A long time ago, there lived a king. He built many things. Every year, he would spend a lot of money ______ his palace and every time it was much _______ than before.

One day, the king had a new plan and he said to his men, “This year, I ______ he best palace in the world. It _______ be praised(称赞) within my kingdom, and by the people of neighboring states.”

After building his palace. the king invited noblemen(贵族) from his kingdom, as well as from neighboring states to come. And he asked them _______ their opinions about the palace.

“Unbelievable! It is _______ most beautiful palace,” the noblemen said. They looked around the palace and thought it was_______. But one man who looked young stood in the corner. He hardly said _______.

The king wanted to know why the man was quiet when ________ else was praising his palace. He walked up to the man and asked, “Hello, young man. You keep silent. Is there anything wrong with my palace?” The man smiled and replied in a calm voice, “Your Majesty! Your palace is strong and will last _______ years or even longer. It is beautiful _______ not perfect. Many of your people are still suffering a hard life, _______ your palace looks wonderful. Because of that, I am silent.”

The king listened to the young man’s opinion _______. Then he thanked the wise man for _______ honest words and said he would never try to rebuild his palace again. Instead, he used the money _______ the people in need.

If you look around on the street, you can often see girls wearing a kind of traditional Chinese dresses normally with crossed collars (衣领) and long, big sleeves (袖子) around the body. In fact, a new trend (趋势) is coming in China — Guochao.

The word Guochao has appeared along with the growing idea of “Made in China”. “China has recently seen young people’s increasing interest in Chinese brands (品牌) and products (产品) which include Chinese traditional style and culture. This is what is called Guochao.” China Daily explained.

Guochao got people’s attention in 2018. Before that, famous foreign companies ruled the world market. But that year, one of the Chinese sportswear brands (品牌) changed things up. During the 2018 Fashion Week, a Chinese sportswear brand introduced its new collection (系列服饰) which was in the theme of the spirit of Taoism (道教). The collection not only had a popular look, but also included traditional Chinese culture such as Chinese characters. It caught many people’s eyes at home and abroad at once.

Since then, ▲ , from clothing to food and drinks, mobile phones and electric cars. However, behind all these things lies one thing that won’t change. That is people’s pride in China’s development and their growing confidence in national culture.

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All feelings went to an island on holiday. Suddenly, the clouds got dark, and they realized a storm was coming, so all rushed to their boats. However, Love didn’t wish to runaway so quickly. There was so much to do. But as the storm got closer and closer, Love realized it was time to leave. But there were no boats to use. Love looked around with hope.

Richness passed by Love in a large boat a few minutes later. Love shouted, “Richness, can you take me with you?” Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold in my boat. There is no place here for you.”

Love decided to ask Vanity(虚荣) in a beautiful boat for help. But Vanity said with a cold voice, “No, I can’t take you with me. My boat will get dirty with your dirty feet.”

Sadness passed by after sometime. Again, Love asked for help. But it was useless. “No, I can’t take you with me. I am so sad. I want to be by myself.”

When Happiness passed by, Love again called for help. But Happiness was so happy that it hardly cared about anyone else.

Love was worried and hopeless. Just then somebody called out, “Come, Love, I will take you with me.” Love did not know who was so kind, but jumped on to the boat happily.

After getting off the boat, Love met Knowledge. Love asked, “Knowledge, who was so kind to give me a hand when no one else wished to help?”

Knowledge smiled, “Oh, that was Time.”

“Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?” Knowledge smiled and answered, “Because only Time can understand the importance(重要性) of Love.”

Big data (数 据) is a lot of sets of information that are put together so they can be used by a computer program. The computer program looks for different kinds of patterns in the data. Big data includes information collected from many sources (来源), such as information from schools, social media site, companies and governments. One set of data may include people’s names and addresses. Another set can have what they like, where they go to school, and how much time they spend on the computer.

Big data can be used in many ways. The government uses it to understand how many people travel on buses or trains. This information is then used to make bus or train systems better. Some schools use big data to understand which children may need extra help in class. The teacher can then give certain students more help or support so they can succeed in school. Companies use big data, too. It helps them understand who buys their products. For example, one company uses weather data to see when people eat the most ice cream.

Big data can be used for good reasons. Some hospitals use big data to predict (预测) if a baby who is born too early will get sick. The hospital can then take extra steps to take care of that baby so he or she does not get sick. Big data can also be used for bad reasons. It can be used to predict which kinds of people are likely to break the law or hurt others, even if they have not done anything wrong yet.

How can big data be used both for good and bad things? It is because the computer programs are written by people. How people think will decide how they use the date. People think in a certain way and they build models based on their ideas. These models will decide how computer programs look at the data. Good ideas are helpful for people and businesses while bad ideas can cause problems for certain groups of people.

Learning a foreign language is difficult for many learners.     46    

Reading aloud

When you start learning a foreign language, you should read aloud. Reading aloud instead of reading lowly only to yourself helps you in remembering.     47    

Building your vocabulary

You’ll have to make a few wordlists, you have to remember and review(复习) them often. You may review the wordlists at least once a day for two weeks.

Learning grammar

    48     But it can speed your language learning. Don’t jump to learn tenses(时态), it’s better to be done after you’ve learned some of the language. The most important thing is that you shouldn’t worry about the mistakes you’ll make when you start.     49    

Watching TV and movies

This is a wonderful way to learn a foreign language quickly.     50     They’ll help you a great deal with the vocabulary as well as catching what others say and also your pronunciation.

Our class was excited when we won the first p    51     in the sports meeting. I’ve learned a lot. As students, we must r    52     the importance of doing exercise. To keep h    53    , we can buy some books about how to exercise in our daily life. I’ll introduce one to you now. The new book includes many interesting stories and wonderful pictures. It’s called SPORTS. If you don’t like reading books, you can also read e-books with your mobile phone. They are so p    54     among the students. Most of us like e-books so much. Besides, you can read a    55     and anywhere if you want during the day or before going to bed.