It was the day of the poetry festival, and I was     1     (excite). At my old school, I had won the poetry ribbon every year. When Mrs Baker called on me, I stood up. I didn’t even bother to look at my paper. I’d spent so much time     2     (perfect) the rhymes, and counting the     3     (beat), that I knew the poem by heart. I had just started the third verse when I noticed Mrs. Baker was glaring at me. “Linda, you     4     (suppose) to be reading an original work, a poem you made up yourself, not reciting something you learned.” I opened my mouth to explain, but no words came out. “You will leave the room and will not return until you are ready     5     (apologize),” said Mrs. Baker. “Now. Go !” I turned and left the room. I’d been standing outside for about half an hour when Joseph, another school teacher, came over to ask me why. Now, as Joseph waited     6     me to answer, he looked so kind and sympathetic     7     I poured out the whole story, trying not to cry. “Linda, accepting defeat, when you should stand up for     8     (you), can become a very dangerous habit. You know you are     9     only Linda Brown in the whole world.” His eyes smiling into mine, I took a deep breath and     10     (knock) on the classrooms door, ready to face Mrs. Baker--- ready to recite my poem.

David was one of     1     most helpful students that we ever had. In 2004, he went to university in London and became interested in Chinese culture.     2    his graduation from university, he continued to go to China to study Chinese at Beijing Language University.

Two years later, he was able to speak Chinese     3    （fluent）and achieved high grades in all subjects. Having finished his studies，    4     started travelling in China．Some of the cities in China he likes most     5    （be）Beijing，Shanghai，Harbin and Nanjing. In China, he spends a lot of time     6    (teach) English to Chinese students. Most of the students whom he taught have become his friends ever since．

When he returned to Britain two months ago, he brought back from China many nice paintings, books, dictionaries, and     7    (photo) to spread Chinese culture, most of     8     were donated to our school library. Some of the books were gifts     9     (get) from his Chinese friends and students. Teachers and students at our school wish to thank David for his     10     (kind) when the paintings that David donated to the school are being shown in the exhibition room.

“The number of children according to National Health Service (NHS) with serious mental health problems     1     (be) at an all-time high,“ say doctors.

It is warned     2     the pandemic could create a "lost” generation who will be affected by “lifelong“ mental illnesses. Doctors blamed the crisis     3     school closures cancelled exams and lockclowns.

NHS figures revealed that the number of youngsters     4     (take) to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services was 4,615 per 100,000—the    5    (high) on record. The figures are up nearly 20 percent from last year.

Dr Bernadka Dubicka said, “Landmark occasions in the lives of these young people will be lost. This adds to a perfect storm of a mental health crisis, meaning children may not get     6     help they need and even    7    (potential) leaving the generation lost to poverty and lifelong mental illness.”

She also wrote in the Daily Telegraph that half of the college's child psychiatrists have reported a surge in     8     (emergent) or urgency. And NHS research also shows that one in six children now have a mental health issue, up from one in nine three    9    (year) ago.

Dr Dubicka added, “The school closures, cancelled exams and empty lecture halls     10    （have） a strong effect on our communities long after COVID-19 is written in the history books. "

In early December, Zhang Guimei was named a national outstanding(杰出的) member of the Communist Party of China for her    1     (devote) to education in rural China.

About 20 years ago, while on the way to visit a student's house, Zhang Guimei, then a teacher in Huaping, Yunnan province, noticed a girl     2    (sit) on the hillside. The girl, 13, told Zhang she was about to get married. It was decided by her parents. "But I want to go to school." the girl said. Zhang went to her house and tried to persuade her parents     3    (let) the girl return to school and promised to pay for the school fees herself. However, they didn^’t agree.

From then on, Zhang dreamt     4     building a free high school for girls. After years trying to raise money,     5    (final) in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls, a free public high school, was founded at the foot of the Shizi Mountain in Huaping,     6     Zhang is the headmaster. Her efforts have been worth it. Since 2008, more than 18,000 students     7    (admit) to college, which is considered a “miracle” in that distant area.

Zhang plays     8     active part in local education. It is reported that she    9     (give) the honor of the country's “role model for teachers”, in February, 2021. Her moving stories encourage     10    (thousand) of people.

China is the native place of tea. As     1     matter of fact, tea was originally（最初的）used as kind of     2     （value）medicine instead of a drink. Later, as the ancient Chinese explored     3    （far）into the features of tea, they separated it     4     herbs and made it into a kind of drink and gradually people began to know it is     5    （physical）beneficial.

Records show that the custom of tea drinking,     6     started in the western Han Dynasty, already     7     （become）fashion for people with high social position during the Dynasty of Wei. In the Tang Dynasty it was common     8     （drink）tea. And people tried out even more     9    （way）to drink tea. In the Song Dynasty, tea planting and trade were on the increase and the technique of     10    （make）tea was greatly improved. By the Yuan Dynasty, drinking tea had became something very common in everyday life. In the Ming and the Qing Dynasties, people drank tea in almost the same way as we do today.

Food waste is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and fruit and vegetables are especially problematic, as about 52% of them go bad before     1    （eventual） reaching consumers. But one Malaysian company has come up     2     a simple solution(解决方案)to this problem — a tiny sticker that keeps fruit from     3     (go) bad for up to weeks.

You've probably seen stickers on fruit before,     4     not like the ones created by the Malaysian company. Those common stickers are typically     5     (use) only to provide consumers with     6     (inform) about the growers and how the fruit was grown, but Stixfresh has a completely different purpose. It contains something special and all-natural that slows down the ripening(成熟)process, keeping the fruit fresh and juicy for much     7    (long).

Stixfresh founder Zhafri Zainudin says that he thought of the idea for the stickers after visiting a friend     8     ran a fruit store. The man was worried about losing money every day because of bad fruit, but he knew that there was no way to stop nature from taking     9     (it) course. The Malaysian businessman worked with many     10     (university) to develop and test his sticker.

At first, Stixfresh stickers were only used to lengthen the shelf-life of mangoes, but the company later worked on other fruit, like dragon fruit, star fruit, apples and pears.