Gao Xiaosong, who is a famous musician, movie director and the writer of the famous song My Deskmate, has been sent to jail(监狱) and will{#blank#}1{#/blank#} there for six months for drunk driving.
“I've {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to say for myself and I'm willing to be punished(惩罚),” he said when he was standing in the{#blank#}3{#/blank#} . “What I want to say is that I feel {#blank#}4{#/blank#} for what I've done. I thought alcohol(酒精)could bring me freedom but never realized drunk driving could {#blank#}5{#/blank#} away others' freedom. And now I've{#blank#}6{#/blank#} my own freedom because of drinking. I'll obey the new road safety {#blank#}7{#/blank#}and I want to be a life-long volunteer in persuading(劝说) others not to drive after drinking.”
Anyone who drives after drinking doesn't think much of human life. If Gao had cared, he would have left his car parked outside the restaurant and took a{#blank#}8{#/blank#} home, and he would have thought about a road killer he would become. It's fair to say that his behavior can not be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in modern society. Gao may not have killed anyone, but by choosing to drive a car while under theinfluence of alcohol, he and the large number of others who do the same have{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the dangerous decision that may possibly hurt other people.

      Learning English is not an easy job. Almost every student sometimes asks q{#blank#}1{#/blank#} like these: Can I really learn English well? Can I really learn it well e{#blank#}2{#/blank#} to talk with others?

      The answer is yes. From some studies we know that almost anyone can learn a foreign language well if he or she wants to. Some people might learn it f{#blank#}3{#/blank#} and some might learn it slower. But anyone can learn it well if he or she has the right w{#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

      Many students have their own special ways to learn English. Here are some e{#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

     Han Mei gets up early every morning and the first thing she does is to l{#blank#}6{#/blank#}to an English radio program(节目). This helps her a lot.

     Lin Tao often practises speaking English not only in c{#blank#}7{#/blank#} but also after class. At first he was very nervous. After trying several times, he found it was not as d{#blank#}8{#/blank#} as he thought. Now he speaks English b{#blank#}9{#/blank#} of all the students.

      Wang Bin likes to watch American m{#blank#}10{#/blank#}. If it is a good film, he will watch it many times. And he also likes to read English aloud. 

    If you are a teenage boy and you want to be {#blank#}1{#/blank#}in life, you'd better {#blank#}2{#/blank#} this great book!

    From the Boys to Men, by American author Michael Gurian, tells teenage boys that they are living through the best years of their {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . There is no reason for them not to love life.

    You may think that only your body is growing at the moment. But the book says your mind is too.

    The book tells teenage boys that they need t o help their body and mind {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. To do this, they should stop spending time playing computer games and should start playing sports.

    Sports, the books says keep you {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and teach you important life skills. They teach you how to be a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}and how to work as part of a team.

    The book also tells boys how to love life if they're being bullied(被欺负). It says boys have to stop being {#blank#}7{#/blank#} of such bullies. It is the only way they can become more successful people.

    To become the man you want to be, you have to think for yourself and believe in yourself.

    But, the most {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the book says, you must always dream of success. Never be happy with what you {#blank#}9{#/blank#} , always want more. Real men always want {#blank#}10{#/blank#} .

    I was studying in Los Angeles , the USA . It is a big city with {#blank#}1{#/blank#} people living in it than in my whole country . I come from Singapore . It is one of the smallest {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the world . We rented（租）a flat in a community near a favela（贫民窟）.

    For several months I did not have a car , so three times a week I used public transportation（交通）to go to the city centre . During these trip . I would ride with the people who took the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} bus from the favela to work .

    When I got on the bus , all the seats were already taken . But when people saw that my bag was very heavy , they offered to hold it on their lap（范围）to{#blank#}4{#/blank#} me feel lighter（轻松）. At first , I was{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Then I realize that these people did not want to steal（偷盗）from me they only wanted to help me .

    Once , on my way back , I had to wait {#blank#}6{#/blank#} a long time at a bus stop . I was alone , expect for a woman who was very poor . She carried a small paper bag of popcom and nothing else . While we were waiting , she walked over and gave me some popcom . I thank her , but did not want to help{#blank#}7{#/blank#} to it . She then insisted（要求）that I should take some from what was evidently（明显地）her only food .

I wonder {#blank#}8{#/blank#} it is true that the more you have, the more difficulties you will have to share anything with others .

    On Sept.19,2016 Alibaba(阿里巴巴 ) went public (上市) on the New York Stock Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun,50,has done his business {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (成功地) A short Chinese man seems to be the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （最高的）man in the world right now. Ma used to be an English teacher. So far ,he has {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （成为）the richest man on the Chinese mainland.

    Ma was born in Hangzhou and grew up as a happy kid. At the age of twelve ,he found that English was very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (有趣的). Every morning, he got up at 5 am, and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake where he could {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （交流） with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years, whether it was rain or shine. This {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (经历) made him become a fantastic English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wide world. In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was showed to the Internet for the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （第一次） time .He searched Yahoo using the word" Beer" ,and found that there was nothing about China .Seeing the chance, Ma {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （返回） to China and set up a website without knowing much about computers .Four years later,18 people including Ma, his wife and his friends set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him "Crazy Jack Ma". But {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （十五） years later, Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e-commerce(电子商务) {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（公司）. When Ma was interviewed by the reporter from Times, he said, "Everybody should have a dream. What if that dream comes true?"

Dear Mum and Dad,

    I will go to Kathy's home with her after school and I will have {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and sleep there. Don't worry about me. You know that Kathy is one of my{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (good) friends. If you want to talk with me, you can call 82552828 after 6:00 pm.

    Please forgive（原谅）me for not telling you first. I don't think you will allow me to do so. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I really think teenagers（十几岁的青少年） can be allowed to stay at {#blank#}4{#/blank#} friends' homes sometimes. I am sixteen years old and I'm not a little kid at all. I hope I can make decisions for myself.

    At home, there are too many rules for me to obey: Don't wear those short {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (dress); don't stay out so late; don't have meals before washing {#blank#}6{#/blank#}; watch TV after {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (finish) your homework; clean your room every day; put everything in their place Parents should be strict with teenagers, but we {#blank#}8{#/blank#} need freedom(自由).

    I don't like doing my homework alone at home. I'd love {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (study) with Kathy. We always learn a lot from each other. So please allow me to stay at Kathy's home {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a week. If you agree, Kathy can stay at our home with me, too.

    Mum and Dad, I can take good care of myself. Don't worry.

Yours,

Wang Mei