Everyone loves his or her own country. We all want to turn our countries into the     1     one. In     2     years China has progressed a lot.

With the     3     of technology, our lives are becoming better and better. More and more people are coming to China. Some people like to live in the     4     country because there are no wars (战争). For     5     of tourists from other countries, this country is a wonderful place to take a holiday. They like many things in China,     6     Chinese food. Of course, if they are from USA or Canada, they can find the     7     food everywhere.

At the same time, a lot of Chinese people in other countries want to know     8     their hometowns have changed. Their hometowns have     9     many soft and sweet memories in their hearts. They have come to     10     how much they miss their country.

Dr. John, also known as “Dr. Deep Sea”, has just finished an amazing adventure. For 100 days, the University of South Florida teacher lived in a small room underwater.

On 1st March 2023, Dr. John, who’s 55, began the project. His goal was to stay for 100 days at a special underwater hotel. The hotel is 22 feet (6.7 meters) under the ocean surface in a protected area in Key Largo.

While he was living underwater, Dr. John stayed busy. He often exercised in the morning. He kept teaching his college classes, and he had online chats with over 5,500 students from 15 different countries. Dr. John worked with other marine (海洋的) experts to think of ways to protect and take care of the ocean.

A number of visitors dived down and spent a little time with Dr. John. He was also regularly checked out by a medical team. Dr. John said what he missed the most when he was underwater was sunshine.

On 9th June 2023, Dr. John was finally able to see the sun again. Many friends, family, and supporters were there to greet him and celebrate his success.

Dr. John was smiling when he came back up. Doctors quickly checked him out to make sure he was okay. Then, Dr. John spoke to the crowd about his 100 days underwater. “The human body has never been underwater that long,” Dr. John said. “This experience has changed me in an important way.”

Actually, Dr. John went through several big changes. For one thing, he became half an inch (1.3 centimeters) shorter during his time in the higher pressure undersea. For another, he was able to sleep much better. Besides, his health greatly improved in a couple of other ways.

Dr. John and his team of doctors plan to study the information they collected during the project.

4 . 根据短文内容，用方框中的单词或其适当的形式填空。（每词只用一次）

Chinese people have the Dragon Boat Festival for     1     2, 000 years. We started it     2     the great poet Qu Yuan. His country lost in the war, so he jumped into the Miluo River in Hunan and     3     himself on that day. People threw zongzi into the river so that the fish wouldn’t eat     4     body. Since then the Chinese have been making zongzi. Eating zongzi is an     5     part on that day. In the past, nearly every family made zongzi with     6    . But now people don't make zongzi at home. Most of them buy cooked zongzi in markets. It has become a kind of fast food you can get     7     time you want. There are also     8     customs (习俗) on that day.

People go to race dragon boats, drink realgar (雄黄) wine and put felon herb (艾) on the     9     door. In the old days, women couldn't race dragon boats because people thought it was bad     10    . Today women can race boats just like men. They can even make teams to compete in dragon boat racing.

An all-girl lion dance team breaks a “men only” tradition 女醒狮队横空出世，打破偏见

The lion dance     1     (hold) a special place in the hearts of people in Guangdong province.     2     history, it was a men’s art only. But the Nanxing Hexingtang Women’s Lion Dance Team from Renhe town, Guangzhou, broke the tradition with     3     all-girl team.

Coach Zhang Zheliang saw the number of young lion dancers going down and started     4     (train) girls in 2018. But     5     (village) didn’t like this. Girl dancers couldn’t even perform because some villagers took away their dance props (道具) or drove     6     (they) off.

    7    , Zhang and his coach, Yu Weizhao, didn’t give upon their idea to set up an all-girl lion dance team. They     8     (final) found girl dancers and trained them hard.

Their hard work paid off when the girls won their     9     (one) big award (奖) over the men’s teams in 2021. They had more wins and this made them respected (受人尊重的) in the lion dance community. Today. the team has over 20 girls aged 7 to 19.

The team’s     10     (successful) isn’t just about winning awards; it’s about     11     (break) bias (偏见). More girls start to learn lion dance because of them.

10 . 假如你是李华，以下是你的朋友Linda在学校填写的关于日常生活习惯的问卷调查(questionnaire)，请给她写一封电子邮件，指出她的问题并提出合理化建议。

From the questionnaire, I think that you need to better your living habits.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua