Last Friday, my friend David called me and invited me and our friend Tom to a party in his university. Tom and I are in{#blank#}1{#/blank#} same class. We both wanted to go to the party, but there was a problem--we'd have a final exam on the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (come) Monday.

    “Don't worry. We can come back on Sunday and won't miss the exam,” really{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (want) to go to the party, Tom said. So I decided to go{#blank#}4{#/blank#} him.

    The party was great and we{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (true) enjoyed ourselves there. However, we stayed up late on Saturday night and slept all day on Sunday and didn't make it back to our university until Monday morning. We missed the exam. Then we went to our professor's office and explained{#blank#}6{#/blank#} we missed the exam. We lied that there was a flat tire（车胎漏气）on our way back to the university. Our professor {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (agree) that we could take the exam the following day.

    When it was time to take the exam, Tom and I {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take )to different rooms. After we opened the test paper, we saw only one question, “Which tire?”

    Neither Tom nor I answered the question. Instead we told our professor the truth. Luckily, he later gave{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (we) the real test paper. And both Tom and I made a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (decide): never to lie again.

    If you want to find out a piece of information about anything, the best place to search {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it is Wikipedia. This online encyclopedia is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (write) by thousands of people around the world. Anyone can add or change the information if he or she finds it not correct or not well written. In this way, people who know a lot about a certain subject can write about it {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they are not university professors.

    What is more, Wikipedia includes articles written in about 253 languages. This fact makes it {#blank#}5{#/blank#} of the few websites (网站) on the Internet that are truly international. It was started in 2001 by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales, as a free online English-language encyclopedia project. By April 2008, over 10 million articles {#blank#}6{#/blank#} ( put on) Wikipedia. A quarter of the articles are in English. Wikipedia is also a place {#blank#}7{#/blank#} people can find the latest news.

    However, Wikipedia has its own problems. There have been many complaints that some of the information on Wikipedia is not accurate and some important subjects are not included. This has led to arguments between the writers of the articles. The people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (run) Wikipedia say that the accuracy of the information is improving and that it is one of the top 20 visited websites on the Internet.

    So, if you are looking for some information, why not {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (try) Wikipedia?

    When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be very difficult to let go of your anger {#blank#}1{#/blank#}forgiveness is possible-and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your and mental health, So far research has shown that people who forgive can have more energy and {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(good)sleep.

    So when someone has hurt you cool down first. Take a couple of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (breath)and think of something that {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(give)you pleasure; a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love. Don't wait for {#blank#}5{#/blank#}apology. “Many times the person who hurts you may never think of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(apologize),"says Dr. Fredric Luskin,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} wrote the book Forgive for Good. "They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don't see things the same way. So if you wait for people{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(say)sorry, you could be waiting a very long time." Next keep in mind that forgiveness does not {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(necessary)mean accepting the action of the person who upsets you. Instead, learn to look for the love,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(beautiful)and kindness around you. Finally, try to see things from the other person's position. You may realize that he or she was acting out of carelessness.

    Unlike some other European languages, English is a little tricky when it comes to writing. How a word {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (pronounce) and how it is actually spelt can be very different things. Take two simple {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (verb) like "have" and "save". Shouldn't they be pronounced the same? Why do "sir", "her" and "fur" all rhyme, but "fork" and "work" don't?

    Imagine, then, a situation {#blank#}3{#/blank#} two words are spelt and pronounced exactly the same way, but have {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (complete) different meanings. Welcome to the world of homonyms (同形同音异义词). {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (take), for example, the word "fair"—it can be a kind of event or an adjective to describe the colour of your hair.

    So how do you know which {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (mean) someone is referring to? You don't, except by the context. Obviously, if someone asks you to "give {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (they) a hand", they don't want you to remove {#blank#}8{#/blank#} is at the end of your arm.

    Sometimes even the context doesn't help much—the result can be amusing. These sentences play with the double meaning of a noun:

    I used to be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} banker, but I lost interest.

    A small boy swallowed some coins and had to go to hospital. When his grandmother phoned {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (ask) how he was, the nurse said, " No change yet."

    Cards and digital(数字的) technologies {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(kill) off cash slowly, but is it a cause for concern? Not {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(necessary). Here are some ways of making the most of digital finance.

    Cash is no longer king. Over recent years fewer and fewer transactions have been made with cash. The most recent figures show coins and notes are used just 34% of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} time, down from 63% a decade ago. And usage {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(predict) to fall to just 10% in 15 years.

    Instead we're paying with cards and digital technologies. Some of this is down to user choice, with contactless cards and smartphones making spending {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(fast) and more convenient.

    But it's also being forced upon us. Some retailers are refusing physical money as they can avoid the high bank charges levied(征收) at them for {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(handle) cash. Meanwhile it's harder to get your hands on notes as cash machines and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(bank) disappear from the high street. And these are trends which are likely {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(increase) in the coming years.

    This could be bad news if you still primarily use cash, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} that's how you pay your bills or how you budget. For some, cash is just what you know. For {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, cash is a necessity­especially when going digital is the alternative.

    As a result this move towards cashless society makes many us easy.

    Wallace's giant bee is the world's {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (large) bee, with a body the size of a human thumb and wings that can spread to about 2.5 inches. That may sound {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (frighten), but the bee isn't likely to hurt anyone. It uses its large jaws (嘴) to collect a sticky goo, called resin, from trees. The bee {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (make) its home in termite mounds (白蚁丘) found on trees, using the resin to protect its nest from the termites. Until recently, the bee had been seen by scientists only {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (two), once in 1868 and again in 1981.