Learning any language {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(take) practice － lots of practice! Often, it's difficult to know {#blank#}2{#/blank#} you should practice it. Should you watch a video? Perhaps,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} would be a good idea to do a few quizzes. Of course, you should try to speak English with your friends. All of these are great ideas, but it's also important to build a routine. A routine will help you make {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (study) English a habit. That's the best way to improve your English!

    It's important to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (expose) to many different areas every day.{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, you shouldn't try to study too many {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (differ) subjects. These suggestions take a 30-minute listening and reading as the basis for daily practice. You are trying to learn many new things, so don't try to learn too much in any one area too {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (quick)! 

    Take 5 minutes to write down all the new words you find in your listening and reading exercises. Keep a notebook, and write in the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (translate) in your native language. Don't forget to learn grammar for 10 minutes. Try to quickly summarize what you listened to and what you read and speak out loud.

    That's it! Approximately 45 minutes a day, every day or at least four times a week! If you continue to do this, you will be {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (surprise) at how quickly your English improves!

    Each year, thousands of people come to Shaanxi, China, to visit the Terracotta Army, which shows the life of Qin Shi Huang,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}country's first emperor.

    As one of the most famous tourist sights in the world, the Terracotta Army is a form of funerary (葬礼的) art{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(bury) with the First Emperor in 210 to 209 BC. It was designed{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(protect) the emperor in his afterlife.

Since their {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(discover), experts have questioned whether the life-size models of soldiers{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(base) on real warriors (勇士) or whether they came off a production line.

    In October a BBC documentary ( 纪录片) the Greatest Tomb on Earth: Secrets of Ancient China, suggested the inspiration for the Terracotta Warriors may have come{#blank#}6{#/blank#}Ancient Greece, about{#blank#}7{#/blank#}Archaeologist Li Xiuzhen said, "We now have evidence that close contact did exist between the First Emperor's China and the West."

    On the 41st International Museum Day, it was{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(official) announced that new technology has just made{#blank#}9{#/blank#}possible for visitors to be guided. Thanks to an interactive(交互式) 360-degree video, visitors can choose either to view the{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(figure) close-up or from a distance.

    Zac Sunderland is an American who was born in 1991. On July 16^th, 2009 Zac sailed (航行) back to Marina del Rey, California where he had left over a year before. As soon as he arrived, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (become) the youngest person in history to sail alone around the world. In order to get the amazing {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (achieve), Zac solved lots of problems.

    When something broke on his boat, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (thousand) of miles out to sea, Zac had to repair it all by {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (he). Fresh food doesn't last long, so he got used to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (eat) freeze-dried meals and canned food. And he felt lonely.

    Zac's experiences at sea were not all difficult or miserable(痛苦的). He got {#blank#}6{#/blank#}chances of seeing a night sky more shining than you have ever seen from land, watching {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (beauty) sunrises and sunsets and meeting different marine(海中的) life.

    Zac sailed alone but not non-stop. He made stops along the way {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (add) some more food and fuel. During those stops, he met people from different cultures. His father met him during many of his stops, took him out {#blank#}9{#/blank#} an excellent meal and helped repair the boat {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (frequent).

Rise After Falling

    A father was worried about his son, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk(僧侣) to train his boy.

The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, “I insist that your son should {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(leave) alone here. I'll make him into a real man within three months. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, you can't come to see him during this period.”

    Three months later, the boy's father {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(return). The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(experience) boxer. Each time the fighter struck the boy, he fell down, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}at once the boy stood up; and each time a heavy blow knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, “ {#blank#}7{#/blank#}do you think of your child?”

    “What a shame!” the boy's father said, “I never thought he would be so {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(easy) knocked down. I needn't have him stay here any longer!”

    “I'm sorry that that's all you see. Don't you see that each time he {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(fall) down, he stands up again instead of {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(cry)? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have.

    Nelson Mandela was a great fighter. In his early days, he was a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (law) and set up a law office,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (offer) help to poor black people. Elias was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} of them. After he found a job in Johannesburg, he became worried about being out of work, for he didn't have a passbook. Mandela helped him get the correct papers,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} made him become {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (hope) about the future.{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (unfortunate), the office was closed by the government. Later, he became a leader of ANC Youth League. They attacked the anti-black laws. In 1963, ANC began to blow {#blank#}7{#/blank#} buildings because the peaceful way was not allowed. Nelson Mandela, this brave and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (determine) man, devoted all his life to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (help) the black to achieve equality. In 1993, he {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (give) the Nobel Peace Prize for his great contributions.