After     1     (participate) in the autumn/winter Shanghai Fashion Week in early April, Raphael Deray, a senior buyer for the French department store Printemps,     2     (admit) that his first trip to the city was hugely beneficial.

    3     (found) in Paris in 1865, Printemps is a world-leading department store for fashion, luxury, and beauty with more than 15 locations in some countries. According to Deray, up     4     5 percent of fashion brands in Printemps are from Chinese designers, and the trend is growing. “This trip to Shanghai Fashion Week is a great opportunity for us to discover new designers and introduce them to the European market,” he says     5     (excited).

“I am     6     (enthusiasm) about discovering new talent that may have been stimulated in the last couple of years to introduce them to the French market. We     7     (introduce) many Chinese designers to the Israeli market up to now, and the reception has been very positive. In search for new designer brands, we found many interesting and innovative designs and approaches to fashion in Chinese designers. That’s     8     we chose to attend Shanghai Fashion Week to discover more brands and expand our selection,” says Veronica Yakubov, a buyer from En Culture.

With the rapid     9     (recover) of domestic and international exchanges in the fashion field, Shanghai Fashion Week has not only seen     10     increase in buyers and audiences from all over the country but welcomed long-awaited visits from overseas buyers and professionals.

In China, the 24 solar terms     1    （create）thousands of years ago to guide agricultural production. But solar term culture is still useful today to help with people's lives through cultural     2    （ceremony）, special foods and even healthy living tips     3     correspond with each term.

Start of Autumn,（Li Qiu in Chinese）, the 13th solar term of the year,     4    （reflect）the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, meaning the     5    （fruit）season is approaching. Start of Autumn is also a big solar term for farmers. It's time     6    （gather）crops. There's a saying: “If it rains on this day, a good harvest is expected."

On this day, usually people will weigh themselves and compare their weight     7    what it was at the Start of Summer. If one has lost weight during the summer, then at the beginning of autumn, he or she needs to gain weight by     8    （eat）many different kinds of delicious food, especially meat.

    9    Start of Autumn indicates the beginning of autumn, hot weather will not come to an end. The period of hot days after Start of Autumn, usually lasting for 30 days, is called “Autumn Tiger" or “Indian Summer". Because of decreasing rainfall, it is even     10    （hot）during this period than during Major Heat.

Yesterday, we had great fun participating in a contest of     1     (recite)Tang poems at our school hall. It was held in an attempt to appreciate a variety of poems of different     2     (format) and greatly motivated our passion for Tang poetry. As there were some poems     3     our comprehension, we had to consult our teachers and exchanged opinions with each other. We were all in     4     good mood to deepen our knowledge of Tang poetry through the contest. It is worthwhile to participate in more     5     (contest) aimed at promoting traditional Chinese culture.

As a nature photographer, I enjoy working outside in the wild. Last summer in Yellowstone National Park, I followed a path that took me through a dark forest.     1     I was photographing an eagle, I suddenly found that four     2     (meter) away from me was a bear. It     3     (look) back at me. A second later, the bear     4     (turn) and ran into the forest. Somehow, I forced my finger to press the button and took the picture of the moment.

Joseph is a teacher in New York. He gives lessons to     1    (he) students about American history. But he was born     2     Kenya, an African country where the children lead a very different life. For example, a ten-year-old boy may spend     3    (much) time in taking care of cows than studying at school. The children also learn many     4    (skill) like how to live in the wild.

Unlike many other children, Joseph went to school. And     5    (lucky), when he was 15, he came     6    (study) in America and then became a teacher. Joseph has written     7     book called Facing the Lion. In the book, he talks about his childhood. He thinks     8     is very important for American children to learn about the cultural differences between their country     9     the others. He also thinks children should learn to be strong and full of hope. Now Joseph     10    (do) a project, hoping that it will help children face their own “lions”.

Pan Junfan, a one-legged man from East China’s Wenling City, sets a new world record in an extreme hiking competition through the Gobi Desert in Northwest China’s Gansu Province.

The 40-year-old     1     (lose) the lower part of his right leg in a traffic accident in 2015,     2    was a turning point in his life. He said although the accident was a terrible experience, it turned him into a     3     (total) different person, a tougher man.

    4     (inspire) by a video of extreme hiking, he set up a goal for himself — to complete an extreme hiking race one year later in the Gobi Desert. Intensive training helped him gradually adapt     5    the fast walking and running. In 2016, he took part in an extreme hiking competition and became     6     first amputee (被截肢者) to complete the entire journey. “I hope that by completing the challenge I can inspire people and tell them that life has limitless possibilities and not to stop     7     (try) something different,” Pan says. Since then, he has gone on to break multiple world    8     (record) as an amputee in extreme hiking. His     9     (determine) has encouraged many people in the whole world     10     (find) opportunity in difficulty.

Dr Lin Qiaozhi graduated     1     Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) and then became the first woman physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital.     2    (send) to study in Europe and then, in the US in 1939, though invited to stay, she chose to return to the OB-GYN department, becoming its first woman director in 1941.     3     it closed during the war, she opened a private clinic for poor patients.