All over the world there are people who have achieved great things. Yet many of these people have done so with one     1     (amaze) difference: They have physical disabilities. Take Jim Abbott for example, he succeeded     2     becoming a pitcher (投球手) for the USA at 1988 Summer Olympics.

    3     (bear) without his right hand, Jim Abbott was a talented athlete and wanted to be a baseball pitcher, even though being able to use two hands is     4     (extreme) important in playing baseball. A pitcher needs to throw the ball with one hand and wear a baseball glove on the other—something     5     Jim couldn't do.

From the time he was four years old, Jim worked at overcoming this challenge. He practised quickly     6     (move) the glove to his good hand after he had pitched the ball to his father. He was always forcing     7     (he) to get that glove on faster and faster.

Jim made up his mind     8     (play). He loved the game     9     much that he invented his own method to do it with excellence. He went on to be a Major League pitcher for the New York Yankees, and today young athletes everywhere     10     (inspire) by him.

With the development of modern technology, people can stay     1     (connect) with their families and friends easily, however far apart they are from each other. WeChat is one of     2     most frequently used means of     3     (communicate) in China. It is reported that the number of the WeChat users     4     (reach) over 1.1 billion so far.

Once     5     (join) the WeChat, people can find more and more people start to add them as friends. They don’t have to consider time zones when communicating. Another reason why it becomes so popular is that it costs nothing. It’s also very convenient for people to     6     (immediate) update what they are doing by WeChat.

However, addiction to WeChat will rob people of the time that should otherwise be spent     7     something more important. And the many so-called friends on it     8     (be) not really friends at all,     9     simply want to put ads or sell items on Moments. Besides, people on the Wechat are more likely     10     (compare) themselves with others, which will make them feel bad when finding some people seem to be successful.

Qing Ming is     1     (popular) associated with Jie Zizhui,     2     lived in Shanxi province in 600 B. C. It is said that Jie saved his starving lord's life by serving a piece of his own leg. When the lord succeeded in becoming the ruler of a small country, he invited his faithful follower to join him.     3    , Jie declined his invitation,     4     (prefer) to lead a simple life with his mother in the mountains.

Believing that he could force Jie out by burning the mountain, the lord ordered his men to set fire to the forest. To his disappointment, Jie chose to remain where he was and was burnt to death.     5     (memorize) Jie, the lord ordered all fires in every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jie's death. Thus began the “cold food feast”, a day     6     no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit.

The “cold food” festival occurs on the eve of Qing Ming and     7     (consider) as part of the Qing Ming festival. As time passes, the Qing Ming festival has replaced the “cold food” festival. Whatever practice is observed, the basic observation of Qing Ming is to remember one's elders by making     8     special effort to visit their graves, ashes or ancestral tablets. To make the visit even more     9    (meaning), some time should be spent to remind the younger members of the family of the lives and contributions of their ancestors. One of the most important     10     (activity) on this day is to sweep graves to honor ancestors, dead relatives and friends.

“Asian Games for All” echoes beyond borders

The “Asian Games for All” campaign to enable the 19th Asiad (亚运会) to engage the public beyond Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, the country of China and the wider continent took center stage, as the curtain     1     (come) down on the program at the Main Media Center on Sept 22.

The campaign,     2     (organize) by the Olympic Council of Asia, consisted of three     3     (event) — namely, the Hangzhou Asian Games Fun Run, Asian Games Youth Reporter Project     4     Hangzhou Asian Games Children’s Art Competition.

Media personnel,     5     joined the Fun Run activity, took part in such traditional Chinese exercises as baduanjin and tai chi.

Australian photographer for AI-Iraqia newspaper, Rafeq Mohammed, joins     6     (week) tai chi classes near his home in Sydney and tried baduanjin     7     the first time during the Fun Run. “Tai chi has made me more patient,” he said. “Baduanjin is     8     (amaze) . It makes me feel     9     (power) , relaxes me and     10     (strength) my mental health. During the practice, I also acquired discipline.”

The Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration between New Zealand and China     1     (hold) with high-quality performances at the New Zealand National Museum on Sunday night.     2     (art) from south-western China’s Chongqing presented the Wellington audience     3     Sichuan Opera Performance. The performances perfectly showed the charm of Chinese culture and art to the audience.

Guo Zongguang,     4     is the director of the China Cultural Center in New Zealand, stressed that this show was one of     5     most important events in this year’s culture exchanges between China and New Zealand.

Brett Hudson, a member of Parliament, acknowledged that China, now New Zealand’s largest trading partner, provided New Zealanders with thousands and thousands of jobs. “Our relationship with China is     6     (extreme) important. Our two-way trade now tops 28 billion New Zealand dollars in 2018,     7     (help) New Zealanders improve lifestyles for families, and it is strengthening even     8     (far) through cultural exchanges and better understanding of one another.”

Overall, the Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration was a great success, showcasing the     9     (rich) and beauty of Chinese culture to the people of New Zealand. It also highlighted the strong and mutually beneficial relationship between the two countries, both in trade and cultural exchange. Such events serve as a reminder of the importance of     10     (promote) understanding and friendship between different nations and cultures.

The computer is widely used in our daily life. It is a machine that    1     (design) to help people do many things. When it first came into    2     (be), it was just a calculating machina and later it was built as an analytical machine that could “think” logically and produce an answer    3     (fast) than any person. Still later, the computer could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problems. There were times when its size was    4     (total) changed. It became smaller and smaller but it got cleverer and cleverer. In the early 1960s, computers were connected by a network and brought into common people’s homes    5     ( deal) with information and help communicate    6    others around the world. A computer could share    7     (inform) with others through the Internet. The Internet has become    8    important part in our life and we can do many things with the help of the Internet. The computer is used to connect people    9     aren’t close enough to speak to each other. It has been serving the human race since    10    (it) birth.