The opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on the evening of Feb 4 was different, yet spectacular（引人入胜的）. The audiences were treated to a pared-down（简约的） ceremony,     1     the large-scale artistic performances that marked the 2008 opening ceremony,     2     it was no less symbolic—symbolic of a shared future for humankind. The final torch（火炬）at the snowflake-themed ceremony was small, yet the flames conveyed significant messages of     3     (green) Olympic Games. The use of     4     (advance) technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine vision, 5G and cloud broadcasting     5     (add) to the novelty of the opening ceremony. The performances, carrying forward the theme of global peace and a shared future for humankind, focused on environmental protection and human health,       6     (highlight) the importance of sports to instill (灌输)new confidence in the international community     7     (contain) the pandemic（瘟疫）. Through the opening ceremony on Feb. 4, people can clearly see China’s pursuit of building a peaceful world, its     8     ( reflect) of the new Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger, Together” and the Beijing Winter Games’ motto of “together for a shared future”.

Today,     9     over 300 million people engaged in winter sports in about 2000 ski resorts and ice rinks, China is becoming a winter sport country.   This extraordinary achievement opens a new era for global winter sport,       10     will raise the global participation to new levels, benefiting the Chinese people as well as winter sport enthusiasts around the world.

A 56-year-old enthusiastic backyard bird watcher named Stuart Dahlquist spent years     1    (leave) out food for a family of crows(乌鸦) and was left     2    (astonish) when he found a gift from them. He first became familiar with the bird family after he rescued two chicks that had come     3     their nest in his front yard five years ago.

Dahlquist had always considered     4     delightful to listen to the baby birds chirp(鸟叫）to their parents during feeding time. When he found the tiny crows     5    (lie) on the ground, he went to help. Despite the squawks of alarm from the adults, Dahlquist managed to pick up the chicks and put them back in the nest. He even left out food and water at the base of the tree in case they fell     6    second time. He then began regularly throwing bird food into his front yard, and the crows     7     (obvious) took notice.

One day Dahlquist was preparing for his daily feeding routine     8     he found a fir sprig （枝）decorated with a soda can tab, which was left in the exact spot       9    he fed the crows. The next day, he     10    (offer) another one and he was amazed by the discovery.

“This isn’t only generous, it’s creative, it’s art," Dahlquist wrote on social media."My mind is blown."

I remember a very special day in my life, my first Holy Communion. It was a warm sunny day in May. Mum said, ''Breakfast must     1    (eat) before you put on your dress.'' I ate the     2     (fast) breakfast of my whole life! I felt like a princess and     3    (leave) the house with my beautiful dress. Then I went to church together with my parents. Afterwards, my school friends came and we ran across the road     4    (happy) for the delicious ice cream.

Later on that day my mum took me out to work     5     her. My mum sold newspapers on that road every day. When 5 o'clock came around, Mum gave me some newspapers     6     (serve) all the people in the street. While I     7     (give) a man his newspapers，I noticed a woman looking at me. The woman called me over and gave me a note（钞票）,     8     was a lot of money in those days. So I got very     9     (excite) and ran back to my mum to give     10     to her. I was so happy that I got a reward for what I had done.

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.

Chinese net users have found a new way to battle desertification by playing virtual (虚拟的) planting games. Ant Forest,     1     is under Ant Financial of the Alibaba Group, told the Global Times that they had planted over 50 million trees covering about 507 square kilometers across China from 2016 to 2019.

Ant Forest is the first such game in China. In the Ant Forest plan, any activity     2    (consider) low carbon, including walking, taking public transport and online payments, will be converted into virtual “green energy”. The energy will be used to grow a virtual tree in the “forest” of the     3    (user). They exchange     4    for a real tree by paying the corresponding energy. Ant Forest will plant the real trees in spring and autumn each year     5    the help of local authorities in the desert areas. This way of planting trees    6     (recognize) on October 23, 2018 by the National Afforestation Committee as    7    means for citizens to fulfill their obligation of planting trees.

The Chinese government attaches great    8     (important)to the protection of ecosystems. China aims     9    (increase)the forest cover to 23 percent by 2020, and to 26 percent by 2035. A new study using data from NASA satellite shows that the Earth becomes    10    (green) as a result of ambitious tree-planting programs in China.

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.