In December 2018, a bunch of friends and I went to Europe to travel. Upon arrival in Vienna, we got the keys to the house from its owner. The     1     (decorate) of the house was quite good.

In Vienna, if anyone wants to copy a key, he or she is expected     2     (prove) their ownership of the property (房产) the key is for. It’s also really expensive. An ordinary key usually costs 150 euros (1.170 yuan). As the person in charge of the keys, I had a great responsibility.

    3     next day, we went everywhere, including the Sisi Museum and a coffee shop in the city center,     4     had dinner in a fancy restaurant. We felt quite relaxed. While we     5     (enjoy) dinner, my friends came up to me, asking for the keys so they could leave early. It was then that I realized that I’d lost them.

The host asked us to give him 300 euros to cover the cost of a new set of keys. We made a complaint about it but we had to pay the money. So, hoping to get our money back, we decided to do some detective work     6     our own.

I wrote an email to the Sisi Museum in the middle of the night, wondering whether the staff had found them. Early in the morning, I received their reply, saying that they had not.

    7     (fortunate) in the end, the keys were found in a souvenir shop. The host even said congratulations to us.

Though we saw many great     8     (sight) in Europe, the most     9     (value) thing about my trip was this lesson I learned: Never lose your keys in Vienna. Your keys ought to     10     (take) good care of.

“Hold on! Five seconds left!” Twenty students gathered in a circle, holding a plank (平板支撑) in a gym in Tianjin University.

It was a course offered by the university, through which students can lose weight while earning two academic     1     (credit) or additional awards such as bikes     2     swimming cards if they reached a weight-loss target.

“I ate a lot but seldom did exercise on campus,” said Ma Wenzhuo, a student of the university. He hopes to take control     3     his weight and become handsome.

Ma was the first group of 20 students,     4     (choose) from 107 applicants,     5     joined the 21-day weight-loss course. The course was open to students with a body mass index (质量指数) of over 26,

“We provided     6     (vary) courses including kickboxing (跆拳道), yoga and qigong, a system of breathing and exercise designed     7     (benefit) both physical and mental health, to improve students’    8     (strong), endurance, speed and dexterity (灵活),’’ yoga teacher Jin Shiyu said.

    9     (eat) too much with high amounts of fat and calories and less exercise have led to an increase in obesity. Obesity     10     (become) a growing problem in China in recent years.

My neighbor told me immediately after I got home that my uncle had visited and just left my place. As I thought of this, I ran even     1    (fast) down the road.

I ran until it occurred to me that I     2    (leave) the house 15 minutes before. Having been running for about another 15 minutes, I needed to know how I missed     3    (he).

Now thinking more reasonably, I reached for my phone     4    (call) him up. Twelve calls     5    (miss) from his mobile number. I must have been running so fast that I didn’t even notice. As I was about to make the call, his call came in, again. I picked his call and told him I was on the way to meet him. He was     6    (astonish) at my words. Then he said I would have caught up     7    him if I had run the right way. He had been standing about five buildings from mine, talking to     8    old friend.

I had taken the wrong way.     9    (actual), all I needed to do before was know     10     my uncle was and I would have saved my time and energy.

A white winter in Beijing is nothing new. The city is    1    （frequent）enveloped in snow over the colder months. However, the snowfall last weekend led    2    a unique combination of the seasons and a contrast of colours.

Famous places, especially with unique    3    （nature）beauty, were blanketed with a layer of snow and visitors. Camera in hand and braving the cold, I headed off to two of my favourite scenic    4    （spot）.

My first stop was Jingshan Park. The artificial park    5    （build）in the Ming Dynasty offered remarkable views of the Forbidden City. The coating of snow, contrasting with the colours of the autumn leaves and ancient structures only added to    6    （it）elegance and mystery. It is a view I    7    （see）countless times over the past decade and remains one of my favourite in the city.

Next up was Xiangshan Park,    8    dates back to the Jin Dynasty. There was a significant increase in    9    number of visitors. People traveled from all over China    10    （witness）the tree-covered hillsides transforming from their rich summery greens into yellows and reds like a blanket of fire. This created a picture I wouldn't soon forget.

Apple Farming Earns City Wide Recognition

Yuncheng kicked off     1     agriculture show on Oct 15. The highlight was a famous fruit     2     (grow) in the city, the apple.

In Yuncheng, the planting area of apples reaches 166,000 hectares, with an average annual output of about 6 million tons. However, what makes the local people     3     (pride) is not the output but the quality of the produce.

The city     4     (know) for selenium- rich apples. Selenium (硒) is a trace element that’s beneficial     5     human health. Selenium-rich apples can sell at prices about 15 percent     6     (high) than ordinary varieties.

The latest information technology is also used for     7     (improve) the output and quality of apples. An intelligent operational system,     8     is linked with various sensors on the farm, monitors the conditions of soil and air.

    9     (help) farmers expand their sales, the city has registered the “Yuncheng Apple” brand name. Meanwhile, the collective marketing strategy has improved the recognition of the produce among consumers both nationwide and across the world.

Yuncheng’s apples have been sold to 75     10     (country) and regions. The total export volume is about 300,000 tons a year, accounting for about 80 percent of Shanxi’s total exports of apples.

As soon as the weather gets cold in northern China, there will be some people in the street     1     （sell）a kind of delicious traditional food—Bing Tang Hu La, or Tanghulu for short.

This snack, which     2     （appear）for the first time in Beijing and Tianjin during the Song Dynasty, traditionally consists of hawthorn fruit（also known as "Shanzha"）. The fruit's texture（口感）is similar to an apple's.

The round and red fruit symbolizes togetherness, as the word "round" in Chinese sounds like "gathering". It     3     （believe）that the snack brings good luck and wealth. Therefore, it enjoys great     4     （popular）at family celebrations and large meals.

For older Chinese people, Tanghulu revives many memories from their childhood. Back when foreign specialties, such as biscuits and chocolate were still little known in the country, Tanghulu was the only sweet that they could occasionally buy in the street. In the 1990s, there was even     5     well-known pop song which extolled（赞颂）the wonderful taste of Tanghulu.

Tanghulu is today probably the most popular traditional sweet in China. It is mostly sold by traveling traders,     6     pat them together on bicycles or handcarts. If people want to try the sticky treat     7     （they）, they can find Tangbula traders near most popular     8     （place）in China.

When the weather turns cold, Tanghulu traders will     9     （general）find you, as it's almost impossible to walk the streets in major Chinese cities     10     coming across them.

Resilience is thought of as the ability to bear difficult and painful circumstances. It is what makes the difference between a person who gives up in     1     face of adversity and a person who somehow makes it through. Sometimes, we may not even realize how resilient we are until something     2     (unbelievable) disastrous happens in our lives.

Sometimes, when the worst happens, we blame everyone and everything around us—but ourselves—for     3     (we) misfortune. Other times, the worst happens, and we come out on the other side     4     (realize) that, “Hey, if I can get through that, I can get through anything.” In this way, we realize that we are, in fact,     5     (strong) than we knew. When disaster happens in our lives, we should allow ourselves     6     (feel) the emotional pain without letting it swallow us up.

When emotional pain and disaster spread through the soul fully, we run the risk     7     this pain becoming a long-term aspect of our identities, as a result of     8     we begin to see the pain as part of “who we are”. However, we are not the pain or the loss—we experience pain and loss. The beginning of the path towards building and increasing emotional resilience     9     (lie) in separating disaster and pain from who you are into something that you have witnessed, experienced, and ultimately learned valuable     10     (lesson) from.

The 22nd “Meet in Beijing” International Arts Festival     1     (greet) arts lovers in the capital with an Olympic theme as the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games approach.

As a major     2     (culture) event of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, the arts festival will mix Olympic culture     3     arts from around the world. It will cover five major sections—performing arts, visual arts, film screening, urban events     4     Olympic celebration activities. The performing arts section will bring to stage around 100     5     (perform) from 22 counties and regions, both online and offline.

A grand gala (文艺晚会)     6     (title) See You in Beijing will kick off the festival at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center,     7     is expected to bring traditional performing arts back to life through new stage technologies. Repertoire (节目单) includes Let it Go, and a pipa solo The Winter Tune, which will create     8     immersive visual effect with XR technology.

As part of highlights from international shows, the opera Carmen and the ballet classic La Traviata     9     (screen) at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center. Other wonderful programs will be broadcast online on major Chinese video platforms     10     (include) Tencent, iQiyi and Youku.

Controlling Your Screen Time

It might be fun to use your smartphone,     1     you should be careful.Too much screen time may be harmful to your health.

First,it is bad for your eyes.A researcher believes the problem comes from the blue light     2     the screen gives out.Looking at a smartphone for a long time can cause eye pain,headaches and dry eyes.So it is a good idea     3     (take) a break every 15 minutes when you are using a smartphone.

Second,screen use can do harm to your health.A new study       4     (show) that using screens too much can affect the growth of your children’s brains.If children use screens for       5     (much) than one hour a day,they might have lower levels of white matter in their brains.White matter is a key to the     6     (develop) of language and reading skills.So it is wise to cut down the time of children using all kinds of screens.

Third,using screens too much will affect your sleep.According to a study,about 95% of the people between the     7     (age) of 13 and 64 use electronics in bed,     8     (especial) the young people under 20.Doctors believe that the light from those electronics at night may make you excited.Then it’s hard for you to get a good sleep.So you’d better trun     9     smartphones,TVs and all other screens an hour before your bedtime.

    10     (keep) healthy,doctors and researchers strongly advise that you should control your screen time wisely.

The annual League of Legends World Championship, commonly referred to as “Worlds,”     1     （feature）qualifying professional teams from across the globe competing over a prize pool of $2,225,000. On Saturday, Chinese team defeated South Korean team and     2     （eventual）won the 2021 League of Legends World Championship in Iceland. The Chinese players     3     （award）the world champion for the first time in history. Due to the pandemic, there was no     4     （admit）to the live competition this year, but millions of audiences tuned in online to watch the game.

The International Olympic Committee is introducing new events     5     （make）the games attract more young people, so why not go further and let national teams compete at video games?

In fact, compared with most mainstream sports, electronic sports     6     “Fortnite” are more popular. But     7     critics may consider is that e-sports are not proper sports. Some of them even offer moral objections, too. In their opinion, they are     8     （violence）. Prince Harry has even called for "Fortnite” to be banned for this reason. Surely, at a time of global disharmony, it is a bad idea to make simulated（模拟的）killing     9     Olympic sport. The Olympics aim to promote peace.

Yet video games are highly competitive, with professional leagues     10     （head）for packed stadiums.