Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will     1     (probable) say that they go to learn languages, history, science and some other knowledge. That’s quite true, but do you know why they learn these     2     (thing)?

We send our children to school to prepare them    3     the future when they grow up and have to work for     4     (they). Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that     5     only reason why they go to school?

Actually, there is more in education than just    6     (learn) facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn, so that when we graduate we can continue to learn.     7     a man really knows how to learn, he will be     8     (success). Because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able     9     (do) it well himself, but he will also be able to teach others how to do it in the     10     (good) way. So the purpose of schools is not to teach languages, history, science, etc., but to teach students the way to learn.

Heard of the “metaverse” (元宇宙) lately? It has been hard not to. “Metaverse”, a     1     (combine) of the prefix “meta”, meaning beyond and “verse”, which relates to the universe, has become the     2     (late) buzzword (热词).

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg mentioned this term 16 times on a meeting     3     (hold) last month. The future of Facebook, he said, is a metaverse,     4     you can be physically present to hang out, play games, work and create.

But he didn’t coin the term. Neal Stephenson’s 1992 science fiction is regarded as the original inspiration for the concept. Tech giants want to play a role — preferably a     5     (lead) one. Companies ranging from Intel Core to Unity Software made relevant plans last year. Apple Inc. is reported     6     (work) on AR devices of its own currently.

But world through VR has plenty of drawbacks. There is still ongoing debate as to     7     continual use of VR is safe. Some suggest parents avoid exposing their children to VR as their eyes are still developing. In addition, its target population interact little with people in real life, which     8     (cause) concern in the past few years.

The last decade has seen AR and VR develop     9     (remarkable). Metaverse,     10     a consequence, can be built as expected. But consumers will have to look before they leap.

On Saturday night, a five-person team of the Chinese e-sports club, with the full name EDward Gaming,     1     (win) the 2021 League of Legends (LoL) World Championship in Iceland. The team has made very good use of the opportunity     2     (share) Chinese culture with the world. At the beginning of the championship, the members of EDG displayed Tai Chi martial arts, launching a “Chinese hurricane” there.

With the popularity of digital technology, new forms of cultural exchanges have been emerging, of which e-sports are of the     3     (hot). Unlike texts and videos, e-sports are understandable around the world, with the barriers of language     4     (break) down. Also e-sports appeal most to those in     5     (they) early 20s, as shown by the celebrations of college students on Saturday night,     6     in turn makes them a good bridge of communication between Chinese youngsters and their peers around the world. More     7    (important), the e-sports industry is sustainable in spreading Chinese culture, as the large audiences mean huge commercial potential.

As early as 2019, Hainan province announced its plan of building     8     international e-sports center. On Nov 5, the 2022 Asian Games Committee announced it had listed eight e-sports     9     events in the Games. As more Chinese star gaming clubs and teams appear, the industry     10     (expect) to further grow and continue spreading Chinese culture to the world.

As the saying     1    (go), “A hero  is known in the time of misfortune”. Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. He is a doctor in Guangdong, who saved many people's lives in 2003,     2    SARS broke out in Guangdong. Later, it spread across China and other parts of the world. Patients coughed a lot and    3    (get) fevers. Hundreds of patients even died from the disease. Even many doctors and nurses got SARS when they treated patients. So, everyone was afraid of it. Zhong spent days and nights     4    （find）the cause of the disease. Thanks     5    his way of treating, many patients began to get better. Zhong finally won people's trust. In early 2020,a disease     6    (call)COVID-19 hit Wuhan. It spread around quickly and tens of thousands of people were infected. Zhong, 84, led     7    (he) team to fight the illness. Zhong's team took      8    (measure)to cure the patients with COVID-19. He advised people to wear masks, wash hands     9    (frequent),stay at home and not to go to crowd places.

Now at     10     age of 84, Zhong still treats patients in the hospital and teaches young doctors.

Unluckily for my son Joey, he was born with two diseased feet. The doctor said that he would be able to walk with     1     (treat) but would never run very well. The first three years of his life    2     (spend) in hospital.

By the time Joey was eight, he could walk as     3     (normal) as others. Children in our neighborhood always ran around during their play,     4    Joey would run and play, too.

In the seventh grade, he decided to join the school running team.     5     (know) that only the top seven runners would be chosen, he trained    6     (hard) than anyone else. He ran four     7     five miles every day, even when he had a fever.

One day, I went to see him and found him running alone in the playground. I asked him     8     he felt. “I’m OK,” he said. He still had two more miles     9     (run). So he kept running.

Two weeks later, the seven team members were picked out, among     10    Joey was number six. Joey’s efforts paid off. I was very proud of him.

The Argentina Football Association confirmed Maradona's death on Wednesday and expressed the deepest sorrow for the     1     (lose) of the country’s legend.

    2     ( regard) as the best player in the history of the game , Maradona became a household name after he     3     (lead) his country to World Cup glory in 1986. He took center stage at the tournament with a memorable performance against England where he scored an iconic(具有讽刺意义的) goal     4     was described as the "Hand of God". Later in     5     same match, he scored one of the best     6     (goal) in history after weaving his way past seven English defenders.

Argentina's President announced three days of national mourning     7     (show) the sadness for the passing away of the superstar, and posted a tribute(悼念) to Maradona on Twitter. "You took us to the top of the world. You made us feel     8     (incredible) happy. You were the greatest of all. Thank you for having existed."

Maradona will lie at Argentina's presidential palace where his fans will have the chance to say goodbye to their hero. Meanwhile, a minute's silence     9     (observe) ahead of all European matches this week     10     honor of him.

President Xi Jinping signed a presidential order on Tuesday to award four people national medals and honorary titles for their outstanding contributions     1     fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zhong Nanshan,84,     2     excellent disease expert, was awarded the Medal of the Republic, the highest national honor, for his outstanding work in fighting COVID-19 in China. Three    3    (other) were also awarded the “People’s Hero” national honorary title for helping fight against the novel coronavirus(新冠病毒).They are Zhang Boli, a    4    (tradition) Chinese medicine expert; Zhang Dingyu , head of Wuhan’s Jinyintan Hospital; and Chen Wei, a medical scientist     5     made major achievements in COVID-19-related basic research.

Zhong also has long been devoted to the research ,prevention and    6    (treat) of major infectious and chronic respiratory diseases(慢性呼吸病), and has a long record of achievements. He was a major figure in the fight against the severe acute respiratory syndrome(综合症状) outbreak in 2003 in China.    7    (follow) the COVID-19 outbreak , the Chinese government encouraged the country    8    (contain) the disease in Wuhan, Hubei province, after the city was locked down in late January. More than 42000 medical workers from across the country     9    (send) to Hubei to fight the disease. The pandemic has been     10    (effective) placed under control on the Chinese mainland since early March.

The American space agency, NASA,     1     (release) its latest plan to place the first humans on the moon since 1972. The     2     (update) information on the Artemis mission renews NASA’s promise     3     one of the astronauts will be a woman.

“We’re going back to the moon for     4     (science) discovery, economic benefits, and inspiration for a new generation of explorers,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement Monday.

NASA’s moon mission is part of     5    (it) Artemis plan. It will use NASA’s newest rocket, the Space Launch System, or SLS. The astronauts are to travel on NASA’s Orion spaceship.

Three projects     6     (compete) to build a moon lander     7     will transport two astronauts to the moon from the Orion spaceship. The competitors are all private companies, Blue Origin, SpaceX and Dynetics.

Artemis 1 will send a spaceship around the moon in 2021. It will not use     8     human crew. Artemis II is to send astronauts around the moon in 2023. Artemis III will land on the lunar surface in 2024 and remain for a week. NASA plans to have the astronauts     9     (leave) the lander to collect soil and rock, search for water and other resources and carry     10     experiments.

NASA says the plan will cost $28 billion dollars over a period of five years.

Do you Douyin？

Got a moment – or, perhaps, 15 seconds? In the age of fragmented(碎片化的) time, Douyin, which is a massive hit in China right now, can perfectly fill in the gaps when people have nothing     1    (good) to do between two events; its daily plays     2     (spread) over one billion in the past few years. The Vine-like app allows users to produce creative short videos that combine music with mouth shapes or body moves. They can dance, sing, cook or   do     3     their hearts desire.

    4     (launch) in September 2016, Douyin is owned by Zhang Yiming, one of China's top tech leaders; he chairs ByteDance. Similar to how Vine worked    5    a time-limited video platform, Douyin is a     6     (collect) of brief 15-second music videos, mainly focused on young people,    7    it's certainly suitable for all ages.

On the platform, childish and strange behaviours are     8     (total) acceptable. In high-pressure world, it is no surprise that Douyin has become so successful – all you need to do is pick up your phone and open     9     app to relieve some stress and relax yourself. It pushes related videos and products based on users' preferences and consequently, Douyin can be quite addictive – many people just want to enjoy a few minutes at first, but end up     10       (consume) several hours' video time.