Twenty-one students from Changchun No.150 Middle School in Jilin Province, China, spent 129 days     1     (create) a relief painting on the wall of the school’s art classroom. Inspired by Wang Ximeng’s famous painting “A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains”, the students completed it under the guidance of their teacher Duan Yingzi.

According to the teacher, this painting, which measures nearly 3.5 meters in height and 11 meters in total length,     2     (be) part of the school’s special subjects. The process of creation includes drawing an outline (轮廓) , applying base colors,     3     then painting the final artwork. Most of the students involved in the creation had no painting experience.     4     (make) the process easier for the students, Duan outlined the basic shapes and the students added the     5     (detail). The most challenging part was the process of color mixing, which took from two months     6     three months to perfect.     7     there were slight differences in color compared to the original painting, the students were still very pleased with the final result.

The teacher explained that recreating the artwork allows the students to     8     (true) appreciate the charm of the original painting. In the past, students could only see     9     painting in books. By recreating it, she believes that students can gain a     10     (deep) understanding of the ancient Chinese artist’s wisdom.

The future looks bright for a high school senior in Florida after being accepted into 27 colleges     1    (offer) him a collective $4 million in scholarship money.

For Jonathan Walker, who attends high school in Panama City, the next challenge will be choosing which school    2    (attend). Among his impressive consideration     3    (be) Harvard, Stanford, and MIT.

In addition to his studies, Walker plays for his high school’s football team and is working to develop    4     wrist device to help people    5     are blind and deaf with communication. In school, he hopes to study engineering, an interest    6    (inspire) by a chemistry set his parents gifted to him.

“I found a way to channel that    7    (curious) into science and that soon blossomed into engineering. And then from there I really    8    (learn) that I could use engineering to help people, ” Walker told ABC News. “And so I just became super interested in creating devices that could help disadvantaged communities and people going through difficult problems.”

    9     for his key to success, Walker said he owes a lot to his supportive family. “They showed me what it’s like to be    10    (passion) about something,” he said.