Through travelling you can enjoy beautiful views and     1     (broad) your horizons. In summer, you’d better get on a cruise (乘船游览) ship in the city of Chongqing which will take you to the Three Gorges, for those ordinary ships are usually too     2     (crowd). Near Yunyang, at the steep edge of the hills     3     (stand) the famous Zhang Fei Temple     4     (surround) by trees. Because smoking     5     (forbid) in the cabins, you have to go to the deck to smoke,     6     you can enjoy the beautiful scenery. You can see some fishermen     7     the distance. First, you will go through the Qutang Gorge, which narrows to 350 feet. Then you will sail through the Wu Gorge and the Xiling Gorge. However,     8     impresses you most may be the Daning River in Wuxi County. There is immense     9     (mountain) land on both banks of Yangtze River with only small areas of flat     10     (plain).

There was a state     1     (call) Zhou (周) in the Chinese history. One day, the king of Zhou asked his officials for advice on     2     (deal) with prisoners of war. An official said, “If you love someone, you     3     (suppose) to love even the crows on the roof of his house. The prisoners of war are enemies fighting     4     us. In my opinion, we’d better kill them all.”

But the king didn’t agree with him. “I think we should treat the prisoners of war     5     (different) by differing them into those     6     are guilty or not. The guilty ones will be sentenced to death in order to avoid future disasters.”

Then another one said, “Your majesty, I think all the prisoners should be set free and sent back home to work in the fields and support     7     (them) by their own labor.     8     , you should keep strictly the rules for reward and     9     (punish). The people are sure to believe in you if you govern our country by morals and laws.”

The king thought the official’s proposal was quite reasonable so he accepted and followed it. As a result,     10     domestic situation soon settled down and gradually the country became stronger.

Anna had a car accident when she was a teenager. She     1     (lose) her arms because of that. What’s     2     (worse), when she was 20 years old, she lost her parents. Her sister, who is ten years older than her, told Anna she’d take care of her. However, Anna refused to    3     (live) with her. Instead, Anna said she’d take care of     4     (herself). She managed to enter college and studied very hard. Four years later, Anna graduated and was offered work. Once she     5     (write) in her diary, “I am quite lucky.     6     I lost my arms, I still have my legs.”

Anna lost her arms     7     she chose to face it in a positive (积极的) way. Instead of feeling sad every day, she decided not to let it hold her back. She has taught us a good lesson.

When something bad happens to us, we have two     8     (choice). One is to complain, and     9     other is to face it bravely. Just choose     10     (wisely). If you decide to be brave and strong, new hopes will come.

China once again proved its     1    (able) to change the world with the “four great new inventions” : high-speed railway, electronic payments , shared bicycles and online shopping. They are related to China's high tech innovation (创新),     2     has improved the quality of people's lives, according to a survey     3    (make) by a research center.

“My wallet is no longer in use. I can buy and eat whatever I want with a finger tip on my phone,” said     4     university student.

The bikes themselves are not new, but the operating model is based on the satellite navigation system (卫星导航) and other high     5    (technology).

“China     6    (development very fast in the last few years as the government has spent much money in encouraging innovation,” said a foreigner     7    (live) in China.

It is true that China is a leading country     8     many ways. This is because China skipped (跳跃) over the PC age and went     9    (direct) into the mobile age. China has a     10    (large) mobile use than any other country in the world.

Wandering sounds, irregular rhythms and a carrier of gentle emotions. This is the musical language of guqin, a plucked seven string instrument created in ancient China.

The earliest piece of guqin in China,     1    (unearth) in Hubei province in 2016, dates back to the Zhou Dynasty. The body of a guqin is made of lacquered wood and the strings of twisted silk.    2     its seemingly simple appearance, making a guqin is extremely demanding.     3     outstanding piece can take anywhere from two to several decades to craft. It is a crystallization of art and time.

The guqin was favored by the literati in ancient China. The most renowned guqin     4    (music) was Yu Boya in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.     5     he played his guqin in the mountains, a woodcutter named Zhong Ziqi heard the music and understood exactly     6     Yu wanted to express.

This deep understanding formed a strong bond between them,     7       they became close friends. This is the famous tale behind the guqin masterpiece, Flowing Water, High Mountains. The piece     8    (pass) down through generations and is considered one of the most famous and important     9    (compose) in Chinese guqin music. This graceful dialogue,     10    (flow) from brushed fingertips and travelling for thousands of years, is continuing to this day.

In the age of the smart phone, there seems no reason to ask questions about: the weather forecast, a business’s phone number or directions, which can all be    1     (easy) found on Google, but very often people actually ask these things by    2     (make) a call. Your answer may be replied to with a thank-you e-mail.

This isn’t the first time that great changes     3     (take) place in our manners due to technology. In    4    late 1870s, when the telephone     5     (invent), people didn’t know how     6     (greet) a caller. Often there is just     7     (silent). Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested that people     8     (say) “Ahoy”, but finally “Hello” went out, the greeting used in everyday face-to-face communications now.

Try to be respectful no matter     9    you communicate with. Just keep    10    mind that politeness never goes out of fashion.