I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit before the TV all day, thinking{#blank#}1{#/blank#} nothing but the next shadow. It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.

    One day I went with Mum to drop my sister off at the gym. Then,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Mum stopped at a red light, someone on the roadside caught my eyes. It was a man{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(dress) in rags, homeless. That didn't interest me, for I{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(see) many like him before.

    But he man wasn't sitting down with a sad{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(express). He had a radio in his hand and was dancing{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(merry) to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious thing{#blank#}7{#/blank#} he had.

    “Mum, why does that man have a radio even though he's homeless?” I asked.

    “He bought{#blank#}8{#/blank#},” she replied.

    “But if he's homeless, why doesn't he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn't need.”

    “Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren't{#blank#}9{#/blank#} only important things. We need happiness, too.”

    “I see.” The man must care too much about music, so he bought a radio instead of food and clothes. I realized that happiness is the key to life.{#blank#}10{#/blank#} it, there's nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going!

    Keeping a diary in English is one of the effective ways to improve our English writing ability.

    Compared with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (little) time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. If we persist in this practice, gradually we'll learn how{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(express)ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(difficult). In the first place, it often happens that we have trouble in{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (find) appropriate words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (proper).

    As far as I am {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(concern), my suggestion is {#blank#}8{#/blank#}we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also ask our English teacher {#blank#}9{#/blank#} help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is of great use to keep a diary in English for{#blank#}10{#/blank#} development of our writing skills.

    Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

    Is Climate Change Consuming Your Favorite Foods?

    Due to climate change, the world's endangered lists are no longer just for animals. We may not only need to adapt ourselves to living in a warmer world but a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (tasty) one as well.

    As the increased amount of carbon dioxide in the air linked to global warming {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (continue) to affect weather, we often forget that they are also impacting the quantity, the quality, and the growing locations of our food. Some foods have already felt the impact while {#blank#}3{#/blank#} may even become scarce within the next 30 years.

    Whether or not you try to limit yourself {#blank#}4{#/blank#} one cup of coffee a day, the effects of climate change on the world's coffee-growing regions may leave you little choice.

    Rising temperatures and unpredictable rainfall patterns are reported to have been threatening coffee plantations in South America, Africa, Asia, and Hawaii. The result? Significant cuts in coffee yield.

    According to organizations like Australia's Climate Institute, half of the present coffee-producing areas {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (estimate) not to be suitable by the year 2050, if current climate patterns continue.

    With temperatures continuously rising, oceans are absorbing some of the heat and undergoing warming of their own, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (cause) a decline in fish population, including in lobsters that are cold-blooded creatures, and in salmons (鲑鱼) {#blank#}7{#/blank#} eggs find it hard to survive in higher water temperatures. Warmer waters also encourage some poisonous marine bacteria to grow and lead to illness in humans whenever {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take) with raw seafood, like oysters.

    And how about that satisfying “crack” which you get when you are eating crabs and lobsters? It could be silenced {#blank#}9{#/blank#} shellfish have been struggling to build their calcium carbonate (碳酸钙) shells, which is a result of ocean acidification.

    Even worse is the possibility {#blank#}10{#/blank#} we will have no seafood to enjoy at all. In a 2006 Dalhousie University study, scientists predicted that if over-fishing and rising temperature trends continued at their present rate, the world's seafood stocks would run out by the year 2050.

    The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the world's{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(long) cross-sea bridge, enters the history of human engineering and connection as a point of pride upon {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(it) opening to traffic at 9 am on Oct.24, 2018.

    One day after the opening was announced at a ceremony{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(hold) in Zhuhai, the bridge's ports in three different administrative regions started serving travelers around-the-clock , opening 24 hours a day, seven days a week.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (ensure) faster boundary crossings for passengers, the Macao and Zhuhai ports jointly use a one-off immigration clearance model,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}allows travelers to queue up only once to finish both exit and entry procedures of the two cities in about 30{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(second).

    Apart{#blank#}7{#/blank#}private cars, taxis and goods vehicles, two types of public transportation -shuttle bus(班车)and cross-boundary coach --can also run on the HZMB.{#blank#}8{#/blank#}frequency of shuttle buses is about 5-10minutes during peak hours. Booking tickets for the shuttle bus online in advance{#blank#}9{#/blank#}（be）available since 9 am on Tuesday. With the bridge now in service, the traveling time between Zhuhai and Hong Kong International Airport will{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(shorten) from four hours to 45 minutes, and the time between Zhuhai and Hong Kong's Container Terminals will be cut from 3. 5 hours to 75 minutes.

    Newton made important contributions to every area of the scientific and mathematical concept to his generation. Born in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} rural English village on Christmas Day, 1642, he was so small that no one thought he would survive. During his childhood he spent much of his time inventing and building toys, and did not do particularly {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (good) at school. So his mother, who was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (will) to pay for his education, brought him home to look after the sheep. However, he was always so busy {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (build) small devices that the sheep would often escape. Eventually his uncle persuaded his mother {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (send) him to the University of Cambridge, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he became so absorbed in his studies that he often forgot to eat or sleep.

    When Cambridge was closed for two years due to the plague(鼠疫), Newton went home to work on his studies. He {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (bury) himself in mathematics and began developing a mathematical theory that would later become calculus(微积分). It is a popular belief {#blank#}8{#/blank#} on one occasion he was sitting under an apple tree {#blank#}9{#/blank#} an apple fell on his head, which helped him to understand the laws of gravity. It is now thought that perhaps he invented this story in later field to explain how he drew his {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (inspire) from everyday events. 

    While bottled water is convenient, it is also really bad for the environment. Not only does it create rubbish, but it also uses more resources because it {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (ship) to the shore. To be more eco-friendly, make it a habit {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (carry) a reusable water bottle with you everywhere so that you can drink water on the go. Plastic bottles are usually the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (light) and most convenient. You can also find glass water bottles that are a great choice if don't like using plastic.