In the USA the high school graduation ceremony is of great     1    (important). 12th-grade students, or seniors, who are about 17 or 18 years old, look forward to     2    (attend) this event.

The graduation ceremony itself takes place at the end of May or beginning of June,     3     usually includes music, awards, and a guest speaker. After the speeches, students walk to the front of the room to receive their diplomas from the headmaster. Students start preparing for graduation a long time     4     it happens. They order rings designed     5    (especial) for their class.

    6     tradition is to have their photographs taken. These photographs are used for the class yearbook, which is a     7    (print) book about all the students in the school. Students have special cards called announcements printed to send to friends and relatives to tell them about their graduation. The cards often include     8     invitation to the ceremony. If you receive it, you should send a present     9     money to the graduate. A few weeks before the ceremony, the students     10    (measure) for the cap that they will wear at the ceremony. After the ceremony, families usually have graduation parties for friends and relatives. It’s a day and a night that high school seniors remember for a long time.

Back in 1995, Jack Mark made his first trip to the US and used the Internet for the first time. After searching for “beer”, he saw that no results came up relating     1     China. When he then searched for “China” and still saw no results, he decided     2     (set) up a Chinese website – the seed for Alibaba had been sown.

Ma     3     (simple) wanted his company to have a     4    (globe) and interesting name, and realized Alibaba is a story     5     (know) across the world. AS an added bonus, Ma said because it begins with A, it also appears top of lists.

The company     6    (found) in 1999 and since then has grown from 15 employees to over 30,000. Alibaba has directly and indirectly created 40 million     7     (job) for China. It floated on New York Stock Market in September 2014 for $ 25 billion, the largest IPO on earth.

Ma hopes to keep expanding Alibaba outside of China and is aiming for 2 billion consumers and 10 million small businesses to use     8     company outside of China.

Ma became the richest man in China,     9     the company he founded floated on the stock market in 2014 with a value of around $ 140 billion –the     10     (large) public offering in history.

Much has been written about the wonders of the World Wide Web. There are countless articles     1     (tell) us how the Internet has made our lives more convenient. But the Internet has done a lot     2     (much) for people than simply make life more convenient. People’s lives     3     (change) by online communities and social networks so far.  

Take Jan for example,   who developed a serious illness that made her     4    (stick) at home with only her computer to keep     5    (she) company. She joined an online group     6     she could share problems, support and advice with others. She considered the ability to remove the distance between people as one of the greatest     7    (benefit).

She was so inspired     8     she started an IT club in which many people have been helped. She has started to learn more about how to use the Internet to make society better. Her next goal is to start a charity website to raise money     9     children in poor countries.

Jan’s life has been     10    (great) improved by the Internet.

Hip hop is getting its very own museum in its birthplace in New York State. The Bronx, the permanent home of the Universal Hip Hop Museum, set to open in 2023, is    1     (celebrate) the history of hip hop, which was created by    2     (Africa)Americans, Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans.

Rocky Bucano is the museum's director. He noted that until now there hasn't been a physical place that is devoted to     3     (preserve) hip hop history and culture. He said that the museum started as     4    idea about eight years ago when some hip hop singers hoped the stories of hip hop could be     5     (accurate) told and passed down.

When the museum     6     ( finish) , the 5, 570-square-meter space will have interactive (互动的)exhibits, live shows, film screenings and conferences. One room will have a high-tech console(控制 台 )     7    interactive characteristic will take visitors on a hip hop history trip based on their reactions    8    different characters in a game.

The exhibits will include hip pop    9     ( music)Kurtis Blow's original beatbox machine, and the first and second rap    10     ( record)ever released.

As the COVID-19 epidemic continues to spread    1     (global), young people in China care for the well-being of their young friends across the world and    2     (try) to deliver messages of love and care in various ways now.

As a part of the project “We Are Always Together in Weal and Woe”, a new program has recently been launched by China Soong Ching Ling   Foundation,     3       has collected 85 letters     4       (write)by students from 17 middle schools in Beijing to young people in pandemic-stricken countries such as Japan, Pakistan and Greece. These letters are displayed       5     the form of sand paintings and have been made into a series of short    6     (video) titled A Letter to Friends.

    7     project “We Are Always Together in Weal and Woe” is hosted by China Soong Ching Ling Foundation and China Public Diplomacy Association     8       is supported by China Soong Ching Ling Science & Culture Center for Young People. More works     9    (produce) by Chinese young people in the near future, aimed    10    (send) support and blessings to more countries.