Long ago there was a poor farmer called Fred. Fred and his wife Doris lived {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(happy) together in their small old house. One winter night, the Luck Fairy visited {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    “Fred, you're a good farmer. I'd like to give you a wish,” said the Luck Fairy.

    “A wish?” said Fred.

    Fred and Doris smiled {#blank#}3{#/blank#}each other. Then Fred said, “Thank you, Luck Fairy. We're very healthy and happy.”

    “You work very hard {#blank#}4{#/blank#}you make very little money. Would you like some gold coins?” asked the Luck Fairy.

    “We're poor, but we have enough food {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(eat).” replied Fred.

    “You can use the gold coin to buy {#blank#}6{#/blank#}clothes. The winter here is very cold,” said Luck Fairy.

    “{#blank#}7{#/blank#} we haven't got many clothes, we've got enough.” said Doris.

    “Well, what about {#blank#}8{#/blank#}nice new house?” asked Luck Fairy.

    “Thank you, but I love my small old house very much. I {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(live) here since I was born. We don't need a new house,” said Fred.

    “You're quite different {#blank#}10{#/blank#}others. I like you very much,” said the Luck Fairy. “I wish you happy forever.” Then the Luck Fairy disappeared and never came back.

Pam: So how are you enjoying{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (live) in the countryside?

Jane: Oh, it's very nice. The house is much bigger than the flat we had in London and one of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} best things is being able to walk out of the back door into {#blank#}3{#/blank#} own garden.

Pam: Mm, that must be lovely. So all in all, it's much better than London, isn't it?

Jane: Well, I'm not sure I would say that. It's certainly less polluted here {#blank#}4{#/blank#} I suppose it's less stressful and that must be good for me. But it's just so much quieter here and that takes some time to get {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (use) to.

Pam: But it's so much busier on the streets here in London. It must be nice to walk around somewhere that is much less crowded.

Jane: Well, sometimes it is. Anyway,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} least I'm coming up to London next weekend. I'm more excited about that than I am about anything {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(happen) round here.

Pam: Oh dear, you seem to be thinking that you haven't made the best {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (decide)

Jane: Well, perhaps I'll feel more settled here after a few months.

Pam: Yes,{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (probable). I personally think you're lucky to be where you are. When I {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(come) to visit you, I thought it was one of the most beautiful places I'd ever seen.

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    Several countries in Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year in their own way. But dragon and lion dances in Chinatowns all over the world have helped to make China's New Year the most famous. These days growing {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(number) of people who are not of Chinese origin are joining in. In Tokyo window cleaners dress up like the animals of the Chinese Shengxiao. America, Canada and New Zealand have published memorial stamps for the year of the rooster. Last year New York City made the Lunar New Year {#blank#}2{#/blank#}school holiday for the first time.

    The spread of the Spring Festival is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(part) due to recent immigration from China: 9.5 million Chinese people {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(move) abroad since 1978, many of {#blank#}5{#/blank#}are far richer than earlier waves of immigrants.

    Aware {#blank#}6{#/blank#}China's growing economic and political influence, foreign leaders have noticed the occasion. Britain's prime minister, Theresa May, has given a video address, a tradition {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(start) in 2014 by her predecessor (前任) . This year's World Economic Forum in Davos was held a week earlier than usual {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(avoid) conflicting with China's New Year.

    China hopes the festival will promote  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(it) cultural “soft power” abroad. It may give the Chinese people {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(satisfy) to see foreigners enjoy such festivities.

    If this 13-year-old American boy succeeds in his effort {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (climb) Mount Everest, he has modest ambitions — pick a small piece of rock from the top of the world as a memento (纪念品) and wear it in a necklace.

    "I will not sell it or give it to anyone. It is something for {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (me) to say 'this is a rock from the summit'," Jordan Romero from California, told reporters in Kathmandu. He left {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the mountain on Sunday.

    If he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (succeed), Romero will become {#blank#}5{#/blank#} youngest climber to scale the 8,850 meters Everest summit. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (current) a 16-year-old Nepali boy, Temba Tsheri Sherpa, holds the record of being the world's youngest climber of Mount Everest. But Romero said he was not after {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (set) climbing records.

    Romero said Mount Qomolangma was part of his goal to climb the highest mountains on all seven {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (continent).

    "It is just a goal," he {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (say) confidently. "If I don't succeed I am okay. I will try again."

    Romero has already climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and Mount McKinley in Alaska among others.

    "I know it requires a lot of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (patient). I will remain patient. I want to stay safe and make right choice," Romero said.