina couldn't help him，but the famous FC Barcelona in Spain offered {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (accept)Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills.The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain.In the FC Barcelona，Messi was one of the best {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (play)through his teen years. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his incredible talent，Messi has surprised the world.

    I work in a big factory in a town {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is quite far from my home. One day, after a whole day's work, I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (go) back home by bus. That day was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} long, hard one for me as the stress from work weighed heavily on my mind.

    A girl, who I didn't know, sat next to me. She asked me some questions {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (casual) and we had a short conversation. I thought to myself that she was just a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (strange) to me and didn't take much interest.

    After a while, she suddenly handed me some chocolates and said that it was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (she) birthday. I immediately responded with a smile and my heart felt free {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the stress that I had been carrying. In a single moment I felt the heaviness of the day {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (transform) into lightness of a feather. Her simple act gave me joy {#blank#}9{#/blank#} I didn't particularly enjoy the chocolates as much. The only thing I could do was to wish her a long life. I can't remember her face now but {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (recall) the incident makes me happy.

    Mary and her husband Dimitri lived a tiny village of Perachora. One of Mary's prize {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (possess) was a little white lamb which her husband had given her, She kept it {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (tie) to a tree in a field. One evening, however, the lamb was missing. The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.

    When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him {#blank#}3{#/blank#} had happened. Dimitri at once set out to find the thief. After telling several of his friends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, A1eko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb. Dimitri {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (immediate) went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him {#blank#}5{#/blank#} stealing the lamb. He told him he had better return it or he would call the police. Aleko {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (deny) taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard. It was true that he had just bought a lamb, he explained, but his lamb was black. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (shame) of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to A1eko for having accused him. While they were talking it began {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (rain) and Dimitri stayed in A1eko's house until the rain stopped. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} he went outside half an hour later, he was {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (astonish) to find that the little black lamb was almost white. Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!

    High school graduates on the Chinese mainland have shown increasing preference for Hong Kong {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(university), with enrollment （入学人数） jumping from 7 students in 1997 to about 4,900 in 2017, according to the data published on Thursday by the EIC Group.

    “Mainland students enjoy the advantages studying in Hong Kong, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}they can choose{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (work)and live after graduation, or make Hong Kong a springboard （跳板）for entering top colleges and universities in other countries," said Hong Lijuan, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}international education expert from the EIC Group. Hong Kong still needs more talented people, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(especial) in its finance, banking, and tourism, according to Hong.

    Hong Kong's economy{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(develop) and improved in recent years, and the local government has created policies （政策） to attract talented people by {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(allow) graduates who have no local permits to live and work in the place for at least one year.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}June 27, China's central government announced a series of policies （政策）to improve economic and cultural relationships between Hong Kong and the mainland. I think exchanges between students and teachers from Hong Kong and mainland universities will be enlarged and Hong Kong colleges{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(encourage) to set up educational centers in neighboring Guangdong Province. These policies will provide more and{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good) job opportunities for mainland students studying in Hong Kong over the next years.

    If you've ever heard of someone being in the right place at the right time, you've likely never heard it fit a story as well as this one. In 2014, a 17-year-old volunteer firefighter {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(call) Joseph Chambers heard {#blank#}2{#/blank#} loud crash outside of his sister's home. Joseph found two cars {#blank#}3{#/blank#}what appeared to be a fatal collision, one of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}was a police patrol car. He{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(immediate) ran up to the car of Officer Mark Kimsey{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(see)if he was okay. Officer Kimsey {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(trap), but Joseph sprung into {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(act), pulling Kimsey out through the window with another bystander as his patrol car burst into{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(flame). Maybe it was Joseph's firefighter training that allowed him to think, and act, so quickly, but it's certain that he saved a man's life that day without once{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(think)about his own well-being.

    The Battle of Waterloo, which {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (take) place in Belgium in 1815, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} conquered much of continental Europe in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} early 19th century. Napoleon rose through the ranks of the French army during the French Revolution, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (seize) control of the French government in 1799 {#blank#}5{#/blank#} became emperor in 1804. Through a series of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (war), he expanded his empire across western and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (center) Europe. However, a disastrous invasion of Russia led {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his abdication (退位) and exile (流放) in 1814. He returned to France in 1815 and briefly resumed power. The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon's forces {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (defeat) by the British and Prussians, signaled the end of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (he) reign (统治) and the end of France's domination in Europe.