1 . Anyone who reads books or newspaper in Chinese should thank Wang Xuan, a pioneer of modern Chinese-language printing.

Wang ________ as the father of Chinese-language typesetting (排版). He invented a computerized laser photo composition system (计算机激光排照系统) for Chinese characters in the 1970s, turning ________ new page in the history of printing in China. ________ Wang’s invention, people printed books and newspapers with movable block type (活字印刷). This was invented ________ Bi Sheng in 1040. It would take more than 30 people 8 hours a day ________ just one page of a newspaper.

Wang changed this situation. In 1974, he ________ to research the laser photo composition. This was the most advanced printing method at the time. Only a few Western countries ________ on it, but it was not yet on the market. Because there was not any experience for him to borrow from, it was so difficult ________ he had to work over 65 hours a week.

In 1980, Wang’s hard work finally paid off and he worked ________. A 26-page story about kung fu became ________ first laser-printed book. With Wang’s system, a newspaper could typeset in just 20 minutes. China’s printing industry has said goodbye to the times of lead and fire.

3 . During the Eastern Han Dynasty (25—220) there was a government official (官员) named Yang Zhen.

One day Yang ran into _________ old workmate of his—Wang Mi during a trip. In the past, Yang _________ Wang’s talent and promoted (提拔) him. Wang had always kept Yang’s help _________ mind. He was so _________ to him that he invited Yang to stay over for the night.

It was near midnight when Wang knocked on the _________ of Yang’s bedroom. When the door _________, Wang handed Yang a bag and said, “This is to thank you for teaching me and leading me _________ who I am today.” Yang looked in the bag. _________ was full of gold.

“Do I look like a person who accepts bribes (贿赂)? I thought you knew me well,” Yang said _________.

“It’s late at night. No one will know __________ we keep it a secret.” Wang said.

“What do you mean no one would know? Heaven knows, Earth knows, you know and I know,” Yang said.

Wang left the room in shame.

5 . Jim, a successful businessman, told an experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with _______. No one showed kindness to him. People always laughed _______ him. His only friend was a dog named Bobby. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink _______ he was a little rude to it sometimes.

One day when he _______ down the street, he saw a young lady walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped _______ it up, she dropped other bags. Jim came to help _______. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” The lady said kindly and politely, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. He had _______ heard such kind words before. He watched her until she went far away. He was _______ excited that he whistled (吹口哨) to his dog.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” He repeated the woman’s words. Then in _______ low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!”

Bobby raised its ears. It seemed that the dog had understood________ he said.

“Even a dog likes it!” he thought.

“Well, Bobby, I ________ unkind words to you anymore.” he said. Bobby waved its tails ________. Later, they went directly to the river nearby. When he arrived at the riverside, he looked at himself in the river. He saw ________ but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. After that, he saw a nice clean boy.

From then on, he started a new life.

________ telling this story, the businessman stopped for a while. Then he said,” Ladies and gentlemen, it was that kind woman planted the first seed of kindness in me. All of us ________ learn about kindness. What great power it has!”

Nobody likes a bully, but bullying is a big problem around the world. According to the US National Bullying Prevention Center, one out of every five ________ in the US have been bullied. Nathan Fellars is ________ eighth grader at Centennial Middle School in Utah, the US. When he saw classmates being bullied, he ________ he had to do something. “People often deal with bullying after the bullying has happened. I wanted ________ if there was a way to reduce bullying before it happened at all,” Fellars told the Society for Science. After studying more about the causes of bullying, ________ had an idea to make the app Bully Block. On the app, students can share their lives, whether good ________ bad. Others can post their responses. But before the responses ________, an AI program reads all of them. Only positive words will be shown. Fellars believes ________ this will naturally stop bullying both online and in schools. ________ useful app it is!

“I would love to see my project be used ________ teachers and students,” said Fellars. “I love knowing that my invention can help somebody else in the world.”

8 . Once upon a time, there was a little boy called Meng Ke. His father died when he was just a baby, ______ he lived alone with his mother, Mengmu.

Mengmu wanted him to study as ______ as possible. But little Meng Ke was a naughty boy. He followed the children to climb trees to catch birds, catch fish in the ______ and steal the melons in fields. She later thought that her son didn’t study hard because ______ the bad living environment.

Then they moved to a house next to ______ market. People moved around the market, chatting and bargaining (讨价), while sellers shouted at the top of their voice, trying ______ customers. Meng Ke saw this and taught ______ by acting like a seller. Mengmu was worried and thought it was not the proper place to raise her child, ______. So she took Meng Ke away from the market.

At last, they settled down (定居) beside a school. Every day, Meng Ke saw the good students and ______ from their polite manners. He saw the students reading books and he did so as well. Soon he developed a great ______ in reading for knowledge. Mengmu was very glad to see this and decided that the school was the right environment she had been looking for all along.

9 . She played the leading role in the dance show Hua Mulan. She also played Yang Guifei in Du Fu. ________ name is Hao Ruoqi, a member of China National Opera and Dance Drama Theater.

Born in 1993, Hao has become one of ________ most popular female (女性) dancers. Hao started learning dancing ________ the age of 7. She entered college in 2011 and became a professional dancer after leaving school.

In 2017, Hao played the leading role in the dance Hua Mulan. It was a great challenge for her, ________ she had much performance experience. She cried every night when returning to the hotel during rehearsals (彩排). “At that time, I thought to myself ________ again after playing the role of Mulan,” she said.

Luckily, Hao didn’t give up. She studied ________ about Mulan very carefully. She even found teachers and learnt Chinese Kung fu from them. In order to perform the action scenes well, Hao and her partners worked hard ________ the fighting movies.

The show was ________ big success. But for Hao, it was more than just playing the role of a woman in the army. “The spirit of Mulan ________ in everyone’s mind up to now. We can feel the power of women from Mulan. I’m ________ to be able to show it to more people through dance,” Hao said.