I was nine years old when I learnt to ride a bike. The bike was a birthday present from my uncle. You can imagine how{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (excite) I was when I saw the bike, and I begged my uncle to teach me how {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (ride) it right away. However, before I got on the bike, I felt {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (extreme)  nervous and l  was  afraid  that l  would  fall  off and hurt {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (me).My uncle held onto the seat and helped me to get {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the bike. While l was riding, he was running along beside me, holding the seat so I would not fall over. I was so{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (grate) to him for his help.

    As I was practicing, I became more and more confident. Then, I heard my uncle shouting, "You are riding it by yourself now!" I was both excited and scared. I was really riding by myself, but{#blank#}7{#/blank#} if I fell off? Could I use the brakes to stop? As I was wondering about this, my uncle ran after me and got hold of the bike. I{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (slow) down and came to a stop. My heart was still beating fast when I got off the bike. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (late) that day, having learnt how to get on the bike and get off it, I felt like l was walking on air! I am still thankful to my uncle for teaching me to ride a bike on my {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (nine) birthday.

    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!

Unlike some other European languages, English is a little tricky when it comes to writing. How a word{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (pronounce) and how it is actually spelt can be very different things. Take two simple{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(verb) like"have"and "save" shouldn't they be pronounced the same? Why do "sir", "her" and "fur" all rhyme, but "fork"and "work" don't?

Imagine, then, a situation{#blank#}3{#/blank#}two words are spelt and pronounced exactly the same way, but have{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(complete) different meanings. Welcome to the world of homonyms(同形同音异义词){#blank#}5{#/blank#} ( take), for example, the word "fair"- it can be a kind of festival or an adjective to describe the colour of your hair.

So how do you know which{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(mean) someone is referring to?— You don't, except by the context. Obviously, if someone asks you to "give them a hand", they don't want you to remove{#blank#}7{#/blank#}is at the end of your arm.

    Sometimes even the context doesn't help much- the result can be {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (amuse). These sentences play with the double meaning of a noun :I used to be a banker, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}I lost interest.

A small boy swallowed some coins and had to go to hospital when his grandmother phoned{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (ask) how he was, the nurse said, "No change yet."

"Waiter, will the bread be long?" "No, sir. It's round."

    The tea culture of China is{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（amaze） and has a long history. Tea drinking was widespread in China for about one thousand years before{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（appear） in Europe.

    Tea drinking in China enjoys wide{#blank#}3{#/blank#}（popular）. Many people today go to expensively decorated tea houses to talk business. However, tea drinking is very complex.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}pleasant experience of tea drinking is up to many factors（因素）. It starts with the surroundings. In the past, tea drinking took place in an environment {#blank#}5{#/blank#}people can enjoy antique beauty and natural beauty and relax{#blank#}6{#/blank#} （they）. Nowadays, in order to create such atmosphere, tea houses{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（decorate） with traditional paintings and furniture. Besides, there are often{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（performance） of traditional Chinese musical instruments, such as the guzheng, pipa and erhu.

    Black tea together{#blank#}9{#/blank#}green tea, oolong tea and pu'er tea ranks the top four favourites. The first three types of tea are processed using similar methods but pu'er tea is made with a{#blank#}10{#/blank#}（total） different method.

    Unlike some other European languages, English is a little tricky when it comes to writing. How a word {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (pronounce) and how it is actually spelt can be very different things. Take two simple {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (verb) like "have" and "save". Shouldn't they be pronounced the same? Why do "sir", "her" and "fur" all rhyme, but "fork" and "work" don't?

    Imagine, then, a situation {#blank#}3{#/blank#} two words are spelt and pronounced exactly the same way, but have {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (complete) different meanings. Welcome to the world of homonyms (同形同音异义词). {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (take), for example, the word "fair"—it can be a kind of event or an adjective to describe the colour of your hair.

    So how do you know which {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (mean) someone is referring to? You don't, except by the context. Obviously, if someone asks you to "give {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (they) a hand", they don't want you to remove {#blank#}8{#/blank#} is at the end of your arm.

    Sometimes even the context doesn't help much—the result can be amusing. These sentences play with the double meaning of a noun:

    I used to be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} banker, but I lost interest.

    A small boy swallowed some coins and had to go to hospital. When his grandmother phoned {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (ask) how he was, the nurse said, " No change yet."