“Military-style” travel (特种兵旅游) has become the latest fashion among Chinese college students. They spend as little money as possible to travel to as many places as they can during the weekend, hardly taking a b    1     or even sleeping.

To save money, they usually jump on a normal-speed train on a Friday night, arrive on Saturday morning, travel w    2     in the city, sleep at a 24-hour restaurant     3     a few hours on Saturday. Then they repeat the same busy schedule (行程) on Sunday before returning to their university in time for classes on Monday morning.

Videos of them taking such trips have     4    (be) hit online, with many people praising them for their energy and high ability to achieve their dreams. Others, however, q    5     whether such a busy schedule is healthy.

Hu Die, a senior undergraduate student at Inner Mongolia University of Technology, is one such traveler. She put together a 10-day holiday during the     6     (recently) May Day holiday period and traveled to six c    7    . To save money, she climbed Mount Tai completely on foot in the morning. She then h    8     to Jinan in the afternoon, visited Daming Lake and Quancheng Square in the evening. The next morning, she went to Baotu Spring and Heihu Spring. She traveled to Zi bo afterward and, after     9     (eat) the famous barbecue in the city, went to Yantai and Weihai and then returned to her campus. “We do not think we are doing something crazy. We are young enough to e    10     such a colorful travel schedule,” she said. “Moreover, when you travel with your friends, you are happy, and after the excitement kicks in, you do not feel tired.”

After a day’s work in my office, I walked home. On the busy street, I saw a young man     1     (sell) some small toys around the corner. Usually, I would hurry past such sellers and never buy anything. But when I noticed he was b    2    , I decided to stand there for some time. I wanted to see how he sold his toys.

Soon, a little girl came with her mother and wanted a toy which was 18 yuan. The mother took out a 20 yuan note. She told the young man how much she was giving him and wanted the change back. I was w    3     what he was going to do next. He told the mother to put the money in his bag and get the change herself. Then she did so.

What the young man did shocked me. He chose to t    4     people even if he couldn’t see. He let me know believing in people is a beautiful thing. I was so touched that I made a     5     (decide) to buy a toy although I didn’t need it at all. He said it cost 18 yuan and I told him that I had only one 20 yuan note. Again he told me to do the same thing     6     the mother. I put my 20 yuan in his bag, but I didn’t take any change.

As I walked down the street, I saw another little girl with her father and gave her the toy I bought. She looked at me in s    7     and thanked me politely. I was happy to see the s    8     on her face.

The young man was a good e    9     to us all. On my way home, I kept thinking the world would be a     10     (good) place if we all could learn to trust people more, just like the young blind street seller.

Do you know the boy in the picture? He is Kuang Heng. Kuang Heng lived in more than 2, 000    1     (year) ago in China. From the picture we can see at that time, he was in worn (旧的) clothes, and sitting at     2     wooden table with a pile (堆) of books on it. A little weak light came in     3     /θru:/ a small hole in the wall. He was reading     4     (careful).

This is the well-known story from the ancient Chinese idiom. Kuang Heng was so poor     5     he couldn’t even afford a candle, so he dug a hole in the     6    /wɔ:l/ to “steal” light from his neighbor’s house to     7     at night. The moral (寓意) of the story tells us that we should try our best to learn knowledge, but never lose heart easily, no matter how     8    /'dɪfɪkəlt/ the situation may be.

Of course, things     9     (be) quite different today, but we should remember that hard work pays off. We should take pains (痛苦) to improve     10     (we) by learning and get prepared for our future.

Wang Ling is my new friend. She is from China while I am from Canada. Yesterday, she     1     (invite) me to have dinner at her home.

After she opened the door for me, we greeted each other by     2     (kiss) on the face. When I entered the house, I saw     3     round dinner table. It was full of     4     (dish). They were totally different     5     what I usually ate at home. I had never tasted Chinese food. That was my first try. During the meal, I found that they ate     6     (quiet), even when eating soup with their spoons! Wang Ling told me it was impolite to make noise during the meal. Later, she showed me     7     to use chopsticks. Finally I succeeded! I felt excited! These meals were     8     (great) than what I ate at home. I really enjoyed     9     (I).

After dinner, I thanked Wang Ling for teaching me some Chinese table manners (礼仪) and her family     10     (offer) me such delicious Chinese food!

Hanfu is the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group (汉族). Wearing hanfu     1     becoming popular among young Chinese.     2     seems that there is a hanfu club in almost every big city. Most club members wear the clothing during holidays. Or they wear hanfu when they want to take beautiful photos. But some of them love it so much     3     they wear it almost every day.

We all know, there is a special day to celebrate this kind of traditional clothing. It’s called China Huafu Day. It is     4     the third day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The day celebrates the traditional clothing of all ethnic groups in China. Among them, hanfu has     5     most fans (爱好者). This year, it fell on April 22.

There is a very special place in China. It is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原). In the place, the weather changes a lot     1     summer. You can experience (经历) four seasons in just one day.

When the sun comes out, the weather there becomes warm, just like spring. It’s a good time to take     2     walk in the morning.

The weather at noon is very different from that in the morning. You may feel (觉得) it like summer. Because it is hot     3     the sunlight is so strong. You had better wear sunglasses. Sometimes it rains, but the rain doesn’t last long.

You have to     4     careful about the weather in the afternoon. As the sun goes down, the temperature goes down. It becomes cool again, just like autumn. If you don’t keep warm, you may catch a cold.

At night, the temperature gets very low, just like winter. You need to wear warm clothes. The rainy season is from June to September each year.     5     often rains at night.

10 . Amy is seven years old. She can do many things by herself. She can smell with her nose. She can use her hands     1     play basketball. She can enjoy the delicious food with her mouth. In fact, she is proud     2     her sense of taste. Even though she closes her eyes, she can still tell different foods by her tongue (舌头). But her parents     3     worried about her. Why? Amy is deaf (聋的). She became deaf because of a high fever when she was two years old. However, she doesn’t feel sad. She goes to school every day. She is always ready to help others     4     gets along well with her classmates. She decides to be a teacher in     5     future.