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.

The silent killer — air pollution causes seven million premature (过早的)     1     (death) a year, not just in     2     (develop) countries but also in UK and the USA as well. In China，people are well aware of the health problems it brings.

I check every part every day. If it has heavy air pollution, I will prepare masks for my family. I dislike     3     when the air is bad. Because bad air makes it difficult for me to breathe and I think it does influence my     4     (perform) at work. A new research in china has also found a link between air quality and levels of intelligence. In the study, 25,000 people living across China     5     (test) in language and math skills last year. They found the results of those     6     lived in more polluted areas were     7     (negative) impacted, especially in languages. It adds to a growing body of evidence that air pollution has an effect not just on the lungs and heart     8     on the brain.

This research shows that the longer we are exposed to air pollution, the     9     (many) problems we’re storing up for later life. Campaigners hope this study will persuade the British government     10     (think) hard before it publishes its clean air strategy next year.

Since an early age, I have developed an interest in art. I must admit that I am crazy about the paintings by Vincent van Gogh(1853-1890).

    1     (consider) as one of the greatest artists all the time, this Dutch Post-Impressionist artist had a great influence on the 20^th century art. His father was a church minister,     2     belief lay in God. Vincent spent his early adult life working for a firm of art dealers. After a brief period as a teacher, he tried to be a minister too, but he was not     3     (success). Van Gogh had mental problems and was often emotional, which made     4     difficult for him to succeed. It is not until 1880     5     Vincent began his career as an artist. However, during the last ten years of his life, he produced more than 2,000 pieces, including around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings. Most of his best-known works     6     (produce) during his final two years, when he was     7     (serious) ill.

In 1890, at the age of 37, van Gogh shot himself in the chest. The only painting he sold during his lifetime, The Red Vineyard, was created in 1888. It is now     8     exhibition in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia. Several     9     (painting) by van Gogh rank among the most expensive in the world. On March 30, 1987, van Gogh’s painting Irises was sold for a record of $53.9 million. On May 15, 1990, his Portrait of Doctor Gachet was sold for $83.5 million, thus     10     (set) a new price record.

For some US college students, a break from school is a time to volunteer to help communities in need. They take school sponsored (赞助)trips to do voluntary work.

This spring break, I had the opportunity to go on one of these     1    (trip), and it was the best week of my entire life. I went with 12 other students and two adults down to Rocky Mount, North Carolina in the US. We worked on three houses，     2    (build)roofs, painting, and landscaping.

    3    was very rewarding to see how much we were     4    (true)appreciated by the people living in that town. Every time we went out somewhere     5    dinner, we had   people come up to us to express their     6    (appreciate). This made us feel really good and     7     (motivate)us to get more done each day.

The trip wasn't all about work, however; we had an     8    (amaze)group of people who enjoyed one another’s company. We created our own fun,     9    helped us get to know   each other well. At the end of the trip, I came home with not only     10    great sense of fulfillment but also 14 really good new friends.

It's a touching Christmas story, but not in the     1     (tradition) way. It’s about a seriously ill 5-year-old boy     2       died in Santa’s arms in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States.

Eric Schmitt-Matzen, 60, a part-time Santa, received a call     3     a nurse at a hospital several weeks ago, saying a dying 5-year-old boy wanted to see Santa Claus. Schmitt-Matzen dressed and rushed to the hospital. Walking into the boy’s room, he asked people       4       (leave)   if they couldn’t hold back their       5     (tear). He picked up the boy and held him in his arms.

“They say I’m going to die,” the boy told him       6     (sad). “What can I tell them when I get to where I’m going?”

Schmitt-Matzen said. “When you get there, you tell them you’re Santa’s Number One elf (小精灵), and they will let you in.”

The boy asked, “They will?” Then he     7    (sit) up and gave Schmitt-Matzen a big hug and asked one more question: “Santa, can you help me?” Schmitt-Matzen wrapped his arms around the boy. Before Schmitl-Matzen could say anything, the boy died right there. Santa let the boy stay, hugging and       8     (hold) onto him.

Schmitt-Matzen was       9       sad that he wanted to cry.

The story was printed, and people were       10     (move) when they read it.

Have you ever seen a painting destroy     1     (it)? This strange event happened during a recent auction (拍卖) in London.

Girl With Balloon is one of the most well-known works of British artist Banksy. It     2     (sell) for £1.04 million (about 9.49 million yuan) at the Sotheby auction house on Oct 5. However, shortly     3     the hammer (锤子) went down, the painting began to slide down its frame (画框) and half of the painting was cut into     4     (piece)!

In fact, there     5     (be) a shredder (碎纸机) in the frame. More surprisingly, the artist might have set the shredder in the frame himself years ago, Yahoo News reported.

Banksy is known     6     being mysterious and unpredictable. No one knows his real name,     7     his paintings are everywhere across the UK. He always plays hoaxes (恶作剧) on the art world.

People believe this is just another example of Banksy     8     (play) a trick. They think he is against the commercialization (商品化) of art.

However, the     9     (fun) part is that this hoax might have made the painting more valuable. “(The price is) possibly as high as being worth £2 million (about 18.2 million yuan) plus,” Joey Syer,     10     (found) of art website MyArtBroker.com, told the Guardian.