The Lantern Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year and it is the first significant festival after Chinese New Year. It also marks the final day of the Chinese New Year     1     (celebration).

The main activity during the Lantern Festival is looking at lanterns. No matter where you go, you can see beautiful lanterns     2     the day of the festival. In the evening, most cities will organise lantern shows     3     add to the festive atmosphere. The shows have lanterns of different shapes, including animals, flowers, people, buildings and more.

Usually, riddles     4     (write) on the lanterns. People crowd around and try     5     (guess) the riddles. This is one of the most popular activities since the beginning of the festival.

Yuanxiao is the special food of the Lantern Festival. The round shape of yuanxiao symbolises reunion, harmony and happiness.     6     (interesting), the Lantern Festival was known as Chinese Valentine’s Day in the past. Many ancient Chinese poets have written poems about the Lantern Festival which describe happy moments and the stories of young lovers.     7    , in most parts of China today, the festival has lost these     8     (origin) meanings. With a history of over 2,000 years as a traditional festival, the Lantern Festival is celebrated both in China and abroad. Chinese people     9     (live) in any part of the world can experience and share     10     exciting festival.

China has built a high-speed passenger rail network in recent     1     (year) and will continue to expand it. By the end of 2018, China’s high-speed railway mileage (总长度)     2     (reach) 29,000 kilometres. This accounted for 2/3 of the world’s total high-speed rail tracks,     3     (make) China’s high-speed rail system become the world’s     4     (large) high-speed rail network.

China’s high-speed trains are similar     5     those of France’s TGV, German’s ICE and Japan’s Shinkansen. The fast train     6     top speed is 250-350 km/h is called CRH, China Railway High-speed.

If you want to travel around China, the high-speed trains will be your ideal choice since they are clean, comfortable     7     modern. Unlike the old trains in the past in China, nobody is allowed     8     (smoke) on high-speed trains, not even between carriages.

The seats are as good as those on the plane or even better. Most high-speed rail tickets have corresponding (对应的) seats, and only     9     small number of standing tickets are sometimes sold on limited trains. The ticket prices for China’s high-speed trains are reasonable, and people can buy tickets     10     (convenient).

As the coronavirus (冠状病毒) outbreak continues, many Americans are afraid of     1    (use) public transportation. They also are looking for ways     2    (get) exercise without having to go to a gym, as well as approaches to enjoying the outdoors. So, it is not     3    (surprise) that the pandemic (流行病) has led to a major increase in bicycle sales.

In the United States, bicycles at big stores like Walmart have sold out. And small bicycle stores cannot keep up with demand     4     “family-style” bicycles: the low-cost, easy-to-ride models. “The bicycle industry is seeing its biggest sales increase since the oil crisis of the 1970s,” said Jay Townley,     5     industry expert. “People...have panicked.” Townley said. He     6    (compare) the sale of bicycles to the rush to buy products like toilet paper at the start of the pandemic.

The rise in bicycle sales is not happening just in the United States. Cities like Manila in the Philippines and Rome, Italy have created bicycle paths for the growing number of people     7     want to avoid public transportation. In London, city     8    (official) plan to ban cars from some central roads.

Bike shop owners in Manila say demand is even     9    (strong) than what they see at Christmas time. In Italy, the government’s economic support plan included a 500-euro payment to help with the cost of a bicycle.

Of course, you can only buy a bicycle if you can find a bicycle. In the U.S., the shortages now mean     10     may take many months to get one.

Many great people in the world devote themselves to     1     (improve) society in their own ways. For example, Jane Goodall, a woman from Britain, would rather spend time studying chimps in the wild in Africa than     2     (lead) a comfortable life. For 40 years she     3     (be) outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of chimps. Lin Qiaozhi, a specialist in women’s diseases, is another woman     4     has made great     5     (achieve). There was story after story of no matter     6     tired after a day’s work, she went late at night to deliver a baby for a poor family. It was because of her hard work and great consideration to her patients that hundreds of babies     7     (deliver) safely by her. A third example is Yuan Longping, the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow super hybrid rice.     8     (use) his hybrid rice, farmers can produce harvests twice as large as before. Therefore, now the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world     9     hunger. In short, so impressive is their work     10     they all deserve praising and learning from.

The West Lake in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is regarded as China’s most     1     (incredible) beautiful lake. There are wonderful words and poems written     2     (describe) it, including those written by SuDongpo. Standing on its shores, one can easily understand Su’s     3     (compare) the West Lake to Xizi, an ancient Chinese beauty.     4     the subject and     5     (inspire) of many famous literary works, the West Lake     6     (work) its charm on all those who visit it for centuries.

Visitors to the lake often spend time viewing the “Ten Scenes of West Lake”,     7     collection of ten scenic views. They are distributed around and in the West Lake. Each scene is unique, and when taken together, they     8     (say) to present the essence of West Lake scenery.

Here are the three most well-known tourist attractions. LeiFeng Pagoda is a symbol of the West Lake scenic spots. In     9     (it) touching story, a snake girl and a young man fell in love with each other. But they were separated by an evil monk with magic powers,     10     had the snake girl imprisoned. The other two attractions are Melting Snow on the Broken Bridge and the three Pools Mirroring the Moon.