The Shaolin Temple, an ancient religious site on Songshan Mountain in Henan Province, was     1     (actual) set up in 495 AD.

An Indian,     2     is now called Tamo by Chinese people, came to China in around 527 AD. According to some reports, in India he had trained martial arts (武术) as well as meditation (冥想).

When he arrived at the Shaolin Temple, he laughed     3     the monks (和尚) for being weak and without martial arts training. Then he was told to leave.     4     was said that he had stayed in a cave for meditation for a long period of time, and finally he     5     (accept) by other monks of the Shaolin Temple and they started training martial arts and meditation.

After that, monks both at the temple and all over China had a     6     (hard) time than any other period and they were attacked. In some periods, the governments even decided     7     (break) down the religion and the monks were considered to be enemies. However, at other times, the monks at the temple won their positions after helping to protect a     8     (rule).

Although the Shaolin Temple was once seriously damaged, in the last few decades the Chinese government     9     (build) it again. Nowadays it has become widely popular in the world. Every year the temple attracts a great number of     10     (tourist) at home and abroad to visit it.

Before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, visually- impaired (视力受损的) Chinese runner Liu Cuiqing put a lot of pressure on     1    (she) to do well. Finally, she won two gold medals with the help of her sighted guide Xu Donglin.

In 2010, she joined the national athletics team     2     was made up of disabled people. She has had to experience countless challenges. “As a blind person, I learn things     3    (slowly) than other people do,” she said.

Sports competitions for disabled     4     (athlete) require blind runners to be assisted by a guide. Liu met Xu in 2013 and since then, the two     5    (train) hard together, linked by a thin rope.

“To other people, this may just be     6     ordinary rope, but for us, it is the eye, the direction and trust. We depend     7     the rope to feel the turns and the distance between us. Only when she trusted me     8     (complete) was she able to run boldly,” Xu tolo CCTV.

At the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, after     9    (cross) the finish line, Xu fell heavily because of a pain in his right knee.

“In fact, when I was running, my leg was already so painful     10     I could not feel anything. I only had one thought, which was to accompany her (Liu) to the end,” he told CCTV after the race.

Alex, an African grey parrot, has amazed scientists with his language capabilities (能力). The clever bird can recognize over 50 different objects without     1     (remind) and answer questions about     2     (they) shape, size and color. Recent studies have shown African parrots can not only repeat words and phrases they hear,     3     copy the sound of laughter. Because they are so clever, parrots can get bored easily. They are very active and need things to awaken their     4     (curious). Last month, Dr Irene Pepper, a psychologist (心理学家), who has been working with Alex,     5     ( create ) a computer programme in     6     the parrot could choose from four activities-watching a video, listening to music, seeing pictures or playing a game. At the beginning, Alex was curious, but soon he lost interest in it. When Dr Pepper was aware     7     Alex’s boredom, he managed to get the parrot interested again by changing the activity. Scientists have made a discovery,     8     ( base ) on a large quantity of experiments, that African parrots can     9     ( actual) use language, not just repeat it. They can even make jokes. Obviously, they have     10     active vocabulary of almost a thousand words.

One month ago, my friends persuaded me     1    (join)the 4×400m relay race during our school sports meeting. We all wanted to run a race like never before.

On the day of the race, runners     2    (line)up at the starting line, and for the first time ever, I could feel nothing but     3    (nervous)when hearing the shot of the starting gun. Since this was my first time participating in a track event, I stood there, my mind was     4    (total)blank and my palms were sweating. As the last runner of our team, I felt great pressure     5     my shoulders the moment I grabbed the baton(接力棒). About halfway into the race, I was extremely     6    (tire). Pain started to build in my legs, knees and     7    (foot). All I could do was focus on putting one foot in front of     8     other. Shouts turned into deafening cheers when I was the first to cross the final line.

    9    (look)back after my team won, I realized our trophy(奖杯)was the result of our cooperation and lasting friendship,     10     may help me achieve more in the future.

Are computers going to be    1     (smart) than people someday? Maybe. But are they going to tell stories and have    2    sense of humor? Ray Kurzweil believes this will happen.

Ray Kurzweil is an author, an    3     (invent), a computer scientist and a futurist. He makes predictions about computers. He believes that by 2029, computers will do things better than humans. He predicts that by 2045, computers will be more powerful. Someday soon, he says, we    4     (have) little computers in our brains.

Kurzweil is good    5    making predictions. For example, here    6    (be) a few of his predictions from his book The Age of Intelligent Machines,    7     (write) in the late 1980s: Documents will include more than just words and they will include voice, music, and other sounds; computers will be as common as pencils and books in schools; we will use wireless networks    8     (share) information.

Kurzweil is now working on a project    9    will improve the way computers search. He predicts that one day computers will    10     (actual) understand our questions. He also thinks technology is going to help us live longer.

The first thing people notice about other people is the way they look like. And whether we like it or not, how we look like leaves an     1     (impress) on others. If you look neat and clean, people     2     (feel) that you're the kind of person that is well-organized. A nice appearance shows that you value yourself.    3    , it doesn't mean you have to spend a lot of money     4     clothes for a nice appearance. A man can look messy in an expensive suit if he doesn't brush his hair or clean his clothes     5     (regular). Showing that you take care of your appearance is     6     (important) than what you wear or how expensive your haircut is. In addition to     7     (take) care of your appearance,    8    , of course, is important, you should also consider the situation. You may look lovely in your party clothes and feel confident in your business suit, but these would look out of place in a more casual setting such as at a picnic or at the movies. So     9     (think) about what the majority of people will be wearing in the situation and wear something that suits and makes     10     (you) feel comfortable.