At the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Oct 16, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee,     1     (deliver) an important report in which he stressed that the work concerning young people is     2     (strategic) significant. “A nation will prosper only when its young people thrive (少年强，则国强).”

Close attention was focused     3     issues of immediate concern for young people in various areas. The country has established and continued to improve the system of     4    (finance) aid for students,     5     offers full coverage from preschool to postgraduate (研究生) education. More young people have thus been granted equal opportunities to receive better education, according to the Youth of China in the New Era,     6     official report     7     (release) by the State Council in April.

The government has also taken a number of measures targeting youth employment, including encouragement and subsidies (补助) for     8     (company) to take on more young people, as well as guidance to help college graduates find jobs and vocational     9     (train).

Meanwhile, under the innovation-driven development strategy and open     10     (compete) mechanisms (机制), a large number of world-class young scientists have come to the forefront of major scientific and technological programs.

Weiqi, which originated before the Spring and Autumn Period (770BC-476BC), has a history of more than 4,000 years. The original chessboard is comprised     1     only 17 horizontal and vertical lines, forming 289 points. During the Jin Dynasty (265AD-420AD),     2     (differ) from the original system, it developed into 19 lines forming 361 points,     3     is still the standard nowadays.

Weiqi reached     4     (it) peak in the Qing Dynasty. Numerous national champions and masters emerged, made contributions to the development of Weiqi,     5     left behind many good chess manuals. In the 1950s, a     6     (profession) Weiqi system was established. Victory in Weiqi depends on the size of the encircled area and the number of pieces     7     (take). The winner is the one who has the largest enclosure and takes the most number of pieces. At the beginning of the game, there is a large area on the chessboard, so it is easy     8     (occupy) and encircle the important positions. As the area is reduced, the player has to carefully assess which positions will decide the outcome.

Today Weiqi is even     9     (popular) in China than anywhere else in the world. It     10     (estimate) that nearly five percent of the population regularly play Weiqi.

In the coming era of budget cuts to education, distance learning could become the norm.

The temptation for those in charge of education budgets to trade teachers     1     technology could be so strong that they ignore the disadvantages of distance learning. School facilities are expensive     2    (build). Online classes do not require buildings and each class can host hundreds of people at the same time,     3    (result) in greater savings. But moving away from a traditional classroom     4     a living, breathing human being teaches and interacts with students daily is a disaster.     5    (physical) attending school has hidden benefits: getting up     6    (early), interacting more with peers, and building better relationships with teachers. Moreover, schools should be more than simple institutions of traditional learning. They are places where students     7    (offer) counseling(咨询) and other support.

Those policy-makers are often fascinated by the latest technology in education and its potential to transform education overnight.     8    , online education does not allow a teacher to keep a struggling student after class and offer help. Educational videos are unable to make eye contact or assess a student’s level of     9    (engage). Given these expectations, schools should not become permanently “remote”. Technology, however     10    (advance), should simply be a tool of a good teacher.

The world’s     1     (famous) heart surgeon, the Egyptian Professor, Sir Magdi Yacoub, has transplanted more hearts than anyone else. To the countless people whose lives he     2     (transform) and saved, he is a hero. Professor Yacoub     3     (inspire) in his work by his father, who was a general surgeon.

Now 66 years old, professor Yacoub still retains his energy and extraordinary enthusiasm for his career. For 43 years, he has dealt with desperate patients whose combination of poor diet, inactive lifestyle and stress overload have caused them to ask for his help.     4     all these experiences, he is very aware of the role of good nutrition and regular exercise in maintaining good health. He eats very well and swims early each morning.

Professor Yacoub’s life is always hectic (狂热的).     5     a donor heart has suddenly been found, then an operation has to take place quickly. He works long hours; he says there are no regular hours for a heart surgeon, as the surgery     6     take place when it needs to be carried out.

For relaxation, professor Yacoub enjoys     7     (garden) and even grows orchids. One dream of     8     is to go to the Amazon one day     9     (see) the rare plants there. He is patron of the Chain of Hope charity, which aims to take medical expense to the developing world. Specialist teams give their time free and travel all over the world to places such as Mozambique and Jamaica to train local surgeons in techniques that     10     (save) lives. This charity also brings needy children to the West necessary heart surgery.

From time to time, people find themselves on occasions when they have to make a difficult option. It is concerning their moral     1     (value). The story “After Twenty Years” is set in New York on     2     cold, dark night. It is about two friends named Bob and Jimmy. Twenty years ago, Bob     3     (dine) at a restaurant with his friend Jimmy. He decided to leave for the West     4     (make) his fortune, but Jimmy would rather stay in New York. They made a promise that they would meet at the place     5     they had dined.

Bob kept the     6     (appoint) and came back, believing that Jimmy would come if he was alive, because nobody was more genuine and     7     (rely) than Jimmy in his eyes. He struck a match to light his cigar,     8     (wait) for his friend. Jimmy arrived at the appointed place but found Bob was just the man who was     9     (desperate) wanted by the Chicago police.

However, Jimmy couldn’t catch his best friend     10     (he), so he asked a plain­clothes policeman to do it.

Since July 2019, China’s online food-delivery platform Eleme     1     (carry) out a new service of picking up garbage from its users in Shanghai.

The service comes after     2     recently-released regulation on waste management in Shanghai. Individuals that throw away their garbage     3     being sorted out can be fined up to 200 yuan, while companies and     4     (organize) can face fines up to 50,000 yuan.

The trash takeaway service requires residents to sort     5     (they) own garbage before it is picked up by workers from Eleme,     6     will definitely dispose of the waste in the correct garbage bins.

It’s obvious that this service is convenient to the old,     7     (especial) to the disabled customers.     8    , many netizens on Sina Weibo don’t think Eleme is providing a wonderful service,     9    (complain) it just wants to make money. They think 12 yuan for an order is too much. Besides, many more people doubt     10     these collectors will wash their hands after dealing with the trash.

China’s Explosive Artist

Cai Guoqiang’s practice spans from, gunpowder drawings to ephemeral sculptures and monumental installations, all of     1     are rich with references to Chinese history, Taoist cosmology and current political events. Cai deals with the latter in a spectacular installation for I Want to Believe, his 2008 retrospective in New York, from the centre of the Guggenheim rotunda the artist—a     2     (train) set designer, by the way—suspended Inopportune: Stage One (2004), consisting of a series of nine cars     3     (hover) in mid air to represent in cinematic progression the effect of a car bomb.

Since the 1980s, Cai has been working on drawings realized by     4     (ignite) explosive powder on large sheets of paper. These works possess an aura     5     evokes both the vivid gestures of abstract expressionism and the quieter surfaces of Chinese traditional painting. Gunpowder is also at the centre of a series of environmental works, begun in 1989,     6     combine the tradition of Land Art with     7     of Chinese fireworks. For his explosion events, Cai stages pyrotechnical choreographies that sketch temporary drawing space.

Cai’s     8     (participate) in many international events, imposes himself as one of the strongest in the sky. These events are also meant to act as social, festive collective experiences that the artist—not without irony—believes could be perceived even from outer artists to emerge from China. At the Venice Biennale 1999 he     9     (award) the Golden Lion far Venice’s Rent Collection Courtyard (1999), a series of unfired clay sculptures     10     organized the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.