One day, Pierre,     1     worked in a government office, received an     2     (invite) to a palace ball. His wife, Mathilde, had no money for jewellery, so she     3     (borrow) a beautiful necklace from her friend, Jeanne. She looked very beautiful and they had a wonderful time that evening. She said that it was her     4     (good) moment in her life. But after the ball, she found the necklace     5     (miss). They had to borrow a lot of money     6     (buy) a new one for Jeanne. In order to pay     7     the money, they worked day and night for 10 years. Mathilde became     8     (extreme) old, so Jeanne didn’t recognize her     9     they met in a park 10 years later. From this story, we know a person shouldn’t     10     (affect) by vanity (虚荣心), otherwise it will cost him a lot.

When     1     (watch) a film, you may first notice the acting, the music or the amazing set.     2     it is, there’s always a lot more to it than first meets the eye. Actually, the film you see on the screen     3     (be) the product of a huge amount of hard work.

To begin with, sound effects of a film deserve your attention. Those are added after a scene    4     (shoot). Sound effects are made in the way     5     your expectation. Another aspect we should attach great importance to is visual special effects. The technology of CGI has been     6     (frequent) used in film-making. In addition, clever camera angles are used by directors     7     (create) special effects. At last, props also contribute to     8     film’s success. Directors tend to make great efforts to research and build proper     9     (model) and circumstance to make a film look     10     (reality).

In any major Indian city, people are seen with an arm outstretched, mobile phone in hand,     1     (smile) widely and clicking away. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said     2     (love) the selfie (自拍), posting pictures online that he has taken with     3     (variety) world leaders.

But the pursuit of selfie can sometimes have deadly consequences. India is home to     4     highest number of people who have died while taking photos of     5     (they), with 19 of the world’s 49 recorded selfie-linked deaths since 2014.

    6    (early) this month, an 18-year-old college student on a class picnic lost his balance while taking a selfie on top of a rock near a dam. He fell into the water and drowned, along with a classmate     7     jumped in to save him.

Since then, the Indian government     8     (declare) 16 no-selfie zones across Mumbai, warning people    9    taking unnecessary risks. Police have declared “no selfie” in areas considered to be    10    (risk)—particularly along the coastline in spots with no railings or fences. Anyone coming into “no selfie” areas even if they take no photos, will risk a fine of 1,200 rupees ($17.50).

Coffee is a kind of drink made from coffee beans. There are generally two main species of coffee beans,     1    are the Arabica and the Robusta.

According to a recent research     2     (publish) in the Annals of Internal Medicine, having 3 cups of coffee per day can lengthen lifetime. The reason is     3    it can help to lower the risk of death   from several key conditions including heart disease. The study     4     (follow) over 500,000 people from 11 European countries for over 16 years. However, some people are     5     (doubt) about the study. They say the researchers didn’t take every circumstance     6    consideration, such as economic, social and other lifestyle factors.

Besides, it’s widely believed that coffee can help people feel less tired and increase energy thanks to its caffeine (咖啡因). Some reports state that     7     (drink) coffee before exercise can improve athletic performance as much as 11%-12%.

Although coffee can bring many health benefits and it has been     8    morning must for many people, it is not advisable     9     (take) coffee too much. A study from University of South Australia warns that drinking 6 or more cups of coffee a day can increase     10     (you) risk of heart disease by up to 22%.

The Chinese New Year red envelope (红包) is one of     1     most popular Chinese traditions for children on the Chinese New Year. They receive red envelopes with money inside! Little kids     2     (usual) learn the words “hong bao” in Mandarin (普通话) very quickly.

The red color     3     (stand) for good luck for the Chinese. Traditionally the envelopes are decorated with gold letters and messages of     4     (happy) or Chinese lucky symbols like the Chinese dragon, the phoenix, etc. Nowadays, in     5     (keep) up with the times, you can find anything from Mickey Mouse to Hello Kitty on the red envelopes.

Generally, kids     6       are unmarried all get red envelopes during the Chinese New Year from their grandparents, uncles, aunts and parents of course. Close     7     (friend ) also give red envelopes to children during the festival. Who gives money and how much money     8     (give) mainly depend on the personal relationship and the age of the kids. And     9       is quite common for an adult     10       (receive) a kid’s greeting for a red envelope during the Chinese New Year.

Beijing Daxing International Airport, also known    1     Beijing New Airport, is the biggest airport in the world. With its grand opening on September 25, 2019, it became a hot destination during National Day holiday. Visitors crowded into the    2     (new) opened airport to take photos for their We Chat moments. According to a report from the airport,     3     number of checked the airport on October 3 was 4,513, while visitors    4    (go) beyond 100,000. Outbound (出港的) passengers at the airport hit 5,667 the day before, with a total of around 85,000 people    5    (enter) the terminal.

Many visitors came just to look at the airport's striking architecture;     6    admire its beautiful artwork. The airport added staff members to ensure the    7    (safe) of passengers and also released its travel tips recommending passengers to plan ahead    8     (avoid) traffic around the holiday.

Beijing Daxing International Airport     9     (expect) to become one of the world's     10     (busy) and most advanced airports with its cutting edge technology and intelligent services. It also aims to provide visitors with wonderful travel experiences as well as shortened wait times.

Qian Zhongshu was a Chinese scholar and writer, known for his wit and erudition(博学). Despite failing in mathematics, Qian     1    (success) entered the Department of Foreign Languages under Tsinghua University in 1929 because of his     2    (excellence) performance in Chinese and English languages. In Tsinghua, he met his wife Yang Jiang, who was to become a successful playwright and translator, and     3    (marry) her in 1935. In the same year, Qian received government sponsorship     4    (promote) his studies abroad. Together with his wife, Qian headed for the University of Oxford in Britain. After     5    (spend) two years at Exeter College, he received a bachelor of literature. He studied for one more year in the University of Paris in France, and he didn’t return to China     6     1938.

Qian lived in Shanghai from 1941 to 1945,     7     was then under Japanese occupation. At that time he devoted     8    (he) to writing and many of his works were written or published then. A collection of short     9    (essay), Writing in the Margins of Life, was published in 1941. His most celebrated work Fortress Besieged appeared in 1947. On the Art of Poetry, written     10     classical Chinese was issued in 1948.

When I was a kid, Mom used to cook food for us. One night after     1     (spend) a long hard day at work, Mom placed a plate of bread jam and     2     (extreme) burnt toast（烤面包） in front of my dad, I was waiting     3     (see) if he noticed it. However, while eating his toast. Dad just asked me     4     my day was at school. I don’t remember what I told him that night,    5     I do remember I heard Mom apologizing to Dad for burning the toast. I’ll never forget what Dad said, “Honey, I love burnt toast.”

Later that night, I     6     (go) to kiss Daddy good night and asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He gave me     7     big hug and said, “Your mamma put in a long hard day at work today, really     8     (tire). Besides, a burnt toast never hurts but cold words do!”

What I’ve learned over the years     9     (be) that learning to accept each other’s faults is one of the most important     10     (key) to creating a healthy, growing and lasting relationship.

9 . If you’ve always felt that you look     1     (attractive) In videos than you do in photographs, you’re not alone. A recent study     2    (do) by researchers at UC Davis and Harvard has found this to be true. It turns out that looking attractive in photos isn’t easy due to     3     the researchers are calling the “frozen face effect”

In the study university     4    (volunteer) were asked to watch 20 videos of various faces, after     5    they were given 20 stills pulled from the videos they had just watched. When they were then asked to rank the imagery based     6     attractiveness, the videos consistently ranked higher than the corresponding stills(定格画面）.The researchers evens     7    (try) giving the subjects a series of photos shown as a group, but regardless, the video ranked higher---    8    (apparent) we humans like moving faces.

Maybe a portrait(人像）photographer’s most prized skill has to do with bringing out     9     best in people or Photoshop; but in reality it may just be the ability     10    (overcome)the “frozen face effect.”