Cultural TV programs have experienced a comeback at     1     start of the Chinese New year in 2017. Since its broadcast, the program, Readers,     2     (become) a hit. Broadcast on China Central Television (CCTV) over the weekend, it is bringing fresh     3     (enthusiastic) for literature in China. Readers sets out to interpret the power and values behind     4     (tradition) Chinese culture. The weekly talk show, produced and hosted by the famous TV personality Dong Qing, invites people from all walks of life     5     (read) poems, essays and books they like     6     wrote. Readers has brought the almostlost habit of reading aloud back into the public spotlight, which makes the audience     7     (appreciation) the beauty of language. The participants also     8     (active) share stories from their own life, explaining reasons     9     particular pieces touched their hearts or shaped their lives. In the show, poems can     10     (adapt) into songs. So far this program has been considered one of the most popular shows in China.

All of us have read trilling stories. In many of     1    (they) the hero had only a     2    (limit) and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short     3     twenty-four hours, but we were always interested in     4    (discover) just how the dying man chose to spend his last days or his last hours.

Such stories set up thinking, wondering     5     we should do under similar circumstances. What     6    (happy) should we find in reviewing the past, and what regrets? Sometimes, I have thought     7    would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would stress    8    (sharp) the values of life.

I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being     9    (be) stricken blind and deaf for a few of days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him     10    (much) appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.

Today, I will talk about my favourite novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,     1    is written by Mark Twain. Tom was the hero of the story. He lived with his aunt in a small town    2    (name) St. Petersburg. He ran away with his two     3    (friend) to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. They went to look for gold but got    4    (lose) in a cave.     5    (luck), they found a box of gold. My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thought Tom was dead. He decided     6    (go) to his own funeral(葬礼) and appeared suddenly. Everyone was    7    (surprise) to see him. They were also pleased to see him alive. The main theme(主题) of the story is surviving in dangerous situations. It is also about    8    (free), social rules, and what people do about bad behaviours. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is great. It's thought to be one of     9    greatest novels in American literature. I think you will love    10    

4 . I borrowed     1     story book from the library the other day and took it home. One evening, having finished supper, I went back to my room and started to read the book that I     2    (borrow). I was so     3    (absorb) that I knocked the coffee cup over     4     accident, pouring the coffee onto the book. Wet through and colored brown, the book turned out to be a     5    (terribly) mess at once. Of course, I couldn’t return the dirty book and the loss should be covered. The next day, I went to the     6    (big) bookstore in my city,     7     there were various kinds of books. I finally found several     8    (copy) of the same book and bought     9    . When I returned the new story book and explained the reason, the librarian accepted the book and praised me for my honesty and     10    (responsible).