Dr. Yuan Longping was     1     pioneer of agriculture in China. He     2     (graduate) from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then he devoted his life to     3     (find) ways to grow more rice. The rice farmers are now     4     (produce) harvest twice as large as before by growing his kind of rice.     5     he was not satisfied with his work.     6     now he leads a rich life, he still goes on with his work to develop his rice. I think his work is     7     (real) important to the world. Because of his hard work, the production of food has been improved. And the problem of     8     (hungry) can be solved. Thanks to Yuan's great work, millions of people can benefit     9     his extraordinary work. Yuan’s remarkable     10     (achieve) in hybrid rice research have previously won him numerous honors.

The Thanksgiving Day     1    (come), a school teacher asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were     2    (thank) for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods actually had to thank for. But she knew that most of them would draw pictures of turkeys or tables with food. The teacher was surprised    3    the picture Douglas handed in——a smile childishly drawn hand.

But whose hand? The class     4    (puzzle) by the abstract image. “I think it     5    be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. “A    6    (farm),”said another, “because he grows the turkeys.” Finally when the others were at work, the teacher bent over Douglas’ desk,     7    (ask) whose hand it was. “It's your hand, Teacher”, he answered.

She recalled that     8    (frequent) after class she had taken Douglas, a short lonely child by the hand. She often did that with the children. But     9    meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone’s Thanksgiving, not for the material things     10    (give)to us but for the chance, in whatever small way, to give to others.

Have you ever dreamed about being well-known     1     a popular musician? Many musicians, at first, may form a band     2     (practice) their music. And then they may get the chance to give     3     (perform) in pubs or clubs. Later they may     4     (gradual) become popular. However, the Monkees started in a different way. Only one of     5     (they) was good enough and the other three members pretended to sing. To be honest, it couldn’t be called a real band at the     6     (begin). Anyhow, their shows were     7     (humor) and they became popular. After a year or so, they worked even     8     (hard) and produced their own records and started touring. The Monkees broke up in about 1970     9     they reunited in the mid-1980s and     10     (produce) a new record in 1996 to celebrate their former happy time.

Some people think only children are selfish, lonely, or unhappy. They say       1     is difficult for an only child to play or work       2     others. But this is not true. Only children are often very responsible. They are better at       3     (communicate) well with people because they speak mostly with adults at home. They are more likely to make     4    (friend) outside the home. This is     5     (nature). They need to play with other kids.

Polly is     6     (I) next-door neighbor. We were also born on the same day. She is an only child. Polly     7     (say) that she is neither lonely     8    unhappy. She

can talk to people     9     (easy) and she is not afraid of anything.

In fact, there is no big     10     (different) between only children and people with siblings(兄弟姐妹).

China launched    1    large robotic spaceraft at the Wenchang Space Launch Center on November 24th, tasking it with landing on the moon and bringing back lunar samples. When it lifted its 20-storytall body and soared skyward, many spectators around the Wenchang center were left in excitement. The rocket is intended to place Chang'e 5 in an Earth-moon transfer path, the    2    (heavy) and largest in the nation's lunar probe fleet (探测舰队). Chang'e 5 will fly in the path within the next several days and conduct a key braking maneuver (刹车动作) to avoid    3    (accidental) flying past the moon. After its    4    (arrive) in lunar orbit, the probe will then separate    5    two parts, with one part remaining in orbit while the other    6    (land) on the lunar surface. The landing part will conduct such assignments as obtaining underground rocks and gathering surface dint. The entire mission    7    (schedule) to last about 23 days. If the Chang'e 5 mission ends successfully, it will become China's first space activity    8    (collect) moon samples. In     9    (add), its success will also make Chang'e 5 the world's first lunar sample-return spacecraft since August 1976，    10    the former Soviet Union's unmanned Lunar 24 did the same thing.