One summer afternoon, a group of recent college graduates decided to visit their favorite professor at his home. The grads    1    (be) out of school for about a year and they were each making their attempt into the so-called “real world” and dealing with all of the frustrations and    2    (confuse) that come with it.

Over the course of the afternoon, the grads complained    3     their professor about how difficult life was after school. They complained about the long hours, the    4    (demand) bosses, the competitive job market, and    5    all of them seemed to talk about or care about was money, money, money.

After a while, the professor got up and made some coffee. He got out six cups, one for each student. Three of them were cheap disposable cups and the other three    6    (make) of his nicest porcelain. He then invited everyone to get up and help    7    (they).

Within seconds the    8    (argue) had already begun. “Wait, why do you get that cup?” “No. let me have it. I drove here “No way, I got here first, go get your own.” The students laughed and    9    (gentle) chided each other over who got to drink what out of what. A silent competition among friends.

When the kids finally sat back down the professor smiled and said, “You see? This is your problem. You are all arguing over who gets    10    (drink) out of the nice cups when all you really wanted was the coffee.”

The Lantern Festival falls on the     1    (fifteen)day of the first month of the lunar year. The main activity during the Lantern Festival is looking at lanterns. On the day of the festival, no matter where you go－the streets, markets, shops, parks and homes－you can see beautiful lanterns. In the evening, most cities will organize lantern shows     2     add to the festive atmosphere. The shows have lanterns of different shapes,     3    (include)animals, flowers, people, buildings, and more.

Riddles are usually written on the lanterns. People crowd around     4    (try)to guess the riddles. Yuanxiao is the special food of the Lantern Festival.     5     round shape of yuanxiao symbolizes reunion, happiness and harmony.

    6    (interesting), the Lantern Festival was known as Chinese Valentine’s Day in the past. Many ancient Chinese poets have written poems     7     the Lantern Festival which describe happy moments and also the stories of young lovers. However, in most parts of China today, the festival     8    (lose)these original meanings.

With a history of over 2,000 years as a traditional Chinese festival, the Lantern Festival     9    (celebrate)both in China and abroad. Chinese people living in any part of the world can experience and share this     10    (excite)festival.

Yuan Longping, Father of Hybrid Rice,     1     passed away on Saturday at 91, will be long remembered as one of the most honorable leaders, the World Food Prize Foundation said.

Yuan was a co-winner of the 2004 World Food Prize, the top international honor recognizing the deeds of     2     (individual) who have advanced human development by     3     (improve) the quality, quantity and availability of food in the world. Yuan shared it with Monty Jones, an African rice breeder.

Yuan’s pioneering research has     4     (complete) helped transform China from food shortage to food security within three decades, according to an earlier statement     5    (release) by the WFP.

Barbara Stinson, president of the WFP Foundation, said Yuan was credited not only for hybrid rice, but also for the ability     6    (change) land out of rice production and into other kinds of food production, including fish ponds, other fruits and vegetables, increasing the nutritional content of food in China, and contributing     7     the reduction of hunger and poverty as well.

Yuan started hybrid rice research in 1964 and     8    (succeed) in developing the world’s first high-yield hybrid rice strain in 1973. So far, its annual growth area     9    (reach) 8 million hectares (公顷)in countries including India, Bangladesh, Vietnam) Brazil and the US.

“He’s made such     10     powerful contribution. Professor Yuan will be long remembered. ” Stinson told China Daily.

Adam Braun established the organization Pencils o£ Promise in 2008. Its goal is     1     (make) sure all children have a chance for education. In the past few years, it     2     (help) more than 22,000 children in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

It started when Adam Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy stopped     3     (he) on the street and asked for money. Mr Braun asked the boy     4    he would want, if he could have anything in the world. "I thought the answer was going to be a house, a car or a boat. His answer was 'a pencil',    5     shocked me. So I gave him my pencil and he just lit up with joy. I realized he had never been to school before and that was the     6     (real) for 57 million children around the world, “ Braun said.

Adam Braun started working in finance after he graduated     7     college. But he never forgot the boy and     8     problem he represented. So he decided to devote himself to     9    create) that world. Braun says his organization works     10     (close) with the local education organizations, which organize the main program o£ studies.

Every writer dreams of seeing their words in print. So when the response from a publisher comes, the writer     1     (eager) opens and reads it. Their hearts sink when they reach the final sentence “We regret to inform you...”,    2     are the words that every writer fears receiving. They may have given up their free time for years to write their life's work, yet this is often not enough. Success rarely happens overnight. A lot of highly     3     (success) writers have previously faced rejection, one of whom is J.K. Rowling.

Rowling had spent seven years     4     (write) her first book, surviving on very little money. When she finally finished the book, she received comments from publishers along the lines of “too difficult for children”, “too long”, “Children would not be interested in it”. However, she persevered. She     5     (stick) the rejection letter on her kitchen wall, knowing that it was quite normal for writers     6     (reject). “I was not going to give up     7     every single publisher turned me down,” she later posted. After a total of twelve rejections, one publisher finally agreed to print 500     8     (copy) of her book, and as we know, Harry Potter became a global success, with over 400 million books     9     (sell) and translated into more than 70 different languages.

From Rowling's story we can see while talent, effort and luck play a part in our success, perseverance is     10     key.

The Dragon Boat Festival is     1     the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of the Chinese calendar. It is a day to remember the great poet Qu Yuan,     2     was a loyal official in the State of Chu in ancient China and     3     (deep) loved by his people.

Qu Yuan drowned himself on that day in277 B. C. due to     4     (be) unable to save his country. The local folk did what they could     5     (search) for him in the river, meanwhile they     6     (drop) dumplings of glutinous rice （糯米）wrapped in bamboo leaves     7     reed leaves into the river to stop the fishes from eating Qu Yuan's body. Since that time, it has been customary on that day to eat Zong Zi as     8     memorial to the patriotic（爱国的）poet.

Nowadays, Zong Zi is not only made for the Dragon Boat Festival. It is available at any time of the year, with wide styles and     9     (variety) of dumplings. The main ingredient of Zong Zi is the glutinous rice, and then the bamboo or reed leaves- -the wrapping that     10     (make) Zong Zi taste distinct.

Love Lake, a heart-shaped, man-made lake located in the desert near Dubai, is     1    (probable) one of the most attractive attractions for romantic couples visiting the Middle East. The man-made Love Lake, strictly speaking, is two tangled heart-shaped lakes, situated near the Al Qudra Oasis.     2    (measure) 550,000 square meters, this famous tourist attraction can be seen from space. Located away from any urban areas, Love Lake is     3    true oasis, surrounded by desert. And it consists of     4    (various) of bushes, over 16,000 trees, and thousands of colorful flowers, including red begonias(秋海棠), either     5    (arrange) in heart shapes, or spelled out the word “love”.

Dubai’s Love Lake started attracting attention in 2018. Although Love Lake     6    (become) a popular destination for romantics in the past years,     7    (appreciate) its beauty, you have to see it from at least 50 meters above ground; otherwise,     8    you’ll look at is just a lake. You can't see it from the ground, and the word “love” is spelled with hundreds of trees. And almost everything here is shaped     9    a heart — the lakes, the flower arrangements and even the on-sight badminton court.

So if you’ve had enough of Dubai’s other     10    (amaze) attractions, you can go about 50 kilometers into the desert and discover the unique Love Lake.