W：Where are you going to spend your holiday this year, Bob?

M：We may go abroad ，__  (1)  __I'm not so sure.

W：What do you mean?

M：Well, my wife's talking about Egypt recently. She may want to go there. I'd like to go there，__  (2)  __.

W：Yes, it's an interesting country__  (3)  _(see)．

M: But we can't make up__  (4)  __minds yet. You know, a round­trip ticket to Egypt costs a lot.

W：But you may go by sea.

M：You're right. It's_  (5)  __(cheap), isn't it?

W：You may save at least half of the money if you go by ship.

M：But don't you think it would take__  (6)  _long time and…

W：But you can enjoy the scene of the sea and the__  (7)  __(rise) sun.

M：Yes, I'll tell my wife.

W：You'll definitely enjoy__  (8)  __， I'm sure.

M：Don't be so sure. We may not go__  (9)  __.

W：You always hesitate at everything.

M：It's not my fault, you know. My wife always worries too much.

W：Like what?

M：Well...Who is going to look after the house? Who is going to look after the garden? And who is going to look after the pets? We have these__  (10)  _(problem) every year. And in the end we stay at home and look after everything.

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds   (1)   (hold) everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,    (2)   (plant) in spring and harvest in autumn. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.

Today's festivals have many origins, some   (3)   ( religion) , some seasonal, and some for special people or events. Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. For example, the Japanese festival Obon is honored in   (4)   of their ancestors. People then should go to clean graves, light lamps and play music   (5)   they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November.   (6)  this important feast day, people eat food in   (7)   shape of skulls and cakes with "bones" on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. The Western holiday Halloween also had   (8)   origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a children's festival,  (9)   they can dress up and go to their neighbors' homes to ask for sweets. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honors the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan. India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's   (10)  （depend) from Britain.

I didnˈt understand__1_this would happen and my credit card had already been charged__2__the reservation. Whatˈs worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was__3__(surprise) helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on__4__ top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we werenˈt charged extra.

The next day, my brother and I went to the beach__5__we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little__6__(sunburn), but the day had been so relaxing that we didnˈt mind.

Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple   (1)   (die) on Monday at home in Woodside, California, from natural causes.

With her charm and blonde curls, she was one of   (2)   (popular) stars of   (3)  1930s in hit movies like Bright Eyes and Stand Up and Cheer.

Her singing, _  (4)  __(dance) and acting won over fans worldwide. She   (5)  _ (give) a special juvenile Oscar in 1935,   (6)   she was just seven years old. To this day, she is still the youngest person   (7)  __  has received an Academy Award.

Shirley Temple started   (8)   film career at three years old. Between 1934   _  (9)  ​_  1938 she appeared in more than 20 films and was consistently the top US movie star.

Her final film, A Kiss For Corliss, is available to watch online for free. This is the star’s final moment on the big screen.

After retiring from films in 1950   (10)   the age of 22, Temple once again became the focus(焦点) as a politician and diplomat (外交官).

A. Good Morning! What can I do for you?

B. We’d like to make a trip __  (1)  __a weekend holiday, please.

A. There are many travel paths. Which one would you like __  (2)  _____(choose)?

B. We’d like Jinggang mountains..

A. It’s really worth ___  (3)  ____(visit). Which hotel do you want to stay in?

B. We’re not sure. Which hotel do you think is good and tidy?

A. The Holiday Home. But it’s a bit more ____  (4)  _______(expense).

B. It doesn’t matter whether we’ll spend more money _  (5)  ___(live) in such a hotel.

A. Could you please fill in this form?

B. OK. I’ll ask my wife to fill in __  (6)  ___. __  (7)  ______the way, is it all right if we pay __  (8)  __ credit card?

A. __  (9)  _____(certain), it is quite all right. And enjoy____  (10)  ____(you) at the weekend.

B. Thank you.

Wife: It’s Friday today. How do you want to spend the evening, darling?

Husband: Well, why not go   (1)  (dance)? We haven’t done that   (2)   a long time.

Wife: Oh, to tell the truth, I don’t really feel like going dancing tonight. I had a hard day and I’m sort of tired. What’s more, I   (3)  (suppose) to go rock climbing with my colleague Dorothy tomorrow morning.

Husband: Well, in that   (4)  , we could go to the new movie Life of Pi by that world-famous director Ang Lee. I really like his work,   (5)  will stop showing the day after tomorrow.

Wife: Oh, we go to the movies   (6)   much. Can’t we do something different for a   (7)  , honey?

Husband: Well, do you have any suggestions?

Wife: Let me see. How do you feel about asking some friends over to play cards?

Husband: It’s OK with me,   (8)   we don’t have any beer or anything to eat at home.

Wife: Well,   (9)   is better to call Juliet and ask her and that neighbor of   (10)  , David, to come over, and I’ll go to the store and buy some food and drinks.

Husband: OK. That’s a good idea.

In the toy section, I noticed a small boy of about five years old, pressing a doll against his chest. He kept on touching  (1)  _hair of the doll and looked very sad. I wondered who he wanted to give the doll  (2)  _. So I walked towards him and asked him all about it. “It is the doll  (3)   my sister loved most and wanted so much for this Christmas. She was so sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.”

I told him not   (4)  _ (worry). However, he replied sadly, “No, Santa Claus cannot bring it to   (5)  _she is now. I’ll have to give the doll to my mother so that she can give it to her when she goes there.” His eyes were filled with   (6)  _ (sad) while saying this. “My sister   (7)   (go) to be with God. Daddy said that Mommy will also join God very soon, so I think that she can bring the doll with   (8)  _ to give it to my sister.”

My heart almost stopped  (9)  _ (beat) wholly. The little boy looked up at me and said, “I told Daddy to tell Mommy not to go yet. I asked him to wait   (10)  _ I come back from the store.”

There was once a young shepherd boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was lonely and  (1)  (bore) for him watching the sheep all day.

No one was near  (2)  there farmers he could sometimes see working in the fields in the valley below.

One day the boy thought of a plan by  (3)  he could get a little company and have some fun. He ran down toward the valley  (4)  (cry), “Wolf! Wolf!”

The men ran to meet him, and  (5)  they found out there was no wolf at all, they complained and returned to their work. However, the boy was very happy when he saw the men come running.

The boy enjoyed the company so much that a few days later he tried  (6)  same trick again, and again the men ran to help him.

A few days later, a real wolf came from the forest and was heading  (7)  the sheep.

The boy ran toward the valley, and more loudly  (8)  ever he cried,“Wolf! Wolf! A wolf has really appeared. ”

But the men, who had been  (9)  (fool) twice before, thought that he was tricking them again. No one came  (10)  (help) the boy. The lying shepherd boy was eaten up by the wolf with all his  sheep.

In Canada and the United States, people enjoy entertaining(请客) at home. They often invite friends over   (1)  a meal, a party, or just for coffee and conversation.

Here are the  (2)   (kind) of things people say when they invite someone to their home:

"Would you like to come over for dinner Saturday night?""Hey, we   (3)  (have) a party on Friday. Can you come?"

  (4)  (reply) to an invitation, either say thank you and accept, or say you're sorry and give an excuse:"Thanks, I'd love to. What time would you like me to come?"   (5)  "Oh, sorry. I've tickets for a movie."

Sometimes,  (6)  ,people use expressions that sound like invitations but which are not real invitations. For example:"Please come over for a drink sometime.""Why not get together for  (7)  party sometime?" "Why don't you come over and see us sometime soon?"

They are really just polite ways of   (8)   (end) a conversation. They are not real invitations because they don't mention a specific(确定的) time or date. They just show that the person is trying to be   (9)   (friend).To reply to expressions like these, people just say "Sure, that would be great!" or "OK. Yes, thanks."

So next time when you hear   (10)   sounds like an invitation, listen carefully. Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly?