Zhang Guimei, devoted to education in China’s southwestern borders for 40 years, is     1       “mother” for more than 170 children, motivating young girls from poor families in mountainous areas. She has lit up hopes of many for education.

Zhang was born in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang province in 1957. She came to Yunnan province at 17,     2     (respond) to the call of the country to support the development of border areas. Teaching at a middle school there, she saw the low     3     (admit) of girls to high school. It saddened her so much to find out that these girls     4     (abandon) their school work long before due to poverty.     5     , Zhang decided to build a free all-girl high school in 2002, in hope of changing the destiny of the girls in the mountain.

In 2007, Zhang went to Beijing as a deputy for the 17th CPC National Congress. Her speech “I Have a Dream”     6     (address) at the meeting made her dream of building a free all-girl high school known     7     all. A year later, the school was completed as the first free all-girl high school in China.

On June 29, Zhang     8     (award) July 1st Medal at a ceremony in Beijing,     9     she said she did this out of her gratitude and love for the country, as well as her identity     10     (origin) as a CPC member. As long as she was still capable, she would stand in the classroom to give her all without regret.

Peru, a county     1     the Pacific coast of South America, is well-known for its diverse geography. time honored history and magnificent civilization. The county was the center of the powerful ancient Inca Empire in the 1400s and 1500s, when the Inca emperor     2     (live) in the now-famous site Machu Picchu.     3     nation was under the control of Spain from the 16^th century to 1821. It is because of this     4     Spanish is the main     5    (office) language of Peru.

If you are to visit Peru, you may consider spending a day or two     6     (wander) along the beautiful streets in Cusco,     7     was the capital of the Inca Empire from the 13^th until the 16^th century. It is also recommended that you     8     (pay) a visit to Machu Picchu, where you can admire the     9     (amaze) dry stone method of building. Being the world's catalogue, Peru is sure to leave an     10     (impress) on everyone.

On Sept. 29^th, 2021, 85-year-old Liu Yongtan,     1     (devote) to the research of radar technology, was awarded the title Role Model of the Times by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in     2     (recognise) of his achievements.

A professor at the Harbin Institute of Technology(HIT) in Heilongjiang province, Liu is known as     3     expert in radar and signal processing technologies, and the originator of China’s new radar systems for navigation(航海) and defense.

Born in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, in 1936, Liu suffered a painful childhood due to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45). His parents named him Yongtan, to express their wish     4     a peaceful nation.

With a great sense of     5     (nation) duty, Liu was admitted to the electrical engineering department at HIT in 1953. Because of his excellent academic performance, in his third year in college, he     6     (select) to study radio technology at Tsinghua University, which revolutionized (革新) humanity’s technological blueprint, way of life and the way war was practised in the     7     (twenty) century. In 1978, Liu went to the United Kingdom,     8     he started his study of radar technology and received new insights into the field. “At that time, other countries had already begun to develop new radar systems, raising in me a     9     (burn) desire to help my country build a modernized radar system, which was     10     (bad) needed for both national defense and commercial activities.”

Testerld Nora Langdon spent many days a week at the Royal Oak Gym, training for lifting contests. She has become a(n)     1     (outstand) idol to people of all ages.

    2     the age of 65, Langdon was determined to live     3     healthier lifestyle. In 2007, she weighed over 210 pounds and often struggled to catch her breath while     4     (go) up the stairs. She knew she had to change.

“On the first day I started going to the gym, I went home that night and told     5     (I) I’d never go back again     6     it was too much for me,” Langdon told Good Morning America. “Then I heard a voice telling me to go back. So I went back and here I’m today.”

After watching her trainer     7     was preparing for a powerlifting meet, she attended his competitions and decided to try it herself. She     8     (begin) with the basics. It wasn’t long     9     she discovered lifting was her passion.

Langdon has set 19 world     10     (record) and quickly became one of Michigan’s best in her age range. Although Langdon has achieved a lot, she shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.

Yuan Longping is a plant scientist. People often call     1     ( he) the father of hybrid rice because of his important and world- changing work on the hybrid rice plant.

Yuan was born in Beijing in 1930 and graduated     2     the Southwest University of Agriculture in Chongqing in 1953. After graduation , he became a teacher at a school in Hunan province. In the 1960s, China experiences some bad     3     (nature) disasters and a lot of the country’s rice crops     4     (destroy). It caused a big problem. At the time. China’s population was growing very     5     ( quick), and the supplies of rice had not yet recovered.China’s     6     ( farm) found it hard to feed all of the people in the country with the available supply of rice. A solution was needed.

In 1964,Yuan found a kind of hybrid rice plant with advantaged over current types. He experimented a lot and developed a way     7     ( produce) this hybrid rice in large amounts. However, the first hybrid rice plant was not very successful. He experimented     8     worked with others, and by 1973, he     9     ( find) a way successfully to create a higher-producing species of rice . The new species was able to grow 20%    10     (much) than the original.

Most of us think that the world’s oldest color is black or dark gray. However, scientists have discovered that bright pink is the oldest     1    (know) color. They looked at the 1.1 billion-year-old rock deep beneath the Sahara Desert.     2    (make) powder from the rock, then they found the bright pink color. Dr. Nur Gueneli     3     comes from the Australian National University led the research. She said it     4    (produce) by ancient organisms that lived in old oceans. At that time, tiny organisms were     5     most common life forms on Earth.

Dr. Gueneli said her first     6    (react) was complete amazement. She said her team thought the rock powder might turn black in their experiments. However, it turned pink. Another researcher said, “Dr. Gueneli came into my office and     7    (show) me this bright pink material, saying,'Look at this. It turned out to be a real color, 1.1 billion years old.'” The rock could contain other colors, from blood red to deep purple. Gueneli accounted     8     the importance of her findings. She said, “Imagine you could find a piece of fossilized (石化的) dinosaur skin that still remains     9    (it) original color---green or blue. That is     10    (actual) the type of discovery that we’ve made.”

I have a neighbor we call "Happy". I have never seen her angry at anything and never heard her say a harsh (苛刻) word to anyone or about anyone. They always have a positive attitude     1     other people and the society.

Happy and her husband Ben. 70, have a huge garden on which they spent many happy hours together working. Most of the neighbors watched interestingly as Ben doubled the size of     2     (they) garden. As the cost of food climbed faster, we all wished we also had such a large garden.

One day last month was the time     3     Happy and Ben asked most of the neighbors to go for an “all-day food feast". The place where we     4     (invite) to go was their house. They said to us, "Please bring gloves and arrive very early in the morning, will you?" We didn't know the reason why they asked us to do that. Neither did we know what     5     (take) place the next morning.

By 9:00 am, there were nine of us in the garden picking     6     (variety) kinds of vegetables such as tomatoes, beans, okra, and squash. By 10：00 am, there was lots of laughter. We didn't need to pretend     7     (be)like others and we were ourselves. We shared a lot of stories. By five o'clock. everyone was a little drunk from the wine and beer. After dinner, we played games. We were     8     (extreme) happy. As we were leaving, Happy and Ben handed each of us a shopping bag that was filled with the bounty (收成) of the day. What a delightful gift!

Well, in     9     (summarize)the point wasn't so much about the food. The true gift was a day of friends enjoying one another's company, wasn't     10    ? None of it would have happened if it had been for Happy and Ben's garden.

Meng Wanzhou arrives home

Through efforts of the Chinese government, Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of China’s telecommunication（电信）giant（巨头）Huawei, arrived at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport on Saturday on a charter flight     1    （organize）by the Chinese government. She will soon reunite     2     her family.

Meng Wanzhou     3    （arrest逮捕）by Canadian authorities at the request of the US on December 2018. Meng reached     4     agreement with the US Justice Department（司法部门）on Friday that allows     5    （she）to return to China, according to media reports. It marks the end of Meng’s nearly three-year detention（拘留）in Canada.

On the flight     6    （head）home, Meng expressed her gratitude     7     the country.

“Without a strong nation, I would not have     8    （free）as I have today,” said Meng from the airplane,     9     is to land in China in a few hours.

“The road back home is full of twists and turns（曲折）,     10     it is the most heart-warming journey in the world,” she said.

Helen Keller became blind and deaf at nineteen months old. Because she was deaf, Helen was unable to talk. She didn’t know how words sounded and couldn’t read     1     (they). Despite her disabilities, Helen learned to communicate.

Her teacher, Anne Sullivan,    2     (teach) her how to communicate with others. Anne wrote words on Helen's hand. Next, Helen learned how to make sounds in her throat.

Although her words didn’t sound very clear, she had learned to say words     3     her mouth. Helen also learned to read and write by     4     (use) Braille (盲文). She could read     5     (fast) with her fingers than people could read with their eyes! Helen Keller not only overcame many difficulties in her own life, but she also helped other people try to make their lives better. She became     6     writer and wrote about the challenges of being blind and deaf.

Helen travelled to towns and cities, and even other countries. She told people to be     7     (thank) for all their senses and to look at and listen to things as if they would never see or hear them again. Helen Keller was a kind of     8     (encourage) to others. She showed     9     a Person who couldn’t see or hear could achieve. For Helen, nothing could get in the way of her strong wish     10     (live) a full life.