My neighbor told me immediately after I got home that my uncle had visited and just left my place. As I thought of this, I ran even     1    (fast) down the road.

I ran until it occurred to me that I     2    (leave) the house 15 minutes before. Having been running for about another 15 minutes, I needed to know how I missed     3    (he).

Now thinking more reasonably, I reached for my phone     4    (call) him up. Twelve calls     5    (miss) from his mobile number. I must have been running so fast that I didn’t even notice. As I was about to make the call, his call came in, again. I picked his call and told him I was on the way to meet him. He was     6    (astonish) at my words. Then he said I would have caught up     7    him if I had run the right way. He had been standing about five buildings from mine, talking to     8    old friend.

I had taken the wrong way.     9    (actual), all I needed to do before was know     10     my uncle was and I would have saved my time and energy.

Good afternoon, students. We have finally made some     1    (change) to the school clothing rules. The main differences are about hair and shoes. First, I'll talk about the problem with shoes. Recently, I     2    (notice) that some of you have been wearing very expensive designer shoes to class. This has some bad influence     3     our students. We want the school to be an exciting     4     serious place to learn. So, we are keeping out all shoes     5     cost more than $100. The second issue is hairstyles. While we understand that you want to express     6     (you), we have to say no to     7     (color) hair. A little red or blue or even     8     (make) your hair blond is OK. But bright pink hair or crazy hair that has five different colors? That' s too much for the classroom. You can wait to experiment with your hair during summer vacation. During the school year, we want you     9     (keep) your minds on your work so you can do well on your tests. The exams will be     10    (hard) this year, so we have a lot more work to do!

The history of Chinese garden architecture dates     1     the Shang and Zhou dynasties. During that period, Chinese kings and the nobility began developing forests and woods for hunting, which could    2    (see) as early gardens. The Han Dynasty advanced the concept of these "natural gardens" by adding living quarters and animals.

Traditional Chinese garden architecture was well developed in the Tang Dynasty. During this era, the    3    (construct) of beautiful gardens developed into what would include man-made hills, pools, and fountains.    4    time went on, this man-made beauty was able to successfully mix well with the beauty of the natural environment.

The Ming Dynasty    5     (follow) by the Qing Dynasty saw the heyday (最兴盛的时期) of Chinese garden architecture. Especially in the Qing Dynasty, emperors gathered skillful craftsmen (工匠) from all over the country    6     (create) even more complicated gardens. Gardens in this period were no longer    7     (mere) places for fun, but also served as areas     8    more formal ceremonies could take place.

Also, gardens in different regions of China have different styles. In northern China, they're large and often designed in scenic mountain areas. The Summer Palace is a typical example. The gardens in the south are    9    (small) than those in the north but no less delicate. Famous gardens    10     (belong) to this type are popular in Jiangsu Province, such as Li Garden and the Lion Forest Garden.

If you go to another country, what kinds of things would you buy? Would you buy a camera in Japan, some     1     (beauty) clothes in France, or a watch in Switzerland? No matter     2     you may buy, you might think those products were made in those     3     (country). However, you could be wrong. Kang Jian is a l7-year-old student from Shanghai. Last year he     4     (go) to visit his aunt and uncle in San Francisco. He found it interesting that so many products in the local shops were made in China. "I wanted to buy a toy car for my cousin, but even though most of the toys are American brands, they were made in China."

Toys are not the only things made in China. "Once I wanted to buy a pair of basketball                     5     (shoe)." he explains.   "But I had to visit five or six stores before     6     (find)a pair made in America!" He realized that Americans can     7     (hard) avoid buying products made in China. "In fact," he continues, "there were many other things there made in China—footballs, handbags, pet food, mobile phones.     8     American flags are made in China!" Kang Jian thinks it's great that China is so good at making     9     (this) everyday things. However, he hopes that     10     the future China will also get better at making high—technology products that people can buy in all parts of the world.

Attention, all the first grade students!

It's time for the Winter Dance! The Winter Dance    1    (hold) this Friday night on the fourth floor of the dining hall. Tickets for this dance will be on sale on Thursday and Friday. Each ticket costs $5, and $3 for groups of ten or    2    (many). They will not be sold in the school office    3    in the office of the Students' Union, which lies on the third floor of the dining hall.

All the money    4    is collected at the dance will be given to needy families in    5    (poor). This is a great way to start the holiday season by    6    (help) them. When you attend the dance, you are helping    7    poor and this is a fantastic thing to do! So please remember to buy your dance ticket at the Students' Union this Thursday or Friday. With your ticket, you will get the chance ticket at the Students' Union this Thursday or Friday. With your ticket, you will get the chance    8    (go)to a great dance, enjoy the free    9    (drink) and snacks and at the same time you will help others    10    need. We hope to see all of you at the dance on Friday night!

When the new school year starts, a lot of Chinese students need     1     (take) the military training course as the first challenge.

This fall semester, the military training course will have new     2     (requirement). According to China Youth Daily, a new syllabus (教学大纲) for the military training course for senior high school students has been released by the Ministry of Education,     3     will be carried out nationwide on Aug. 1.

The course     4     (relate) to military knowledge will be divided into two parts—basic military knowledge and basic military skills. This is the first time the course     5     (adjust) to suit high school students. The course itself will also be more flexible. In     6     (add) to main course, students can choose other areas to focus on. For students who are     7     (particular) interested in military knowledge or a specific skill set, they will have the opportunity to get     8     (far) training.

The military training course will be anywhere from 7 to 14 days long, with a minimum of 56 class hours.     9     the end of the course, students will be given one of     10     following evaluations: excellent, good, pass or fail.

You might think that good-looking men have every advantage in life.     1     a new study suggests that being handsome may not always work in a man's favor — at least     2     it comes to his career. The research claims that attractive men are     3     (little) likely to be given a job in a competitive workplace because they threaten     4    (boss). “It's not always an advantage to be pretty,” says Marko Pitesa,     5     assistant professor at the University of Maryland. “It can backfire (适得其反) if you     6    (consider) as a threat.”    7    (interesting), in Pitesa’s study, it was male attractiveness in particular, rather than female beauty, that made the most     8    (different).

If the interviewer expected     9    (work) with the candidate as part of a team, then he     10    (prefer) good-looking men.

However, if the interviewer saw the candidate as a potential competitor, the interviewer discriminated in favor of unattractive men.

China's top education authorities on Friday gave detailed suggestions on    1    students should go to bed to ensure enough sleep and ongoing efforts to reduce students’ burden.

Generally    2    (speak), primary school students should go to bed before 9:20 pm, middle school students before 10 pm and high school students before 11 pm, Lyu Yugang, director of the ministry's department of basic education, said at a news conference.

“If the students    3    (try) hard but still could not finish homework by that time, parents can just ask them to go to bed to ensure their sleep time” he said.

Schools should control the amount of homework    4    (assign) to students to make sure primary school students can finish all written homework at school and secondary school students can finish most of the homework    5    campus, Lyu repeated.

According to ministry    6    (require), primary school students should enjoy at least 10 hours of sleep every day, middle school students nine hours and high school students eight hours.

Primary schools should start classes no    7    (early) than 8:20 am and secondary schools are not allowed to start a school day before 8 am. Schools should not require students    8    (come) to school early for group study and they should ensure a certain amount of nap time for students, he said.

Offline after-school training classes should end before 8:30 pm,    9    online after-school training courses should end before 9 pm. They should not assign any form of homework to students, Lyu said.

The ministry will also work with other    10    (department) to tighten management to ensure that online training and gaming agencies would not offer gaming services for young people between 10 pm and 8 am, he added.