1     (change) a bad habit is difficult, and it is easy     2     (make) excuses and give up. We need to make     3     our minds and show some discipline , and make small changes over time. There is no pill to help us, but changing will ensure we have     4     magic happy and healthy life!

Maple syrup (枫糖浆) is made from the rising spring sap (树液) of    1     number of varieties of maple tree native to the US and Canada. The syrup     2     (reduce) by boiling in open pans, and was     3     (wide) used by Native Americans long before the arrival of Europeans.

The     4     (finish) syrup is about 66 per cent sucrose(蔗糖), and has a honey-like flavour. Because the process.of collecting     5     boiling down the sap to make maple syrup     6     (require) a lot of manpower and time, it’s quite expensive. There are many products available offering a similar taste and experience for less.

Any product labelled “maple syrup” must be pure maple syrup. While Canada and the US have slightly different grading     7     (way), the colour of the syrup is     8     (you)guide. Lightness or darkness of colour indicates the lightness or darkness of flavour, in turn reflecting how maple syrup changes according to the time of collection.

Maple-flavoured syrups, sometimes sold as “breakfast” or “pancake” syrups, will be cheaper, but these are made up of a sugar syrup     9     has been artificially flavoured and coloured.

There are other products made from maple syrup, including maple sugar. This can be used in baking without     10     (affect) liquid balances, and is excellent when put on fruits such as strawberries, pears, apples, plums and peaches before lightly baking.

All kids desire more screen time. Code. org wants to make that time     1     (meaning) and fun by sharing online coding (编程) classes for kids of all ages     2     skill levels —all for free.

From pre-K to high school, kids can learn how to build video games and smartphone apps. It     3     (be) all thanks to the easy-to-follow course instruction. The time     4     (spend) learning how to problem-solve may one day lead to careers (事业) focused on high-tech innovation (创新), according to Beth Nickel     5     leads the program.

Nickel says that there are many     6     (advantage) for parents who sign up, too. “You can talk the same language if you know that they are working on an activity or an app, and you can share a common language. They also have     7     whole lot of really fun hands-on interactive activities, where families and students can create     8     (they) own game or app using the resources that Code. org offers.”

The creators of Code. org have a mission of     9     (get) computer science into the hands of students, teachers, and educators to help build a general     10     (understand) . Nickel shares that programs like this will help to build the talent pool needed to fill Arizona’s high-tech jobs of the future.

Northwest China’s Tianshui spicy hot pot goes viral on social media

Tianshui malatang, a version of a spicy hot pot in northwest China’s Gansu Province, has recently gone viral on Chinese media,     1    (attract) many tourists from all over the country to taste the dish.

Malatang,     2    means ”numbingly (使麻木地) spicy soup,“ is a one-pot noodle soup with hot pot flavor. It is a tongue-numbing spicy dish loved for its    3    (satisfy) flavor and the richness of colors. Different from Sichuan cuisine, another place in Southwest China famous for     4     (it) hot pot, the secrets for tickling the taste buds come from local specialty ingredients in Tianshui－Maiji peppercorns (胡椒) and Gangu chili peppers.

According to the China News Agency, а restaurant owner in Tianshui said he has been serving more than 400 customers a day, as people from other cities and    5     (province ) drive to the city to try the malatang.

”There     6    (be) a long queue outside my restaurant recently," one shop owner said. One customer posted on Chinese social media giant Sina Weibo that she had queued for six hours     7    (get) the dish.

Many malatang shops in Tianshui have even extended their business hours to satisfy the increasing number of customers from all over the country.

Nowadays, a Tianshui spicy hot pot restaurant is    8    must-go visit in the city.     9     the same time, the local authority     10    (provide) special bus lines for tourists to help them to experience the charm of local culture.

I had a very special teacher in high school. Her husband unexpectedly died of a heart disease. About a week after his     1     (die), she shared some of her thoughts with us.

When the class was nearly over, she     2     (move) some things aside on her desk and sat down there. With a gentle look of reflection, she said, “Before class is over, I’d like to share something with you. Each of us     3     (put) here on earth to learn, share, love and enjoy. None of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away     4     any moment.”

Her eyes began to water,     5     she went on: “So I’d like you all     6     (make) a promise. From now on, on your way to school, or home, find something beautiful to enjoy. It doesn’t have to be something     7     you see. It could be a scent (气味), or it could be the sound of the soft wind slightly touching the     8     (leaf) in the trees ...”

The class was completely quiet.     9     (pick) up our books, we went out of the room one by one silently. That afternoon, I noticed     10     (many) things on my way home from school than I had in a whole term.

Tim always looked for the easy way to do something. When his mother told him     1     (take) out the rubbish, he told his little sister to do it. When his father     2     (ask) him for help, Tim said he was     3     (tire).

For English class, Tim    4     (recent) had to write a short article about an animal. He went online, chose an article about     5     (tiger), and copied it. With a big smile     6     his face, he gave it to his teacher.

But Tim wasn’t so     7     (luck). His teacher read     8     same article online! Tim received zero points for     9     (he) homework. As punishment, he had to write not one,     10     two new articles.

Tim learned his lesson. Cheating is wrong, and it always leads to trouble.

China’s top online sales host Li Jiaqi     1     (apologize) on Monday after he blamed viewers who found the price of an eyebrow pen expensive     2     not working hard enough to make more money during a live-streaming session.

Li,     3     has about 75.76 million followers on Taobao Live, Alibaba’s live-streaming platform, was promoting an eyebrow pen on Saturday evening. He then read out a comment from   a viewer     4     (say) the product priced at 79 yuan ($10.8) has become     5     (expensive) than before.

“The product is expensive? Sometimes people need to find the reasons why they haven’t received a pay rise after working so many years. Have they worked hard enough?” he said.

Many people then said Li’s comments were   inappropriate and had made them     6     (annoy). His comment became one of the most discussed     7     (topic) on social media on Sunday.

“The consumers have the right     8     (question) the price of a product, but Li shouldn’t judge the consumers by people’s spending power.     9     he said was shocking,” a Sina Weibo user said on Sunday.

Around 1 am on Monday, Li published a statement on   social media apologizing for his comments and making people disappointed.

He added that he started his career as     10     cosmetic sales assistant, so he understands people’s struggles. He also promised to learn to better control his emotions in the future.

Want to have fun with characters like Harry Potter or Kung Fu Panda? You will get the chance to do so by     1     (visit) the Universal Beijing Resort (UBR).

Located in Beijing, the UBR is the     2     (five) Universal Studios theme park     3     (global), and the first in China. As planned, it’s expected to speed the establishment of Beijing as     4     international business center and build up the     5     (confident) of China’s culture and tourism industry.

The UBR is fully aware     6     cultural preferences of Chinese friends. For example, the Kung Fu Panda Land of Awesomeness has pavilions, small bridges and flowing water. Lanterns are hung in many places. Accompanied with Chinese music, visitors can eat     7     (variety) of Chinese snacks in restaurants     8     look like ancient buildings.

Apart from Chinese cultural factors, “made-in-China” also shines in the UBR. For example, there is a huge rock in the theme land of Jurassic World, which     9     (make) up of more than 10,000 steel parts built by Chinese engineers. Visitors can see a rock standing tall and spring water falling from a height of 50 meters. It took an amount of wisdom and power     10     (build) such a fantastic park.

Cargo bikes are great for all kinds of uses, be it taking kids to school, buying groceries from the market running a business from a bike. Perhaps your     1    (intend) use will be a combination of these. Many families are discovering the case of dropping kids to school by bike, then riding onwards to work. Perhaps on the way home you’ll pick up the kids then a round of groceries from the supermarket. The bigger the     2    (capable) of the cargo bike, the more you will find you use it and the more liberated (解放) you will free     3     the trouble of carparking and traffic.

Our bikes also have the option of either the Shimano e6100 motor or the more powerful e8000 motor. If you carry lots of stuff and live up a     4    (roll) hill, then choose the more powerful option. If you mostly ride around the flat, then you may find the     5    (little) powerful motors offer more than enough assistance.

Each model of Cargobike we sell     6    (have) its own set of accessories(配件)to suit you.     7     long tail bikes have optional child seats to suit any age of child (even the grown up ones) as well as basket options for all the extra stuff and groceries you need     8    (carry). Look through the options or     9    (simple) drop by or give us a call so we can share our knowledge with you of     10     works best for your given use.

The Two Tree Coffee, located in the Liyukou Village of Huyi District in the city of Xi’an, quickly went viral (走红) on social media.

The popularity of the cafe is     1    (large) due to the boom (暴涨) in cultural and ecological tourism in recent years,     2    (combine) with the government’s efforts at environmental preservation.

In recent years, the Chinese government     3    (strengthen) the long-term protection project, and adopted     4    (measure) such as the establishment of the five-level forest chief system. More and more urban residents, especially those     5     Xi’an, are attracted to the mountain villages for slow-paced vacations.

Wang visited many places before     6    (decide) to build the cafe here. “Cafes are among the favorite businesses of young people, and they provide     7     strong sense of uniqueness when they appear in the countryside,” she said. “People come here not only to consume coffee,     8    to ‘pay’ for the green ecology and the pastoral (田园的) environment.”

In front of the cafe is a tourism highway,     9    connects the store with many artistic villages along the mountain range. Art helps the villages to become     10    (fashionable) and livable, while retaining their natural beauty, than before.