A man looking at his smartphone while walking across a railway crossing in Nanjing {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (have) a close knock on Oct 22. He was so {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (absorb) in his smartphone that he didn't see a train approaching until it brushed past him, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (throw) him to the ground. This should serve {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially {#blank#}5{#/blank#} crossing roads.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (lucky), the man survived, but the incident forced the driver {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (stop) the train. An l8-minute delay followed the incident, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.

    The Smartphone {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (addict) has spread like an infectious（传染的）disease. It's evident that it will do great harm to society. What's even {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (bad), some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends.

    Some people blame the smartphone for the sad story, yet in fact people's weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame.

    Once upon a time, there was a man from the State of Chu who loved his sword very much. One day, he was sitting in a boat{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(prepare)to cross a river, when he accidentally dropped his sword into the water.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}his ship moving fast on and the water running, the people on board reminded that he should go into the water to find his beloved sword back. The man felt in great{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(anxious)too. However, he turned a deaf ear to that and instead, he  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(immediate) took out a knife and made a notch(刻痕)on the side of the boat{#blank#}5{#/blank#}his dear sword fell. The people wondered why he did so. He said proudly the notch could help{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(get)his sword back. Shortly after the   {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(arrive)at the shore, he entered the water just beneath the notch he made. Though{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(spend)rather a long time, he returned empty-handed. Without doubt, he was laughed at in public and his story became{#blank#}9{#/blank#}well-known joke in China.

    Today the idiom {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(relate)to the story is used to describe a person who stick to rigid rules without considering a changing environment or describes an action made pointless by changing circumstances.

    Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(name) Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(recover) appeared to be a blood transfusion（输血）from her 5-year-old brother{#blank#}3{#/blank#} had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to fight the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(ill).

    The doctor{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(explain) the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, “Yes, I'll do it {#blank#}6{#/blank#} it can save Liz.”

    As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister{#blank#}7{#/blank#}smiled, as we all did{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(see) the color returning to her cheeks. Then{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(he) face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away?”

    Being young, the boy had{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(understand) the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood.

    In northeastern Liaoning Province, winter can be very cold. For months, almost nothing grows on these frozen areas, except for one {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (surprise) product—grapes, which make something special, ice wine. Ice wine {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) from frozen grapes. The freezing process gives the wine a sweet flavor. It's so much {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (strong). It tastes like a raisin (葡萄干).

    Here, conditions for making ice wine are so perfect {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a third of the world's ice wine is now produced here. Strict rules mean that the temperature must be at least -8℃ for hours. While they wait, the grapes could go bad. So, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (prevent) this from happening, they need to be picked as soon as the conditions {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (be) right.

    In the early morning, the villagers are all {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (die) to help. The grapes planted here are called Vidal. As soon as the grapes are picked, they are transported to the wine company—the largest {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (produce) in China. Two years later, the wine is ready to be in the bottles, each of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} contains the juice of a 2.5 kilograms of grapes. These bottles will be{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the dinner table across China and even the world.

    Wi-Fi is a word which has its own little brother in the form of a complex password which, no matter how hard you try, you can never guess. Generally, it {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (stick) to the inside windows of cafes and hotels as {#blank#}2{#/blank#} extra way of attracting customers. Even on public transport and in shopping {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (center), it's becoming more common. Last summer, I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (spend) four months working in France, where the company I was working for put me up in a house {#blank#}5{#/blank#} didn't have Wi-Fi. I was looking forward to it. I soon discovered, however, that {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (live) in a house without Wi-Fi was easier than I had expected before. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} I couldn't enjoy my usual web browsing (浏览) on BBC iplayer, social media site, and keeping up-to-date with the news, I could spend more time with my housemates. I read more, I cooked for my friends and I even tidied up {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (often). I learned how to live without Wi-Fi. I found it was easier than I had imagined. My experience this summer made me {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (reflect) on how much we do use Wi-Fi. It's possible not to be so dependent {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it. Try it and see.

There is one famous poem in Tang poetry, which reads: "I left home when a mere young man, and returned in old age. My native accents {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(remain) unchanged, but my ear - lock had grown thin". This poem {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(apparent) shows language is not only a tool for communication, but also the indicator of people's cultural identity. In a linguistic(语言学的)sense, dialect refers to the variety of a specific language {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( cause) by different geographical, social and cultural contexts.

Owing {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the vast areas and large population of China, diverse dialects can {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(find) in this great land, such as the Wu dialect in Shanghai, Hakka and Cantonese. However, it cannot be denied that since the popularization of Putonghua in China, the importance of dialects is lowering among Chinese people. To make matters {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(bad), some dialects have even disappeared due to the adoption of Putonghua {#blank#}7{#/blank#} is required in public places like schools and companies. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(consider) the cultural significance of dialects, nowadays both Chinese {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(official) and common people are paying careful attention to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} preservation of dialects because it's the treasure of Chinese culture and art.