【推荐1】I feel upset because I have a strange neighbor. She lives in a house with     1    (dust) curtains    2    (hang) before dirty windows. I wonder if it is because she has no friend     3    she has developed the habit of setting down a series of facts she has gone through in her diary.

She seldom goes    4    (outdoor). However, one day I happened    5    (meet) her when she was walking the dog in the park     6    dusk. She was much     7    (concern) about my new novel. It was the first time in a year that I     8     (communicate) with her face     9    face. We didn’t stop talking until the sky was     10    (entire) dark. We had got to go home immediately because a thunder storm was on its way!

When I was in my second year of senior high school, a girl     1     (call) Jeanie in my class made a big name for herself. She had successfully passed     2     interviews for a famous women's university in the USA.

When I heard the news, I told the girl that I admired her very much. Then, she smiled at me and said the words     3     would never be forgotten: "You can also do it !       4     you have dreams, you should realize them. Without action, dreams are still dreams." Her words gave me so much     5     (encourage). She encouraged me to take action to realize my dreams. From then on, I spent a lot of time    6     (prepare) an article for a competition.

After several days' hard work, I finished it and handed it in. I kept waiting day after day,     7     I heard nothing. I was very     8       (disappoint) then.

One day, however, a classmate of mine pointed to an English newspaper and said     9     (excited), "Emma, your name is in the newspaper!” My heart beat wildly. With shock and joy, I picked up the newspaper. The thing that I thought was     10     (possible) had really happened.

Festivals are celebrated all around the world. No matter how different they may seem, the spirit of     1    (share) joy, gratitude, love or peace is common in all festivals. Of all the traditional festivals, the harvest festival can     2    (find) in almost every culture. People celebrate it     3     (show) that they are grateful for the year’s supply of food. Customs play a     4    (significance) role in festivals, but sometimes they can change over time. One example is Halloween,     5    slowly became an exciting festival for children, in spite     6    its religious origins.

Festivals are becoming more and more commercial, with businesses     7    (take) advantage of the celebrations. Online shopping websites and social media apps have made it much     8    (easy) for the public to spend more on gifts for their loved ones. Festivals are an important part of society. They reflect people’s wishes,     9    (believe), faiths, and attitudes towards life. And if you study festivals     10    (careful), you may be surprised to find that different cultures actually have a lot in common after all.

To celebrate the Lantern Festival the Palace Museum organized its first light show in the Forbidden City.

The complex, home to Chinese emperors for five     1    (century), was opened at night for the first time in 94 years. It was lit up with giant red lanterns and projections of ancient paintings. Masterpieces such as Along the River During the Qingming Festival were projected on the roofs,     2    (give) visitors a feeling like walking through time. The design team smartly combined high technology lighting     3     the principles of cultural relic preservation.

Only 3,000 people     4    (allow) in on that day: 500 people who booked their tickets online, and 2,500     5    (invite) guests including model workers, officers, soldiers, and ambassadors.

With     6     series of well-planned and tourist-friendly cultural activities, the Palace Museum is now on a campaign to make traditional Chinese culture more     7    (access) to the general public. It has set an example to other museums in our country, most of     8     seem to be still living in days gone by. Hopefully, the handsome turnover will be used     9    (appropriate) to better protect the Forbidden City and improve     10    (it) international image of being part of the world’s cultural heritage.

During Major Cold (大寒), as the cold current moves southward, the weather is very cold. Although modern meteorological (气象的) observation shows that in some regions of China the weather during Major Cold is not colder than Minor Cold, the     1     (low) temperatures of the whole year still occur in the Major Cold period in some coastal     2     (area).

During Major Cold, People in Beijing have a habit of     3    (eat) “dispelling cold cake”, a kind of rice cake. Sticky rice, the cake’s main ingredient, is rich     4     sugar. It can make people feel warm all over their bodies. In Chinese the word “rice cake” has the same     5     (pronounce) with the word “higher in a new year”,     6     symbolizes good luck and continual promotion.

In Anqing of Anhui province, people     7     (traditional) eat fried spring rolls during Major Cold. They use a round,     8     (cook) and thin pancake to wrap stuffing (馅) in a thin roll. Then it is fried in a pan with oil until it turns yellow and     9     (float) to the top. The stuffing inside the spring roll contains meat or vegetables and the flavor can be salty     10       sweet.