When Zhang Tian arrived at the small country, not everything lived up to Zhang Tian’s hopes. The school was much     1     (small) than he had expected, with only three classrooms. In front of the classrooms, there was a playground     2     got dusty on windy days and muddy on rainy days.     3     (live) in the village was also more challenging than he had thought.

For a book lover, stepping into a bookstore is always exciting, but a new bookstore in China makes the experience really     1     (amaze).

Located in the west of Chengdu in Sichuan Province, there is a bookstore that is just like a magical world. Upon entering, visitors can see C-shaped bookcases,     2     create a series of private spaces. In the center of the store, towering arches (拱门) take advantage of the full     3     (high) of the space.

It looks like the books     4     (spread) out from the floor to the ceiling. But actually the books placed on the highest levels are not real. The store already has     5     collection of over 80,000 books, so there’s actually no waste of space.

Visitors walking through the store will find areas designed     6     (serve) different purposes. The children’s reading area, for example, features panda posters, bamboo bookshelves and colorful cushions (坐垫). The panda pictures hanging on the bookshelves are like pandas     7     (climb) on high branches. The colorful cushions can provide comfort     8     children to sit on the ground and relax. All the     9     (element) of the design come together to give visitors an interesting experience.

In a word, it really     10     (present) the local famous man-made landscape, even though it is in an artistic way.

In an old building in Peking University, a yellow light shone into the old and dark hours of the night. The famous translator Xu Yuanchong     1     (sit) behind the window and staring at the computer screen. He enjoyed working by     2     (he) from 10:00 p. m. to 4:00 a. m. For him, the quiet night was a     3     (value) time to focus on translation. He was exploring how     4     (spread) Chinese culture abroad by translating Chinese beauty into Western beauty.

Xu was born into a literary family in Nanchang     5     April 18th, 1921. When he was little, he     6     (influence) by his mother who was interested in literature. Xu began to translate Chinese poetry into both English and     7     (France) when he was still a teenager. He soon learned that Chinese and European languages were very different. Only about half of the words in these languages could be translated word for word. This is why translators should have     8     creative mind. They are always trying to improve their translations to make sure they are correct and beautiful.

Xu’s motto is: Good, better, best. Never let it rest until your good is better and your better is best.     9     Xu was widely considered to be the best, he never stopped trying to become better. The more you learn and the     10     (hard) you study, the better you will become. There is always room for improvement.

Wang Wei was a     1     (lead) Tang poet and painter. Born into a noble family, he passed the important jinshi examinations and became a senior court official in 721. Music and painting were among his many     2     (achieve) and it was as a musician     3     he received his first post at court. Wang Wei was banished (驱逐) because of some minor mistakes in manners and then traveled through the country being     4     (gradual) promoted through a series of official positions. His enemies destroyed his career prospects and around 759 he     5     (restore) to his previous post.

Among all works, he is     6     (well) remembered for poems that describe landscape and for his paintings of the countryside. Each of Wang Wei’s works     7     (bear) the features of his Buddhist views. His poems are often short (4 lines of 5 characters) and give     8     impression of a still scene rather than transformation. His poem Spring Stream is typical     9     his style. In this famous work, he writes about the rising moon and the birds     10     (disturb) by the moon in turn.