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.

Czech people are really good at celebrating and holding     1    (party）. As I graduated this year, I experienced a lot of this firsthand. The greatest event for us was the prom(毕业舞会)    2    (intend)for graduating students. Many girls started to get their gowns(礼服)ready a month     3     advance. Graduating students also needed to give their ''Midnight Surprise'', a group     4    (perform).

At the end of April, we held the traditional activity called ''The Last Ringing'', which lasted for two days.    5     impressed us most was that some graduates prepared     6    (taste)desserts and food to sell, wearing different costumes.

By the end of May, we had finished all of the final exams and we started preparing for the graduation ceremony. It     7    (hold)successfully in the conference hall in our school. Many parents came, too. At     8     ceremony, we got our graduation certificate from our class teacher. When     9    (receive)my certificate, I tried     10    (fight)back my tears-I didn't want to say goodbye to my teachers and classmates.

When the Lebanese director NadineLebaki was doing research for her filmCapernaum (何以为家), she interviewed many children    1    (struggle) for survival in Beirut and asked them one question    2    the end of the conversations.

The question was, “ Are you happy to be alive?” Sadly , the    3    (true) is that most of the answers were in the negative. The children from poverty-stricken    4    (family) talked about their miserable situations    5    they were abused (辱骂) and badly treated.

The 2-hour film begins with a story about Zain,    6    12-year-old boy who asks the parents why heis brought to the world with flashback shots about his sufferings appearing constantly. He is indeed a strong and wise character, although    7    (physical) smaller than his real age.

Besides, most of the other actorsfound it easy for them    8    (act) because similar experiences even happened in    9    (they) real life. So far, the film which premiered (首映) at the film festival    10    (receive) a lot of praise.

After eating a diet of bread, hamburgers and spaghetti for three    1    (month), I began to miss Chinese food.Luckily, in    2    international city like New York, I have little difficulty    3    (find) a Chinese restaurant.However, the Chinese food, which the locals consider    4    their favorite, is not exactly the Chinese food I enjoy in Beijing.I can always find such so-called “Chinese food” as honey chicken on the menu,    5    I actually have never even heard of it before.

One day, I went to a Chinese restaurant with my local friends.After the meal, each of us    6    (give) a dumpling-shaped cookie.Once I bit into it, I realized something not quite right.I found a piece of paper with a message that read, “This fortune’s no good, try another.” At first I    7    (think) it must be a trick of the restaurant.When I told this to my friends, they burst into    8    (laugh) and asked, “Are you really from China?”

But it doesn’t mean there is no place in New York where I can satisfy my stomach.I always head to China Town when I    9     (extreme) miss the food of my homeland.Following the hot and spicy smell, I can always find the most typical(典型的) Chinese food    10    excites me in the city.

During the     1     (twenty) century , the temperature of the earth     2     (rise) about one degree Fahrenheit. It is a rapid increase when compared    3     other natural changes .

There is no doubt    4    the earth is becoming warmer. Scientists believe     5     is human activity that has caused this global warming. The increase in the earth's temperature is due to the    6     (burn) of fossil fuels. Some byproducts of this process     7     (call) “greenhouse” gases, the most important one of    8    is carbon dioxide. Without the “greenhouse effect”, the earth would be thirty-three degree Celsius    9     (cool) than it is. So, we need those gases. The problem begins when we add huge quantities of extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, causing the global temperature     10     (go) up.

Woodblock printing first appeared in the early Tang period. During the Song dynasty, the technique of block printing was very advanced. Books were     1    (beautiful) printed. Even today the books     2    (print) at the time are valuable and treasured by libraries and book collectors.

However, block printing     3    (be) not very convenient. Every two pages of a book had to be carved on a woodblock, and a big book would require many blocks. Besides, there had to be large places for storing the books.     4     (overcome) these shortcomings, Bi Sheng invented the movable type during the years between 1041 and 1048. One word was carved on one piece of clay,     5     was hardened with fire. Then clay characters were set on     6     iron plate according to the text of a book. Then ink was applied to them and     7    (sheet) of paper spread over them, and the printing was done. Bi Sheng’s invention made printing faster and     8    (easy) than before. Later, movable type of metal and wood was made and widely used.

The technique of printing was gradually known to other Asian countries and Europe. The great influence printing had     9    the advance of civilization is too clear to need any     10    (explain).