In 1883, an engineer named John Roebling thought of an idea to build a great bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However, bridge experts all over the world thought it was an _________ thing.

Roebling thought about the bridge all the time and he knew in _________ heart that it could be done. Finally he managed to make his _________ Washington, a promising engineer believe that the bridge could be built.

The project started well, but only a few months _________ an accident happened and Washington was hurt and couldn’t walk or talk or even move any more. And Roebling, Washington’s father, died.

“We told them so.” “Crazy men and their crazy dreams.” “It’s _________ to build such a bridge.”

Everyone laughed at them and felt that the project should be _________ since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. Although he was disabled, Washington _________ gave up and still had a burning hope to finish the bridge.

He tried to encourage his workers, _________ they wanted to give up. As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, he was able to see the sky. It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. _________ an idea came to him. All he could do was to move one __________ and he decided to use it.

He touched his __________ arm with that finger, talking to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same way of tapping（轻敲）her arm to tell the engineers __________ to do. It seemed silly but the project was going on again.

For 13 years Washington tapped out his __________ with his finger on his wife’s arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the Brooklyn Bridge is seen as a praise to the __________ of one man’s determination（决心）.

We often face __________ in our day-to-day life. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that dreams that seem impossible can be realized with determination and persistence, no matter what the trouble is.

Orion Jean is a boy from Fort Worth, Texas. He is making a difference in the world with his acts of kindness. And these acts may change the lives of people he has helped.

It all began after a student kindness competition last year where he gave encouraging words to share about taking the first step. “Kindness is a virtue (美德) we can all have, if we are willing to,” he said. “So why not start today? Because right now, it’s what we need more than ever.”

With the $500 prize money he won, Orion gave away toys to a local children’s hospital. Next, he helped prepare 100,000 meals for families in Texas. And now he wants to give books to kids who may not have them and plans to collect 500,000 books in a race to kindness.

Kherri Jean, Orion’s mother, wrote on her Facebook page on July 31 that Orion has already collected over 120,000 books. “Today was one of my favorite days!” she said. We had a ‘Race to Kindness’ free book fair for children and their parents. It was so great to see kids looking for books they like and taking them home!”

And even if he hasn’t met the goal of 500,000 books, Orion has done far more to put books into the hands of poor children than most. “It’s all about my moral (道德) responsibility to help people,” Orion said. “You know, it’s my responsibility to be able to see these people who need help know that I can help them.”

It is dark. Holmes, Lestrade and I move towards the house. “Let’s wait here,” Holmes says. “We can hide behind these rocks. Watson, go to the house and see what they are doing. Make sure they don’t see you.” I hide behind a wall. I can see Mr. Stapleton and Sir Henry sitting at a table.

Then, Stapleton leaves the room and walks to a shed in the yard. He opens the door and there is a strange noise from inside. After a minute he locks the door and goes back into the house. I hurry back to report everything to Lestrade and Holmes.

There is now a thick white fog over the moor. “The fog is getting thicker,” says Holmes. “This is very serious — Sir Henry must go home soon.”

Suddenly, we hear footsteps. They get closer and we see Sir Henry walking towards us through the fog. Then, we hear something. A terrible animal appears. It is a huge black hound. There is fire coming from its mouth and its huge eyes are glowing.

The hound runs after Sir Henry. Holmes and I both fire our guns. We hit it but the hound doesn’t stop. It jumps on Sir Henry and pushes him to the ground. Holmes points his gun and shoots the hound five times. The giant hound is dead.

Sir Henry is lying on the path. We run to him and find he is alive.

I put my hand on the hound’s glowing face and find my own fingers glow in the dark. “Phosphorous (含磷的),” I say.

We walk towards Merripit House to search for Stapleton. In the house we don’t find him, but we find Mrs. Stapleton tied up in a bedroom. We untie her. When she knows Sir Henry is alive and the hound is dead, she cries, “Thank God!” “Now we have proof, we need Stapleton.” says Holmes.

In a modern world where time is money, how have our reading habits been influenced? Are we reading more quickly or do we prefer to read short passages? The answer perhaps lies in the kind of text you’re reading.

When we’re reading online, we read quickly to search what we want. Does this mean that as readers we now have far less patience than we used to? Not necessarily. Much of this activity is actually skimming or scanning to check whether something is useful or interesting and whether we want to read on. We’ll slow down and take a bit longer to properly read the text if the headline catches our eyes.

For those writing for an online environment, this means finding more useful ways of catching the readers’ eyes. For example, putting the key information at the very beginning makes it more likely that the time-poor website visitors will find what they want.

But what about when we’re reading literature, are the rules still the same? The average reader works their way through a piece of an article at no more than about 250—300 words per minute, which is generally a page of text. If you try to read through a novel more quickly, then you start to lose a lot of what makes literature such a pleasure. When we read for pleasure, we are much less focused on picking out useful information or key words. Instead, the language itself is as important as the information mentioned. The longer you spend reading a passage, the more vivid a picture you create in your mind.

Sometimes an escape from the fast-moving Internet Age is just what we need, so maybe it’s time to slow down and lose yourself in a good book.

For most students,the time before exams is very stressful and difficult.    46     If exams really make you anxious or worried,you don't need to hide your feelings.Talk to someone about it.

How to get through an important test? Here is some advice.

★ Ask a teacher about how to review the lessons and improve testing skills.

    47     If your mind is tired, it will not work well.

★Get enough sleep and eat healthy food. Have a positive attitude:Don't be afraid of exams.

★ Stop thinking about the future and failure.

If you feel anxious, you can talk to someone about your feelings.    48    Some stress before exams makes you work hard for them.

If it upsets you to talk to your friends about the exam when it finished, don't do it! In fact, do not even think about the exam you have finished.    49    

If you study in the evening, you'd better not go straight to bed. Your mind will still be “going round and round"—thinking too much.    50     Do something that makes you relaxed and think about other things.

Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot（吉祥物）of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, has been sold like hotcakes. Professor Cao Xue is the chief designer of it.

Cao Xue clearly remembers the exciting day of September 17th, 2019.

“That day our design was c    56     as the mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. We were s    57     excited that we jumped up with joy.” After discussion by scholars（学者）, the mascot got a new name— “Bing Dwen Dwen”.

Bing Dwen Dwen is a panda w    58     an ice-shell（壳）. Cao said the idea came from a traditional Chinese snack—tanghulu.

In order to make the panda look more pleasant, Cao and his 14 team m    59     flew to Sichuan for field observation（观察）. They found that the size of a baby panda’s head to body is different from t    60     of an adult panda’s, making them cuter and more playful. So they improved the image based on the baby panda.