There’s nothing     1    (comforting) than a nice hot meal on a cold winter day, especially     2     you’re out and about. But what if you have no way of heating your lunch or ordering a hot meal? That’s where the world’s first microwave bag comes into place.

Made out of an innovative conductive fabric developed by Japanese company Sanki Consys Co. Ltd., the Willtex ‘Willcook’ bag looks like your average laptop bag, but it can heat up whatever you have stored inside     3     a temperature of 80 degrees Celsius in just 5 minutes. The bag     4    (it) weighs just 160 grams,     5     the rechargeable battery pack powering it weighs an extra 120 grams.

The true innovation behind the Willcook microwave bag is the stretchable fabric that generates heat just by drawing power from a battery pack. The revolutionary fabric has the same     6     (flexible) and lightness as regular cloth, yet     7    (provide) quick and uniform heating. 

The inside of a Willcook microwave bag reaches 80°C in 5 minutes after     8    (power) on, but users can set the temperature between 40°C and 250°C via a smartphone app     9    (call) Hotopia. The included battery pack lasts for 8 hours on a full charge and has     10     small, dedicated pocket on the side of the bag.

Old people always have a problem with their eyesight. However, there is good news for those     1     (suffer) from poor eyesight. Scientists said the    2     (solve) is to shine a special red light in the eyes for several minutes. However, they said not every red light will help improve     3     problems that are related to age. Professor Glen Jeffery, the co-author of a study into the effects of the red light and vision in older people, explained why. He said, “I    4     (strong) suggest that people should not just buy a red light online. The red light should produce the right wavelength and be    5     (rely). We are looking for a partner to do this and to make them affordable (负担得起的) for almost everyone.”

The study    6     (do) by a university. Researchers conducted tests    7     men and women aged between 28 and 72. They said some cells     8     helped process light had worsened in old people. Researchers said their red light helped those with poor eyesight improve the ability     9     (recognize) different colors, particularly blue. Doctor Jeffery said, “Poor eyesight is going to be major issue in the future. We need to make     10    (preparation) for it.”

In a wooden fan workshop in Jiangxi Province, Yu Xiuying is busier than usual. As she paints, bright flowers     1     (bring) to life across the fan. “Now I decorate at least 120 fans a day,” said the artist, “With the market     2     (recover), orders have increased.”

The fans Yu painted in Ganzhu Township will be sold to Spain. The small town has an increasing handmade fan industry, with     3     annual output of over 70 million fans.

The town’s fan industry     4     (date) back to the early 1980s. When working in Suzhou City in Jiangsu, Yu noticed that from streets to sidewalks, from parks to scenic     5     (spot), locals always carried a wooden fan     6     them. Yu and her partners acted; they visited a local factory     7     (learn) to process fans. In 1984, they returned to open businesses. “We took equipment back to Ganzhu Township     8     raised nearly 20,000 yuan to set up a processing plant,” said Yu. As the plan took off, more specialists were trained and the products won     9     (popular) in cities including Suzhou, Beijing, and Guangzhou. In 2003, Yu and others set up a company, of     10     the annual output value at its peak was up to 30 million yuan.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known     1    Qingming Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday that falls on April 4th or 5th each year. It is a time     2     families gather together to pay respects to their ancestors, by cleaning their tombs, offering food, burning incense, and performing other rituals.

The holiday has a long history,    3     (date) back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Tomb-Sweeping Day is now     4     public holiday in China, and many people take time off from work     5     (visit) their ancestral graves.

During the holiday, families will     6     (typical) bring offerings such as fruit, flowers, and other food items to the gravesite. They will also burn incense and paper money, and may perform a variety of     7     (ceremony).

In recent years, Tomb-Sweeping Day     8    (become) a more commercialized holiday, with many companies offering products and services     9     (relate) to tomb-sweeping, such as online tomb-sweeping platforms, and other products.

Despite these changes, Tomb-Sweeping Day remains an important     10     (culture) holiday in China, and a time for families to come together to remember and honor their ancestors.