In Jeff Kinney’s book Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, Greg Heffley’s mother suggests a family road trip. Family road trips are     1     (normal) full of fun, right? But this family is not a normal one. The family is full of good hopes when the trip starts,     2     things don’t go as they wish. They spend their first night at a terrible hotel sleeping on the floor. The days go on     3     more bad luck. They spend a sunny day at a water park but their car keys and wallets     4     (lose) there. The trip continues and several more     5     (accident) happen. Along the way, however, the family finds time     6     (enjoy) themselves.

As one of the     7     (great) writers in the world, Kinney is doing really well in telling stories about people     8     may appear in our real life. We may find that some of the Heffley family life is the same as some part of our own family.

I strongly suggest this book to young readers. It’s really interesting and     9     (include) family fun and lots of humor. I found myself always     10     (laugh) while reading it.

Technophobes are people who hate modern technology,     1    (probable)because they don’t understand it, or because they are afraid of doing something wrong and     2    (ruin)the equipment.

However, this is not a new phenomenon(现象). At the turn of the 20th century, when electricity was set up in many homes, signs     3    (place)on the wall next to the light-switches advising people     4     were used to gas lighting not to light the electricity with a match!

There were many cases where people were unaware of how to use new machines, causing     5    (embarrass)in the would-be user and amusement in the observer.

When     6    (video)first came on the market, a woman, who had never seen a video-tape before, took one tape out of the box     7     began shaking it violently. Seeing this, her husband asked her what she     8    (do). She replied, “Shaking the tape.     9     says on the tape ‘Shake before use’”. Her husband told her the name of the film was “Shake Before Use”!

Whatever your phobias(恐惧), new technology is here to stay until someone comes along and invents something newer for us     10    (use).

China’s war epic “The Battle at Lake Changin” was released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Friday, becoming     1     hit of the week long National Day holiday.

    2     has moved many moviegoers to tears is the story of young warriors     3     (risk)it all to defend their motherland. Set in the Second Phase Offensive of the Korean War, “The Battle at Lake Changjin”     4    (tell)a historical tale:71 years ago, Chinese People’s Volunteers troops courageously fought the enemy under     5     (extreme)freezing cold environment. The film presents a fresh viewpoint     6       hasn’t been seen before, reshaping the war film narrative we’re used to seeing.

According to figures     7     (report)by the Xinhua News Agency, it has earned more than 5.62 billion yuan($879 million)since its premiere in China on September 30. It accounts     8     around 75 percent of total holiday receipts. The audience say it stirs their national pride, making them want to show their     9     (admire)to the CPV heroes who have devoted     10     (they)to the country, and reminds them to cherish today’s peaceful life.

Chinese workers once demonstrated their great efficiency in 2018.     1    (incredible), around 1,500 workers spent just nine hours    2    (complete) the construction of a new train station in Fujian Province, southern China. Seven trains and 23 diggers were used    3    (assist) the massive project.

A video     4    (release) on the Internet showed how the construction workers connected three major railroads with the new Nanlong Railway. They also set up the traffic signals     5     a series of traffic monitoring equipment.

The construction took place at the Nanlong Railway Station in the city of Longyan.    6       began on January 19 and finished on the early morning of January 20. The project was completed so quickly because the workers    7    (arrange) into seven units to undertake different tasks at the same time.

Measuring 246 kilometres in    8    (long), the new Nanlong Railway is a main transport link between south-east China and     9    (center) China. It supports trains    10    operate at a maximum speed of 200kph.

People call Wilma Rudolph “the Black Pearl”, “the Black Gazelle” and “the fastest woman in the world”. In 1960, she became the first American woman     1    (win) three gold medals in the Olympics. She was     2     extraordinary American athlete. She also did a lot to help young athletes     3    (success).

Wilma Rudolph was born     4     a very large, poor, African-American family. She was the     5    (twenty) of twenty-two children. She was born too early and only     6    (weigh) two kilograms. She had many     7    (illness) when she was very young,     8    (include) pneumonia(肺炎)and scarlet fever(猩红热). She also had polio(小儿麻痹症),     9     damaged her left leg. When she was six years old, she began to wear metal leg braces because she could not use that leg. With her family’s attention and care,     10    (fortunate), by the time she was nine years old, she no longer needed her leg braces.

Why do people make their banks in the shape of a pig? Pigs have nothing to do with money. They don’t store food like squirrels. So how did we end up     1     (use) a pig as the style of a bank?

During the fifteenth century, metal was very expensive. Dishes and pots were made from a type of orange clay called “pygg”,     2     was pronounced just like “pig”. At the time, there weren’t banks like we have today, so people would store their money at home. When     3     (housewife) had extra coins to save, they would place them in clay jars or pots. Since the type of clay was called “pygg”, people     4     (refer) to the jars as pygg banks. Over time this evolved into piggy banks.

    5     a few hundred years, people forgot that the word “pygg” was associated with the clay the banks     6     (make) from. The English language was also changing and the word “pig” was more     7     (common) used than before. So when English potters began to get request     8     piggy banks, they assumed their customers were asking for banks     9     (shape) like pigs, not banks made from pygg.

Today piggy banks are made from all kinds of materials, and they also come in a     10     (vary) of shapes and animals. But the term “piggy bank” is still used to refer to these adorable containers for loose change.

Sun Ruifeng, a mother in Beijing, changed some of her plans for her 8-year-old son’s summer vacation,     1     an English tutoring course to a swimming training class. On July 24, Chinese authorities introduced a guideline to ease the burden of too much homework and off-campus tutoring for primary and junior high school students. It lists requirements in areas such as     2     (reduce) the amount and the difficulty of homework and improving the quality of education and after-class services     3     (provide) by schools. According to the guideline, tutoring institutions cannot teach students content     4     is too advanced for the school curriculum. No tutoring courses can be taught on weekends,     5     (nation) holidays or during winter and summer vacations. The moves aim to bring education back as public welfare and guide the educational training industry     6     (focus) on improving students’ all-round quality. Many parents     7     (firm) stood for the new moves. “Subject learning is enough at school and we hope to improve the children’s overall quality of life during holidays,” a parent surnamed Zhou in Guangzhou told Xinhua. However, there are also some concerns. Another parent in Shanxi said that although she agreed with the new moves, she worried about     8     her son would do after school if both parents have no time to be with him. According to the guideline, primary and middle schools are asked to offer after-school services,     9     (include) homework tutoring, sports, arts, reading and interest groups. At present, nine cities     10     (select) to implement the guideline. It will later be carried out nationwide.