Ten-year-old Orion Jean has always known that kindness is important. He often p    1     it by volunteering with his family. But last year, after entering the National Kindness Speech Contest, he became crazy about it. Now he works to s    2     kindness everywhere through projects that help others. He c    3     his campaign（运动） the Race to Kindness.

Spreading Hugs   

After a teacher told him about the contest, Orion had only 24 hours to w    4    , memorize（熟记）, and record his speech. In it, he talked about the importance of kindness—especially right now, when many are facing d    5     from the pandemic（疫情） and dealing with injustice.

“Kindness is like spreading hugs around the world to those who need it and those who may not know they need it.” Orion said. He e    6     listeners to join him in “the race of kindness” by doing small, kind acts for others.

Orion’s speech won the contest. He used his $500 prize to fund（资助） his first Race to Kindness project, a toy drive for a local children’s hospital. He collected 619 toys. After that, Orion wanted to make an even b    7     influence. Working with a nonprofit（非盈利）organization, he packed meal bags for people in need. He included a kind message for each recipient（接受者）. Orion also o    8     several events in his community. In all, he collected more than 100,000 m    9     !

Everybody Wins

Orion believes that everyone wins this race. He says, “If you’re kind to someone else, it can make their day b    10     and inspire（激励） that person to be kind to somebody else. And then it just grows and grows, and it can make the world a better place.”

Do you like playing basketball? Do you want to watch the games on the scene? Have you ever seen crazy fans waiting outside only     1     (take) photos of their favorite basketball stars? Here comes good news for basketball fans in Zhuji. According to Xinhua News, the 2020-2021 CBA games     2     (hold) in Zhuji next month.     3     doubt, it is one of the biggest events this year.     4     was reported that Qingdao, Suzhou, Shenyang and many other cities offered to host this event, and Zhuji won. Some may wonder     5    . The reasons are as follows.

First, Zhuji is a famous basketball city. People here, young and old, enjoy playing basketball very much. Of all the county-level cities，Zhuji had     6     (many) standard (标准) basketball courts-2,232 basketball courts in 2011. Second, Zhuji also     7     (succeed) in setting the Guinness record for the largest basketball-playing scale (规模) in 2011. On 2,199 courts, 26,460     8    (play) took part at the same time.

    9     Zhuji is just a small city to the south of the Yangtze River, Zhujinese’ great love for basketball has made it famous nationwide. Now, it is     10     (general) accepted that Zhuji plays an active part in basketball game in China.

6 . A report(报道) on 3,375 students aged between 10     1     18 says that about 38 percent of them use the Internet often. Most of them get useful information and use the Internet to help their studies. But some are not using it in good ways. Many are     2    on-line games too much. A few even visit websites(网 站) that they should not look     3    . After that, their learning gets worse and worse.

In order to help students use the Internet in a good way, a textbook is used in some schools this term. It gives many useful ideas. For example , it's good to read news and do exercise at least   twice     4     week.

Teachers and parents all think the book is educational. It can teach students     5     to be a good person on the Internet.

7 . Da Mao and Er Shun are two pandas that have lived in Canada since 2014. They were going to stay there until 2023. However, they will be taken to China     1     （early） than planned.

They are now living in the Calgary Zoo in Canada.     2     May 12, the zoo said that it was going to send the two pandas back to China. This is because the zoo can't get enough bamboo for     3    （they）, Global News reported.

Because of COVID﹣19 travel restrictions （限制）, it has become more challenging for the zoo to get bamboo. According to the zoo,     4       adult panda eats around 40kg of bamboo a day.

8 . Cars make our life more convenient． But they can also be a problem， especially fossil fuel（化石燃料）cars， which are a major cause of air pollution．

To improve the environment， many countries are d    1    electric vehicles（EVs， 电动车）． Among them， China is taking a leading role and has created the world's largest EV m    2    ， according to the Wall Street Journal．

Last year， over 40percent of the 753，000EVs sold worldwide were sold in China， more than twice as many as the number sold in the United States， according to the International Energy Agency．

Chinese drivers are already big fans of ECs． Chinese auto companies（汽车公司）i    3    BYD and BAIC（北汽集团）were among the top in the world in EV sales．

"Charging an electric car is cheaper than filling up a fossil fuel car with gas，"said a customer， who bought an electric car from BAIC this year．

However， there are still some problems． It is h    4    to find charging piles（充电桩）． The cars can't go far before they need to be recharged．

S    5    of these problems are being solved， In 2014， China had 31，000charging piles， according to Xinhua News Agency． Now China has the world's largest EV charging network， with more than 167，000charging piles altogether， according to the Economic Daily．

China is trying to make EVs p    6    to reduce pressure（压力）on its environment． The government promised to s    7    increasing carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）．"As China goes， so will the world's auto industry，"the Wall Street Journal said．

9 . "Au pair," originally a French term, refers to a foreigner who lives with a family so he/she can learn the family's language and culture,while at the same time he/she takes care of the family's children and/or cleans the house in return for food,accommodations and a small s    1    .In recent years, many young Chinese have become au pairs in other countries,and many young foreigners have moved to China to work as au pairs．

The magazine ,Women of China recently interviewed three young Chinese, and three foreigners in China, each of whom shared his/her respective experiences as an au pairs.The following is from an au pair called Natalia Martinez Perez, Republic of Colombia.

I am 19 years old, and I come from Cali, a city in the Republic of Colombia.I have good relations with my brother and cousins.I love children, and I consider myself to be a happy person, who is able to make others happy as well.My dream is to travel around the w    2    , and to learn about different cultures and languages.

I saw the beautiful scenery of China and I learned about Chinese culture from m    3    and dramas that I watched.I have always been keen to travel to China since I fell in love with China and its culture.I respect the Chinese culture, and I want to know more about it．

I was an au pair in some other countries before I moved to China in October 2015.When I heard about the opportunity to go to China, via Outuo（OT）International, a Shanghai-based au pair agency, in 2015, I immediately applied.

Now, I live with my host family in Shanghai.The family has a daughter.I have d    4    a good relationship with the girl, her parents and their relatives.The girl says she really likes me.She asks me to tell her a story before she goes to sleep each night.

I teach the girl English after she finishes her homework.I teach her in various interesting ways, and she has developed a great interest in learning English.I cook Colombian food for the girl sometimes, and we also like to go shopping together.

Becoming an au pair has p    5    a good opportunity for me to experience different cultures in different countries.I think I am having an a    6    experience in China.

One day , bus No.1 was going along Louxing Road . Suddenly the driver saw an old man_______on the side of the road . A woman next to him was shouting for_______.

The bus driver stopped the bus_______thinking twice . He got off and asked the woman what happened . She said that the man had a heart problem and should go to the_______. The driver know he had to act_______.He told the passengers that he must take the man to the hospital . He expected most or all of the passengers to_______and wait for the next bus . But to his surprise , they all agreed to go with him . Some passengers helped the bus driver to move the man_______the bus .

_______the bus driver and the passengers , the doctors saved the man in time . Now many people don’t want to help_______because they don’t want any trouble .But the driver didn’t think about himself .He only thought about saving a________.