4 . Last week Meituan co-published a proposal with a number of business organizations including the China General Chamber of Commerce and China Cuisine Association, calling on restaurants to stop food waste and help form new eating habits for customers. “Restaurants should use means of publicity using official accounts on social media and live-streaming to promote and advocate food-saving actions,” the proposal said.

Catering associations in more than 18 provinces have also joined the campaign to eliminate food waste. On Friday the China Cuisine Association announced that it had teamed up with Ele. me, the Alibaba Group Holding-owned food delivery platform, to launch a “half-dish plan”, encouraging restaurants to provide customers with the option to order smaller portions.

To control food waste on social media platforms, popular Chinese video platforms such as Douyin and Kuaishou have stepped up content reviews of food-related live streams and carry out regulation of online eating shows. Now if users search certain keywords, such as “eating show” or “competitive eaters”, a cautionary message pops up to remind them to cherish food and keep a reasonable diet.

Across the country about 20% of all the food ends up in the trash. That food waste costs the average family of four about ¥1,500 a year. It also takes up valuable space in landfills. Now it is time to get customers to rethink their relationship with food and waste.

China’s ancient civilization has continued into modern times, despite the many ups and downs in its history. One of the main     1    (factor) is the Chinese writing system.

    2    (date) back several thousand years to longgu, written Chinese was a picture-based language. At that time, some symbols     3    (carve) on animal bones and shells. By the Shang Dynasty, it had been already     4    (high) developed system. Later, there was a time     5    the Chinese people were divided geographically, leading     6    many varieties of dialects and characters. Chinese writing system was fixed from Qin Dynasty, when Emperor Qinshihuang united the seven major states into one unified country.

The writing system is not only of great     7     (important) in uniting the Chinese people and culture, but also an important means by     8     China’s present is connected with its past. Today, we can read the classic works     9    (write) by Chinese in ancient times. Now, Chinese calligraphy, as     10    art form, has become an important part of Chinese culture.

8 . The brain, like any other body part, gets old.     1     For example, women’s brains may age more slowly than men’s. That is the finding of a U.S. study from Washington University School of Medicine.

Researchers there wanted to find out how the brain uses sugar.     2     They used medical equipment to look at the flow of oxygen and sugar in the brains. The researchers found that the brains of women looked nearly four years younger than those of men.     3    

As our brains age, some mental problems may happen. However, doctors say that about half of the problems can be prevented by simple lifestyle changes.

Whether you are a man or a woman, here are some tips for you to keep your brain young and healthy.

·    4     Experts suggest around seven hours of sleep each night.

·Get aerobic (有氧) exercise for 30~40 minutes three to four times a week. Exercise helps grow brain cells(细胞)and gets better blood flow in the brain.

·Eat a healthy diet.     5     One example is the diet with lots of vegetables, fruits, grains, and fish.

·Do activities that make you excited and happy.

·Spend time with family and friends.

9 . Max’s Best Friend

Max wasn’t feeling well one morning after a snow. So when it was time to walk his three year old dog named Cal, he ______ to a nearby field and let her out.

But then Max found himself short of ______ and decided to walk back to his car. The 58-year-old man was ______ a mild heart attack. After only a few steps, he ______.

For about an hour Max lay face-down in the snow, taking a quick deep breath for ______. His body ______ dropped to 32℃. Although he was almost unconscious(失去知觉的), he was still ______ of Cal running ______ him, barking loudly.

______, about 180 meters away, Cal found Mike, who was removing the ______ from a backyard ice rink (溜冰场) that he had made for his kids. She ______ to him barking.

“She was jumping back and forth (来回) at me,” Mike says, “going one way, ______ the other, as if to say ‘Come on. Let’s go’. But I didn’t know what she was ______ that for.”

The dog wouldn’t stop barking. Looking around, Mike could see ______ in the distance. So he ran with Cal back to where Max ______. Seeing that Max needed ______, Mike ran home to call 911, then returned with a blanket, ______ Max and waited for the medical aid. Max was taken to a local ______ and later sent to St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. He ______ eight days later.

“Without the ______ and Mike, I wouldn’t be here,” Max says.

10 . I was the only new kid in the karate (空手道) class. Everyone else knew a lot of the moves and had yellow or orange _________, standing for their levels.

I had a total beginner’s white belt and felt extremely _______ the whole way through the class. I tried my hardest to _______ along, but everything was much _________ than I thought it would be. _________, as I was putting on my shoes, I was thinking, “There is no way I am ever coming back to karate!” And that’s when I _________ Elizabeth.

“You did great!” I said. “I was so stupid!”

“That’s how I _________ at first, too,” she said. “If you want, I can help you _________.”

I agreed and since then we’ve been amazing friends.

Not very long ago, Elizabeth had to _________. I felt very sad after I heard about the terrible ________. Elizabeth and I had to come up with a _________. We were actually pretty _________ with our solution. Here’s what we did.

First, we asked my mom to take a(n) __________ of us together and help us print it out regular size and tiny size. We put the regular photos in special frames (框架) that we __________ with “Friends Forever”. Then, we ________ the tiny picture of us in half and put the half with the other’s face in our own locket necklace (小盒式项链).

So __________ Elizabeth lives miles away and I only get to see her __________, our Friends Forever picture frames and locket necklaces really do ________ with the “missing-you” part.

Being __________ from your friend doesn’t have to be as bad as it seems right now. Photos, __________, phone calls, e-mails, and great memories can really and truly make a friend seem closer than he or she is.