For years，a farmer called John has been devoted to     1     (tackle) the problem of hunger. One day he came across an article which referred to Yuan Longping and his super hybrid rice. He thought it essential    2    him to benefit from the practical knowledge circulated by Yuan Longping. Therefore, he had no alternative but     3     (equip) himself with more knowledge of Yuan’s farming methods. He took all     4     (aspect) into consideration and developed his farming method suitable for the soil of his fields. With scientific farming methods，he and his family have their output     5     (expand) and have never bought exported grain any longer.

For many students，it is a great honour     1     (participate) in all kinds of     2     (compete). Some regard competitions     3    a good chance to improve themselves while others complain that on such     4     (occasion), they have no freedom and there     5     (exist) stress. In my opinion, when an opportunity comes, you should embrace it and make every effort     6     (make) it. If you fail, it is all right, because you lose nothing. Instead, during the process, you harvest experience and courage.

Each culture has a diet that is typical     1     its own. In Kerala, India, people eat more fish. Rice is Kerala’s main food. In all three meals, rice dishes can be seen. While a grandmother was preparing powdered porridge, her grandchildren recommended her     2     (take) a bite of the instant noodles. They told her it was convenient     3     (make) noodles.

Traditional     4     (cuisine) of Kerala, such as powdered porridge, fish curry, sambar and spices, are disappearing. Instead, many foreign dishes such as chilli chicken and     5     (roast) meat are becoming available. And people are addicted to     6     (drink) modern red and yellow flavoured water.

We can not resist     7     (eat) the dishes foreigners find unhealthy, even though foreigners are culturally fall     8     love with our diet.

Whenever you have to write a paper, a letter, or any other document for work or school, you probably head toward the computer. Now, most people reach for     1     (keyboard) faster than they pick up pens. In a Scottish primary school, however, Mr. Norman Lewis is taking a different approach. He feels that neat handwriting     2     (be) still an important skill, so he has his students write not only by hand but also     3     old fashioned fountain pens.

Fountain pens     4     (use) in schools long ago and have been regaining popularity lately because they are refillable. Today, a writer     5     (simple) throws an empty pen away and gets     6     new one.

So far, Mr. Lewis is pleased with the results of his experiment. He reports that his students are taking more care with their work, and their self-confidence has improved as well. He is happy with the     7     (improve) he sees in his students’ writing     8     in his own writing. He knows that computers are here     9     (stay) and that they will not disappear. However, he believes that the practice with fountain pens helps students to focus, to write faster, and they can feel proud of     10     (they).

China has a history of more than five thousand years,     1     makes its culture profound. The     2     (various) of Chinese culture always attracts foreigners to come to visit China. As the carrier of Chinese culture, Chinese costume occupies a place. Chinese costume is very special and its feature is always added in the foreign style. And the classic Chinese costume is cheongsam (旗袍), which is full     3     charm.

Cheongsa m has become     4     representative of traditional Chinese style. Many foreign ladies wear cheongsam to show respect in great occasions. And Chinese beauties dress cheongsam     5     (confident) to show the world the Chinese style in the great competition of Miss World. Cheongsam     6     (make) a lady’s body shape look so     7     (attract), and men are attracted by women’s charm.

Recently, in the fashion week, more and more Chinese features     8     (see). Cheongsam style is favored by a lot of famous designers. They combine their own fashion with cheongsam style,     9     (present) the world with the beauty of female’s body and the charm of Chinese costume style. As more and more foreigners become interested in Chinese culture, they have a strong desire     10     (know) the real China.

As countries accept the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative(“一带一路倡议”), Ugandan youths need to make plans to benefit     1     different chances provided by the initiative . “Those with     2     clear understanding of the Chinese language and culture     3    (be) at an advantage,” said Sooma, co-director (主任) of Luyanzi College, one of the pioneer schools in Uganda     4     teach the Chinese language.

Besides     5     (offer) Chinese language lessons to students, the school also welcomes Ugandan language teachers who are learning Chinese so that Chinese can     6    (teach) in schools.

According to the National Curriculum Development Canter (国家课程发展中心), the Ugandan and Chinese governments have reached an     7     (agree) on training over 100 Ugandan language teachers. And within the next four years, probably about 60,000 students will make up their minds to learn how to speak Chinese and become     8    (use) teachers after graduation.

Oswald Ndolerire, the co-director of the Confuclus Institute at Makerere University, said     9    (recent) “The Chinese are coming because they feel like they have something     10    (provide). They are a group of nice people.”

I was only in China for about 4 months last year. I stayed in Shanghai and visited some other cities    1     (include) Beijing. While the price feels a bit too much for a high speed train, the Chinese infrastructure (基础建设) is     2     (true) far ahead of any other developing country and even some developed ones in Europe. The train stations are as big     3     airports: almost everything in     4     is like airports. They have all the high standards of airports but without the waiting time. The trains are just like those from Germany or France,     5    are clean, modern and highly developed and run at very high speeds. It is about 1,200 kms from Shanghai to Beijing, and each high speed train     6     (take) around 4 and a half hours to reach its destination and     7     are more than 2 trains every hour, each day.

I also had the experience of     8     (sit) in Maglev (磁力悬浮列车) in Shanghai. There is a public maglev train that runs from Shanghai city to its international airport. The    9     (distant) from the city to the airport is 40 kms and the speed of the train is 430 kms/hr. It took us just around 6 mins     10     (cover) 40 kms and it felt rather smooth.

I was visiting the Cape Verde Islands with some friends. Although it was a     1     (wind) day, the water was clear and my friends were out on the reef. Going out to snorkel (潜泳), I     2     (notice) that an ocean current had spread to the bay, pushing me towards rocks     3     (cover) in sea urchins (海胆). Since I wasn’t close to the shore,     4     would have been a tiring exercise to swim against it, so, using the current, I made it back to shore in about an hour.     5     (lie) on the beach and out of breath, I heard a voice. A man,     6     was one of the guys I had just met, was getting pushed past the rocks and would be quickly carried out to sea. No one else was close,     7     I jumped into the water. Keeping a mark on all of the submerged rocks and sand bars (沙洲), I swam out to him. “Get hold of my arm and when you reach a sand bar, grip it with your feet,” I said over the roar of the waves. With one hand, I held onto the man, and with     8     other, I was using all of my remaining     9     (strong) to reach the sand bars. Again, I used the current to get across the bay, towards the shallows.     10     (final), we crawled up the sand and lay there watching the sun.

As you get older, you will find time tends to move faster.

You will also find time like a stack of memories, so the fewer new experiences you have, the less likely you are     1    (fill) those memories with    2    (interest) things.

Time does go by more    3    (quick) as we get older. In the first few years of our lives, anything we sense or do    4    (be) new, and many of our experiences are unique, so they remain firmly in our memories.

But as the years go by, we get fewer and     5    (few) new experiences—both because we have already accomplished a lot     6    because we become slaves to our daily routines.

Maybe we need a new app    7    (create) by people who know something in all fields that will encourage us to try out new experiences, point    8    things we’ve never done, recommend dishes we’ve never tasted and suggest places we’ve never been to.

Such     9    app could make our lives more varied, help us to try new things, slow down the passage of time and increase our    10    (happy).

My pen pal, whose name is Mike,     1    (come) to our school to study next month. He comes from America and is eighteen. He is a tall and thin person with yellow hair and blue eyes,     2     makes him look different     3     us.

There are four people in his family. His father is an engineer, his mother is a teacher and his     4    (young) sister is a high school student now. He is so outgoing and easy     5    (get) along with that he is ready to make friends with others, which     6    (bring) him high praises. He has     7     variety of interests,     8    (include) listening to pop music and playing basketball. He often goes to gym     9    (regular). The reason why he will come to China is that he wants to learn Chinese and taste Chinese food. I’m looking forward to his coming and hoping you can make friends with     10    (he).