Most people nowadays are so busy with their lives that they do not have time to enjoy a healthy and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (balance) diet. For most individuals, as {#blank#}2{#/blank#} result of eating foods rich in fats and sugar several years, they choose to go on a diet but do not succeed at the end. Be sure to be with a strong {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (aware) that you are {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you eat! Therefore, maintaining a healthy diet not only {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (provide) your body with energy but also numerous health benefits. One is that you will keep a healthy weight and is also the easiest and most {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (benefit) way in which you can be energetic and protect yourself {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a number of diseases when growing old. Another benefit is that you will meet your everyday nutritional {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (require). {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (basic) speaking, you should ensure that you take the good amount of vegetables, grains, milk and proteins. In most cases, a healthy diet can help you decrease the risk of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (get) some diseases like diabetes and cancer.

    A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus. They sat next to each other. "What's that in your bag?" asked the young man. "Gold." answered the old man. The young man could not believe his own ears. Then he began to think about how {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (get) the money. The old man was very tired and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open. After a while the old man {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(lie) down on the chair and fell {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(sleep). The young man took {#blank#}5{#/blank#} big bag quietly. But when he was just about to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the man's body. Several times he tried to pull it out, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he couldn't make it. At last he took off his coat, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(think) that the gold in the bag must cost far more than his fur coat. Then the young man ran out of the station {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(quick), until he reached a place {#blank#}9{#/blank#} he thought the old man could not find him. He opened the bag but he just found many small stones in it. Then he ran back to the station only to find that the old man was {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(go).

    Bicycles, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} used to be a major means of transportation, are becoming popular again. New York City, together with London, Paris, Hangzhou and many other {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (city) throughout the world, gets bike-sharing systems of their very own. More and more people are considering using bikes {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a replacement for cars, and how to improve bike-friendly crossroads is also under discussion.

    Xie Lei, a Chinese student studying in Britain, shared her progress in both study and life. It was the first time she {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (leave) her motherland. On arriving in London, she lived with a host family, in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} they always helped her. It's {#blank#}3{#/blank#} great comfort for her. And she is halfway through her {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (prepare) year, which is a must for any student before entering a degree course. But she found {#blank#}5{#/blank#} difficult to get used to the academic requirements of a western university, because she got an E for her first essay. When she asked the reason for the tutor's revision, the tutor said that she couldn't write {#blank#}6{#/blank#} other people said without {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (acknowledge) them and encouraged her to express her own ideas.

    Now Xie Lei feels much more at home in England. In other words, she adapts {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the new environment well. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (hopeful), she is going to join a few {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (club) to make friends and have a balance between study and a social life.