My hotel is near d     1     in the Mission District, one of the oldest parts of the city. Many of the people l     2     here are from Mexico or Central America. This d     3     used tо be a poor area of town, but is now a c     4     for art, music, and food. In fact, an art m    5     called the “Mission School” started here. It’s i    6     by graffiti art and comic art. I walked around l     7    аt the street art for а few hours. It was quite modern and l    8    . A     9    , I ate some delicious Mexican-Chinese noodles from a food truck. A real mix of c     10     here!

Trade and     1     have often formed the foundation of mankind’s greatest achievements. To complete the great map of the world was a strong p    2     for the people of early civilisations. Marco Polo’s tales     3     European explorers to search for sea routes from west to east. H    4    merchants and explorers from the East set sail from east to west many years before Columbus first did.

In a     5    times, silk from China found its way overland to India, the Middle East, and Rome, along what became known as the Silk Road. A trading route across the sea was also e    6    along the coasts of the Indian Ocean, centred around Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Here, merchants from China and many other places met to n    7    trade deals, which also led to more a    8     each other’s cultures. Over the centuries, f    9     trading, allowed more exploration of the regions to the west of China, as r    10     in Du Huan’s Record of My Travels in the eighth century.

...“As well as studying hard, I’ve been    1     in social activities. British people are    2     by our culture and eager to learn more about it, so I’ m keen to share my culture with them. While I’m learning about business I’m also acting as a cultural    3     building a bridge between us.

Christopher Reeve engaged in a wide range of exercises designed to rebuild muscle, and made remarkable p    1    . Shortly after, he managed to return to his film c    2     by directing, producing and even starring in films. He also wrote a biography and returned to his charity work. Reeve became a     3    (热爱的，具有强烈信念的) and energetic advocate for people with back injuries and    4     (残疾), collecting millions of dollars in    5    (支持) of medical research.

As person, Lang Ping is loved by fans at home and    1    . When the Chinese team was preparing for the 2015 World Cup, her     2    was tested. The team that Lang Ping had built was    3         4    . One of the best players had been injured, and the team captain had to leave because of heart problems. Losing two important players was a big    5    , but Lang Ping did not lost    6    .

Jordan’s skills were    7    , but the mental    8    that he showed made him    9    . In the final seconds of a game, Jordan always seemed to find a way to win. Jordan says that the secret to his success is learning from his    10    .

Yuan longping, k    1     as the “father of hybrid rice” is one of China’s most famous scientists. Yet, he considers     2    a farmer because he continually w    3    the land in his research. Indeed, his slim but s    4     body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers to whom he has d    5    his life.

Yuan Longping was born in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him to p    6    a career in science or medicine.     7    , what concerned him most was that farmers had often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious s    8     of food to eat. To t    9     this crisis, he chose to study agriculture and received an education of Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing. After graduating in 1953, he worked    10    a researcher and began to develop the first hybrid rice that could be use for farming.

Today, we have to use switches for our lights, knobs for our appliances, and remote controls for our TVs and air conditioners. In the future, we will be using a    1     technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will use integrated sensors to t    2     when you leave home each morning, and then go into an energy­efficient mode all by i    3    . You will no longer have to think about turning switches on and off yourself. Your home will also learn your d    4     routine and preferences, so everything will be r    5     for you when you get home each evening. Your lights will come on the i    6     you enter the door along with your f    7     music or TV programmes, and you will find your dinner already p    8     for you. All controls will r    9     to voice commands, so if you want to change your routine, you just say aloud w    10     you want and the home system will obey.

    1    to be attracted to computer games and the online world... I think you should     2    . Why not..... Each statue has a different face,     3    that each one is a copy of a real soldier. The statues fill only one part of the emperor’s huge tomb, which still     4    .... However,     5    knew about the tomb or the terracotta statues until 1974, when some farmers discovered the tomb while they were digging a well.