Adam,     1     freshman at senior high school, experienced a     2     (challenge) and confusing school life at first. He had to think carefully about     3     courses he wanted to take. With the help of the school adviser, he finally chose the suitable ones. Chinese is a very difficult language for him, but he hope to be fluent when he     4     (graduate). As for extra-curricular     5     (activity), he tried to join the school football team, but the coach refused because of his poor     6     (perform).     7     (obvious), he was unhappy, but he won’t quit. He joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, he works at a soup kitchen and hands out some food to     8     (home) people in the community.     9     he is worried about keeping up with the other students in his advanced course and it’ll be quite difficult     10     (get) used to all the homework, he is happy to be there. He will be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.

China’s first artificial intelligence (AI) textbook for high school students     1     (bring) out last week, following a plan by central government     2     (include) AI courses in primary and secondary schools. The nine-chapter textbook,     3     (name) “Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence”, was written by outstanding     4     (expert) from well-known schools nationwide. It includes the history of AI and how the technology can be applied in areas such as facial recognition, auto driving and public security.

“The textbook focuses not only on basics of AI, but on     5     (practice) use of AI in daily life,” said Chen Yukun, a professor at East China Normal University,     6     is also a contributor to the book.

Up till now, about 40 high schools across the country     7     (shoulder) the task of being the first group of the AI high education pilot program     8     introducing the textbook in the curriculum. ‘‘The AI sector is facing a talent shortage     9     (globe). The publication of the book is     10     breakthrough as it takes AI technology out of the ‘Ivory tower’ and makes it part of high school learning,” said Lin Dahua , a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.