Mark Twain was born in Florida on November 30^th, 1835.He     1    （bring）up in Hannibal, Missouri, along the Mississippi River, where he got great     2     （beneficial）for his later writing career. He is best known for his     3     （novel）which were set in his boyhood world on the river, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He loved the river so much that even his pen name was     4     （concern）with the river. The phrase "mark twain" means that the water is two fathoms in depth.

The play The Million Pound Bank Note has attracted the attention of a great number of readers. It was the summer of 1903, when two     5     （wealth）brothers made a bet. One of them doubted    6     a man could survive a month in London     7     a million pound bank note. At this moment, they saw a penniless man     8     （wander）on the pavement. It was Henry,     9    American businessman, who was lost in London.

    10     （obvious）, the play is very attractive to readers. If you are interested, you can give it a try.

Regular exercise can increase your body's energy expenditure（能量消耗）and it is also a great way     1    （improve）your productivity and mental focus throughout the day. The increased energy levels that occur as a result of exercise     2    (be) also likely to lead to more active habits throughout the day, such as taking the stairs rather than the lift, or     3    (walk) to speak to workmates instead     4     emailing. This increased activity will then bring physical and mental benefits.

Physical activity can help us to improve the length and the quality（质量）of our sleep,     5    will in turn make further contributions to our health and wellbeing. While there is no absolute figure（绝对数值）we should aim for in terms of sleep time, most people will find that they fall somewhere between 6-9 hours a night. Quality is     6    (certain) more important than quantity.

Regular physical activity can help us to manage life's stress much     7    (well) as a distraction technique. As     8    (discuss), exercise can help you achieve a more positive outlook as well as improving sleep quality, both of which are important in managing stress. Also,     9    is thought that exercise can help to improve our ability to activate the control centers in our brain and the nervous system, which is very     10    (help)when we are under stress.

Have you ever been to a Michelin restaurant? For most chefs, there’s no    1     (big) honor than having your restaurant awarded a Michelin   Star,   let alone three.     2       that’s   not the case for Sebastien Bras, 46, one of France’s most famous chefs. He is the head of a three-star restaurant, Le Suquet,    3     is located in the center of Paris.

Morley Safer has worked in television news for 61 years. He’s spent 46 of those years on his broadcast, longer than anyone else. As a     1     (travel), he holds some sort of record,     2     (take) planes, trains, boats, even bicycles to the ends of the Earth.

When he was 24, a door opened that would change his life. He was hired     3     a television news writer at the CBC, Canada's premier broadcasting network. And soon enough, he was     4     foreign correspondent(记者), the job he’d dreamed of. His passport filled up quickly. In late 1963, Morley caught the eye of the American network leaders,     5     hired him to join the great CBS bureau in London. From his base in London, he covered shooting wars in Algeria and Cyprus.

By the time he was 35, he     6     (cover) news in Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. It’s fair     7     (say) that nobody alive today has seen as much and reported on it as       8    (brilliant) as Morley. Simply by example, he’s made the rest of us better journalists. His writing     9     (consider) the best in the business. His toughness and kindness and sense of humor are legendary.

In a business that’s fast-moving and sometimes competitive, he survived and prospered, either outworking     10     outliving everyone else, trying to get to the bottom of things.

This summer, have you been surprised by women wearing hanfu, or Han-style clothing, at subway stations, shopping malls or scenic areas?

In 2018, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China set the     1    （three） day of March in the Chinese lunar calendar,     2    （traditional） the birthday of the Yellow Emperor as the annual Traditional Chinese Garment Day. Since then,     3     beauty of hanfu has gained more and more recognition and acceptance by common people.

Generally, hanfu refers     4     traditional Chinese clothing worn by the Han ethnic(民族 的)group before the Qing Dynasty (1644—1911). Historically, Han Chinese clothing has also influenced some of its neighboring cultural clothing,     5     (include) the Japanese kimono, Korean hanbok, and clothing of Mongolia, Vietnam and Bhutan.

Hanfu appears elegant and beautiful,     6     is not only due to the thousands of years of culture behind its beautiful design, but also because of its extraordinary craftsmanship(工艺) 3nd aesthetics(美学).Hanfu includes more than 30       7    (example) of China's intangible (非物质的)cultural heritage as well as Chinese arts and crafts under     8    (preserve).

Hanfu     9     (represent) an aesthetic for living and a continuation of traditional Chinese culture. Nowadays, more and more fashion designs look to hanfu for inspiration     10    (create) their own brand.

If you visit a supermarket in the UK in March or April, you will notice a strange thing: Shelf after shelf is filled with large, brightly-colored eggs.

Look a little     1     (close) and you will discover something else. These eggs aren’t real. In fact, they     2     (make) of chocolate. And that can mean only one thing — it’s Easter time again.

Easter is a festival     3     has been celebrated in Britain for thousands of years. These days we mark the occasion (场合) by     4     (give) each other chocolate eggs, or Easter eggs. But what are the roots of this     5     (tradition) event?

For Christian people Easter is a religious festival. According     6     the Bible, Jesus Christ was killed by the Romans     7     came back to life three days later. That is     8     Easter is seen as a time of rebirth.

However, some people suggest that Easter has its origins in pre-Christian times. They say that the very earliest societies celebrated the end of winter and the beginning of spring — the time     9     life returns to the land.

Whatever its origins, Easter is big business. The UK’s biggest retailer (零售商) of Easter eggs sold more than 20 million units last year and some Easter eggs     10     cost more than £20!

There is a gigantic study that’s been done in 38 cultures.     1    turns out that in every culture, both males and females desire their potential mates to be bright. But we don’t have our IQs     2     (print) on our forehead. How do we know that someone’s     3    (intelligence)? In Western cultures, at least, it’s often by the person’s sense of humor. Because creating and appreciating jokes both require us to make     4     (connect) between many separate pieces of information,     5     (have) a sense of humor shows that we possess a wide knowledge and     6     we know how to think about things in novel and creative ways.

Take a cartoon     7     example: a mouse is standing outside his house, having just pulled a gun on a cat, who pretends to give in by raising one paw (爪). “Six rounds. Nine lives. You do the math,” the cat says. In order to appreciate this joke, you need to know that mice are     8     (usual) the victims of cats, many guns have six bullets (子弹), and cats     9     (say) to have nine lives because of their ability to always land on their feet. You also need to be able to do some math     10     (understand) that the cat has the advantage in this scene after all.

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.

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.