Maybe you think protecting the environment is a big problem and beyond your ability.     1     fact, there are many simple ways to do so.

Plant more trees. Choose an open area near your house or school. Plant a tree every month, and encourage your friends     2    (join) you. Have more and more trees planted and there will come a day when you have a     3    (green) land than before, thanks to your efforts.

Save energy. There are so many electrical     4    (device) you must be using daily. Turn off a device when you don’t use it and remove the plug from its power supply.

Choose to walk short distances instead of taking a car every time. Go walking to school or use     5     bicycle. And each time you avoid using a car, you are contributing to     6    (reduce) air pollution.

Save water. Water is a very important natural resource. It’s we     7     waste it, and pollute it. Turn off the water taps     8    (immediate) after use.

Make your action     9    (know) by putting up posters in the neighborhood, or your school. Organize small activities like planting trees, cleaning an area, and visiting an animal shelter or volunteer for an organization which works towards creating environmental     10    (aware).

Xie Lei, a 21-year-old Chinese student, arrived in London six months ago to get a business qualification. It was the first time that she     1     (leave) her motherland and she found it hard for her to adjust     2     the new life, which took up all her concentration in the beginning.

She is now halfway through the     3     (prepare) year, which most foreign students complete before     4     (apply) for a degree course. Xie Lei lives with a host family     5     gives her a lot of advice and comfort when she misses her family. Xie Lei’s course helps her to get     6     (use) to the academic requirements of a western university. She was shocked when her tutor gave her     7     E for her first essay. Only after the tutor told her did she learn     8     she couldn’t copy exactly what other people had said without acknowledging them and that she should give her own opinion and explain it by referring to other     9     (author). Now she is trying to have a balance between study and a social life though she is     10     (occupy) with her work.

While the Internet has guaranteed the place of English as the most used language, Chinese still holds the top position as the most used mother tongue. Since Shang dynasty, Chinese people     1     (use) a complete system of characters. One of the great advantages of using one single writing system is that people     2     speak different dialects can understand each other’s writing. Therefore, communication can go on     3     many troubles. People in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan still write traditional Chinese characters, while people on China’s mainland use     4     (simplify) Chinese characters, but it does not pose much     5     (difficult) in recognizing the characters. Some scholars believe that Chinese characters are one of the important     6     (factor) that keep South and North China unbroken for     7     very long time. Some scholars even consider Chinese characters     8     (be) the Fifth Great Invention of Ancient China, alongside the other Four Great Inventions, which are paper, the compass, gunpowder and movable typography (活版印刷术). Though pronunciation marks are     9     (slight) different, Chinese characters     10     (adopt) in other languages in ancient time, which indicates China`s cultural influence on these countries since ancient times, especially during the Tang(618—907) and the Song(960—1279) dynasties.

I learned a few lessons from a street dog yesterday evening.

I was eating something at a roadside vendor (摊贩)     1     a dog came and sat beside me. He looked     2     me and waited for my charity (施舍). I finished     3     (eat) and the dog was still waiting (first lesson: don’t lose hope). Then I went to a shop and came back with     4       bag of bread and some bananas. Now I had bread in one hand, banana in the other. But the dog was still waiting     5     (patient), not coming over to either of     6     (me) hands (second lesson: don’t force people for what you want).

And finally when I     7    (start)feeding it, the dog was waiting every time for me     8     (put) the bread in its mouth. I could see that it was hungry but it was taking care of my hand. The dog was waiting so that its teeth wouldn’t cause     9     (some) harm to me (third lesson: take care of it; it takes care of you).

Moved by my     10    (kind), the vendor invited me to have dinner with him!

I like to bargain when I buy goods. It isn’t because I don’t have money; it is because it     1     (accept) widely by people in my country. It also feels good when I get goods which is     2     (cheap) than goods other people get.

Last winter vacation, I went to an open cloth market located in Seoul to buy a jacket. At this market, you can buy a lot of clothes at really good     3     (price).

I got the brilliant idea of putting only $60 in my pocket to play     4     trick on the vendor. I found a jacket which is     5     (suit) for me. I asked the price and the vendor shouted: “$80”. From my experience, I knew the price was too high for that jacket. I made an offer of $60;     6    , he didn’t agree. He said I had to pay at least $65.

At that time, I realized I really could get that jacket for$60, so I pretend to be     7     (disappoint) and told him I really wanted it, but I had only $60     8     (leave) in my wallet. I show him my wallet to prove     9    .

After checking my wallet, he agreed to sell me the jacket     10     that price. I felt really good, but also sorry for him. Next time I go there I won’t bargain as hard as the last time since the vendor was really kind to me.

After my mother died, my father     1     (marry) an American woman, my step-mother. I met her for the first time when I moved to America. That night, before I went to bed she came to my room,     2     was the first room I had ever had of my own. She told me she was glad to have me and that she would take     3     (well) care of me. She asked me for a hug, but I did not know what     4     word “hug” meant.     5     (look) at her, I didn’t know what to do.     6     she didn’t give up. She called my father into the room and asked him     7     (explain) to me what she meant. When he did, I looked at my new step-mom and wondered why she wanted to hug me. She then told me it was because she loved me and you hug people when you love     8     (they). So she opened her     9     (arm) wide and timidly I opened mine and we hugged.

That was my first hug. It opened the door of love     10     my new step-mom and me.

There is no question that afternoon tea is popular in Britain. And it has     1     (certain) changed a lot over the last two hundred years. These days afternoon tea     2     (enjoy) by many, but most of all it’s a way for chefs (厨师) to express their creativity and add some new     3     (change) to the British tradition.

The custom of afternoon tea     4     (begin) with Anna Maria, the 7th Duchess of Bedford around 1840. At the time,     5     was usual for people to take only two main meals a day: breakfast and dinner (around 8 pm) and Maria is said to have complained (抱怨) of     6     (get) hungry during the late afternoon. So, the solution for the Duchess was a pot of tea and a light snack taken privately in her bedroom during the afternoon. She then started to invite friends     7     (join) her in her rooms at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire and the tradition became popular within fashionable society.

Basic afternoon tea includes finger sandwiches, scones (司康饼) and cakes on a plate, all washed down by a pot of tea set in either a lovely garden     8     a good hotel. But nowadays, it has become     9     artistic experience.

“In recent years, we have seen chefs getting more adventurous with their afternoon tea menus. Most still stick to the     10     (tradition) afternoon tea of sandwiches, scones and cakes but let their cooking skills go to town with delicious new sandwich fillings and flavoured (有添加味道的) breads,” said Afternoon Tea. co.uk managing director Keith Newton.

Johnny Reed was a little boy,     1     had never seen snow before he came to visit his grandmother. Until then, he had lived in a warm country, where the sun     2     (shine) down on the beautiful orange trees and the fields are always sweet with     3     (flower).

Johnny was standing by the window when the snow came down. “Oh mamma!” he cried     4     (joyful), “do come quick, and see these little white birds flying down from heaven. ”

“They are not birds, Johnny,” said mamma,     5     (smile). “That is only snow.”

“What is snow, mother?”

“The snowflakes are little drops of water that fall     6     the clouds. But the air is so cold that it turns them into snow. ”

She took a black hat from the desk and held out. “Johnny! I have caught a snowflake on     7     (I) hat. Look through this glass, and you will see     8     beautiful it is. ”

Johnny looked through the glass. There lay the snowflake like a lovely little star.

“Twinkle, twinkle, little star!” he sang in     9     (excite).

The next day Johnny had a good time in the snow, and when he came in, he said, “I love snow and I think snowballs are a great deal     10     (pretty) than oranges.”

A hairstyle that looks similar to models of the new coronavirus has been gaining popularity in Kenya. The hairstyle creates long spikes(尖状物)    1     move out across the head. Pictures     2     (represent)the structure of the new coronavirus have shown spikes coming out of a round, outer surface.

One reason why the hairstyle is growing in popularity is     3     it is less costly. This is more important now because many families are facing economic difficulties as a result       4     restrictions(限制)meant to limit the spread of the virus. The restrictions have stopped daily work activities for mil-lions of people with little or no savings.

The coronavirus-influenced look is also being used by some Kenyans     5     (rise) public awareness about COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. The method used to make the corona-virus hairstyle     6     (use)a common material for threading instead of produced hair products. The coronavirus hairstyle cost just 50 cents,     7     (compare) to $3 to $5 for an average braided hairstyle.

Sharon Refa is     8     hairdresser. Refa said some adults sill do not believe the coronavirus is real.       9     most young children have been following guidelines to wear face masks and wash their hands often. She said she thinks the hairstyle can be one way to get parents to take coronavirs guidelines more     10     (serious). "So many adults do not do this, and that is why we came up with the corona hairstyle, " Refa added.

Over the past 40 years, Du Dejian has received numerous visitors at the library     1     he established in his home in Zhangfang village of Yongji, Shanxi province.

Du, a rural teacher,     2     (decide) to build a library in the village when he noticed     3    range of difficulties his neighbors encountered as a result of limited knowledge during the planting season around 1980.

With support from his family, Du bought books, newspapers and magazines, mainly     4     agriculture. There weren't as many visitors as     5     (expect) at the beginning. At that time, residents thought     6     (they) to be experienced in farming, so they wouldn't read books.

To attract them, he began to send newspapers to the residents' homes and offer them an     7    (explain) about the great power of technology. Gradually, more people became loyal readers in Du's library. Besides, more than 700 agricultural, technology training courses     8     (present) over the past decades since the library opened.

In recent years, with the development the Internet, the library has seen fewer readers. Du began to try new methods     9     (spread) knowledge. He set up a WeChat group and sends agricultural information to the residents, helping them farm more     10     (scientific).