Young Chinese are fighting against society through a simple act of resistance: lying down. Examples of the “tangping”, or “lying flat”, way of life     1     (include) not getting married, not having children, and refusing to work extra hours or to hold a job at all. “I stay at home and sleep and watch television series.” said Zhang, who described herself as “lying flat” for the last two weeks     2     leaving her job in the film industry in Wuxi.

“Tangping”     3     (emerge) over the last few months. Some compare them to the 1950s Beat Generation in the United States.     4     (other) call their behavior a form of nonviolent resistance. “People realize there is no upward mobility,” said Yicheng Wang, a PhD student in political science at Boston University. The term developed after     5     April post on the Tieba forum, whose author, unemployed for the last two years, described a low-effort, low-cost lifestyle consisting of just a few months’ work out of the year.

“Lying flat is my movement,” he     6     (write), referring to the Greek philosopher Diogenes, who was known for living in a large container. He posted a picture of himself lying in bed in the middle of the day with the curtains     7     (draw).

But as “tangping” gained     8     (popular), it also brought a level of dishonor. Nanfang Daily called the philosophy “shameful”. Global Times made light of it describing “lying flat” as “not a serious philosophy”.

For Zhang in Wuxi, lying flat is not about giving up or withdrawing from society. “Many people want to lie down because 996 is too     9     (tire), ” she said, referring to the constant hours common in tech industry,     10     the staff are expected to work from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. , six days a week. The philosophy is also about giving oneself a break.

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Any bird that crossed his path would be eaten by Rex, a German shepherd. Rex    1    (rescue) from his previous shelter, where he was going to be put down after a biting incident. Last year, he    2    (eventual) arrived at Puriton Horse and Animal Rescue.

Geraldine was a goose abandoned by owners who could no longer put up     3     her. She wasn’t exactly the picture of     4    (warm), either, when she arrived at the same shelter three months ago. The dog and the goose were individually given labels like cruel and dangerous. Neither seemed particularly harmonious with humans or even members of their own species.

But when the two     5    (annoy) creatures were offered a chance to hang out together, something magical happened. They chased each other when first     6    (introduce), but Geraldine stood up for herself and that was that. They just fell in love with each other.

“I’ve been doing rescue work since 1997 and seen all     7    (kind) of strange animal behavior, but I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Sheila Brislin,     8    is the founder of the shelter. “It’s so amusing to see them because they love each other to bits. They are very affectionate. She just    9     (run) around alongside him all day long and whenever we take him for     10    walk in the woods she has to come, too.”

High school years are a large part in    1    (shape) the person you are going to become. A school often    2    (provide)education for you,and it can also be a place     3    you can develop relationships with many different people,join clubs,and participate in a variety of different sports.These years can make you become a high school student    4    (fill)with many different emotions,including happiness, anger,sadness, envy, loneliness,stress,and a numerous amount more.This is also a time when peer(同龄人)pressure is most commonly put upon a vast majority of teens.

Peer pressure is the influence from members of one's peer group.This can include influencing another to drink,smoke,cheat on a test,lie,skip class,and etc.The list is     5    (end).Peer pressure at high school is both harmful    6     effective because it can lead to teen depression,high stress levels,negative behavior    7    (issue),and poor decision making and outcomes.

Despite the fact that peer pressure is most commonly seen as a very negative issue,it can     8    (see)positively in some situations.This can involve pressuring your peers to avoid   drugs,be honest,avoid alcohol,respect others,work hard,exercise,be kind, be responsible,and more.Friends and peer    9    (actual)affect the choices you make.Choosing to have good friends can have a very strong effect    10     you.

The Dragon Boat Festival has been marked by eating zongzi and racing dragon boats for thousands of years. It     1     (fall) on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese lunar calendar in honor of Qu yuan,     2     is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself.

Qu was minister of the state of Chu     3     (locate) in the present-day Hunan and Hebei provinces during the Warring States period. He was upright, loyal and     4     (high) respected.     5    , he was fired from office due to his suggestion to fight against Qin in cooperation with other states. During his stay in other states, he wrote many poems to express his strong love for his country. When Chu     6     (defeat) by Qin. He realized     7     he could do about it was nothing. Qu jumped into Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month.

After the     8     (dead) of Qu Yuan, people of Chu went to Miluo River to mourn (悼念) over the great poet they loved so much. People threw eggs and rice wrapped in leaves     9     the river to feed the fish to keep them away from Qu Yuan. Now the Dragon Boat Festival has become a       10    ( tradition) festival for the Chinese people.

The Chinese Culture Center in Paris,     1    (locate) in downtown areas opposite the celebrated historic sites of Grand Palais and Petit Palais across the Seine River,     2    (sit) next to a large number of grand handsome and elegant classical architectures that have witnessed the evolution of Paris at     3     (vary) historical stages. It conforms to(符合) the status of China, a great power with     4     lasting civilization of several thousand years in the East,     5     (set) the Chinese Cultural Center in this exact place.

The amazing progress in     6     (smooth) selecting the site for the Chinese Culture Center and putting it into     7     (operate) in downtown Paris in such a short period was due to high priority of the Chinese government and constructive cooperation of the French party. Wu Jianmin, Chinese ambassador to France,   said     8    excitement, “We have our own cultural center in Paris at last,     9    we have eventually realized the long cherished wish of my predecessor(前任) in the Chinese embassy.” Hou Xianghua, the first director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, said the center will stick to its “non-governmental” nature and greet people from all     10     (walk) of life, in addition to serving the mainstream society.

Monkeys do not like it when others get more food     1     they do, according to a new study.

Researchers from Yale and Harvard universities found Capuchin monkeys punish monkeys     2     get more food. "This sort of, 'If I can't have it, no one can' response is because     3     psychological spite (怨恨), and it was    4     (previous) thought unique to humans," said Kristin Leimgruber of Harvard University. She is a co-author of the research study. The researchers watched as some Capuchin monkeys     5     (give) more food than others. They found that monkeys getting the     6     (small) share pulled a rope to fold up a table holding the other monkey's bigger share.

Another lead researcher, Laurie Santas,     7     (explain) over email, "I think what we can conclude about humans is that some of our more embarrassing tendencies have relatively deep     8     (root)." Santos said the spiteful response was not present with another member of the ape species—chimpanzees(黑猩猩).

An earlier study, she said, showed chimpanzees would fold up the table of other chimpanzees     9     (steal) food from them. But they would not punish chimpanzees who just happened     10     (have) more food, Santos said. In other words, it was fine if another chimpanzee had more food as long as they did not steal it.

Since July 2019, China’s online food-delivery platform Eleme     1     (carry) out a new service of picking up garbage from its users in Shanghai.

The service comes after     2     recently-released regulation on waste management in Shanghai. Individuals     3     throw away their garbage without being sorted out can be fined up to 200 yuan, while companies and     4     (organize) can face fines up to 50,000 yuan.

The trash takeaway service requires residents to sort     5     (they) own garbage before it     6     (pick) up by workers from Eleme, who will ensure the waste is disposed of in the correct garbage bins.

It’s obvious that this service is     7     (convenience) to the old, especially to the disabled customers.     8    , many netizens on Sina Weibo don’t think Eleme is providing a wonderful service, saying it just wants     9     (make) money. They think 12 yuan for an order is too much. Besides, many more people doubt if these collectors will wash their hands after dealing     10     the trash.

10 . There was a man who had four sons. Never     1    they stop quarrelling with one another. He was always telling them how much     2    (easy) life would be if they worked together but they took absolutely no notice of him. One day he decided to show them     3    he meant.

He called all the sons together and put a     4    (tight) tied bundle of sticks on the floor in front of them.

"Can you break that ? " he asked the youngest son. The boy put his knee on the bundle but     5    he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the wood.

The father required each son in turn     6    (try) to break the bundle, but     7    of them could do it . Then he untied the string and scattered the sticks.

" Now try, "     8    (say) the father. The boys broke the sticks easily in their hands.

"Do you see what I mean ?" the father asked. "if only you stand together no one can hurt you . If you all disagree     9    whole time and insist on going your separate ways, the first enemy you meet will be able to destroy you. " United we stand     10    (divide) we fall.