The old man pulled on him all that he could to bring him closer     1    the fish was coming in on his circle. He straightened himself and began another circle. The old man moved him. He felt faint again now but he held     2     the great fish all the strain that he could. He held up.

Though he put all of his effort on,     3    (pull) with all his strength, the fish swam away. That way nothing     4    ( accomplish ), he thought. This time he must get him alongside. He is not good for many more turns. But he is good for ever. He nearly had him and again the fish righted himself and swam slowly away. Never has he seen a    5    (great), or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than him. Now he was getting     6    (confuse) in the head. He must keep his head clear and know how to suffer like a man. He said to himself “Clear     7    , head”. Twice more it was the same on the turns. He had been     8     the point of feeling himself go each time. Trying it once more, he felt himself going. But the fish righted himself and swam off again slowly     9     the great tail weaving in the air. At that time, his hands were mushy now and he could only see well in flashes. He tried it again and it was the same. He felt himself     10    (go) before starting again, but he will try it once again.

Eighty-year-old Li Xinsheng clearly remembered the day her husband was diagnosed (诊断) with Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默病). Since then, she     1     (do) everything she can     2     (slow) the illness’s progression (进展). The couple recently attended a dance-therapy program, Time to Dance, which was initiated (发起) by the Scottish Ballet from the UK in 2017 to offer dance classes for people living     3     Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. Due to COVID, sessions     4     (hold) both online and in person last year. Both participants and instructors were referred to     5     (simple) as “dancers”. The dancers interacted with one another in a relaxing atmosphere and some started singing along with the songs     6     they danced.

The dance-therapy project proved helpful for the patients. Apart from     7     (help) the participants exercise and express     8     (they), it enabled the dancers to learn to communicate with others and be more open to everyday interpersonal interactions. “I feel moved. They’ve brought     9     (warm) to people with Alzheimer’s, who are often left unnoticed and forgotten in     10     corner,” Li Xinsheng said.

There is immense value in stepping out of your comfort zone and making a change to your life that you truly want to happen. This not only creates your    1    (confident) and nurtures personal growth. In many cases, it can help to end     2    (desire) situations and signal the beginning of    3    new life chapter. Making that decision and taking the first step may be difficult to begin with. Many of us are resistant to change because we fear the unknown,     4    feel a lack of competence. But once you get started and reap the     5    (benefit) that shaking things up brings, it will naturally become     6    (easy).

The first step is to change your words. Your words-whether spoken or thought-influence your own experience and    7     of those around you. Putting effort and intention into    8    （keep) your language positive - whether you’re communicating how you feel, or expressing your opinion, will improve your thought patterns and relationships     9     others. It will also reduce negative interpretations.

“By taking just a couple of breaths before speaking, we can first open our hearts, and feel the connection and appreciation for ourselves and whoever we’re communicating with or about,” explains Andrea Gardener.

This conscious action will transform the words     10    we use and their effect.

98-year-old Zhang Hexian, better known as “Kung Fu Grandma”, has impressed Internet users     1     her athletic spirit and lifelong career in martial arts. Zhang can be seen in a video showing her Kung Fu moves at a local martial arts     2     (compete) in the village of Zhangkeng, located in Ninghai, East China’s Zhejiang Province,     3     attracted public attention.     4     (amazing), the two-minute video     5     (post)online also caught the attention of Zhao Lijian, spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, saying, “Kung Fu spirit never     6     (get) old!

It wasn’t just Zhang Hexian     7     surprised Internet users. It’s said that the practice of Kung Fu in the village of Zhangkeng has a tradition of over 500 years. Zhang, a member of the    8     (eight) generation of the family martial arts, started her career when she was a little girl.

Internet users have expressed their respect for the “Kung Fu Grandma” and praised her for being so     9     (energy) at her age. Some of them were also attracted by the long tradition in this village. “It’s not easy for a 500-year tradition     10     (survive).We should protect it as much as possible.” an Internet user wrote on Weibo.

Few people can remember anything that     1    (happen) to them in their early years. Adults’ memories of the next few years also tend to be unclear. Most people remember only a few events—usually ones     2    were meaningful and distinctive,

The passage of time does not account for it; adults have excellent     3    (recognize) of pictures of people who attended high school with them 35 years earlier. Another seemingly     4    (reason) explanation—that infants(婴儿) do not form enduring memories at this point in development—also is incorrect.

However, three other     5    (explain)seem more promising. One involves physiological changes relevant to memory. Maturation of the frontal lobes(额叶) of the brain continues throughout early childhood, and this part of the brain may be critical for remembering particular episodes in ways that can     6    (recall) later.

A second explanation involves the influence of the social world on children's language use. Through hearing stories with     7    clear beginning, middle, and ending children may learn to take out the idea of events in ways that they will be able to describe many years later.

A third likely explanation for infantile memory loss involves mismatch between the ways in which little babies encode(编码) information and the ways in which older children and adults recall it.     8    people can remember an event depends critically     9    the fit between the way in which they     10    (early) encoded the information and the way in which they later attempt to recall it.

Not having breakfast could raise your risk of heart disease by 87 percent, according to a scientific study.

Researchers analyzed 18 years of data on 6, 550 people over forty     1     had no history of heart disease. Respondents (被调查者)     2     (give) regular surveys, which included the question: How often do you eat breakfast? Most (59 percent) ate breakfast every day,     3     5.1 percent never did. 10.9 percent rarely did, and 25 percent would skip a few days.

The team found     4     clear link between breakfast habits and the risk of heart disease. Those who didn’t eat in the morning were up to 87 percent     5     (much) likely to develop heart disease.

“Breakfast is believed to be an important meal of the day, but there     6     (be) an increase of going without breakfast over the past 50 years, with as many as 23.8 percent of young people     7     (skip) breakfast every day,” the authors write.

The team pointed out a few bad     8     (effect) of not having breakfast. First, those who don’t eat breakfast may end up snacking     9     (healthy). Second, going without breakfast may lead to high blood pressure. The findings,     10     (publish) on the American College of Cardiology, came days after a similar study showing people who skip breakfast are less likely to survive a heart attack.

I was     1     (addict) to my smartphone. The first thing I did when I woke up in the morning was reach for my phone. I always ask for Wi-Fi connections when    2     (go) to a new restaurant or coffee shop. It was     3     (stress) for me to have a dead battery in my smartphone. Sometimes I had the uncomfortable feeling that this little machine     4     (take)up too much of time. Sliding into the habit was easy, but I have difficulty    5     ( quit)the habit. Then the day came    6     I finally realized I had to make a change. Head down, eyes on my smart phone, I stepped into the road. A car    7     ( shoot) past, nearly shocked me off my feet. At that very moment, I made up my mind to spend a whole week    8     my smartphone. With eyes no longer     9     (fix) on my phone, I had a chance     10     (company) my old friends.

Parents often complain about the junk(垃圾) that pops up in the form of game-related push notices on smartphones where their kids play video games. In fact, that happens because app developers take advantage     1     algorithms(演算法) to get more hits and reading counts,     2     they believe increase their data flow and trick users to visit their pages.

However, this kind of “smartness” is bad for users,     3     the information sent this way is rarely of any educational value. Once children get trapped in this “information cocoon”, it isn’t     4    (benefit) to their learning process.

To prevent that from happening, market regulators need to     5    (strong) management of app algorithms and they could also improve the technology to prevent users from getting addicted to junk information. Additionally, the laws must     6    (make) so that smart phone apps don’t continue helping those advertisers     7     target is to make profit by spreading junk. Although increased data flow is meant     8    (attract) commercial advertisements, media outlets shouldn’t pursue profit at the cost of youngsters’ mental     9    (grow). Finally, children need to be taught how to tell junk from useful information, thus keeping them     10    (concentrate) on the right thing.

For that to happen, both schools and parents need to make joint efforts to teach them how to use apps to broaden their knowledge and avoid getting lost in the ocean of useless information.