One Tuesday afternoon, Ma Li returned home from school. She called out for her mother ______ there was no reply. Thinking that her mother had gone out, Ma Li went into the kitchen to see ______.

However, Ma Li came across a strong smell of smoke. ______! The towel beside the stove (火炉) had caught fire. Thinking that her parents were not at home, Ma Li ______ that she had to put out the fire alone. She ran to the living room ______ the fire extinguisher (灭火器) before returning to the kitchen to put out the fire.

When the fire was put out, Ma Li ran back to ______ living room, picked up the telephone and tried to call her mother. At that moment, her mother came out of the bedroom with a(n) ______ expression on her face. After Ma Li told her what had happened, she said sorry to Ma Li ______ falling asleep with the stove still on.

Ma Li ______ for putting out the fire. She was glad that her father had taught ______ to use the fire extinguisher. It helped to prevent a fire from breaking out at home.

It was a sunny afternoon. Han Lei and his sister Han Mei were helping Mom ______ the room.

“Hey, Han Lei,” said Mom. “Would you please put these paper towel tubes (纸巾内管) in the bin?” Han Lei looked at the tubes and something came to him. He asked, “Could I use them to make a   ______?” “Great idea!” said Mom. “Do we have any other good recycle material (可回收材料)?” asked Han Lei. “Come on. Let’s go and see what else we can find in ______ house,” said Mom.

Then, they walked around and kept ______. “This box would be good,” Han Lei pointed out,“______ it’s full of books on the shelves (书架). Can you give me a ______? Then you can have the box,” said Mom. “Sure, no problem!” said Han Lei ______, “Now I only need several more things.” Han Lei happily collected all his materials. He sat on the floor, cutting and gluing all afternoon.

“I like your robot,” said Han Mei. “Thanks. But his head is broken, and I can’t ______ it,” said Han Lei. Han Mei came up with an idea. She ran away and ran right back with an old hat. “Remember this hat?” asked Han Mei, “I wore it when I was a baby. Now it’s too ______ for me.”

“Thanks, it’s perfect!” said Han Lei, “What do you think, Mr. Robot?”

“I love it,” said Mr. Robot, in a funny voice, “You are really good ______ making things out of recycling materials.”

Who do you admire? Different people may have different ideas.

If you’re a sports fan, perhaps the person you admire most is a great volleyball player, and Zhu Ting is probably the one in your mind. If you study music or play an instrument, perhaps the person you admire most is a gifted musician like Mozart, who began to write beautiful music at a very young age. Or maybe you admire great scientists, for example, Yuan Longping.

We have many reasons to admire famous people and we often give much of our respect to them. However, we shouldn’t neglect those who are common, such as nurses, train drivers, firemen, cleaners and so on. They may be working in a corner of the world without being noticed, but all these people spend their working days serving the public. They show great dedication. However, what they do is often unnoticed by us. Have you ever thought of what our life will be like if they stop working?

So next time when you appreciate famous people, don’t forget those who are common around you.

The Forbidden City, or the Palace Museum, has been considered a great old museum for a long time.     31     Nowadays, such cultural and creative products have been one of the hottest topics and they are popular among Chinese people.

The Palace Museum came up with many products. The products include notebooks with embroidery (刺绣) covers and dolls of emperors and empresses.     32     It was reported that the products were sold for about 1 billion yuan in 2023.

Besides the products, the Palace Museum also created an app.     33     Users will be guided to learn about a day of life and work of an emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Several years ago, a documentary called Masters in Forbidden City became popular online.     34     They say that they can learn a lot about Chinese history and culture by watching the documentary. The documentary also makes them want to work at the museum.     35     For example, the National Museum of China has had similar projects, too. China encourages more and more museums to take different measures (措施) to make young people interested in Chinese history and culture.