Most Americans don't like to get advice from members of their family. They get advice from “strangers”. When they need advice, they don't{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(usual) go to people they know. Instead, many of{#blank#}2{#/blank#}write letters to newspapers and magazines{#blank#}3{#/blank#}give advice on many different subjects,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and even{#blank#}5{#/blank#}how to buy a house or a car.

    Most newspapers regularly print letters from{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(read) with problems. Along with the letters are answers{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(write) by people who are supposed{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(know) how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, and others are lawyers or educators.{#blank#}9{#/blank#}two of the most famous writers of advice{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(be) women without special training for this kind of work.

    It feels great when you make someone smile.

    My neighbors are a senior couple {#blank#}1{#/blank#}are always full of positive atmosphere. They have a little basil plant at their lobby（门廊）area, and it {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(water) by the husband, Mr Green,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (regular). He prays and takes care of it like a small baby. The weather is extremely hot now, so he spends so much time with it.

    Then Mr Green and his wife had to travel and leave{#blank#}4{#/blank#}about three to four {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(week) and was so worried about the basil plant. We overheard him discussing this with {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(we) grandmother. When he {#blank#}7{#/blank#}we decided to take care of the basil plant just like he would.

    This morning when they returned we were eagerly waiting for them, especially Mr Green, to see his{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(react). He smiled at the gate {#blank#}9{#/blank#}told his wife, “See, every plant of ours is still fresh and green.” My grandmother responded that it might have been because of all your love for it. It was such a great feeling {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(hear) that interaction.

    Throughout modern history, perhaps there has never been a scientist as iconic (偶像的) as Stephen Hawking.

    Whether he{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(educate) the world with his knowledge of the universe, or making fun of himself in TV shows, it is hard to imagine what the world will be like now Hawking is no longer in.

    On March 14, 2018, the British physicist passed away in Cambridge. Since then, many people have expressed their condolences (哀悼) on social media, including British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee{#blank#}2{#/blank#}invented the World Wide Web. “We have lost a great mind and a wonderful spirit,” Berners-Lee wrote.

    Hawking was an icon for many reasons, but he will be best remembered {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his work in the field of science.

    Building on German scientist Albert Einstein's work, Hawking explained his belief that space{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (start) with the Big Bang, and will end with black holes.

“This complete set of laws can give us the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (answer) to questions like 'How did the universe begin?'” Hawking wrote in his 2010 work The Grand Design. “Where is it going and will it have an end? If so, how will it end?”

    Besides his work in science, he also managed to overcome many difficulties in his personal life. While{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (study) at Cambridge University, he was diagnosed with motor neuron (运动神经元) disease at the age of 21. His {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (ill) left him paralyzed and he was told he only had a short time to live. However, he went on to become one of the{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (great) minds the world has ever known.

    “I felt it was unfair. Why should this happen to me?” he once recalled. “At the time, I thought my life was over and that I would never realize the potential I felt I had. But now, 50 years later, I can be satisfied with my life.”

Hawking left behind a great legacy (遗产). His signature book A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(publish) in 1988, became one of the world's best-selling science publications. And in 2014, UK actor Eddie Redmayne played Hawking in the movie The Theory of Everything, which tells the tale of the physicist's life.

    He may no longer be with us{#blank#}10{#/blank#} Hawking will continue to inspire the world for generations to come. As he once said himself, “Look up at the stars and not down at your feet!”

    Everyone needs to know how to prevent a fire. It is also important to know what to do when it {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（break）out .

    Every year, over 11, 000 people {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（kill）or injured in house fires. These fires could have been avoided. Smokers who are {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（care）cause about 200 deaths and over 6,000 fires. More than half of those {#blank#}4{#/blank#} die in fires are poisoned or harmed by smoke.

    If fire happens, do not attempt to fight the fire unless it is small. Try putting out a small fire with water. If {#blank#}5{#/blank#} fire has spread or if the flames are more than 20 inches high, shut the door on it. Warn everyone else in the building and tell them to get out. You should leave and dial 119for the fire department.

    Before {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（go）into a room, check the door. If the handle or the door is hot, do not open it! Instead, put clothing or a wet towel at the bottom of it to keep smoke out. If the door is not hot, open it {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（slow）. If there's a rush of smoke or heat, close it again and shout to warn {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（other）in side.

    Now open the window and shout “Fire!”. See whether you can drop safely to the ground. Use this {#blank#}9{#/blank#} your escape course if you can. If you are not on ground level, break your fall by pushing a mat out first. Lower yourself at arm's {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（long）before dropping. Once outside, stay outside and make sure the fire department is called.

    Although he is only eleven years old, James helps the aged. Every day, he goes to Redhill {#blank#}1{#/blank#} train to help three old people with housework and shopping. In this way, he has made their lives much easier. It is through James' hard work that a Neighbourhood Care Program has been started. So far, James and his friends {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (form) a group of young volunteers to seek out the people {#blank#}3{#/blank#} need help. They do this without funding and without recognition. Their main aim is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) a difference through personal sacrifice.

    Tea is one of the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(much) popular drinks in the world. You make it by pouring hot water over the dried leaves of a tea plant. For {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hundred) of years people believed that tea could cure illnesses, and they used {#blank#}3{#/blank#}as medicine. Today scientists know that tea contains chemicals that prevent cells from dying. Most teas have caffeine in them, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}makes you feel more active. Some people have problems{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(drink) tea because it can cause sleeplessness.

    The tea plant{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(grow) best in tropical and temperate places where rain falls throughout the year. Teas can be grown from sea level {#blank#}7{#/blank#}about 2,000 metres, but the best quality grows in higher regions.

    Tea comes from the leaves and buds of tea plants. Wild plants can be up to 9 metres high, however, on tea plantations,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}( pull ) the leaves {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (easy), people cut them back to a bush of about a metre in height. It takes a plant three to five years before it is ready for picking.

    A picker can harvest about 20 kg of tea {#blank#}10{#/blank#}day. On large tea plantations the leaves are harvested by machines, but the quality of tea is higher when the leaves are picked by hand.