Shen Kuo was an excellent scientist of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was an all-round scholar of astronomy, literature, physics, chemistry, calendars, geology, meteorology     1     medical science. He was also an outstanding engineer and excellent military strategist. He even made a great contribution     2     art and literature. So Shen Kuo was well known for being     3    (knowledge) in ancient China.

Meng Xi Bi Tan, Shen Kuo’s famous scientific work,     4    (complete) between 1086 and 1093. In the book, he wrote a lot about the animals and plants he had seen when     5    (travel) through the country, such as giant clams in the South China Sea, crocodiles in Chaozhou, Chinese wolfberries in the northwest of China and jerboas in the desert of northern China. The book also introduced     6    (method) of killing insect pests.

Shen Kuo pointed out in Meng Xi Bi Tan that human beings had pharynxes(咽)and larynxes(喉), with pharynxes for food and larynxes for ventilation (换气). He also     7    (have) great knowledge about fossils(化石). When visiting the Taihang Mountain,     8     is located in Shanxi Province, he discovered fossilized seashells and noted the presence of stones like those often     9    (find) on the seashore, leading him to conclude that Shanxi had been located by the sea in the distant past.

Meng Xi Bi Tan was     10    (wide) regarded as an important scientific work in ancient China.

A photo exhibition featuring the Beijing Winter Olympics co-host city Zhangjiakou     1     (launch) at the China Cultural Centre in Singapore on Jan 15, 2022.

Through a series of photos of Winter Olympics stadiums in Zhangjiakou and the city’s places of interest, the show aimed     2     (interpret) the spirit of Beijing Winter Olympics for Singaporeans.

Xiao Jianghua, director of the China Cultural Centre in Singapore,     3     (deliver) a speech. At the ceremony, Xiao said that Beijing had become the first city to host both the Summer     4     Winter Olympic Games. Xiao also said that the Beijing 2022 Olympics would be a(n)     5     (forgettable) event for global Winter Olympic athletes and ice and snow sports lovers.     6     no Singaporean athletes had qualified (有资格) for the Games, Singapore Changi Airport would become a center in the region for the event.

Ellen Lee, president of the Singapore Table Tennis Association, said that as     7     member of the sports community in Singapore, she paid close attention to the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics with     8     she was very impressed. She praised the Chinese government and its people for making full     9     (prepare) for the Games, and expressed her full confidence     10     the success of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Imagine the scene: Wearing protective clothes from head to toe, 12 players are skating on the ice and holding their hockey     1     (stick). Ten players try to pass and shoot the puck ( 冰 球) into their opponents’ net but two of them are defending their net. This is ice hockey.

Ice hockey is thought to have come from stick-and-ball games     2     (play) in the British Isles long ago. It     3     (introduce) to North America later and became    4     (particular) popular in Canada, becoming the country’s official national winter sport. With more and more people     5     (take) part in the sport, ice hockey became an event in the first Winter Games in Chamonix, France, in 1924.

Ice hockey is the dance of life,     6     shows the power and passion of the players.

An ice hockey match is non-stop unless there is a penalty (判罚) or    7     goal is scored. During the match, all of the players are focused     8     getting their team the victory.

The hard puck moves at a very high speed. For many people, there’s an instinct (本能) to move out of the way. But hockey players stand bravely with the help of padding. According to Kevin Bieksa, a Canadian     9     (profession) ice hockey player, hockey players might leave with a broken nose or jaw in the first period, but they’ll come back     10     (continue) playing in the second period. How exciting!