China announced on Monday it will provide $2 billion over two years to help to battle COVID-19,    1    has affected over 7 billion people and taken over 300,000 lives    2    （globe）and with economic and social development in affected countries, especially developing countries.

Given that some African countries have weak public health systems,    3    （supply）more material, technological and personnel support    4    them must be the top priority in COVID-19 response.

Since the outbreak, China    5    （send）a tremendous quantity of medical supplies and    6    （assist）as well as five Chinese    7    （medicine）expert teams to over 50 African countries. Besides, China is ready to work with the international community to help    8    hardest-hit countries under the greatest pressure from debt.

With the virus still raging, the most urgent task is    9    （make）all-out efforts in COVID-19 control and treatment. We must always put the people first,    10    nothing in the world is more precious than people's lives.

The artists of Dafen can paint like Van Gogh

The village of Dafen was once thought     1    (produce) the most oil paintings in the world every year.     2     (recognize) as the ”world’s art factory“, Dafen impressed visitors with its many workshops, in which painters created mock masterpieces by Van Gogh, Monet and Warhol. But the village was always seen more as a production line     3     a place of culture. Today the future of Dafen may depend on     4     it is able to earn respect of the art world.

Things started to change for Dafen in 2008,     5     the global financial crisis cut down overseas orders. With more demand     6     (come) from domestic market, artists began painting different subjects. New customers preferred Chinese styles, says     7    painter in Dafen. He learnt the art of Shan Shui which involves representing natural landscapes. In some ways Dafen reflected the broader economy. As exports start to decline as a share of GDP, domestic consumption plays a larger role in the     8     (grow).

China is the world’s second-largest art market,     9     it is not clear where Dafen fits in. Li Jinghu, an artist from nearby Dongguan, often visits the village hoping to discover new talent. But locals say the demand for their paintings     10     (decline) in the past two pandemic-struck years. ”Most people would probably be surprised that Dafen still exists. It does and it will, “ says Lisa Movius, a writer in Shanghai who covers art.

Known as the “father of hybrid rice”, Yuan Longping is one of China’s most famous scientists, who considers himself a farmer despite his fame and influence. To tackle the crisis of food     1    (short), he attended Southwest Agricultural College and    2    (choose) to study agriculture. Then as a researcher, he was devoted to    3    (find) an approach to boosting yields. Yuan    4    (convince) that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. Having overcome enormous difficulties, he developed the first hybrid rice in the world    5    could be used for farming in 1974, which made    6    possible to expand farmers’ output greatly. Thanks to his great contributions, he    7    (receive) numerous awards both in China and abroad.

Given that Yuan’s hybrids have made him    8    (wealth), one might think he would retire to a life of leisure. As     9    unique man of the soil, he cares little for fame     10    money. Instead, he makes large donation to support agricultural researching.

Using a lower temperature     1     (draw) out the extract, she found a substance that worked. After     2     (fail) more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971. Tu Youyou and her team members even insisted on testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe. Later, the medicine     3     (test) on malaria patients, most of whom recovered. This medicine,     4     was called artemisinin, soon became a standard treatment for malaria.