【推荐2】Where did you go yesterday? Did you hear music at any of those places? Today most shops and restaurants play music.

Scientists believe that music _______ people’s behavior (举止). According to some scientists, the sound of western classical music makes people _______ richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend more money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays modern music, people spend less money. With _______ music, people spend even less.

Scientists also believe that loud, fast music makes people eat faster. In fact, people eat their food faster when the music gets faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their _______ hours. This gets people to eat faster and leave quickly. Restaurants want to make people spend more. Next time you hear music somewhere, be _______. It might change the way you do.

【推荐1】I arrived in the UK last week to learn English. So far I have already made a few friends and had some traditional English food there. But after having hamburgers and sandwiches, I thought none could be ________ than Chinese food, especially my favorite—huo guo. You can’t imagine ________ excited I was when I knew there was going to be a free meal of hotpot to welcome the new students. On the ________ to the canteen (食堂), I seemed to smell huo guo in the air.

________ my surprise, When I stepped into the room, I did not see sign of huo guo. I was really curious about what I was going to eat, ________ I asked a British girl. After I talked with her, I got to know that Chinese huo guo ________ hotpot. Chinese huo guo is written in ________ words—hot pot, and hotpot, one word, is a traditional English dish.

Hotpot is made from mutton (羊肉) and onion. On the top are pieces of potatoes. It ________ very little effort to prepare. You can often see it at parties in the UK because it is easy to ________ for many people and is not expensive.

Hotpot tastes good. However, I ________ miss huo guo—hot pot, two words.

【推荐2】Life is not easy. so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”

When I was 14, I was _______ shy to talk to anyone. My classmates often laugh at me. I was sad _______ could do nothing. Later, _______ happened. It changed my life. It was an English speech contest (比赛). My mother asked me to join it. What a(n) _______ idea! It meant I had to speak in front of all the teachers and students of my school!

“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to _______.” Then, Mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to remember all the speech and practised it over 100 times. _______ my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could _______ believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers (欢呼) from the teachers and students. Those _______ who once looked down on (瞧不起) me, now all said “Congratulations!” My mother hugged me and cried _______.

Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell ________ to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.

【推荐3】I was the youngest of the three sons in my family. My ________ were five and seven years older than me. They did most of the housework in my family. I rode my bike around our town, played basketball or walked in the woods. I did these things ________ fun during my childhood. I had no housework or farm work to do.

When I was sixteen, however, both of my brothers moved away. My dad was ________ ill that he couldn’t do any work. So I had to do a lot of work. I grew vegetables in ________ and I fed sheep in summer. In autumn I ________ wood to keep us warm in the winter. And all year round I carried water from a mountain spring（泉水）back to our house so we had water to drink and cook with. Every day, I was very busy and I felt very ________.

At first, I was very unhappy. But ________, I began to find happiness in helping my parents that I loved so much. I sang to myself while collecting wood, and I ________ while carrying water. I even found myself ________ my mum with the dinner dishes and cleaning, I started to realize something that I would carry with me the rest of my life: ________ you do your work with love, it isn’t work.

【推荐1】Ma Yu is a relic restorer（文物修复者）at the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum（秦始皇帝陵博物馆）in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. His job is to restore relics and _________ them from becoming broken. He has worked at the museum for 29 years. He is hard-working _________ has already restored hundreds of damaged relics to their original state（原状）. He is more like a doctor that brings the _________ back to life.

Ma Yu was born in 1972. His father used to work at the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum, so when Ma Yu was young, he _________ his wish to have a job like his father’s in the future. At the age of 20, he became a relic restorer and his dream _________. Four years later, he was chosen to _________ a two-year training course in Xi’an.

“It’s a great _________ for me to work as a relic restorer. Life is short, but I want to leave something _________ for people. Each relic stands for a culture of a certain period of history. As a relic restorer, I must be very careful and put all my _________ into my work, or I can’t restore to its original state. It is like a medical accident that you must make up（弥补）, so one must __________ some special training to be an excellent relic restorer, said Ma Yu.

【推荐2】Fan Shenghua, 59, is one of the inheritors (传承人) of the Longjing tea roasting technique(烘焙技术). We can know about _______ his job is from his hands—they are thick and full of calluses (手茧).

“You have to touch the leaves with your hands _______ how much water should be removed(去除),”Fan said. “If too much is removed, the leaves will break into pieces; If not enough is removed, the tea will taste _______.”

This traditional technique not only makes sure the quality of the tea, but also is _______ important part of Chinese tea culture. “Longjing tea leaves are famous _______ their color, taste and shape. We can make the best of _______ only by hand. It’s like making a work of art.” Fan said.

These days, however, more people _______ machines to do the job. “It’s easier, but the quality is not as good.” Fan said.

_______ President Xi Jinping visited Hangzhou this year, he watched Fan roast tea leaves. Fan changed the strength and movement of his hands as he felt the tea leaves roast. President Xi Jinping later said, “The things made by two hands can never _______ by modern technology.”

Fan is now teaching students. His son, a ________ college graduate, is one of them. “It’s a tradition. We need to pass it down.” said the father.

Dragons are not real animals, but they look like a mix of many animals such as snakes, fish and tigers in Chinese culture. They have two horns (角) and a long ________. With fantastic powers, they can ________ in the sky or swim in the sea. They can make rain, too.

The Chinese dragon is a symbol of ________ and good luck. The kings of ancient China ________ dragons. Their clothes were covered with ________ of dragons. Today we are ________ to call ourselves the “descendants (后代) of the dragon”. In China, excellent people are often called “dragons”. A number of Chinese sayings talk about dragons, such as “Hope one’s child will become a dragon”, which means that ________ hopes the child will be successful.

It is ________ that people born in the Year of the Dragon have certain characters. They are creative, active, and brave, but they become angry ________. There are some famous “dragons” who have done excellent things and are very ________.

There are also some traditional ________ about dragons in China, such as the Dragon Head-raising Day and the Dragon Boat Festival, which are ________ in different ways. These two festivals come every year, ________ the Year of the Dragon comes every twelve years.

The dragon is one of the most important elements in Chinese culture. Someone ________ is interested in Chinese culture may study it and thus have a better understanding of Chinese culture. We are the “descendants of the dragon”, and it’s our duty to work together to ________ our traditional culture on to more and more people.