Mrs Wilson     1    (invite)some friends for lunch.She was eager to try a new way of     2    (cook) a fish dish，and she was very pleased with     3    (her)   when the dish was ready.Because the dish was hot，she put it near the window to cool it for a few minutes.When she came back for it，she was surprised     4     (find)the neighbour's cat by the dish.     5     (fortunate)，she came in time to stop the cat.That afternoon was     6     great success and they talked and laughed till four o'clock.At the end of the afternoon，when she was alone again，she felt tired     7    happy.She was sitting near the window when she was     8     (frighten) to see her neighbour carrying the cat，     9     (die)．What happened to her friends？Just after she had told each of her visitors to see a doctor，the telephone rang.     10     was her neighbour.“My cat was killed by a car.”

【推荐2】A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water.     1     water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder    2     had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man    3    (present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled    4    (warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home    5     a happy heart.

After the student left, the teacher let    6     student taste the water. He spit it out,     7    (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no    8    (long) fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, “Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like it?” The teacher replied, “You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of     9    (kind) and love. Nothing could be     10    (sweet).” We understand this lesson best when we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.

According to an announcement by Sergey Kravtsov, Russian vice minister of education and science, Sputnik news reported, Russia’s national college entrance exam will include Mandarin as     1    elective foreign language starting from 2019. Chinese will become the     2     (five) elective test item for the Unified State Exam in addition to English, German, French and Spanish.

The number of Chinese learners in Russia     3     (rise) quickly in the past decade, according to a survey     4     (carry) out by a linguistic research center in Russia. Approaches    5    learning Chinese vary from person to person, with more and more people    6    (choose) university courses in Russia.

The three-hour-long Chinese test will quiz students on     7     (they) listening, reading, and writing abilities and a fourth section will examine students on grammar, vocabulary and Chinese     8     (character). Some parts in the exam are even a little bit difficult for native Chinese speakers. Insiders from the Russia education industry confirmed those    9    are with relevant professional background and Mandarin proficiency(精通) are more competitive in job application.

According to the Office of Chinese Language Council International, some 100 million people, excluding native speakers, use Chinese     10     (global).

Jan Tchamani, an English teacher, benefited a lot from the Internet during her unemployed period. Thanks to the Internet, she could explore what she was     1     (interest) in which helped her feel less lonely and bored. Jan was inspired     2     (learn) more about how to make society better by taking online classes. She considered it important to bridge the digital divide and ensure that everyone can learn to use the Internet and new technology     3     (smooth). Her next goal is to set up a charity website for children     4     grow up in poor countries.