Every day we use energy. We use it for cooking, for heating and for lighting our cities. The energy comes from many different     1     (source). It can come from the sun, wind and water, but the energy we depend on the most comes from deep inside the Earth. These include coal, oil, and natural gas.

These fuels come from the remains of plants and animals. It takes millions of years     2     (make) them. However, with the world’s population     3    (grow), more and more of these fuels are dug up from the ground. Yet these fuels are non-renewable. When they     4    (use) up, they will be gone forever.

We need to have a strong sense of     5    (responsible) and it’s high time for us to think about     6     we can help save energy and preserve these fuels.

What about turning off anything     7     (electricity) we are not using? That’s a start! We can also recycle things such as newspapers, cans, bottles, and plastic—including plastic bags. Plastic bags start out as either oil     8     coal, and one big city can use millions of plastic bags in a year. When we use recycled things, it takes less energy     9     making something new.

Cars consume a lot of fuel, but there     10     (be) a variety of measures that car owners can take to preserve fuel. Try asking your family whether we can take a bus or walk instead of using the car.

During the World Elephant Day on Thursday, Chinese and foreign experts gathered in one online forum(论坛)     1     ( discuss) ways to protect elephants better based on the migration(迁徙) of 15 wild elephants in Southwest China's Yunnan Province. This shows how Chinese people care about the    2     ( protect) of these giant friends.

The 15 wild Asian elephants among    3     one male turned back in July finally returned to their habitat after touring for 17 months in Yunnan Province. The case was taken by the experts as a    4     ( success) example on how to protect and guide the migration of wild elephants.

Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, mentioned an idea which focused    5     helping wild animals survive by     6     (reduce) the harm to nature and wildlife in our daily lives.

Zhang Chenglin, Deputy Director of the Beijing Zoo，who introduced some measures taken by Chinese zoos to take good care of elephants,     7     (say) that there were around 150 elephants living in zo0s around China.

“    8     ( human) and animals share nature. To protect elephants     9     (be) to protect our planet. Hope we can work with other countries to protect wild animals."     10     woman wrote on Sina Weibo on the World Elephant Day.

Every day we communicate with people around us. Much of what we communicate     1     (depend) not only on the words we use, but also on how we use them.Communication is the exchange of information    2    a sender and a receiver. The sender encodes a message and sends it face to face, or through video, telephone, mail or social media. In     3     (respond), the receiver sends an encoded message back.

This communication process can be complex and challenging     4    , with practice and patience, we can become a highly competent     5     (communicate). To accomplish this, we need to know with     6    we are communicating and his/her basic information. And we can then use it to determine how best to communicate with them.

While communicating with others, we not only use words but also use a lot of body language. When we notice a change in the other’s body language, we should make    7     (adjust) to how we will communicate accordingly.

Body language is     8     (sure) important in communication, but the value of empathy shouldn’t    9     (understate). We should learn to put     10     (we) in others’ shoes and look at the situation from their perspective. In this way, the communication is more effective.

When I was in France I tried to practise my language skills. However, my    1    ( break) French was so poor that sometimes I couldn’t make    2    (I) understood and so it ended in complete communication breakdown. I did my best to pronounce words clearly but of course I’m not a native    3    ( speak) or anywhere speaker approaching that level, so people often misunderstood me.

The other day, I met someone from another part of the country    4    had such a strong accent that at times I found him virtually incomprehensible.    5    was hard to believe that we shared the same language, to be honest. And it wasn’t just the accent — as     6       matter of fact, he was speaking a different dialect and using slang (俚语),     7     ( make) it difficult for me to follow him. We had to get someone    8    ( interpret) for us!

When you travel, there’s sometimes a language barrier that makes communication difficult. But I’ve found that body language, while not    9    ( exact) the same around the world, is sufficiently universal(广泛适用的), which     10    ( mean) that we can“ talk” to other people. Gestures and facial expressions allow us to show people that we don’t understand, that we want a particular thing, or whatever.

Since its first appearance in Paris in mid-December, the Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show     1     (attract) huge crowds to admire its fine designs and     2     (color) lights during the cold winter nights at the 163-year-old Jardin d’Acclimatation amusement park.

It is the first time that the lantern show,     3     national intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) item in Shanghai, has been held outside China.

The show, which opened on Dec.15 in Paris at the same time as the one that opened in Shanghai’s Yuyuan Garden,     4     (be) among events celebrating the     5     (sixty) anniversary of the establishment of China-France diplomatic relations. It also welcomes the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism. The show will run through Feb. 25.

According to the event’s organizer Yuyuan Inc., 3,000 online tickets     6     (buy) up in a day, with additional ones being sold in-person.

At the brightly lit double dragon-shaped gate, long lines     7     visitors can be seen at the entrance.

    8     (theme) on “Classic of Mountains and Seas”,     9     shares the name of the ancient Chinese mythology (神话) Shan Hai Jing, the event comprises 60 large Chinese lantern sets and 2,000 traditional lanterns,     10     (allow) visitors to appreciate the breathtaking art of Chinese lanterns and broader Chinese culture.