A young American woman worked in a school in Shanghai． {#blank#}1{#/blank#} she came to China，she knew little about the Chinese culture of language． One day on her way to school，she went to a bank {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(draw) some money．To {#blank#}3{#/blank#}surprise，the bank clerk(职员) asked her if she had had her lunch．She was surprised at such {#blank#}4{#/blank#}question because in the American culture it would mean that the bank clerk is inviting her to lunch．Between unmarried young people it can also mean the young man's interest in dating the girl．Since this bank clerk {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a stranger to the American woman，she was very puzzled(困惑的)，and quickly answered that she {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(eat) already．After this she went on to school and was even {#blank#}7{#/blank#}surprised when one of the teachers asked her the same question．

    By now she understood that it could not be an {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(invite) but was puzzled as to why they asked it．In the following days she was asked the same question again and again and she spent many hours {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(try) to work out why so many people kept asking her this．At last she thought that these people must be {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(concern) about her health．She was rather thin at the time，and she thought they must be worrying that she was not eating well!

    In fact the question like that has no real meaning at all — it is only a greeting．

    Thomas is an undergraduate student at Simon Fraser University. Three years ago, he was pursuing a Science degree with the goal of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (become) a nurse but was unsure of his next steps.

    One day {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he was attending a classroom presentation, Thomas learned about the YWCA's Boy 4 Real program. “It was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} unique experience to work with the youth, where you are giving {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (they) skills to prepare for high school.”

    Thomas has been volunteering for the program for over 3 years. His favorite parts {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) the community service and healthy living units, where he can share and apply what he's learning in university {#blank#}6{#/blank#} a biology student. The community service project, in which volunteers lead the youth of Grade 7 to visit a seniors home or collect cans for a food bank, is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (especial) meaningful to Thomas.

    Volunteering with the YWCA has helped Thomas see the impact that can {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (make) by him as a mentor. Boy 4 Real gave him a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (clear) direction of where he is headed professionally than before. Now he has made up his mind {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (continue) to stay at a school being a teacher after finishing his bachelor's degree.

    Big Ben is one of London's best-known landmarks, which is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} nickname of a bell hanging in the clock tower at the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (north) end of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London. Some believe it got {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (it) name from Sir Benjamin Hall. Officially, the tower itself is called Elizabeth Tower. It was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (previous) known as just the Clock Tower, but was renamed in September 2012 in honor of Queen Elizabeth II. However, most people, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (include) those that live in London, call the tower "Big Ben", because it is very large.

    Designed by Edmund Beckett Denison, the clock took 13 years to build and it {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (complete) in 1859. It has worked continuously since then except for a few months in 1976 when it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (break) down and had to be fixed. Since August 2017, repair work is being done on the clock, which will take four years. For the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (safe) of those doing this work, Big Ben no longer rings out every hour. It will still be heard {#blank#}9{#/blank#} special occasions, such as the New Year and Remembrance Day.

    The Elizabeth Tower has become one of the most important {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (symbol) of the United Kingdom and is often in the establishing shot of films set in London.