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World Hello Day     1     (celebrate) on November 21st every year. Beginning in 1973, the day     2     (one) appeared in response to (回应) the fight between Israel and Egypt. And since then, about 180 countries     3     (take) part in this special day.

Anyone can take part in the day     4     (simple) by saying hello to and greeting at least 10 people you meet! Of course, they can be family members and friends, but it is better if you are brave enough     5     (say) hello to strangers on the street. Many      6      (win) of the Noble Peace Prize are among the people who have realized World Hello Day’s value as a way for keeping peace.

“World Hello Day aims at developing peace and clearing up barriers (障碍) between two nations. People around the world use the occasion of World Hello Day as a chance to express     7     (they) worry for world peace,” an organizer said. “    8     we join together, we can achieve a     9     (peace) world. The key is communication. We should try to create peace      10     talking instead of violence (暴力) to each other!”

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In China, the history of people planting and using bamboo can date back as far as 7,000 years. As early as the Shang Dynasty, bamboo     1     (use) in ancient People’s daily lives. People use it for food, clothing, transportation, houses, musical     2     (instrument) and even weapons(武器).

In 251 BC, Li Bing, in Sichuan,     3     (lead) the local people to build the Dujiang Weirs. Thanks to     4     (they) hard work, the first irrigation(灌溉) network in the world appeared. And bamboo played an important role in it. The world’s     5     (old) water pipe(管) was made of bamboo. During the Han Dynasty, the people in Sichuan     6     (successful) dug a 100-metre-deep well(井) with thick bamboo ropes. This technology did not spread to Europe until     7     19th century.

In Chinese culture, bamboo is well-known as one of the “four gentlemen” in plants. To many men, bamboo is a symbol     8     honesty and closely related to people who have the positive spirits.     9     people face difficult situations, they are encouraged     10     (hold) on by the effect of bamboo culture.

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Many years ago there were no clocks and     1     (know) the time was not so easy. Over the centuries people have     2     (develop) different ways of telling the time.

About 3,500     3     (year) ago, the Egyptians made a sundial. It was smaller than the sun clock and could measure (测量) the time for half a day.

On     4     (cloud) days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial.Water clocks were the     5     (one) clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows (流动) from one container (容器) to another. When the water reaches a certain level, it moves a lever (控制杆) and this shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China but they     6     (fail) to keep accurate (精确的) time.

In the 13th century, the mechanical clock     7     (invent). This was more accurate, but was expensive to make. Over the next few centuries it was developed. For example, springs (发条) were added around 1500. This improved accuracy and allowed clocks to be smaller.

In 1927, the first quartz clock was developed. Clocks became     8     (cheap) to build and own. People began depending on them more and more to run businesses, markets and so on.

More recently, in 1956, came the digital clock. And nowadays satellites (人造卫星) send our cell phones the time to the exact second. There has been a lot of progress in time keeping but some things never     9     (change). Most of us still have trouble     10     (get) out of bed on time and not missing appointments.

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Chinese culture is broad and profound. In China, writing brushes, ink sticks, paper and ink stones are called the Four T    1     of Study. Among them, the writing brush produced in Huzhou, the ink stick produced in Huizhou, the xuan paper made in Xuancheng and the ink stone made in Duanxi are the b    2    .

The writing brushes can be used to draw the pictures on painted potteries(陶器). They are m    3     made of animals’ hair. Those made of wool are called yanghao and those made of the weasel’s tail hair are called langhao. Their artistic effects(效果) in writing and painting cannot be copied by any other pen.

The ink stick is the pigment(颜料) used in writing and painting. The ink stick produced in Huizhou is of high quality. A s    4     goes like this: Two famous skilled men Xi Chao and his son produced a kind of high-quality ink stick. As a result, the Emperor Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty a    5     to give them the family name “Li”. From then on, the fame(名声) of the Li Ink Stick was widely s    6    . In the Song Dynasty, its producing area was changed into Huizhou, and it was then called the Hui Ink Stick.

Paper is among the four great inventions in ancient China. The famous xuan paper a    7     in the Sui and Tang dynasties. In Xuanzhou, Anhui Province where the xuan paper is produced, it’s said that Cai Lun’s pupil Kong Dan took the job of producing paper but f    8     to make perfect white paper. Later he happened to see the ebony(檀木) in the rivers. It was wet with w    9     and turned white. Then he used the bark(树皮) to produce the world-famous xuan paper.

The ink stone was already very p    10     in the Han Dynasty. The Ming and Qing dynasties saw the appearance of the Four Famous Ink Stones—Duan Ink Stone, She Ink Stone, Tao Ink Stone and Chengni Ink Stone. They can not only be used in writing and painting but also for admiration.