On many campuses, it has become a trend for a host of students to participate in various {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(activity). Involved in some positive ones, students find them quite {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(benefit) and rewarding.

     A case in point is the English club {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the activity of learning benefits me most. In contemporary world, English learning has gained great popularity and it is {#blank#}4{#/blank#}great importance for students to learn English well. However, I {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(meet) a variety of difficulties in study so far. For instance, I have trouble {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(memorize) words. Sometimes, it is also difficult for me to understand the rules of grammar. Although I can read and write, I cannot express myself freely in English.

     Then, how to get a good command of his language for me? I{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(convince) that practice makes perfect and that joining the English club is worthwhile. In the English club, daily practice enables me {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(speak) and write fluently. It is also through constant practice {#blank#}9{#/blank#} I can master the rules of grammar and remember words. I will bear in mind that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} I try my best to practice every day, the future of my English learning will be promising.

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.

    Chinese architecture is a style that has taken shape in East Asia over many centuries. The structural principles of Chinese architecture have remained largely {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (change), the main changes being only the decorative details. Since the Tang Dynasty, Chinese architecture  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (have) a major influence {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the architectural styles of Korea, Vietnam, and Japan.

    The architecture of China is as old as Chinese civilization. From every source of information, there is strong {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(evident) that the Chinese have always enjoyed a native system of construction that has kept its principal characteristics from old times to the present day. Over the large area from Chinese Turkistan (突厥) to Japan, the same system of construction is popular and this is the area of Chinese cultural influence.

    Throughout {#blank#}5{#/blank#} 20th century, western-trained Chinese architects have tried {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (combine) traditional Chinese designs into modern architecture, with great success. Moreover, the pressure for urban development throughout contemporary China required higher speed of construction and higher floor area ratio (容积率),{#blank#}7{#/blank#} means that in the great cities the demand for traditional Chinese {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (build) has declined in favor of modern architecture. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the traditional skills of Chinese architecture,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (include) major and minor carpentry (木工), and masonry (石工), are still applied to the construction of vernacular architecture in the large rural area in China.

    "Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell." Picture this:You're rushing {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(finish) your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up to get it {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(do). How can you feel calm and happy?

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(invention) have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(noise) cities often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead {#blank#}5{#/blank#}simple life.

    One family in the UK went "back in time" to see{#blank#}6{#/blank#}life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Thomas,7, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(spend) nine weeks in a house dating back to 1940. They had no microwave, computer or mobile phones.

    The grandmother, Molly, said, "It was hard {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(physical), but not mentally." She believed life was less materialistic."The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes," she said. The boys said they had less to fight over, their computer, for example. Benjamin also noticed that {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(he)grandmother had changed from being a trendy, beer-drinking granny to one{#blank#}10{#/blank#}liked cooking things.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(see) from outer space, Earth is a blue planet, due to the fact that the ocean covers over 70 percent of its surface. According to a new study published in the journal Science, the ocean plays a great role in {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(slow)down global warming. It is" {#blank#}3{#/blank#}important buffer(缓冲物)", {#blank#}4{#/blank#}The New York Times put it.

    The oceans can absorb 93 percent of the heat trapped by the greenhouse gases {#blank#}5{#/blank#}humans release into the atmosphere. And the other 7 percent {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(absorb)by the air, land and ice caps, according to the Guardian.

    "If the ocean wasn't absorbing as much heat, the surface of the land would heat up much {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (fast) than it is right now," said professor Malin L. Pinsky at Rutgers University in the US. "In fact, the ocean is saving us from rapid warming right now."

    However, the ocean itself, as Discover Magazine noted, is heating up 40 percent faster on average than the United Nations {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(believe) five years ago. That means if the ocean temperatures increase {#blank#}9{#/blank#} this speed, the high water temperatures "will kill off marine ecosystems, raise sea {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (level) and make hurricanes more destructive (破坏性的)", the Guardian reported.