China’s TikTok, which     1     (take) the world by storm over the past years, is working its magic in its home nation, too.

In the annual report of     2     (it) parent company ByteDance this week, the Chinese version of TikTok     3     (call) Douyin has accumulated more than 600 million daily active users. This is an     4     (impress) growth for the addictive video app,     5     had got over 250 million daily active users by the end of December, 2018.

The report not only describes the users’ behavior and trends but also illustrates the cultural difference     6     China and the US. For example, knowledge-based content is     7     (extreme) popular in China, and less so in the US. Also, in the US, it seems that it’s mostly teenagers who are creating dance videos, but in China those people who produce the most dance videos are users born in     8     1960s.

With Douyin, users can record videos, edit them and share them online. It is a great way     9     (spend) the leisure time browsing these funny videos. Now, Douyin has established itself as one of the largest knowledge, culture and art     10     (platform) in China.

The Goddess of the Luo River comes alive in a video, which was shared by Henan TV Station on social media platform Sina Weibo. The ancient tale of romance is given     1     new setting and still provides attractive viewing for a modern audience. The tale is presented in what seems like slow motion. Not     2     (surprise), it became popular and has been viewed more than 20 million times.

The story of the Goddess of the Luo River has been the inspiration for countless contemporary artists,     3     have described the goddess of unmatched beauty through various art     4     (form), like movies and dance dramas.

But the reason why the video, which runs for around two minutes and     5     (title) Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess, created such an impression and has generated such a wave     6     publicity is that it was shot underwater. He Haohao plays the role of goddess. She masters not only her art but the technique of holding her breath as her lungs struggle     7     (carry)out their function. All this is done with the     8     (peaceful)facial expression.

It’s not the first time that Henan TV Station     9     (gain) attention with its appealing videos highlighting traditional Chinese culture. On Feb. 13th, 2021, a dance piece, titled A Tang Dynasty Banquet, which is less than six minutes long, was staged during a gala     10     (air) on Henan TV Station to mark Spring Festival.

This year, Zhang Guimei sent 150 female students to college from a free all-girls high school she had founded in 2008 in southwest China's deep mountains. For the past 13 years, a total of 1,954 female students     1     (graduate) from this school, the first and only one of its kind in the country. "To educate a girl is to change the destiny(命运) of three     2     (generation)," Zhang said.     3     64-year-old teacher from southwest China's Yunnan Province was presented     4     the July 1 Medal by Xi Jinping at a ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday. Because of her efforts to improve female education in China, more girls can change their destiny. When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, female illiteracy(文盲) was much higher than    5     of their male counterparts. In the 1950s, the Chinese government launched campaigns     6     helped some 16 million females become educated. In recent decades, wiping out illiteracy and     7     (improve) the reading skills of women is regarded as one of the     8     (high) priorities in China, according to the government's guideline for helping the country's females. The female illiteracy rate for those above age 15 has decreased from     9     (rough) 90% in the early 1950s to 7% in 2019. In 2021, China scored 0.973 in the Global Gender Gap Report     10     (release) by the World Economic Forum (with a score of 1 being completely equal).

Dian Fossey was an American zoologist who devoted 20 years of her life    1    the study and protection of Africa's rare and endangered mountain gorillas. She received instruction in fieldwork from chimp specialist Jane Goodall, and began     2     (watch) and recording the behavior of mountain gorillas. Her work took her to Zaire and then to Rwanda,    3    she founded the Karisoke   Research Center. After years of     4    (patience) observation, the gorillas came to know and trust her, and she found that she could sit among the gorillas and even play     5     (happy) with their young.

In 1980 , she attended the University of Cambridge. Afterwards she took up     6    teaching job at Cornell University in New York, where she wrote a book     7       (call) Gorillas in the Mist about her experiences in Rwanda. In 1984 , she returned to the Karisoke Research Center     8    ( continue) her fieldwork.

When her favorite gorilla     9    (kill) by poachers, Fossey started a campaign against poaching.

She raised worldwide awareness about the endangered mountain gorillas, and the animals are now protected by the government of Rwanda and some international     10     (organize) , including the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.

Taylor Swift took the crown from Taylor Swift at the American Music Awards and had the     1    (explain) for not being at the show.

    2    (appear) via video from another location, Swift said, “I have been beyond wonderful all the years of my career, but especially this one when we     3    (be) apart so far, we haven’t been able to see each other in concert owing     4     the pandemic.” “The reason why I’m not there tonight is     5     I’m actually recording all of my old music in the studio where we     6     (original) recorded it," Swift added.

Swift has been locked in a feud(宿怨) with celebrity music manager and businessman Scooter Braun since his company     7    (purchase) her music catalog last year from Swift’s former music label. Swift wasn’t the only celebrity     8    (show) in nontraditional style at Sunday’s AMAs,     9     had no live audience due to the pandemic.

Despite the unorthodox COVID-19 environment, Swift said to her fans, “I still feel really     10    (connect) to you through the music and all the ways in which your imagination honored that album. I just love you so much,” she said.