Zhang Tian was inspired by     1    (wonderfully) teachers from small villages and applied for a volunteer teacher in a village school after graduation. Before he went to the village, he imagined     2    (excite) things about living and teaching in a village. But when he arrived, he found the school was much smaller     3     he had expected and the living conditions in the village    4    (be) also more challenging than he had thought. Every day he worked hard and felt tired.     5    (teach)in Guizhou Province has been quite     6     experience for him.

To make school life healthier and livelier, Zhang Tian introduced more     7    (subject) to the school. Now the students do well in English     8     their school lives are more attractive and interesting, which makes Zhang Tian feel satisfied.     9     teaching, Zhang Tian also brought changes to the village. He made a great    10    (contribute) to the village, so he became very popular among the villagers.

Reading aloud is a good habit for children. Some parents may ask their children to read aloud at     1     early age, but reading aloud to kids may help them focus better, according to a new study     2     (publish) in the journal Pediatrics. These children are not only better able     3     (sit) still but also better able to get along     4    (good) with their friends and teachers.

The research     5    (do) by a team led by Dr. Alan Mendelsohn of NYU Langone Medical Center. The researchers studied how children's     6     (program) that promote positive parenting activities, such as reading out loud and playing pretence affect children's development.

Researchers performed a test after some children took part     7     their Video Interaction Project from birth to age 3. At every visit, the families in the program were filmed reading or     8     (play) with their children. The film was then reviewed by a coach     9     helped parents learn more about their own powerful role in their children's growth. Results showed that these children could do things more carefully and had     10     (few) attention problems by the time they started school.

He lived his whole life as a poor man. His talent    1     (recognize) by almost no one. He suffered from a mental illness that led him     2     (shoot) himself in 1890. But after his    3    (dead), be achieved world fame. Today, he is regarded     4    one of the leading artists of all time.

He was Vincent van Gogh. He left school when he was just 15. By the age of 27, he     5    (try) many jobs. Finally in 1880, he decided to begin his studies in art.

Van Gogh is    6     (fame) for his ability to put his own feelings into his paintings. His style is marked by short, broad brush work. “Instead of trying to copy exactly     7     I have before my eyes, I use colors more freely, in order to express     8     (I) more powerfully,” he wrote in a letter to his brother.

Van Gogh sold only one painting during his short life. He relied heavily on the support from his brother,    9     art dealer who lived in Paris. But now Van Gogh’s works are sold for millions of dollars. His Portrait of Dr. Gachet sold for $82.5 million in 1990. It is one of the highest prices ever    10    (pay) for a painting.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Steven Chan is chasing （追逐）his dream in Chinese mainland cities of Guangdong.

Attracted by the opportunities in the province, Chan     1     （move） to Guangdong in 2015 and has since then worked there. Chan, in his 30s, described settling down in mainland cities as a good decision for an ambitious young man     2     him. Decades ago, Chan's father was among the first Hong Kong     3     （businessman） entering the mainland markets.

Influenced by his family, Chan has been looking forward to     4     （set） up his own career in the mainland since childhood and his dream has finally come true. After graduating from the university, Chan at first     5     （employ） by a public company in Hong Kong and then moved to Shenzhen     6     （seek） more opportunities. With enough work experience, he     7     （eventual） got a dream job in a state-owned company in Guangzhou. After five years' working in the mainland cities, Chan said people there lead wonderful lives, with high-quality education and healthcare, fast transport networks and good use of technological     8     （innovate） in everyday life.

Apart from his own success, Chan also attempted to help others     9     want to find opportunities in the Greater Bay Area. In 2021, he has helped nearly a thousand young people from Hong Kong, Macao and China's Taiwan to set up     10     （they） own businesses in the mainland.

To promote traditional Chinese culture, a popular tourist attraction invites Tang to teach     1     (visit) how to make traditional Chinese calligraphy brushes. Tang is an expert in making brushes by hand,     2     technique listed as a cultural heritage(遗产）。He considers the courses,     3     tourists learn to make their own writing brushes under his guidance,as a good way to preserve a fading art that is becoming less popular     4     young people in the digital age.

Tang began teaching brush-making at the experience center last year.He gives more than five lectures on weekends     5    （meet) the growing demand from tourists.The center provides the general public access to cultural heritage     6     is considered by many as out of reach.

Experience centers     7     (focus) on cultural heritage have mushroomed across China. In Guangxi Province alone,368 such centers     8    （establish)since 2009.Experts believe the exploding     9     (popular) of such experience centers is part of a larger trend that has seen a growing focus on tradition,as the     10    （increase) modernized Chinese society seeks to reconnect with its cultural roots.

The Internet has brought us great convenience. To    1     certain extent, we can hardly live without it. However, it    2     (raise) all sorts of questions, too. The following guidelines may show you how to live better in the digital world.

Above all else, you should use the Internet in a safe way. Before visiting a web page, you should always check for signs that warn people    3     danger. Another tip is to keep your    4     (person) information private, your address and email account    5     (include).

You also need to show respect when    6     (communicate) with other online users. But if some users make you feel uncomfortable online, you have rights to cut off contact.

A recently released Chinese documentary featuring the Forbidden City’s cultural relics (遗迹) and their restorers’ lives is becoming     1     hit, with more than 2.4 million     2     (watch) it online.

Called Master in Forbidden City, the documentary reveals the unsung life stories of restorers, together     3     the history of the antiques and the palace, the procedures of restoration and the development of cultural protection. The three-part documentary     4     (receive) impressive rating of 9.5/10 on Douban.com up to now, one of the     5     (big) film and TV review websites in China.

Compared with movies and TV shows, a documentary     6     (focus) on history and culture rarely becomes so popular.

    7     is more touching in the documentary is the craftsman (工匠) spirit in these restorers. Years of boring work requires not only skills,     8     faith and spirit as well. The pursuit of preciseness and perfection, devotion to work, strong patience... all these qualities are a vivid     9     (reflect) of “craftsman spirit”. This lifts and broadens the theme of the documentary.

Master in Forbidden City     10     (delicate) tells the stories of both modern individuals and historical cultural relics in a touching yet natural way. No doubt people love it so much.

For many parents and children, learning how to draw is a big step. It’s great     1     the parents because their children are using their mind creatively instead of looking at a smart phone or computer screen. Kids     2     love to draw often create the same character over and over. At first, their creation looks a bit like a stick figure     3     (do) simple things like running or walking. Soon, though, as children become more     4     (skill) in drawing, their figures     5     (do) a lot more, like climbing a wall or jumping over a building.

RakugakiAR takes the dreams of kids or adults and turns them into     6     (real). To use the application, people first draw a character on a piece of paper or a whiteboard. Then, with     7     RakugakiAR app, people can scan the drawing with their smart device and bring their character to life.     8     (view) through the app, the character stands out, and it can walk around in an augmented reality(AR) environment. People can feed it, touch it, or play with it in whatever way they want.     9     RakugakiAR is one of the first of its kind, augmented reality(AR) is a technology that will     10     (probable) take the world by storm very soon.