I was having dinner at a restaurant ____________ Tony Steele came in.

 Talking is the most effective and satisfying way of communication with others. There are many forms of communication, ____  (1)  ____ include: texting, cell phones, email, and social media. ____  (2)  ____(use) these alternative forms to communicate with others may be faster, ____  (3)  ____ it lacks many qualities that a face-to face conversation ____  (4)  ____(possess).

    Facial expression and body language can ____  (5)  ____(great) affect a conversation, They can be used to give a person some information about what the other person____  (6)  ____(think) and feeling. Facial expression can ____  (7)  ____ (apply) to video chatting, but body language can only be found in a face-to-face conversation. Talking in person can have physical ____  (8)  ____(feature). Giving someone a hug and holding their hand ____  (9)  ____(comfort) them can only be done in person. When you are talking to someone by texting or instant messaging them, physical touch does not exist at all, which can limit the connection ____  (10)  ____the people in the communication.

Eating at restaurants hasnˈt always been known as the best choice for people 1. ________ are trying to keep a healthy diet. It is 2. ________ (extreme) hard for people to avoid food that isnˈt so good for them when dining out. However, you donˈt have to give 3. ________ your love of restaurants. There are ways that you can eat healthier food when dining out while you can still enjoy the experience.

One method is to take time 4. ________ (read) the nutrition information. Some restaurants post it on their menus or their website. If you know youˈre going to visit 5. ________ certain restaurant, you should check the website first. If no nutrition information 6. ________ (list), you should check the menu at the restaurant before you order.

Another way is to think about not eating cream or butter sauces. Instead, consider 7. ________ (choose) a sauce that could add a rich flavour to your food without extra calories (卡路里).

All restaurants have water available. Whether it is free 8. ________ you have to buy it, you should choose to drink water over other drinks like beer or soda, which contains a lot of calories.

Eating out doesnˈt have to be an unhealthy 9. ________ (decide) as long as you make wise choices. You could still enjoy all of the benefits of dining out and be 10. ________ (please) with your choices later on.

When I was young I hated languages.My dad spoke several and was   (1)  (ambition) for me. It was not until mygraduation from high school   (2)   Iconsidered learning a second language—Spanish.

I was working in a school for disabledchildren in a class of six. Only two childrencould speak, but Irealized   (3)   (gradual) that every child couldcommunicate. Some of them used physicalsigns andmovements   (4)   (express)themselves. Others used their voices—theymade noises whichchanged depending   (5)   how they felt. They even“talked”to each other,   (6)   (have)arguments and friendly chats like anyoneelse. Every child in that room had likes anddislikes, desires and fears   (7)   theycommunicated every day, without saying asingle sentence.

As time went on, I learned not onlySpanish   (8)   the language ofeveryone of the children I cared for. I hadbeen making excuses for not trying all theseyears and here   (9)   (be) a group ofdisabled children showing me   (10)  important communication really is. It mademe want to challengemyself and really learnSpanish.

When you think of great teachers, art teachers aren't always the first people who come to mind. 61.________Mr. Evans isn't some ordinary art teacher. Mr. Evans showed me how to think of art less like a chore, and 62.________(much) like an expression of myself. He expressed his own love for the subject through his works. He wasn't just some person 63.________(stick) in the position; he wanted to be there. He wanted to help.

      His attitude towards his 64.________(teach) showed not only greater knowledge, but greater teaching 65.________ (able). He took everyday objects and talked about how the form and shape came to be,66.________ (put) a picture in my mind of how everything we touch has a previous art history, turning an ordinary cup 67.________an ancient African artifact. During his lunch periods he took his time off to come in and give extra help to his students,68.________isn't something you get paid extra for. He did it because he loves teaching; a quality 69.________ (know) only to the greatest of teachers.

      Mr. Evans is the only teacher I've had who is so 70.________ (interest) in what he teaches, that he takes what he knows and keeps expanding it, just to teach us more. He has an outstanding range of knowledge and pure love for the subjects he teaches, which he pas ses on to every student he has.

Long ago, children in the 1. ________ (industry) areas of Europe and America seldom left their smoky cities to see the beauty of the countryside. Thatˈs 2.________ the woods and fields were too far from the city to permit people 3. ________ (make) a round trip between morning and nightfall. Whatˈs more, factory workers 4. ________ (have) no extra money to send their children on country holidays away from home.

In 1907 a young German schoolmaster had an idea 5. ________ changed the

situation. He decided to turn his little schoolhouse 6. ________ a dormitory for the

summer holidays. Anyone who brought his sleeping bag and cooking 7. ________ (equip) along could stay there for a very small amount of money. The idea was 8. ________ success. A few years later the schoolhouse became too small to hold so many young people who wanted to stay there. So, another dormitory 9. ________ (build) in an old castle nearby. This was the first youth hostel (青年旅社).

Today young students and workers of every country can meet in hostels. They spend a week 10. ________ more there, seeing the surrounding sights and meeting the people of the area.

David：You look so sad today, Lucy．What’s wrong with you?

Lucy：I quarreled with my husband this morning.

David：How come? You  61  (get) on quite well these years，right ?

Lucy：He has recently got into the bad habit of smoking，believing that smoking is  62 enjoyment．And I’m afraid his health will become worse  63  he doesn’t give it up．

David：I think you can find some ways  64 (help) him kick the bad habit．

Lucy：He always wants to quit， 65  it seems that he has been too addicted to smoking．David，can you help me?

David：Try to get his attention  66 (take)away when he wants to smoke．For example, you can let him eat some biscuits instead when he wants to smoke．You can also try electronic cigarettes   67  are said to contain no harmful chemicals．Remember,  don’t expect him to give up smoking all at once．In other  68 ．decrease the number slowly．Let him smoke  69  (little) day by day, and then he might be able to quit smoking forever．

Lucy：Sounds great! I will try it at once．

David: By the way, I know a man who has  70 (success) quit smoking. You can turn to him for advice if necessary．

Mencius was a thinker  (1)  teachings were very similar to those of Confucius. Mencius was born in 372 BC. His father died  (2)  he was young, and he  (3)   (bring) up by his mother. He became a student of Confucius’s ideas,  (4)   was then given an important position in the government of a state.  (5)  , when he saw that the ruler was not following his advice, he resigned. For many years he traveled from state to state,   (6)  (teach) the principles of Confucius. He then became an adviser to another ruler. He spent his last years preparing a book of his teachings  (7)  (call) The Book of Mencius. Mencius believed that the reason  (8)   man is different from animals is that man is good. He taught that if the government was kind, then people should be good. He believed that people were   (9)  (important) than rulers, and hated the state when it treated people  (10)   (bad).