Recently, I read a book about animals called A Lion’s Traveling. Chinese writer Shen Shixi wrote it.

The book tells the story of five male (雄性的) lions. They had to leave their home and begin an adventure (冒险). ________ , four of them all died along the way. Only the youngest one named Red Ribbon is ________ . After going through many difficulties, he finally becomes the lion king.

The story shows the love and care between friends, the life and death brothers need to face, how they fight with difficulties and look after ________ .The young lion finally becomes the king. This teaches me a great lesson: Those who cannot ________ you will make you stronger. Everyone will face lots of difficulties during their lifetime. We should learn lo stay strong and find better ourselves.

The book ________ many pictures shows lots of exciting things about lions. You can not only read the great story but also learn a lot about the animals in the real world directly.

Do you know the World Cup? It is an international football competition that takes place every four years. The first World Cup event was held in 1930 and it was only cancelled(取消) in 1942 and 1946 in the history of the competition, because of the Second World War.

The World Cup can take place any where in the world. In 2018 the host country was Russia, in 2014 it was Brazil, and this year, in 2022, the host country is the State of Qatar. It is the first time that a country in the Middle East is hosting the World Cup and only the second time that a country in Asia is hosting the competition, last time was the 17th World Cup in Japan and South Korea in 2002.

Usually, the World Cup games take place within the months of June or July. However, with Qatar’s terrible summer heat, it would make soccer games unplayable. Therefore, decision was made to move the games to the end of fall, making it the first World Cup to do so. The 2022 Qatar World Cup was held from November to December. According to the decision, it started on November 21st. The final(决赛) took place on December 18, one week ahead of Christmas.

The change is good for the players, but some people are still worried, because the new time will be just European club season. FIFA said they would try their best to make things go well.

International Mother Language Day is celebrated on February 21st every year. The idea came from the country of Bangladesh(孟加拉国), and February 21st is also the day when the Bangladeshis mark the birth of Bangla. This day plays a role in     61     different languages together on a special day. The purpose of this day is     62     and protect the differences of different languages and cultures.

We use language to share our cultural traditions, our customs and thoughts.     63     many languages are special in a specific country, English has the greatest number of non-native speakers around the world. Non-native speakers mean     64     who learn a language as their second language. People in one country may get interested in a language of another country. For example, it's interesting that some     65     and Americans would like to choose Chinese as their second language now.

Do you know that there are about 7,000 languages spoken in the world? However, only 5% of those languages can     66     on the Internet! Many languages only have few native speakers and some even have no written forms. Languages that are close to disappearance(消失) are in Oceania. One language expert there even travels around in his     67     to call for people to protect the local language.

In fact, one language dies out every two weeks, as the language is not used any longer. If one language is     68     during the time, the culture behind it will also disappear slowly. There are many people who are     69     to prevent their languages from disappearing. International Mother Language Day gives us a chance to remember languages in the world. Perhaps you are unable to speak another language     70    , but at least you have ever heard something about it!

Some people are excellent listeners, some are terrible. To help you know about bad listeners. I’ve put together some of the habits bad listeners have in common.

    71     That doesn’t necessarily mean that we are bad listeners. However, imagine talking to someone who keeps looking somewhere else. You may feel really frustrated (沮丧的).     72     While a bad listerner gets out of mind very easily.

Picture this.     73     At that moment you want to share it with your friend. You tell him, but he gives you an answer like: “Oh, that’s great. By the way, what are we going to eat? How about....” See what just happened? They understand your words, they say what they have to say, and then they change the topic completely.

Some people first seem interested in you, but after your first three words, they stop you to talk about themselves. The bad listener says, “Hey! How are you doing?” You say, “Hi! I’m great, just got improved in math and ...” And they cut you off there. “I’m great too! So, I celebrated with my family and friends...”

81. 年夜饭是中国文化中最重要的团圆饭，传统的年夜饭是除夕祭祖后才能食用。假如你是李华，请给你以Family Dinner on Spring Festival Eve为题，向你的外国笔友Jack介绍你家的年夜饭—包括菜式(至少三种)、寓意以及相关的文化习俗，描述吃年夜饭的场景以及家人的感受等，并邀请他明年除夕来你家共聚。