With choking victims,every minute counts. You cannot justify standing by, doing nothing because they usually have only about four minutes    1    they collapse and sometimes die. There’s no time for an ambulance     2    (arrive) .To solve this problem, an American doctor, Henry Heimlich, created the Heimlich manoeuvre in 1974,    3    is quick, practical, and easy to perform.

If you see someone choking, call the    4    (emergent) services immediately. Then, make sure that the victim cannot, speak. If slapping the choking person’s back does not work, you can perform the Heimlich manoeuvre by standing behind him with your arms     5    (wrap) around his waist. Make     6    fist with one hand and place it in the upper part of his stomach. Grab your fist with your other hand     7    (firm), pushing up and into his stomach in one motion. Continue doing this until the obstruction    8    (force) out. However, doing the Heimlich manoeuvre on a small child is not recommended, as you may hurt him. Instead, lay the child face down on your lap    9    the head lower than the rest of his body, and then give firm     10    (slap) to his upper back until he can breathe again.

Primary schools now attach great importance to labor education, advocating students to do activities such as cooking, making handicrafts     1     decorating houses.

Xue Youmei, a Grade 3 student, spent the winter holiday in Guangxi. Everything about village life was novel to Xue who was used     2     urban life. Xue joined her family to work at a farm field planted with Chinese water chestnuts. Xue,     3     (wear) a pair of gloves, helped her father pick up water chestnuts at the field.

For Yang Liqiao, a Grade 6 student, the past winter holiday gave her     4     new identity-garbage sorting guide. Yang wore a volunteer’s vest and recorded the situation of the garbage sorting work at her residential community.     5     (additional), Yang also invited her classmates to walk around the park nearby to pick up garbage on the ground. Yang’s father observed labor activities offered students a chance     6     (acquire) knowledge, which was not taught at class.

At the same time, some schools in China also assigned specialized homework during the winter vacation to let students enjoy play-based learning. Some students     7    (ask) to cooperate with parents to decorate their homes with New Year     8    (painting). The task aimed to develop students’     9    (innovation) thinking. And some were required to collect physics-related Chinese poems, make an     10    (analyse) and draw a conclusion.

Like many other children of immigrants       1     (grow) up in a white-centric community, I tried to hide my identity for most of my formative (影响性格形成的) years. But my dad always told me, “Be proud of being Chinese.”

For a young girl in the countryside of Ohio, being proud of my heritage was no easy task.     2     was easier to blend in ( 融合), take on a Midwestern identity, and just     3     (complete) forget my cultural background.

Many of my Asian     4     (friend) had similar experiences as me. Blending in felt like a means of survival in those hard years. Like me, many finally moved to coastal cities in     5     there is more diversity, and now feel more accepted for who they     6     (be).

But when I’m around native Mandarin Chinese speakers in Chinatown, I suddenly feel like I stand out yet again. This time, for not being able     7     (speak) my native tongue fluently and for being out of touch with my very rich cultural background. As I listen to the Chinese conversations around me, I worry that it’s too late and there’s no way I can walk the line between my Midwestern upbringing (养育)     8     Chinese identity.

Besides, reconnecting with my culture is very     9     (importance) to me. Although my parents have moved to the U. S., there is a huge part of their lives before that I’ll never fully understand. I hope to have a better     10     (understand) of my culture, and to use that knowledge as a way to get to know more about my parents.

After Emperor Kangxi decided to build     1     summer resort here in 1703, Chengde became the second political center of the Qing Dynasty, and it was also the place where the emperors received foreign guests, avoided summer heat and hunted.

    2    (construct) throughout the 18th century, the Mountain Resort was used by some emperors of the Qing Dynasty. During the reign(统治)of Emperor Yongzheng, the city Rehe was called Chengde for the first time, and it reached its     3     (high) in the reign of Emperor Qianlong.

The Moutain Resort and Eight Outer Temples     4     (list) among the World Cultural Heritage sites in 1994, and they have contributed towards the city being one of the famous cities in the world.

A little further up north of Chengde lies another jewel of the city-the natural hot springs. It’s no wonder that in Qing Dynasty Chengde was called Rehe, which literally translates     5    “hot river”. The hot springs     6     (contain) about 43 kinds of minerals are     7     (benefit) to the human body.

In the southwest of Chengde, there is a wonderland,     8     (specific) for artists and space lovers. It’s also home to one of the world’s biggest telescopes known as LAMOST, through     9     you can observe more than 4000 stars at one time.

Whether you have a creative spirit, a scientific mind    10     are simply looking for a soul-cleansing getaway, Chengde is a perfect place for you.

Shenzhen’s first coffee-themed post office opened at the Science and Technology Park in Nanshan District. The postal service hall is no longer a     1    (tradition) one, providing a new scene     2     citizens can socialize and experience postal culture. Postal elements can be seen everywhere, with stamps, postcards and cakes in the shapes of mailboxes, mail carts and an old-style postman bicycle     3    (exhibit).

China Post has been trying new business opportunities in recent years.     4     February 2022, the country’s first coffee-themed post office opened in Xiamen and quickly became a hot search topic on multiple social platforms. At least 14 such shops     5    (set)up nationwide so far. In 2022, China Post and ride hailing company Didi Chuxing     6    (joint) launched offline activities such as “Take Didi to coffee-themed post offices, ”     7     carried out a book circulation (流通)plan with OALTY, an oat milk company from Sweden. China Post also introduced modes like ”tea+coffee“ and “day coffee+night wine”     8    (attract) more young consumers.

China Post    9    (have) its unique advantages in developing coffee shops: public data shows that by the end of 2020, there were 54, 00Q postal offices and 43, 000     10    (deliver) service outlets (网点) in China. It aims to open 100 such themed stores nationwide.

You already know the fact that regular exercise is important for controlling weight and     1     (avoid)a variety of health conditions. But it can also improve your academic     2    (perform). And. if you’re a distance learning student, you may miss out on some of the opportunities for physical activity afforded to more traditional students who routinely walk around campus. But it’s well worth the effort     3     (put) the schedule exercise into practice.

The study, which     4    (publish) in the Journal of Medicine & Science, describes physical activity as     5     vigorous movement that produces sweat and heavy breathing. Mike McKenzie found that students who studied over three hours per day were 3. 5 times     6    (likely) to be exercisers. Over a decade ago, McKenzie     7     (say) researchers discovered a link     8     exercise and focus in children.

More recently, another study by Johnson reveals that even short ”microbursts“ of physical activity throughout the day can have positive effects. Jennifer tells that sitting for long periods of time,     9    college students tend to do, can have a negative health effect. In addition, the study found that five-minute bouts of walking every hour had a positive impact on mood, tiredness, and hunger at the end of a day. This may be     10    (particular)beneficial to students who also work a full-time job and study in the evening and nighttime hours.

One hot day after work, I saw a dog circling my car. As I approached, he disappeared under the car. I opened the door, drank some water, and    1    (lower) to my knees to look for him. When I stood up, I found him sitting in the driver’s seat, panting (喘息) and staring back    2    me. I poured water into the bottle cap, and he drank it up    3    (immediate). Before I drove out of the lot, he had climbed onto my lap!

Body language is as important as words in communication. It’s crucial    1    we should recognize body language differs in    2    (variety) cultures, but it’s also important to “do in Rome as the Romans do”. For example, the gesture for “OK” can mean “money” in Japan. By contrast, such a gesture in Brazil can be offensive! Of course, some body language    3    (share) by all cultures. For instance, waving one’s hand while seeing your friend off is like    4    (say) “Goodbye”, and a smile often gets people through difficult situations.

Traditional tea processing techniques(工艺) and their associated social practices in China    1    (add) to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on November 29^th 2022.This is the 43rd entry (项目) from China on the list,    2    total number tops all other countries. Tea-related customs are not only found across the country, but also influenced the rest of the world through the ancient Silk Road and trade routes. It's    3    pleasure to see the successful application of this ancient art.

URUMQI-As morning sunlight shines brightly over the snowy mountain, Daliu, an experienced ski     1     (instruct), gets his equipment and sets     2     for work.

Nanshan Mountain in Urumqi is extraordinarily beautiful     3     it has several popular pistes (滑雪道), attracting crowds of tourists across the country every year. Looking up from the valley, we can see the pistes     4     (neat) lay on the long slope and skiers     5     (slide) fast down, their figure floating like a feather on the snowy mountain.

Located in the     6     (gold) latitudes (纬度) of ice and snow, Xinjiang is rich in ice-and-snow resources. There are more than 18,600 large and small glaciers (冰川) covering over 24,000 square kilometers,     7     account for 42 percent of the glacier area in China. The region has become an     8     (intend) destination for ice-and-snow sports, due to a large amount of thick powder snow, a good climate, low wind speeds, bright sunshine and high mountains with moderate slopes.

The boom in ice-and-snow tourism is bringing more business opportunities to local equipment factories. Dozens of machines in the factory of Xinjiang Huatong Taike Play Equipment Co     9     (run) day and night     10     (produce) a range of skiing equipment.