Yu Rong, a Chinese artist, thinks of a new way to introduce     1     ancient story of Hua Mulan in her picture book. In the book, I Am Hua Mulan, she tells the story by     2     (combine) Chinese paper-cutting with international artistic styles. She places Shaanxi papercuts over western-style pencil sketches (素描)    3     (create) typical presentation of Chineseelements (要素), which turns out to be a     4     (success) and impressive breakthrough.

Hua Mulan,     5     story has been told by generations in China, was a fighter from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). As a devoted daughter, she dressed herself as a man to serve in the army     6     place of her father. Mulan’s character, such as courage, kindness and a disinterested attitude towards fame and fortune, made     7     (she) one of the most respected historical Chinese heroines. Mulan’s story has been adapted     8     (frequent) in modern media. For example, in 1998, Disney produced a film named Mulan, which     9     (consider) a great success by critics and the public right after its release.

To better tell the story, Yu Rong takes inspiration from her several     10     (visit) to sites of ancient battles and Henan Province’s Yu Opera. After years of preparation she finally makes this extraordinary work.

“Du Fu: China’s Greatest Poet”, a 58-minute documentary released recently on BBC, introduces Du Fu to the Western world for the first time    1     the form of documentary. In the film, Michael Wood, one of BBC’s most popular hosts, visited a number of Chinese    2     (city) to retrace Du’s steps. The documentary invited well-known British actor Ian McKellen,     3     played Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings movies,     4     (read)15 of Du’s poems that have been translated into English.

Born in 712, Du Fu lived through the violent fall of China’s brilliant Tang Dynasty. He had the desire to serve his country, but his life    5    (destroy) by the An Lushan Rebellion of 755. Of all     6     poems he wrote, 500 have been preserved over the ages. For generations he     7     (be) the guardian of the moral conscience (良知) of the nation.

The documentary compared Du to Shakespeare to help audiences     8    (well) understand the poet’s great achievements in literature. It also highlighted Chinese poetry, noting that its 3000-year-old history makes     9    the oldest living tradition in the world.

During an interview, the director even quoted a line from Du to encourage the people    10     (suffer) from pandemics (流行病).

After college I wanted to make a difference in the world, so I became a volunteer teacher and     1     (send) to Namibia. Honestly my first choice wasn’t Africa, but I am extremely grateful that I had the chance. So with a group of     2     (equal) eager young graduates, I went on my journey.

Schools were quite bare, and the students     3     (have) tiring days, walking miles to get to school, often barefoot. With their mountains     4     work at home, few     5     (possession) and little opportunity, these children were joyful, which I admired.

This was my first time     6     (live) abroad in a different culture and simply getting used to the living conditions     7     (be) big adjustment. I had no electricity, running water, phone or the Internet. Imagine no air-conditioning at a place     8     the temperature often goes beyond 38 degrees Celsius! Some days it was just too hot to move.

However, I could end each day with a     9     (glory) African sunset. And at night, I had a light-pollution-free view of the entire Milky Way. Before Namibia, I never thought I would survive in such an environment. My experience awakened me to not only the limitations     10     (place) on ourselves, but also our amazing ability to adapt. Stepping out of your comfort zone in another culture will certainly make your life worthwhile.

As you know, science plays     1    very important role in our education. Do you want to keep up    2    the latest research and discoveries in science? There are many good websites     3    you can check out the latest in the science world.

One great site is Science News for Kids. This site reports science news     4     (cover) a wide range of subjects. The articles are intended for younger readers, but adults will find this site     5     (suit) for them as well. Another wonderful site, one that I check out every day,     6     (call) Science Daily. The site is    7     (constant) updated with news, often about exciting    8     (find) that change how we view the world.

These sites post the latest stories and also keep all the past articles they    9     (post) earlier. That way you can find articles just about anything that    10     (be) related to the science fields you are interested in.

When a customer travelled 70miles just to buy his pork. Jamie Burge，whose family has raised Pinnate pigs for four generations. Thought nothing of it.

In the UK，the Pannage pigs have access     1    their special diet of nuts for two months a year，which contributes to its very unique taste.    2    （increase） numbers of food lovers are looking for Pannage pork，and chefs always put it on the menu and they can just serve it very     3    .

Pannage is     4    ancient practice that's dying out outside the New Forest. The coals will release their pigs into the forest to eat fallen nuts in the autumn，and     5    can stay out for days and weeks. The exact timing of the season depends on when the nuts fall This year    6    means that fewer has seen a worse nut harvest compared to last year，pigs have been released. "In the past few years we     7    （start）to see more interest in Pannage Pork，"says Burge. "People are paying a lot more attention to     8    comes from. "

Burge takes pride     9    the product. To increase supplies，he would like more local farmers to take up the     10    （produce）of Pannage pork.

Shawn Cheshire is a blind cyclist who competed in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil.

She hopes to take part again in 2020 in Tokyo,Japan.But before that,she had a different goal:    1    (hike)the Grand Canyon in the American state of Arizona.Cheshire lost her ability     2    (see) after an accident nine years ago.She    3    （try)to become as independent as possible in the last few years.She said that for a long time she really hated being bline,     4    sport gave her"another opportunity at living."

Recently,Cheshire crossed 68 kilometers of steep and uneven ground in the Grand Canyon.She did so in 24 hours and 15 minutes That is believed to be a record for    5    blind hiker.The earlier record of 28 hours    6    （set)in 2014.

Three friends helped her during the hike.They guided and warned her of    7    （barrier).She listened for and followed the sound of a bell worn by the lead hiker.Scott Drum is one of Cheshire's friends.He served    8    a guide on the hike."I've learned a lot about    9    (I),"he said."I learned a lot more about the canyon."    10    (final),Cheshire and her friends finished the hike on October 8.She said as the group neared the end of the trip,"I'm so excited.I cannot believe we just did that."

A farmer once organized a    1    ( compete ) between his dog and his rabbit. He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to see which animal would find     2    first.

The cheerful and optimistic rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot,     3     （dig） here and there,     4     ( total ) convinced that he would find it. But the dog, after sniffing around for a bit, lay down and began to complain about how difficult it was to find     5     bone in such a big field.

The rabbit dug for hours,       6     with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this was, even for the rabbit. But the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole     7    ( little ) that needed digging. When there was no place in the whole field     8    ( leave ) to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel right to     9     the dog had been lying all the time. There he found the carrot and the bone.

This is how the dog lost the game. He     10    ( come ) to the right place at the very beginning but failed to find the bone because he only complained and didn't try at all.

One man's white bread is another man's green vegetables.

That's the key from The Personalised Diet, a new book from Israeli authors Eran Segal and Eran Elinav. The authors say it's time     1    (admit ) to ourselves that one-size-fits-all diets don't work, and when it comes to nutrition, it's about doing what works best for your body, not    2    (catch) the latest diet fashion.

“For years, we    3    (try) to search for that silver-bullet diet and we've been     4    (fortunate) failing,” Segal said. “And that's because the    5    (good) diet for each person really has to be tailored to that individual. ”

They conducted a personalised nutrition project at Weizmann,     6     hundreds of volunteers agreed to have their blood sugar tested after meals. One participant in the study, a woman named Ruti, said she was surprised that it was    7    (tomato) -- not ice cream or candies -- that were raising her blood sugar level. Ruti recalled, “I have now significantly reduced my intake of tomato and I'm feeling much more     8     (energy)，which still surprises me. I have already lost a couple of pounds, and I have high hopes that I have finally found the answer to my weight struggle, too.”

The Israeli scientists found that some people can consume traditionally unhealthy foods    9    little or no rise in their blood sugar levels,     10     others have a stronger response, and therefore shouldn't eat those foods. It's those kinds of results that you can only find from a personalised diet.