In 1910，Abraham Bank，my great－grandfather，didn't want to join the army.At the time，he was only twenty－one years old.So he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  (decide) to leave his hometown during the night.

    Abraham traveled through Finland to Sweden，{#blank#}2{#/blank#} he worked for a while as a porter.He earned his ticket to London where he continued to work.His goal was to earn enough money to follow {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the footsteps of his brother，who had already moved to America.

    Two years after {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (leave) his home in Latvia，Abraham was finally able to buy a ticket on a ship from England to America.But Abraham ran into {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (difficult)，one of which was he had no money left {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  he bought the ticket.So Abraham decided not to use the ticket.He remained in London for a few {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  (month) and then he moved to South Africa.It {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  (be) not until 1987 that his grandson (my father) and his family made the move to America.

    I have good cause to be {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  (thank) to my great－grandfather for deciding not to use that ticket.In fact，it might well have been the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  (good) decision he had ever made.The name of the ship that sank into the Atlantic that day was the Titanic.

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    One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) late for school. There were many people waiting at the bus stop, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} some of them looked very anxious and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(disappoint). When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the window, so I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (catch) my attention. He was riding beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(stop) until we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(ride). He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up the door of the bus. I heard an excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked,“{#blank#}8{#/blank#} anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (I)”. She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully. Five others on the bus began talking about what the boy had done and the crowd of strangers {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(sudden) became friendly to one another.

    A university professor and his elderly mother have become social media stars in China. Prof Hu has been bringing his 80-year-old mother. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} has Alzheimer's, to his classes. Freshmen at the university at first assumed that she was a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (retire) professor sitting in on classes, before {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (realise) it was Prof Hu's mother. She is very quiet during his classes and the students have come to accept her with {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (warm).

    It is reported that Prof Hu's father died in 2011, and although he has {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (young) sisters, he has taken on the responsibility of looking after his mother, because her brain disease means that he is the only one she recognises. He said that her symptoms were now so severe {#blank#}6{#/blank#} “she cannot tell the difference between when she is holding a soft drink, sugar, salt, or washing powder”.

    Weibo users have praised Prof Hu {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a filial son (孝子), as well as a good educator - not just in economics, but in life.

    Respect towards parents, elders and ancestors {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (consider) a key value in Chinese society and culture. The concept {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (go) back to 400BC and is a core virtue of Confucianism (儒家), described in the early {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (work) of China's best-known scholar.

I'm a single mother with a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}( grow ) son. I love him more than I can say. He's a good person, a great guy {#blank#}2{#/blank#}so many ways —- smart, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(create), kind to animals, etc. We get along well, have common interests and enjoy each {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(other) company. The rest of my immediate family is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (die), and he is literally all the family I have.

The problem is that he is {#blank#}6{#/blank#}( turn ) 30 and shows no signs of wanting to leave home. He {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(do)move out and try the roommate route twice, but both times it did not turn out well and he moved back in with me. This wouldn't be so bad —- we do get along well —- but he doesn't pay half the expenses, or even a quarter. In fact, he doesn't pay me {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (something) at all. My frequent requests for him {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(contribute) to the rent and utilities(公用设施) often result in losing his temper and yelling at me that all I care about is money. He {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (spend) his salary on himself: clothes, movies, computer accessories. It's as if he still sees himself as a teenager with an allowance.

    Tayeb is studying literature at Beijing Language and Culture University."{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(celebrate)the Spring Festival in China makes me love China even more, "she said.

    On Thursday, Tayeb's university organized an event {#blank#}2{#/blank#} foreign students could try their hands at making dumplings, a traditional food {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(eat)during the festival. Tayeb said she liked this aspect of the festival most.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} dumplings, Chinese New Year is also a time for temple fairs, red lanterns, paper­cuts, blessings of good fortune and ancestor worship.

    Bayomy, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Egyptian student at the same university, said she {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(plan)to visit a temple fair in Chaoyang Park on Sunday. She was {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(deep) impressed with the Spring Festival in 2014.She remembered how her classmate's father left out plates of food for their families' ancestors.

    Like Chinese, many foreigners put couplets(对联), Chinese characters wishing for good fortune on their front doors.

    Marie, a British {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(translate)in Beijing, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (send)a couplet by her Chinese friend on Thursday.She stuck them on the door of her apartment, took a photo of herself standing in front of it, and shared it with her parents in Britain." These couplets are an {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(express) of hope for the future and contain the Chinese spirit of 'harmony', "said Marie.

    "Carnival" comes from tow Latin words, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(mean) "No more meat". In Europe, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it began, people saw carnival as the last chance to have fun at the end of the winter season. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(have) fun meant eating, drinking and dressing up. The most famous carnival was in Venice. At first, it lasted for just one day. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}time passed, the carnival period was extended. People walked around the street wearing masks, doing {#blank#}5{#/blank#}they wanted without {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(recognize).

    Later, wearing masks was limited by law. Finally, at the end of the 18th century, masks {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(ban) completely. But in {#blank#}8{#/blank#}late 1970s, the tradition was revived by students and the festival was developed for tourists. Today, carnival in Venice is celebrated for five days in February. Hotels are {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(full) booked and the narrow streets are crowded {#blank#}10{#/blank#}wonderful costumes. If the key to Rio is music and movement, then in Venice it is the mystery of masks.