Larry Belmont worked for a c    1     that made robots. Recently it had begun experimenting with a h    2     robot. It was going to be tested o    3     by Larry’s wife, Claire. Claire didn’t want the robot in her house, e    4     as her husband would be away on a b    5     trip for three weeks, but Larry persuaded her that the robot wouldn’t harm her or a    6     her to be harmed. It would be a b    7    . However, when she first saw the robot, she felt a    8    . His name was Tony. He seemed more like a h    9     than a machine. He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep v    10    , although his facial expression never changed.

Next week I’m travelling to Australia to visit a friend there over the school holidays, I plan to keep this blog to record my experiences and what I learn. I have already done some research on the country. L    1     to the south of the e    2    , below many other countries on the globe, it’s often informally r    3     to as “down under”.

I have also read about some i    4     sites, such as the Sydney Opera House and the Great Ocean Road, and animals like the cute koalas and kangaroos, I can’t wait to see all of them! However, as I m    5     in social studies, I’m more interested in meeting people in Australia and e    6     their culture, food, and way of life.

I’m here in Sydney! Since I arrived, my friend has brought me to my first open-air b    7     b and has also shared many different but yummy meals with me, so my first impressions of Australia have been all about food! A lot of t    8     Australian food, such as the Sunday roast, is originally British. Bakeries, fast-food joints, butcher shops, cafes, and restaurants everywhere provide some of the p    9     food experiences in the world. The influence of Asian cultures, on the other hand, led to the introduction of bean curd and Asian herbs, along with Australian versions of foods like the Chinese- i    10     dim sim.

Festivals are an important part of society. They reflect people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths and    1    . They are    2     allow us to relax and enjoy life, and forget about our work for a little while. They help us understand where we came from, who we are, and     3    . And if you study festivals carefully, you may be surprised to find that     4     actually have a lot in common after all.

Imagine     1     to sing together with hundreds of people while you are at home alone. You can do this in a virtual choir. Virtual choir members record themselves while they perform alone on video. These videos are    2     the Internet, and then they are put together into one video that you can see online — a virtual choir. Anyone can take part in a virtual choir from anywhere — all you need is a video camera and an Internet connection. You donˈt even need a studio. A virtual choir helps    3     together. Many people do not have    4     who have the same interest in music. Many others do not have the chance to join a local choir. A virtual choir    5     add their voices to those of other individuals and become part of the global community. It has proved to be a     6     the lives of many people.

As a player, Lang Ping brought g    1     to her country. As a c    2    , she led the Chinese women’s volleyball team to medals at world c    3     and the Olympics. As a person, Lang Ping is loved by fans at home and a    4    . When the Chinese team was p    5     for the 2015 World Cup, her d    6     was tested. The team that Lang Ping had built was falling a    7    . One of the best players had been i    8     and the team c    9    had to leave because of heart problems. Losing two important players was a big challenge, but Lang Ping did not lose h    10    .

“To a person, nothing is more p     1    than their life and if they e    2    me with that life, how could I refuse that trust.” These words of Dr. Lin Qiaozhi give us a look into the heart of this     3    a woman and what c    4    her through a life of hard choices.

As a five-year-old girl, Lin Qiaozhi was deeply a    5    by her mother’s death. At age 18, instead of following the traditional path of marriage like the m    6    of girls, she chose to study medicine. “Why should girls learn so much? F    7     a good husband should be their final goal!” her brother c    8    , thinking of the high t    9    fees. She r    10    , “I’d rather stay single to study all my life!”

Yuan Longping, k     1     as the “father of hybrid rice”, is one of China’s most famous s     2     . Yet, he considers himself a farmer because he continually works the l     3     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. However, what c     7     him most was that farmers 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 e     10     at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing.

Cloning is the process of making an exact copy of a plant or animal and developing it either naturally or artificially. The first successfully cloned animal was a sheep    1    (name) Dolly in 1996. In January 2018, the two cloned long-tailed monkeys    2    (announce) by Chinese scientists. They were the first-ever primates,     3    proved to be much harder. The success has led to worldwide praise as a huge breakthrough.