1 . Li Hao showed us how to disassemble(拆) and reassemble(重装)a Luban lock and shared ______ history of this traditional Chinese folk educational toy and the ancient wisdom in it. “It’s easy to disassemble but hard to reassemble, and that is why it is so special.” said Li. The Luban lock is believed to have been created by Lu Ban, an engineer ______ is known as the “father of carpentry(木工手艺)” in China and lived during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC).

Spending 10 years ______ the Luban lock by mixing tradition with modern skills, Li has changed it ______ a creative cultural product. And that is very ______ with tourists. His company has created over 100 kinds of the toys and has provided working chances for more than 100 villagers in his town.

Li Hao’s dream ______ up his company began in 2009. The idea to develop the Luban lock as an educational toy came to this ______ man’s mind in 2010 when he saw a large one at the Shanghai World Expo. Although there were lots of difficulties in his work, Li tried his best to face and deal with ______. At first, the products of the Luban lock ______ well. Then Li thought about it over and over again. Finally, he succeeded. Last year the sales reached 30 million yuan.

After realizing the cultural ______ of the Luban lock, the local government has been organizing competitions about the design of disassembling and reassembling of the Luban lock to spread its ancient wisdom and influence. “As our country values the traditional culture, I believe the future of the Luban lock is promising,” Li said.

3 . Last week, students at Northridge High school held a Chinese week. During the Chinese week, many people _________ the Chinese food fair. They could eat traditional Chinese snacks, and learn to make _________ kinds of Chinese dishes. “It was wonderful! I love Chinese food, and welcome the chance _________ Chinese Cooking!” One student said.

There were talks _________ Chinese Culture and history. Along with a talk about traditional Chinese medicine, James Manson and Alice Simpson talked about _________ experiences in China. Mr. Manson said, “I _________ in Shanghai for three years.” And Ms. Simpson was _________ art teacher in Chengdu two years ago. There _________       one traditional Chinese music show and some modern Chinese music shows. In addition, there was _________ a show of Chinese traditional dance. Many students were ____________ in the Chinese film Festivals in the evenings.

In the morning, there were lessons about ____________   Chinese, and in the afternoon, there were Kungfu and Tai Chi classes. However, to most students, the ____________ part of the Chinese week was a Chinese culture and history show. It had Chinese inventions, ____________ kites, fireworks, Chinese paintings and traditional Chinese clothes.

“The Chinese week was a big ____________! We hope to have ____________ week next year!” said the Chinese week manager, David Williams.

6 . Some people are pessimistic (悲观的) when they think about the future. They say that, ________ years from now, we will use up most of the Earth’s resources. We will make our seas ________ dirty that we will not be able to eat fish from them. There will ________ so many people in the world that we will use the countryside for housing—there will be no farmland.

________ people have a different idea about the future. In their view, the city of the future will be a huge pyramid-shaped (金字塔形) building that will be floating ________ the surface of the sea. About 5,000 families will live there, and there will ________ be schools and shops in it. In a hundred years’ time, people will not need ________ oil. Think of space. Perhaps a station ________ on the Moon; people will be able to visit the Moon ________ tourists. They ________ even spend their holidays in space ________ from planet to planet. ________ interesting picture!

However, many people don’t think about their future. “I don’t care. I’ll be ________ then,” they say. But it is our duty to care ________ the world of a hundred years’ time will be the world of ________ children and their children after them.

7 . This is a story about a boy and his toy. When Jack is _______, his dad and mum live apart. There is _______ good in his childhood since then. His only comfort comes _______ his most treasured toy, Dur Pig. It has always been there for him, through good and bad. _______, it is lost on Christmas Eve.

Jack gets _______ similar toy to replace (代替) Dur Pig. This is the Christmas Pig. Jack doesn’t like it at all. But the Christmas Pig wants _______ Jack reunite (团聚) with Dur Pig. It takes Jack to the Land of the Lost. There, they find _______ in lots of lost things including a spoon, a glove and _______ umbrella. They can think and talk!

Jack and the Christmas Pig don’t have a lot of time to be _______. They have to find Loser, the ruler of the land, and get Dur Pig back. As the journey ________ on, Jack and the Christmas Pig get ________. It seems that the toy is not just a replacement anymore.

What will happen to the pair? Can they get Dur Pig back? You can find the answer in British writer J. K. Rowling’s latest ________ book, The Christmas Pig.

It was published in October 2021. Rowling ________ the idea of the book from her son’s toys. ________ her son was very young, Rowling bought ________ a toy. In case the toy would go missing, Rowling bought another one with the same look.

8 . Going to Mount Huangshan reminds me _______ the popular Beatles’ song “The Long and Winding Road”. _______ is so breathtaking about the experience is the out-of-this-world scenes. The rolling sea of clouds you see once you are at the top will remind you how tiny we _______ are.

The hot spring at the foot of the mountain is something you _______ try after the climb. It will _______ help you get refreshed! The amazing thing about the spring is that the colder the temperature gets, the _______ the spring! It is strange, _______ it? But that’s how nature is — always leaving us _______.

What comes next is the endless series of steps. You can’t help wondering how hard it _______ for the people then to put all those rocks into place. Though it is the only unnatural thing on your way up ________ mountain, still it highlights the whole adventure ________ offers a place where you can sit down to rest your ________ legs.

As the song ________, this long and winding road “will never disappear”, and it will always stick in the visitor’s memory. It sure does in ________. ________ you’re in China, Mount Huangshan is a must-to-visit!

9 . Huckleberry Finn is my name. I live in a small town near the Mississippi. If you have time, I’d like to share ____ you the story of my journey down that river on a raft, and the adventures ____ I had on the way.

But first let me tell you ____ reason why I had my adventures. It’s all ____ the money I found in a cave with my best friend, Tom Sawyer. ____ was $12,000 in total, and we got $6,000 each. The money made me rich. Judge Thatcher helped us put the money in the bank and now we're getting a dollar a day as interest.

Then a kind old lady ____ Widow Douglas invited me to live with her since I haven’t got a family. My mother ____ a long time ago and then my dad disappeared. I was afraid of my dad, who often beat me especially ____ he was drunk.

Widow Douglas provided me with food and bought me new clothes. She also taught me how ____. The months passed and winter came. The weather got ____. One morning I woke up and white snow ____ on the ground. Then I found some footprints outside the house. There ____ across on the heel of the left one. My heart jumped. It ____ me only a few seconds to understand what had happened. Only one person wore boots like that! My dad! “He ____ about my money,” I thought. “And he wants it! ____ terrible it is!”

That’s the moment when I started to realize, maybe, I needed to escape.