[Your Life Is What You Make It]

... Besides teaching, Zhang Tian also brought changes to the village. He contacted charity organizations about     1     and helped the villagers sell local products online.     2     was great, so he became very popular among the villagers and they treated him as one of them.

Rocky Lyons was five years old when his mother Kelly was driving through rural Alabama. He was asleep on the front seat of their truck     1     (盘起双腿). Suddenly, the truck turned over down to a valley. Rocky moved out from under Kelly,     2     (溜进) through the open window and tried to pull his mother out. But she didn’t move. Rocky     3     (爬行) back into the truck and managed to push Kelly out of the crashed truck. He then told her they’d     4     (攀爬) up to the road and stop a car to get help. Hearing the encouragement from Rocky, Kelly picked up the hope and     5     (摸索着前进) in the dark. It was midnight when they reached the road. Due to tiredness, Rocky fell down at the moment he     6     (迈步) on the ground. However, he     7     (颤抖着站起来), yelling out aloud for help. Fortunately，a car stopped and the mother and son were rushed to the hospital. It took eight hours to rebuild Kelly’s face. Rocky     8     (踱来踱去), waiting worriedly outside the operation room. The boy just couldn’t stop crying his heart out. No sooner had the doctor told Rocky his mother was fine than he     9     (冲进) the room. Until his mother was asleep, then he    10     (蹑手蹑脚地) quietly out of the room.

As the twins looked around them in disappointment, their father appeared. He approached them and     1     (把他们拉进怀里). “What’s up?” father gently inquired. Jeff stammered out their failed plan,     2     (使劲搓着双手). Hearing their plan, he     3     (温柔地抚摸着他们的头), comforting “I will do you a favor”. He     4     (抓起) the handle of the pan and     5     (放) a bar of butter to melt. Then he swiftly     6     (移除) the burnt porridge away, and     7     (倒掉) another cup of rice, starting to cook it all over again. Soon came the delicious smell of French toast and chicken porridge. Before the twins carried the breakfast upstairs and woke their mother up, they     8     (伸出一根手指按在嘴上) to ask their father to keep secret. Staring at the carefully prepared food, the mother     9     (把孩子抱在怀里 ), tears running down her face.

There is so much more to learn about the interesting history and culture of the United Kingdom. Studying the history of the country will make your visit     1         2         3    . The capital city London is a     4         5         6         7    , as it is an ancient port city that has a history dating all the way back to Roman times. There are     8         9         10     to explore, and lots of museums with ancient relics from all over the UK. The UK is     11         12         13     of history and modern culture, with both new and old traditions. If you     14         15         16         17    , you will be surprised to find that you see both its     18     and its     19    .

Tu Youyou, a committed and patient scientist, was born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930, and graduated from Peking University Medical School in 1955. After she graduated, she worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing. In 1967, the Chinese government formed a team of scientist with the o    1     of discovering a new treatment for malaria, and Tuyouyou was among the first r    2     chosen. In the beginning, Tuyouyou went to Hainan, where malaria was more common, to study malaria patients. In 1969, she became the head of the project in Beijing, and decided to review ancient Chinese medical texts to find traditional b    3     treatments for the disease. Her team examined over 2,000 old medical texts, and e    4     280,000 plants for their medical p    5    . From their research, they discovered and texted 380 d    6     ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria.

One medical text from the fourth century suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. Tu’s team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves but found no effect. They then tried boiling fresh wormwood, and using the l    7     obtained from this to treat malaria, but this did not work either. Their project get stuck. However, Tu Youyou would not a    8     defeat. She analysed the medical texts again, and by chance, she found one sentence suggesting a different way to treat the wormwood. She concluded that boiling the sweet wormwood apparently destroyed its medical properties. Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract, she found a s    9     that worked. After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971. Tu Youyou and her team members even i    10     on testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe. Later, the medicine was tested on malaria patients, most of whom recovered. This medicine, which was called artemisinin, soon became a standard treatment for malaria.

Emperor Qinshihuang united the seven major states into one     1     country where the Chinese writing system began to develop     2     one direction. That writing system was of great     3     in uniting the Chinese people and culture. Even today, no matter where Chinese people live or     4     dialect they speak, they can all still communicate in writing.

Written Chinese has also become an important     5     by which China’s present is connected with its past. People in modern times can read the     6     works which were written by Chinese in ancient times. The high regard for the Chinese writing system can be     7     in the development of Chinese characters as an art form, known as Chinese     8     . which has become an important part of Chinese culture.

    9     China plays a greater role in global affairs, an increasing number of international students are beginning to     10     China’s culture and history through this amazing language.