If we look at successful people, we can always see that they are usually not those {#blank#}1{#/blank#} never faced failure at all in their life. In fact, some of the most successful people in this world we have heard of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (start) out poorly, and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (actual) they have failed many times.

    There are so many other great {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (fail) that famous people met with. For example, the most famous basketball player of all time. Michael Jordan was just {#blank#}5{#/blank#} ordinary person before he joined the NBA and he was even cut out from his school basketball team {#blank#}6{#/blank#} they said he was “lack of skill”. The greatest inventor in history, Albert Einstein was thought as mentally retarded (智力迟钝的) when he was young. He didn't speak until he turned 4 and didn't read until he was 7. His grades were so poor in school {#blank#}7{#/blank#} his teacher finally asked him {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (quit) his school.

    Successful people do not complain {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the adversity (逆境). Instead, they accept the adversity as part of life and never put blame onto {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (other).

    The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, called the Chinese Valentine's Day, is the only Chinese festival {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (connect) with love in the lunar calendar. Valentine's Day in China usually{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(fall) in August.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the evening of the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, Niulang and Zhinü meet on a bridge of magpies across the Milky Way. If it rains that night, the rain will be the tears of Niulang and Zhinü.

    Compared with love stories in western legends (传说){#blank#}4{#/blank#}story of Niulang and Zhinü seem not so romantic. They just wait patiently on the riverbank,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (believe) that their love can be worth their not staying together. Unlike St. Valentine's Day in other{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(country), there is not so much importance on giving chocolates,

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(beauty) flowers and kisses. Instead, Chinese girls prepare fruits, melons and so on as offerings to Zhinü. They ask Zhinü to give them wisdom and high skills in making hand-made arts with needles in the hope of finding their satisfactory husbands. On that day, people in love like to go to the local temple and hope{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(get) their love and possible marriage.

    At night, people sit outdoors to observe the stars {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(happy). Some old people  say  that  if  you  stand  under  a  grapevine  ( 葡 萄 藤 ),  you  can  probably  overhear{#blank#}10{#/blank#} Niulang and Zhinü are talking about.

    The tea culture of China is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (amaze) and has a long history.  Tea drinking was widespread in China for about one thousand years {#blank#}2{#/blank#} appearing in Europe.  

    Tea drinking in China enjoys wide popularity.  Many people nowadays go to expensively decorated teahouses {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(talk) business.  However, tea drinking is very complex. Many factors contribute to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} enjoyable experience. It starts with the surroundings. In the past, tea drinking took place in a setting {#blank#}5{#/blank#}spring water runs on marble. At present, in order to create such atmosphere, teahouses {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(decorate) with traditional paintings and furniture.  Besides, there is always a {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(perform) of a traditional Chinese musical instrument, such as the guzheng, pipa and erhu. Water {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (use) for tea also matters. In the old days, the water that came from melted snow was regarded as the best. Today no one collects snow any longer because of pollution and what people use is bottled water. Red tea, together with green tea, oolong tea and pu'er tea {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(rank) the top four favorites. The first three types of tea are processed using similar methods but pu'er tea uses a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (total) different method.  

    I enjoy{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (climb) mountains whenever I can find the time to do so. Tom and Mike are my best friends. Both of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} also like sports. Two years ago, the three of us {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (go) up to Mt. Lushan. Instead of taking a bus, which would be {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (comfortable), we preferred to climb. We started {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the foot of the mountain early in the morning, chatting all the way. After about one and a half hours' climbing, we saw two mountain {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (path) before us. We could not decide {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to choose. In the end, we took the path on the right, thinking that might be a short cut. But we were wrong. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (lose) in the mountain, we could not find our way out. We had to use our hands and feet to make a way. We began to cry for help {#blank#}9{#/blank#} nobody answered. It was not until darkness {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (fall) that we found a right path leading up to a paved road.

    English is a language{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(speak) all around the world. There are more than 40 countries{#blank#}2{#/blank#}most of the people speak English. What's more, the number of people who learn English {#blank#}3{#/blank#}more than 750 million. Everywhere in the world children go to school{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(learn) English. Most people learn English for five or six years at high school. In China, most students learn English at school {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a foreign language.

    In only fifty years, English{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(develop) into the language most{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(wide) used in the world. English is the working language of most international organizations, international trade and tourism. Businessmen and tourists often come to China without{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(be) able to speak Chinese. Chinese businessmen, taxi drivers and students talk with them using English. You can listen to English songs through the Internet. With so many people {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(communicate) in English every day, it will become more and more important to have{#blank#}10{#/blank#}good knowledge of English.

    Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged{#blank#}2{#/blank#}their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(serious) hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

    A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the morning and lasted for over an hour.

    "I{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(eat) with my wife and children," he said," when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(miss).I went back inside and found him, safe{#blank#}8{#/blank#}very frightened."

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(feel) that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

    Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department brought{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(they) food, clothes and shelter.