“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life,” said Dr. Samuel Johnson. If you have visited this great city, these words will     1     (sure) come as no surprise to you. London     2     (situate) in the southeast of England, in the Thames Valley. The capital of the UK has been known     3     an important financial, educational,     4     (culture) center for hundreds of years.

London is a historic city. The     5     (landmark) include Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge, and so on. The beauty of the city mostly consists in (存在于) these ancient buildings. And London     6     (respect) for not only her own story but also the story of humankind. The British Museum is one of the     7     (fine) in the world, and her treasures cover thousands of years of history and number in the millions. The museum is open every day, and best of all, it’s free.

On     8     other hand, London is a city     9     always looks towards the future. The city has a number of universities,     10     (make) it the largest center of higher education in Europe. And the fabric (结构) of this city is forever turning over a new page—which is, after all, what every great story should do.

Hackers and cyber scammers (网络骗子) are taking advantage of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic by     1     (send) fraudulent email and WhatsApp messages, hoping     2     (trick) you into clicking on malicious links or opening attachments (附件).

These     3     (action) can make your username and password easily     4     (access), and put your money or sensitive information in danger.

If you     5     (contact) by a person or organization that appears to be WHO, check their realness     6     reacting.

The World Health Organization will:

● never ask for your username or password to get     7     (safe) information;

● never email attachments you didn’t ask for;

● never charge money to hunt for a job, register for a conference, or reserve a hotel;

● never conduct lotteries or offer prizes, grants, certificates or money through email.

Be careful when you receive     8     email with any link or attachments containing any reference to WHO,     9     might be a cyberattack (网络攻击).

The only call for donations that WHO has issued     10     (be) the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, which is linked to below. Any other appeal for funding or donations that appears to be from WHO is a scam.

They say opposites attract; you may find that some of your best     1     (friend) are people who challenge you and offer you different views on life. In fact,     2     same can be true for animals! Countless unlikely animal friendships have been recorded in pictures and on the news.

Anjana, a chimpanzee (黑猩猩) who lives at a US animal reserve, has,     3     the help of her caretaker, raised young animals before. You can see     4     special the relationship between Anjana and these baby tigers is. The chimpanzee is gentle, caring, and seems     5     (take) pleasure out of caring for and playing with the baby tigers. Chimpanzees are an intelligent, social species, who are used to     6     (live) in communities and watching out for each other.

When we think of animal relationships, we often think of those between humans and animals, but the     7     (important) relationship in the lives of most animals     8     (be) with other creatures. Not all species get along, but it's     9     (wonder) to see how one species can protect and care for another under certain special conditions. Anjana may not have spent     10     (she) whole life together with the baby tigers, but during her time with them she provided much needed comfort, friendships, and love.

China launched (发送) the Shenzhou XIII manned spacecraft on October 16th. It carried three     1     (astronaut)—Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu—to Tiangong Space Station’s core module (核心舱) Tianhe.

Zhai is the country’s first astronaut to take a spacewalk,     2     did so in September 2008 in the Shenzhou VII mission. Wang is China’s second female astronaut to take part     3     a spaceflight and was a member of the Shenzhou X mission in June 2013. She will become the first Chinese woman     4     (enter) Tiangong Space Station and take a spacewalk. While it’s the first time for Ye to go on his journey to space. The astronauts     5     (stay) in Tiangong Space Station for six months. It     6     (expect) to be the longest space journey by Chinese astronauts,     7     (two) as long as the Shenzhou XII mission.

The astronauts have     8     lot of tasks, such as performing two to three spacewalks,     9     (check) the performance and capability of devices inside the station and testing support instruments for astronauts’ lives and work during long-term flights. And they will also carry out     10     (science) experiments and technology demonstrations (示范) in space medicine, microgravity (微重力) physics and other fields.

Laba is celebrated on the eighth day of the last lunar month, referring     1     the start of celebrations for the Chinese New Year. It is a     2     (tradition) Chinese festival, a time for the ancient Chinese     3     (pray) to heaven and earth that there would be a bountiful harvest. Since the festival was held on the eighth day of the last month, people later used the number eight (“ba” in Chinese),     4     (give) us today’s Laba.

The Laba rice porridge is     5     most important part of the festival.     6     (general), the porridge     7     (contain) eight ingredients which can include glutinous rice, red beans, millet, Chinese sorghum, peas, dried lotus seeds and some other     8     (thing). The porridge must     9     (boil) for many hours and then offered as a sacrifice to the ancestors. This must be done before noontime. Also, it is a tradition     10     family members cat the porridge together. Then they leave some as a symbol of hope for a good harvest in the coming year.

There was once an architect    1    hated his job. After 10 years of working for the same company, he decided to resign. However, his boss wanted him to help with one final job before he    2    (leave) the team. So he asked him to build one final house. The architect unwillingly agreed. He spent the whole summer    3    (build) this house, but his heart just wasn’t in it. He used cheap materials and rushed to finish the job quickly. The result was the    4    (bad) house he had ever built.

When he had finished, his boss came to meet him one last time. Seeing the terrible work, the smile disappeared from his face. “I wanted to do something special    5    you, to say thanks for your 10 years of hard work…So I’m giving you this house as a gift.” The architect was very    6    (anger). “Why didn’t you tell me from the start? If I had known that I would have put in more effort.”

This story has a    7    (power) message. The architect had all the skills    8    (need) to build something amazing, but his negative mindset (心态) held him back.

We should take note, because every day we are building our future.    9    we have a negative mindset, we will miss our chance    10    (create) the best life and future possibilities.