Dear Tom，

    How time flies! You {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (study) in Beijing for nearly a month, during which you must have achieved a lot. Well, how's everything going? It is reported that the weather there is very hot and dry these days, which is very different from{#blank#}2{#/blank#} of your country. Have you adapted to it? In addition, you once complained that the food {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (serve) there was not {#blank#}4{#/blank#} your taste. I hope that should have been improved.

    I am glad to tell you that I will go to Beijing to take part in an English speech contest in July, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is not only an honor, but also a great opportunity for me to improve {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. And now I try my best to make {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (prepare) for it. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, I have some trouble in collecting the materials relevant and using the language. I will appreciate {#blank#}9{#/blank#} if you give me a hand to solve the problems.

    After the contest, I am to drop {#blank#}10{#/blank#} at your school to visit you. Please wait for my phone.

Li Hua

    In London, there are many so-called pop-up shops(流动商店). Why they get such a name is that they are just temporary {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (arrange).

    Pop-up shops first appeared in the UK in the early 2000s. They were{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (origin)a way for small companies to rent small space in great locations.

    In 2008，many businesses had to shut down. Shops and some offices{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (leave)empty when people stopped{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (run) them. Smart businessmen occupied some of them quickly because they could start a business with much {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (low) risk. The temporary nature of a pop一up gave them the opportunity{#blank#}6{#/blank#} ( test) a product and develop a customer base. Being small made {#blank#}7{#/blank#} easier for pop-ups to expand if they were successful.

    Pop-up shops can take many different forms. They might be temporary shops in the high street or a shopping centre. hey might be simple market stalls. According to a 2014 report made {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the Centre of Economic and Business Research, the pop-up industry was worth £2. 1 billion {#blank#}9{#/blank#} it is expected to grow by 8.4% this year.

    Almost anything{#blank#}10{#/blank#} can be on a high street can also be a pop-up. In an age of fast changing habits, the pop-up idea might be here to stay.

    No one could say that Katy Perry is an ordinary artist. Her songs are not just about sweet love and heartbreaks,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}usually have bigger themes. Take the songs Firework (2010) and Roar(2013) for example,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Perry sings about being our own master and{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(discover) our true value. Earlier this year, she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (announce) her new album (专辑) Witness, together with a new idea for W music Perry calls her new style “purpose pop”, meaning a{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(society) and political message. It seems that Perry has become tired{#blank#}6{#/blank#} simply encouraging people. Now, she wants to educate them politically as well. The best example of Perry's purposeful pop is{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (probable) the song Chained to the Rhythm, in which Perry criticizes the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (behave) that people are unwilling to think more critically (批判的) about the world.

    But when it comes to the concept (概念) of purposeful pop, it is, in fact, something a lot of pop stars have been doing for a while. For example, Beyonce's 2016 song Formation deals with various problems such as an {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (argue) between white policemen and black citizens (公民) in the US,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hope) to create change through music.

    On Monday, World Health Organization (WHO) stated a plan to rid the world's food supply of trans fats（反式脂肪）. These unhealthy things have been related to many illnesses. WHO is a United Nations organization {#blank#}1{#/blank#} works to improve good health around the world. Its plan is called REPLACE. The step-by-step guide is designed {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (help) world governments remove trans fats {#blank#}3{#/blank#} their foods within the next five years.

    Trans fats {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) in baked goods and fried foods. Food companies use trans fats to keep foods for longer periods of time. But the things can be deadly. WHO says that{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(eat) foods with trans fats results in more than 500,000 deaths from heart disease every year. Trans fats are a harmful substances and can be removed {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (easy) without major cost and without any effect on the quality of the foods.

    Denmark {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) the first country to ban trans fats 15 years ago. The United States and 40 other {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (country) soon followed. “Why should our children have such {#blank#}9{#/blank#} unsafe substance in their foods?” Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus asked in an interview. He is WHO's director-general. He said that the plan could “make food systems much {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (healthy) for future generations.”

    The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the world's {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (long) cross-sea bridge, enters the history of human engineering and connection as a point of pride upon {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (it) opening to traffic at 9 a. m. on Oct.24, 2018.

    One day after the opening was announced at a ceremony {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (hold) in Zhuhai, the bridge's ports in three different administrative regions started serving travelers around-the-clock, opening 24 hours a day, seven days a week. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (ensure) faster boundary crossings for passengers, the Macao and Zhuhai ports jointly use a one-off immigration clearance model, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} allows travelers to queue up only once to finish both exit and entry procedures of the two cities in about 30 {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (second).

    Apart {#blank#}7{#/blank#} private cars, taxis and goods vehicles, two types of public transportation -shuttle bus (班车) and cross-boundary coach—can also run on the HZMB. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} frequency of shuttle buses is about 5-10minutes during peak hours. Booking tickets for the shuttle bus online in advance {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) available since 9 a. m. on Tuesday. With the bridge now in service, the traveling time between Zhuhai and Hong Kong International Airport will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (shorten) from four hours to 45 minutes, and the time between Zhuhai and Hong Kong's Container Terminals will be cut from 3. 5 hours to 75 minutes.

Dear Aunt Mei,

    How time flies! It is six months since I came to London. I must {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (apology) to you for not writing more {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (regular). I'm glad you'll come to London and I refuse to let you pay for anything while you're here!

    Considering you are curious and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (familiar) with London, I'll give you a brief introduction and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (describe) of it and your visit plan.

    London is an international city with people from all over the world living here and as {#blank#}5{#/blank#} result, there are many international restaurants, including many Chinese restaurants. Since you can easily get traveler's cheques {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (exchange) at banks or hotels, I advise you to get some of those before you come.

    We should consider {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (stay) in the English countryside for a few nights as I know you enjoy hiking. And don't forget a warm coat! It can get pretty cold and foggy in this country.

    English humor is a bit difficult {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (understand). Don't be surprised if you hear laughter when you don't think anything is funny. The majority of the British are friendly and I have made some good friends {#blank#}9{#/blank#} share my interests so far.

    Looking forward {#blank#}10{#/blank#} your visit, Aunt Mei!

Love,

XiaoJin