1 . Once a man was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. In the distance he could see a person     1     (go) back and forth between the surf’s edge     2     the beach. As the man approached, he could see there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as a result of the natural     3     (act) of the tide.

The man     4     (stick) by the apparent uselessness of the task.There were far too many starfish. Many of them were sure to die. As he approached, the person continued the task of     5     (pick) up the starfish one by one and throwing them into the ocean.

As he came up to the person, he said, “You must be crazy. There are     6     (thousand) of miles of beach     7     (cover) with starfish. You can’t     8     (possible) make any difference.” The person looked at the man. He then bent down and picked up one     9     (many) starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He turned back to the man and said, “It surely made a     10     to that one！”

Ne Zha, China’s animated blockbuster hit of the summer, is ready     1     (hit) North American theaters later this month.

Well Go USA Entertainment,     2     distribution company specializing in bringing top Asian film titles to US cinemas, will release the film in select 3D IMAX theaters across North America on Aug 29,     3     (follow) by a nationwide expansion on Sept 6.

Written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Yang Yu, also known     4     Jiaozi, the film     5     (tell) of Ne Zha, a boy born as a social outcast (弃儿)because of a divine prophecy（神的预言）     6    he would destroy the world. He tries to change his predetermined fate and people’s views of him by choosing good over evil and     7     (become) their true hero.

Built on a successful    8     (adapt) of Chinese folk tale and excellent word-of-mouth, the film - the first Chinese animated film is proving to have long legs at the box office.    9     a total box office of 4.1 billion yuan ($582 million) and counting, Ne Zha is the best-received animated feature ever in China, and the fourth    10     (large) theatrical release in the country’s box office history.

It's a touching Christmas story, but not in the     1     (tradition) way. It’s about a seriously ill 5-year-old boy     2       died in Santa’s arms in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States.

Eric Schmitt-Matzen, 60, a part-time Santa, received a call     3     a nurse at a hospital several weeks ago, saying a dying 5-year-old boy wanted to see Santa Claus. Schmitt-Matzen dressed and rushed to the hospital. Walking into the boy’s room, he asked people       4       (leave)   if they couldn’t hold back their       5     (tear). He picked up the boy and held him in his arms.

“They say I’m going to die,” the boy told him       6     (sad). “What can I tell them when I get to where I’m going?”

Schmitt-Matzen said. “When you get there, you tell them you’re Santa’s Number One elf (小精灵), and they will let you in.”

The boy asked, “They will?” Then he     7    (sit) up and gave Schmitt-Matzen a big hug and asked one more question: “Santa, can you help me?” Schmitt-Matzen wrapped his arms around the boy. Before Schmitl-Matzen could say anything, the boy died right there. Santa let the boy stay, hugging and       8     (hold) onto him.

Schmitt-Matzen was       9       sad that he wanted to cry.

The story was printed, and people were       10     (move) when they read it.

April Fool’s day is a day     1     people can play jokes on others. No one knows for sure how this holiday began. Some English people hold the     2    (believe) that it began on the day during the 1200s. At that time, King John of England was in     3     habit of making a road out of nearly every path he walked regularly. The citizens of one farm village were aware of this. To protect their grass and farms from being destroyed, they built a fence that prevented the king from walking through their countryside. The king sent a group of soldiers to inform the villagers to remove the fence.     4     hearing that, however, the villagers developed a plan of their own. When the soldiers arrived, the villagers ran around and shouted wildly with things     5    (throw) away everywhere, behaving as if they     6    (go) mad. The soldiers reported to the king that they were so mad as to be beyond punishment. The villagers saved their farmland     7    (success) by tricking the king. Now April’s day     8    (remain) in fashion,     9     the tradition only allows tricks from midnight to noon on April 1st. Those who try to play tricks in the afternoon act as     10    (fool) themselves and are usually laughed at.