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Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we don’t educate children only for the purpose of     1    (educate) them; our purpose is to fit them for life.

In some modern countries, it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all —     2    rich or poor, clever or stupid — one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees refuse to do     3    they think to be “low” work, and, in fact, work with hands     4    (think) to be dirty and shameful in such countries. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely not     5    (educate) farmer is far more important than     6    of a professor. We can live     7    education, but we die if we have no food. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we would get terrible diseases in our towns.

In fact, all of us must be educated to fit us for life,     8    means that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to our brains and ability and, secondly,     9     we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society. It is very bad to be ashamed of one’s work. Only such a type of education     10    be considered valuable to society.

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The Mid-Autumn Day is a very important traditional festival in China. It takes its name from the fact that it     1    (celebrate) in the middle of the autumn season. The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the     2     (eight) lunar month. The day is known as the Moon Festival, as at that time of the year the moon is at its roundest and     3    (bright). It is an evening celebration in     4     families gather together and eat moon cakes. Besides,     5    (make) the house more beautiful, people will hang red lanterns in front of it. On that day, people look back on the past and look forward to the future together. Children will play with their own     6    (toy) and enjoy themselves.

The Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations date back     7     more than 2,000 years. The word “Mid-Autumn” first     8    (appear) in the famous ancient book Zhou Li. However, it was not until the early Tang Dynasty that people celebrated the day as a traditional festival. It became an     9    (official) established festival during the Song Dynasty, and has become as popular as the Spring Festival since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Celebrations have continued ever since and more customs for     10    (mark) this occasion have been formed.

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Singles’ Day falls on November 11th every year in China,     1     is recognized as a day for people who have no girlfriend or boyfriend. Couples and lovers have Valentine’s Day in celebration of their love, but how about the singles? There must be a day they can celebrate even     2     a partner. That’s     3     people created Singles’ Day.

    4     Singles’ Day many singles choose to say goodbye to their single lives,     5    (attend) blind date parties, and some people even decide to get     6     (marry) with strangers.     7     this day has recently become more of a time for shopping, because many shops online will give customers great discount to promote their goods.

More and more people are willing to shop online to get    8     they want, and I am one of them. I just can’t help     9    (buy) things whether I need them or not.     10    (honest) speaking, some of the things that I bought have been put aside forever in my closet.