Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He was in his first school play     1     he was eight and he started to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many     2     (success) films and TV shows but he is most famous     3     his Superman films.     4     (lucky), disaster (灾难) came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and     5     (break) his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. However, he made     6     (amaze) progress. At first, he couldn’t breathe without a machine, but he learnt to breathe on     7     (he) own. He would never walk again but he started     8     new life with great courage. The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money     9     (promote) medical research into back injuries. He made speeches all over the USA about his experiences. This not only drew public attention to research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people     10     (live) with all kinds of problems.

Knowing how valuable friendship is, we should be very careful in making friends. A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world     1     (walk) out. A real friend is someone     2     support we can count on. A real friend is someone who sees our true self, not just the face that we show to the world. Yet these days, the modern tools that keep us     3     (connect) are eating away at the meaning of friendship. We may be able to make many friends online,     4     these friendships can be quite shallow. Social media like blogs has come between us and the friends whom we love. Texting and messaging cannot take     5     place of face to face chatting. “     6     (share)”our experiences on social media is not enough to express the     7     (value) which matter most to us. “Liking” our     8     (friend) photos online does not develop the connection which we share. To put it     9     (simple), to make friends a real part of our lives, we should put down our smartphones and meet them     10     person.

One Direction was one of the most popular bands, and it     1    (make) up of five artists. After years of breaking records, the band started to slow down. In early 2015, it was announced on Facebook that Zayn Malik, one of the members, would be leaving the band. In his first interview after leaving the band, Zayn Malik said that the reason why he left was     2     it didn’t fit his style. And he said he “never    3     (true) spoke to Harry”, his former bandmate and that he had never been under the    4    (impress) they would keep in touch after Malik left the band. “Our relationships     5     (change) since we were in a band together, but I think that’s just life,” said Malik. This came as    6    surprise to fans because in the Facebook post announcing his departure, Malik wrote that he had “four friends for life”. In contrast to the typical pop music, Malik shared an R&B album in 2016 and his    7    (late) album Nobody Is Listening, in 2021.

    8     (speak) with Vogue UK, he referred    9    One Direction as a “machine”. He describes the band’s sudden rise to fame and busy touring plans by saying, “I wasn’t really ever able    10     (enjoy) the experience. The machine had gone too fast.”

Living Heritage: Guqin

Wandering sounds, irregular rhythms and a carrier of gentle emotions. This is the musical language of guqin, a seven string instrument     1       (create) in ancient China.

The earliest piece of guqin in China, unearthed in Hubei province in 2016,     2     (date) back to the Zhou Dynasty. The body of a guqin is made     3     painted wood and the strings of twisted silk. Unlike its seemingly simple appearance, making a guqin is     4     (extreme) demanding. An outstanding piece can take anywhere from two to several decades to craft. It is a crystallization of art and time.

The guqin     5     (favor) by the literati (文人) in ancient China. The most renowned guqin     6     (music) was Yu Boya in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. As he played his guqin in the mountains, a woodcutter named Zhong Ziqi heard the music and understood exactly     7     Yu wanted to express. This deep understanding formed a strong bond between them, and they became close friends. This is     8     famous tale behind the guqin masterpiece, Flowing Water, High Mountains. The piece has been passed down through generations and is considered one of the most famous and important     9     (composition) in Chinese guqin music.

This graceful dialogue,     10       (flow) from brushed fingertips and travelling for thousands of years, is continuing to this day.

Peru     1     (lie) on the Pacific coast of South America with three main     2     (area): the land running along the coast, the Andes Mountains, and the Amazon rainforest. In the 1400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of the     3     (power) ancient Inca Empire, whose emperor lived in the site Machu Picchu. In the 16th century, Spain took control     4     Peru. In Amazon Rainforest, you take     5     boat to reach your accommodation. Three days will witness the unique plants and animals there.     6     (walk) on the path through the Andes Mountains leads to Machu Picchu. You’ll     7     (amaze) by this destination.     8     (especial) amazing is the Incas’ dry stone method of building. Stones are cut in exact sizes     9     (hold) walls together other than the perfect fit. In Cusco, you must admire architecture. In Lake Titicaca, both the island     10     the local homes are made of water plants from the lake.

In the family,     1     (heat) arguments and cold silences are very common between     2     (teenager) and parents. Such family tensions     3     (cause) by teenagers’ physical changes, such as     4     (develop) at a different rate to your friends and shooting up in height or getting left far behind. Besides, it can be a big headache     5     (balance) teenagers’ developing mental needs.     6    , teenagers can take action to improve the situation. For example, they can communicate with their parents     7     (regular) and honestly.     8     such healthy communication, teenagers can learn when to back down and when to ask parents to relax their control. In fact,     9     is quite normal to struggle with the stress that parent­child tensions create. The stormy period will not last and everything     10     (turn) out all right in the end.

The Goddess of the Luo River comes alive in a video, which was shared by Henan TV Station on social media platform Sina Weibo. The ancient tale of romance is given    1    new setting (背景) and still provides attractive viewing for a modern audience. The tale is presented in    2    seems like slow motion. Not    3    (surprise), it became popular and has been viewed more than 20 million times.

The story of the Goddess of the Luo River has been the    4    (inspire) for countless contemporary artists, who have described the goddess of unmatched beauty through    5    (variety) art forms, like movies and dance dramas.

But the reason why the video,    6     runs for around two minutes and is titled Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess, created such an impression and has generated such a wave of publicity, is that it    7    (shoot) underwater. He Haohao plays the role of goddess. She masters not only her art but the technique of holding her breath as her lungs struggle to carry out    8    (they) function. All this is done    9    the most peaceful facial expression.

It’s not the first time that Henan TV Station has gained attention with its appealing videos    10    (highlight) traditional Chinese culture. On Feb 13th, a dance piece, titled A Tang Dynasty Banquet, which is less than six minutes long, was staged during a gala aired on Henan TV Station to mark Spring Festival.