China will emerge stronger from the coronavirus challenge, experts said at a seminar here on Tuesday, while     1     (praise) China’s efforts to stop the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic (传染病).

Speaking at the seminar     2       (title) “Battling Coronavirus, ”Sumit Mullick，chief information commissioner of India’s southwestern state of Maharashtra, said that China has created a new criterion in addressing a health issue by quarantining (隔离) Wuhan, the epicenter city of the virus outbreak.

“The coronavirus does not understand or respect borders. It does not need a visa or passport.” Mullick said. “Challenges are     3     (true) in global in nature. ”

However, Chinese labs have quickly decoded the genetic sequence of the coronavirus and shared it with the world,     4     is now working on a new vaccine, he said.

R. N. Bhaskar, a senior journalist and consulting editor with Indian English newspaper Free Press Journal, said that China is doing all it can       5     (contain) the spread of the virus and create a vaccine.

“As       6     very big player in the global economy, there will be negative impact     7     the Chinese economy for a temporary period. However, thanks to the swift responses to the virus outbreak, the Chinese economy will overcome this crisis and emerge stronger,” he added.

Health officials at the panel discussion also listed the steps       8     (take) to fight the virus and shared their experiences in countering misinformation and creating       9       (aware) among the public at large.

The event       10     (organize) jointly by the Observer Research Foundation, a think-tank body, along with the Chinese Consulate General in Mumbai.

With a popular online comic strip （连环画），overseas Chinese artist Cao Siyu     1    （ enjoyable）sets about deconstructing stereotypes （成见）and cultural misunderstandings betweenEast and West.

After she encountered many misunderstandings and came face to face with stereotypical views about China, Cao was inspired to create Tiny Eyes Comics, an internet-based cartoon strip    2     (illustrate) the big world through tiny Chinese eyes”. Since her first illustration in late 2016, Cao followers     3     (post） more than 300 comics to her Instagram account,    4    has attracted about 41, 000 followers.

Italian magazine Grazia says ： " Her simple sketches have played    5    big part in making iteasier to understand Chinese culture."One of her comics shows the cultural     6    ( difference) behind the debate about usage of masks, which has been a divisive topic throughout the pandemic. To wear or not to wear, that is the question that has led to     7     ( expect) controversy and,     8    .some cases, even physical conflict, in some parts of the world. In the strip she explains that Chinese people wear masks     9    ( prevent) infection, as well as avoid passing the virus to others.

Many foreign readers say they find her illustrations enlightening, helping them to understand China, while Chinese immigrants have felt understood, according to Cao. This feedback and    10    (connect) with her readers has been "the biggest motivation"^， for her to keep creating.

A young man, while travelling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water.    1    water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder     2     had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man     3    (present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled     4    (warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home     5    a happy heart.

After the student left, the teacher let     6    student taste the water. He spat it out,     7    (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, “Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend     8     (like) it？” The teacher replied，“You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of     9     (kind) and love. Nothing could be     10    (sweet). ”

We understand this lesson best when we receive gifts of love from children. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.

China started a national online learning platform     1     (keep) studies going for its hundreds of millions of primary and secondary students     2     have been restricted to their homes due to the outbreak of Covid-19.

Jointly     3     (launch) by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Feb. 17, the free learning platform covers the 31 provincial-level     4     (region) on the Chinese Mainland.

The platform has been upgraded to     5     (far) enrich its resources and promote the all-round development of students, featuring 10 sections, including epidemic(流行病) prevention education, moral education, mental health education, classic literature and digital teaching materials.

    6     the support of China's telecom and technology giants, such as China Telecom, China Mobile, Alibaba, Baidu and Huawei, the platform can host 50 million students at the same time.

More than 870 million visits     7     (pay) to the platform's website by March 19, the China Education Daily said in a Monday report.

China has put off the start of the new school semester as part of     8     (it) epidemic control efforts and students have turned to online courses for nearly two months.

As the epidemic has     9     (basic) been controlled in China, some regions have restarted school classes     10     announced dates for starting the new semester, most of which placed graduating middle and high school students first.

Normally a student must attend a number of courses in order to graduate. In many American universities，the total work for a degree consists of thirty-six courses，each     1     (last) for one semester. When attending a university, a student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester and a diploma     2     (expect) to be obtained after four years’ academic study. It is possible for a student to move between one university and     3     during his degree course, though this is not in fact done as a regular practice.

All this     4     (true) imposes constant pressure and a strain of work, but     5     this many students still find time for great activities in student affairs.     6     (elect) to positions in student organizations arouse much enthusiasm. The     7     (effect) work of maintaining discipline is usually performed by students,     8     advise the academic authorities. With the enormous numbers of students，the operation of the system does     9     (involve) a certain amount of work. It is a commonly     10     (hold) belief that students holding one of these positions of authority are much respected and it will be of benefit to him later in his career.

When I was about 18 months old, I was burned quite    1     (bad)by hot water.Maybe, it was the first time that my parents    2    (meet) such a terrible thing as new parents. This took place in the 1970s, so the technologywasn't    3    it is today. I did get skin grafis (移植), but it was still pretty bad.

    4    I grew up, I struggled with my scars. They seemed so big and ugly. Kids would wonder what happened to me and stared at me directly. Unwilling to show my scars, I always     5    (wear)high-necked tops. I feared to wear a swimsuit in summer and started avoiding any outdoor activities. So I missed out on a lot of fun. My scars led me to believe I never looked normal    6    my clothes on.

On my 19th birthday, one of my best friends took me by    7    shoulders and said, “Michelle, stop hiding ! Your burns are battle scars and you should treat them as a symbol of honor.” Her words made me realize that what I lacked most was    8    (confident).

Scars can be difficult to deal with. But in the end, it’s just     9    (damage)skin. Life is about so much more than worrying about the flaws on our bodies. Only if we accept ourselves as we are, can we find the     10    (mean) of life.

With the six solar terms in spring arriving in order, everything wakes up from winter. Start of Spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, which     1    (consider) the beginning of spring. On this day, Chinese People have a custom       2    "biting spring, where they eat carrots or spring cakes to celebrate     3     (it) arrival. A shower of Rain Water awakens hibernating creatures. The spring thunder surges (涌动) after Insects Awaken and then Spring Equinox falls,     4    (mark) the true arrival of spring. What follows is Clear and Bright, when the ever-changing temperature makes many people not very       5     (comfort). However, after finishing dates with blooming flowers, Grain Rain arrives.It indicates the hot summer is coming.

Ancient Chinese agricultural production has long been guided by solar terms and     6     has tea production. Picking tea leaves has been one of important spring     7    (activity) in China. According to data of the National Bureau of Statistics, China's annual tea production has ranked first for years in a row. China     8     (be) a major tea producing country since ancient times. Tea culture covers     9    variety of fields and is rich in content, so it is of vital importance to get the Chinese tea culture    10    (know) to the world.