Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a world-famous children’s book. It came out in 1865, three years _______ its writer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson rowed（划）in a _______ with three young daughters of Henry Liddell. One of the daughters’ _______ was Alice Liddell. The other two were Lorina Liddell and Mary Liddell.

The _______ began at Folly Bridge near Oxford and ended in the village of Godstow. During the trip Dodgson told the girls a story. It _______ a bored little girl named Alice who goes looking for an adventure. The girls loved it, and Alice Liddell _______ Dodgson to write it down for her. He _______ to write the story the next day. A month later, the girls and Dodgson _______ another boat trip. Then Dodgson added more information to the story like the episodes（片段）about the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Tea-Party. To make the story _______, he studied natural history for the animals in the story. After finishing the story, Dodgson let the three girls and some other children ________ it. They all liked it very much.

Gu Ailing, an eighteen-year-old girl, is a freestyle skier(自由式滑雪运动员). She won two gold medals and one silver medal for China in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Gu was born in the US. Her father is American and her mother is Chinese. She started on the snow at the age of three. She got Chinese citizenship(国籍)when she was 15.

People say she is talented(有天赋的). But Gu says that talent is only 1% of her wins and her hard work is the key to success. While going to school in San Francisco, Gu could only practice on weekends. She spent eight hours going to the ski hill and back, doing her homework on the way and making full use of her time at the hill to practice skiing.

Gu said she wanted to encourage more Chinese young people to take part in ice and snow sports. “Of course I want to win medals and even golds, ” Gu once said. “But what’s more important is to bring out my own style, enjoy the game and love the sport.”

In China, safety education is becoming more and more important now. The last Monday in March is for students to learn it at school. It helps students learn more about how to keep themselves safe. What are the accidents at school? Let’s take a look.

Stampedes, earthquakes and fires are the main accidents at school.

A stampede always happens in crowded places. When students around you begin to push, just stand there and try to hold onto something. If you fall down in the crowd, move to one side and protect your head with your hands around.

When earthquakes happen, you can get under a desk quickly and hold on. It will protect you from falling things. If you are outside, find a place away from buildings, trees, and power lines.

When there’s a fire, leave the classroom quickly. It’s better to put something wet over your mouth and nose. In this way, you won’t breathe (呼吸) in smoke. Many people die in a fire, not because of the fire but smoke. It makes them cough and they can’t breathe. That’s very dangerous! So when you want to get out, you should make yourself close to the floor. Then you can breathe some fresh air.

Dressed up for space

Six hours of walking in space! On August 20, 2021, Chinese astronauts Liu Boming and Nie Haisheng did the second spacewalk of the Shenzhou XII mission (任务). They set up equipment (设备) and lifted a camera outside the Tiangong space station.

Spacewalks can be dangerous. There is no air in space, of course. And it’s filled with aharmful radiation (辐射). But the spacesuits, although they are bulky, can protect astronauts.

A spacesuit is like a small space station. It has everything astronauts need when they carry out a spacewalk. For example, China’s Feitian spacesuits have six layers (层). The innermost layer collects astronauts’ urine (尿液). Then there are four layers that help control the temperature and air pressure inside the suit. Spacesuits are filled with air, so they look like they’re puffed up. The sixth layer is made of unusual fibers (纤维) that protect astronauts from radiation.

Astronauts are connected to the space station with safety ropes. The suit has headphones and speakers for astronauts to communicate. There is also a mirror on the wrist (手腕). Astronauts can check their suits by looking at it.

The first Feitian suit was made in 2008. Zhai Zhigang wore it to carry out China’s first spacewalk for about 19 minutes. The suits Chinese astronauts wear today are the second generation of Feitian. It can support walks as long as eight hours and can be used more often. The first generation could only be used five times within two years, while the second generation can be used 15 times within three years. Each suit costs around 30 million yuan and it takes four months to make just one!

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The journey to the moon has been the first step towards exploration（探险）in space. The distance between the moon and Earth is very short indeed（的确）when compared with the distances between Earth and the other planets. Venus, the nearest planet to Earth, is millions of miles away!

Travelling to the planets will be man’s next aim. Such travels will be more challenging（有挑战性）than the trip to the moon and certainly more adventurous. In 1976 two American spaceships, Vikings 1 and 2, landed on Mars trying to discover whether that planet has any life out it. So far scientists are not sure about that.

Scientists have discovered that the surface of Venus is very hot and it is almost certain that there is no life there. Also the atmosphere（大气）of Venus is extremely dense（稠）and the pressure is nearly a hundred times greater than that of the Earth’s atmosphere.

Scientists believe man may find planets just like our home, Earth, but man should realize Earth will be the only home for a long time and begin to love and care for it.

During the Warring States Period （475—221 BC）, King Zhao of the State of Yan（燕昭王）wanted to gather talented people to make the state strong. He asked the scholar （有学问的人）Guo Wei for a    56    . Guo told the king a story.

In ancient times, there was a king who wanted a s    57     kind of horse. This horse could run 1, 000 li a day. It was called qianlima. He sent many people to find these horses and buy them for him. After three years, n    58    found him such a horse.

One day, someone new volunteered to help. Within three months, he heard about a qianlima. He rushed to find it, but the horse was a    59    dead. Still, he bought the bones of the horse with 500 pieces of gold.

The king was very a    60     “What I want is a live horse, not the bones of a dead horse!”

The man answered calmly, “I    61     this. You’re willing to（愿意）pay a high p    62    for a dead horse, let alone a live one. This shows people you truly wish to buy the horses. Just w    63    and the horses you want will come very soon. ”

Indeed, within a year, many qianlima owners brought their horses to the king.

Guo told the king that he could see himself as the bones of the horse. “If I am valued, more talent will be willing to serve the state, ” he said. The king built houses for Guo and t    64     him as a teacher. Soon, talented people across the state came to help the king. His state f    65     beat the State of Qi.