As an adult, she tried hard to become American’s first woman architect (建筑师).

Young architects at that time     1     (usual) learned their skills by working in the drafting rooms of professional architects. Most architects didn’t want women working for them. But Louise     2     (manage) to make a well-known architect give her a chance.

She worked     3     six in the morning to six in the evening. She wasn’t paid much.     4     she learned a lot as she worked, and her employer allowed her to use     5     (he) large library. In 1881, after five years of work and study, Louise set up her own office. She advertised, “The first     6     (profession) woman architect in the country     7     (be) ready for business.”

Louise believed that she should not be limited to designing private     8     (home) just because she was a woman. She looked for a variety of jobs and designed storage buildings, factories and schools. She did very well, inspiring other women     9     (become) architects. She often spoke out for     10     fair treatment of women and equal pay for equal work.

It was getting dark when I got home. I walked up to the door and put my hand into my pocket     1     (take) out my key. But I couldn’t find it. I suddenly remembered that I     2     (leave) it on my desk in the office. It really didn’t make any difference. I knew my wife was at home and the children must have come back from school by then, so I     3     (knock) at the door.

Before she could even talk, Ellie Heath spent hours    1    (draw) pictures. When she grew    2    (old), the 15-year-old discovered the joy of sewing (缝纫). She found    3    creative and calming.

She started out making small objects like soft playthings. Over time, she began making clothing. Her love of the work led    4    her opening a business. Three Blue Bunnies is the name of her company, which makes    5    she calls “wearable art”.

Her definition of wearable art is something that makes one feel special. It’s one of a kind, often handmade. She sells her creations in markets. All the pieces Ellie creates    6    (make) of used or donated cloth material.

There are 21 billion tons of cloth material in waste landfills in America. Ellie Heath expects    7    (reduce) that amount through her work. She works with jean jackets, renewing them with artistic additions. The process starts with finding cloth material looking good with the jackets. Then, she    8    (find) out the proper design through trial and error (反复尝试).

Ellie is thankful to her mother for pushing her children to develop their artistic skills. Her mom has always been a huge supporter of the arts. She thinks    9    (create) feeds kids’ brains and that it’s    10    (definite) important for kids to be inspired by as many objects and people as possible.

Wang Peng felt     1    (frustrate) in his empty restaurant because no customers have come to his restaurant ever     2     he got up early in the morning. He wanted to find out why. He hurried out and     3    (follow) Li Chang into a newly-opened restaurant. He found that the owner     4    (name) Yong Hui was serving slimming food to make people thin. Driven by     5    (curious), Wang Peng came forward to take a close look at the menu. He could not even believe his eyes. He was amazed     6     what he saw. He hurried outside and went to the library to do some research.    7     a lot of reading, he realized that Yong Hui’s food made people become tired     8    (quick) because it was not energy-giving food.    9    (arrive) home，Wang Peng rewrote his own sign. The    10    (compete) between the two restaurants was on!

A 62-year-old Chinese man's traditional carpentry(木匠活)    1    (skill)are delighting millions of viewers on the internet as he creates toys    2    his grandson out of nothing but a single piece of wood, without glue(胶水), screws(螺丝)or nails.

Two years ago, Wang lent Shandong to live with his children. It was a    3    (nature)step to turn his bread-winning skills    4    an opportunity to make all kinds of toys for his young grandson, and it was not long     5    his son and daughter-in-law decided    6    (record)Wang's efforts. "We came up with the idea of    7    (make)the videos because we wanted to bring our rural culture to others." said Wang's daughter-in-law.

His son, who used to work as    8    video producer, films and edits the clips, which have also included Wang's cooking on self-built stoves, using    9    (local)produced ingredients(原料)from the mountains of Guangxi.

The videos were shared on Chinese content planforms Toutiao and Xigua Video first, and later on YouTube. And the master carpenter    10    (attract)nearly 60.000 followers so far.