A 63-year-old Chinese grandpa's     1     (tradition) carpentry(木工)skills attract tens of millions of viewers online as he creates woodwork without glue, screws or nails. The Chinese master carpenter, Wang Dewen,     2     (know) as “Grandpa Amu” on YouTube, has been considered as the modern-day Lu Ban. His most popular video,     3     shows him making a fantastic wooden arch bridge, rose to fame on the platform,     4     (gain) more than 42 million views.

Grandpa Amu follows an ancient Chinese mortise and tenon(榫卯) technique, which means no nails or glue are involved     5     the entire process of building the arch bridge.

For     6     (decade), Wang worked as a farmer and a carpenter, making furniture for local building projects. Several years ago, Wang left Shandong     7     (live) with his children in Mengshan county. It was a natural step to turn his skills into an opportunity to make all kinds of toys for his young grandson, and it was not long     8     his son and daughter-in-law decided to video Wang's efforts. The master carpenter     9     (attract) over 1.18 million viewers on YouTube so far. Grandpa Amu insists that he isn't an internet celebrity(名人)     10     just an ordinary farmer.

Head of this year’s London Book Fair in March, media reported a rise in interest in translated works among British readers. For translator Anna Holmwood, this signals the     1     (arrive) of a new era.

“This is a big moment for Chinese fiction abroad,” says Holmwood,     2     has translated Chinese literature for almost a decade.

Her translation work, Legends of the Condor Heroes, a fantasy novel written by Jin Yong, and Liu Cixin’s science-fiction book, The Three Body Problem, are shown in a Nielsen report     3     examples of two of the most popular Chinese fiction works in Britain in 2018.

“Languages in growing demand include Chinese and Arabic.” according to the Nielsen report. It found that, against the commonly     4     (see) “not more than 3 percent rule” of translated literature’s presence in the English-language book markets, the number for 2018 was 5.63 percent in Britain     5     the total annual sales was worth $27.1 million.

Charlotte Collins, translator and co-chair of the British Translators Association, says: “As we can see, this proportion (比率)     6     (double) in recent years. This is     7     (true) exciting news.”

The Guardian quotes (引用) Fiammetta Rocco, administrator of the Man Booker International Prize, “    8     (read) fiction is one of the     9     (good) ways of putting ourselves in other people’s shoes. The rise in sales of translated fiction     10     (show) how hungry British readers are for terrific writing from other countries.”

Nowadays，more and more people of     1    （variety）ages and backgrounds are continuing to study to improve themselves. Here is three people's life-long learning experience.

Sun Wen，who failed to get into university through the college exam，is about     2    （get）a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering by distance learning. He studies in the evenings and on weekends while     3    （keep）a secure full-time job. In his opinion，the last four years have been hard work，    4     it's been worth it！

Ms Tang, who was laid off three months ago, has decided to do a business course     5     is very helpful. She has learned many new skills and is going to set up her own export company.

Grandpa Chen, 75 years old, decided to become an Internet     6     (use) a few months ago because the postage     7     (go) up already. He got his grandson to instruct him on how to email and use the Internet. He     8     (real) enjoys the speed at which his messages get     9     (send) and answered. And aside from emailing, he finds     10     is fun to see and talk to his grandchildren in the US on the i-Cam. And now he is practicing the alphabet and doing an English course on the Internet.

During the     1     (twenty) century , the temperature of the earth     2     (rise) about one degree Fahrenheit. It is a rapid increase when compared    3     other natural changes .

There is no doubt    4    the earth is becoming warmer. Scientists believe     5     is human activity that has caused this global warming. The increase in the earth's temperature is due to the    6     (burn) of fossil fuels. Some byproducts of this process     7     (call) “greenhouse” gases, the most important one of    8    is carbon dioxide. Without the “greenhouse effect”, the earth would be thirty-three degree Celsius    9     (cool) than it is. So, we need those gases. The problem begins when we add huge quantities of extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing the global temperature     10     (go) up.