The pickle (泡菜) jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser (梳妆台) in my parents' bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss (投掷) his coins into the jar. It seemed that he was accustomed{#blank#}1{#/blank#}doing such a thing When the jar was filled, I used to {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(go) with him and he would take the coins to the bank. "These are for my son's college fund. He'll never work at the mill (磨坊) all his life like me. If he {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (work) like me in the future, he might not have a bright future. Good education can make a difference to people." He had the coins {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (count) and then he deposited the money in the bank.

    The years passed, and I finished college and took a job. Sometimes the job makes me tired {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(mental) but it is my particular preference. If possible, I will do it permanently in my life. Once, while {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (visit) my parents, I noticed that the pickle jar in my parents' bedroom was gone. My father thought {#blank#}7{#/blank#} very important for me to receive a good high education. He demanded that I {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (try) my best to enter a good university.

The first Christmas after our daughter Jessica was born, we made an {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(appoint) to visit my parents so we spent the holiday with them. Now our big family consists of five people. When Susan came back into the living room, she said softly, "Look". To my amazement, there stood the old pickle jar, the bottom already{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (cover) with coins. I walked over to the pickle jar, dug down into my pocket, and pulled out a fistful of coins.

    With the strong emotion choking me, I dropped the coins into the jar. I looked up and saw Dad who was carrying Jessica. Our eyes locked, and I knew he was feeling the same emotions as I felt.

    As kids reach adolescence, they often face increasing workloads and responsibilities but school still starts early. As a result, it {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (report) that 80 to 90 percent of teens don't get enough sleep. This sleep {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lose) causes kids to suffer mentally and physically. But too much sleep also has its problems. According to Andrew Fuligni, a sleep doctor in a famous hospital,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} studies the mental health of adolescents, sleeping less than eight hours {#blank#}4{#/blank#}more than ten can make teenagers feel worse the next day.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (help) teens get enough sleep, some schools have already made school start later. They have found that the later times let kids sleep more. They also have seen{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (high) test scores and better graduation rates. However, this isn't enough. Meanwhile, teenagers have to help {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (they). Fuligni suggests teens sleep{#blank#}8{#/blank#}10 hours each night for a week or two. This will help them figure out how much sleep they need. However, sleeping more on weekends {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(be) not a good idea to compensate for missing sleep during the week. Fuligni warns that getting different {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(amount)of sleep each night can be bad for mental health.

    Middle English is the name {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(give) to the English used from around the 12th to the 15th centuries. Many things played a part in the{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(develop) of this new type of English. The most important {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(贡献) was from the Normans, a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (French speak) people who{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (打败) England and took control of the country in 1066. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, the Norman Conquest did not affect English as much as the Angles and the Saxons' victory about 600 years earlier, which led to Old English {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (replace) Celtic. Even though the Normans spoke French for the e{#blank#}8{#/blank#} 250 years they ruled England, French did not replace English {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the first language. On the other hand, the English language did borrow many words from French. This resulted in even more words with similar meanings, such as answer (from Old English) and reply (from Old French). It is interesting to learn {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the words for animals and meat developed.

    Jackie Robinson made his debut (初次露面) with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15,1947, and broke the color barrier {#blank#}1{#/blank#}African Americans in baseball.

    "It was the most {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (eager) expected debut in the history of the national pastime," sports author Robert wrote. "It {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(represent) both the dream and the fear of equal opportunity, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it would change forever the color of the game and the attitudes of Americans."

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}quietly tolerating harsh racist treatment from baseball fans and team members{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(like), Robinson rose to Rookie of the Year and proved himself to be one of the most{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(talent) and fiercest players in the game. Just two years into the Major Leagues, Robinson won the National League Most Valuable Player Award. He'd go on to play in six World Series and helped give the Dodgers {#blank#}8{#/blank#} World Series win in 1955.

    Off the field, Robinson was a forefather of the Civil Rights Movement, speaking out against {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (race) discrimination and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (push) baseball to use its economic influence to fight against racialism.