Socializing with my friends online is my life. The moment I wake     1     I check through all my social networking     2     (app), reading my emails and posting updates. I have 500 friends online and I live with several roommates, but I feel lonely. It seems that I have an active social life,     3     (attend) parties and playing sports, but I’m absent-minded because I     4     (strong) obsess over my phone.

Social networking     5     (be) the master of my life. Though sometimes I set deadlines    6     (tear) myself away from my phone, I fail again and again. Spending so much time socializing online. I always feel     7     (depress) and alone. As a result, I can’t finish what I should do in my real life.

It is common that at parties or at a family holiday, most members fix their eyes on their phones,     8    they think is normal rather than rude.

What is most worrying is that it is     9     (possible) to drop my phone. I need it for my studies because my teachers and classmates need to contact me. It is     10     problem that we are so close but really so far.

Educating boys and girls together has always been an important and stressful issue. Many     1     (parent) believe that the educational process can be more     2     (effect) if the classes are divided according to the gender (性别) of the students. Although same-sex schools     3     (consider) too conservative and strict in today’s times, nevertheless, there are still supporters of this manner of education. They feel that the presence of the opposite gender distracts the attention of students and keeps them     4     concentrating on studies.

On     5     other hand, supporters of co-education feel that as boys and girls are different, it is a valuable experience for both genders     6     (contact) each other. Moreover, the earlier boys and girls begin to communicate, the sooner they acquire social skills,     7     are crucial to communicating freely in the world. Further, if there are girls in the class, boys may well possibly try to do better in order not to lose face in front of the girls.

Apart from all that has been mentioned above, educating boys and girls together     8     (help) them understand and mutually respect each other from an early stage in life. This can possibly help in     9     (build) a generation that doesn’t suffer from gender bias and is open to a healthy     10     (compete) even between the two genders.

It is a special cross-country race. The competitors’ vehicles are made     1     fruits and vegetables like carrots, eggplants, grapefruits, pumpkins and oranges. They are the creations of pupils from the Shanghai World Foreign Language Primary School.

According to Chen You, the science class teacher,     2     (base) knowledge had been taught within 6 classes to students before they drew sketches and     3     (choose) vegetables to make a food car.

Although students were encouraged     4     (design) their cars together with parents, all the cars should be made in the class. After     5     (bring) piles of ingredients as well as tools the children began their innovation. Some cut the carrot slices to make them round, and some others assembled (组装) their car components together.

In addition to the     6     (compete), students are required to reflect on the     7     (difficulty) they encountered making their vehicles,     8     things they have learned from the activity and the improvements they think the course can make.

    9     touched the teachers most was the unity and friendship among the children. For example, although the contest was fierce (激烈的), students felt     10     (excite) for the champion car as if they themselves had stood out, and when a girl’s car fell apart their friends comforted her and helped reassemble the car.

As the temperature continues to drop, the golden autumn seems to be coming to an end, indicating the     1    (arrive) of the Cold Dew period. Cold Dew, known as “Hanlu” in Chinese,    2     (fall) on October 8 and ends on October 23 this year.

During Cold Dew, temperatures drop     3    (significant) and the sun cannot reach the deep waters thoroughly. Therefore, fish swim in shallow waters,     4    the water temperature is relatively high, making Cold Dew the best season to cast a net or throw a line.

Chrysanthemums (菊花) are the symbolic flower of Cold Dew.     5    (prevent) autumn dryness, many regions in China have the custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine. In ancient times, drinking wine made with chrysanthemums    6    (think) to allow people long-lasting youth.

Other traditions to mark the season include hiking and climbing. With maple (枫树) leaves     7     (turn) red, the splendour of color welcomes nature lovers. On the day of the Double Ninth Festival, which often is around Cold Dew, people often climb hills with cornels (茱萸),    8     kind of plant. This custom, dating    9    the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-220), aims to drive bad things away.

Cold Dew allows us to say goodbye to golden autumn with delicate design, and also gives us a chance to know     10     (much) about the culture behind the solar terms.

Hanfu has become popular again in recent years. A growing number of young people in China are starting to wear the     1     (tradition) Han Chinese clothing. The style has even attracted some foreigners. One of them is Rian, a young man from Brazil.

Rian lives in Xi’an. Two years ago, he came to the beautiful city and became     2     English teacher at a kindergarten. After     3     (see) many people wearing Hanfu in the streets, Rian developed a strong interest in it and wanted     4     (try) it on himself. “My first taste of Hanfu was the Tang style.     5     is fun to wear it,” said the young man. “Today, it is still my favorite Hanfu style.” Every time he puts it on, he feels as if he has travelled back to ancient times.

Since then, Hanfu has helped Rian learn more    6    China. In the past, the only thing he     7     (know) about the country was that it had a long history and a rich culture. But now Hanfu has shown him more details about Chinese culture.

He wants to share his feelings with friends both in China     8     abroad, so he begins to make short     9     (video) of himself trying on Hanfu and posts them up on Western social media platforms. It has     10    (quick) become a hot hit on the Internet. He spreads Chinese culture in his own way.