Edinburgh, located in the southeast of Scotland, is     1     capital of Scotland. With     2     (it) museums, shops, wonderful historic castles and many restaurants, there are many     3     (interest) things for visitors to enjoy all year round.

Besides, there is more to have fun in Edinburgh. Each year, the Edinburgh International Festival takes place in the city. In late summer,     4     three weeks, the festival presents classical music, theatre, opera and dance throughout the city. Whatever your cultural tastes are, you are sure     5     (find) something to enjoy.

So far, the Edinburgh International Festival     6     (earn) its reputation (声望) as one of the world’s     7     (great) celebrations of the arts. The founders believed     8     the programs should be of highest possible artistic standard     9     that the festival should enrich the cultural life of Europe.

The popularity of the festival led to the birth of another festival soon—the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Both of them have been     10     (wide) popular over the past 70 years.

Rise After Falling

A father was worried about his son,     1     was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk(僧侣)     2    (train) his boy.

The Buddhist monk said to the boy’s father, “I insist that your son should be left alone here. I’ll make him into a real man within three months.     3    , you can’t come to see him during this period.”

Three months later, the boy’s father     4    (return). The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an     5    (experience) boxer. Each time the fighter struck the boy, he     6    (fall) down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time a heavy blow knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, “    7     do you think of your child?”

“What a shame!” the boy’s father said, “I never thought he would be so     8    (easy) knocked down. I needn’t have him stay here any     9    (long)!

“I’m sorry that that’s all you see. Don’t you see that each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of     10    (cry)? That’s the kind of courage you wanted him to have.”

Once, there lived a poor man in a small village. He was very clever but didn’t want     1     (work) at all. He lived on     2     the villagers gave him every day. One day, he got a basket of eggs     3     a kind lady. He began to think that he would save the eggs until they were in short supply. Then he could earn a small amount of money by     4     (sell) them at a very good price. And then he would buy a couple of goats. Very soon, he would have     5     large group of goats. The goat milk would bring him much more money. With the money, he would buy a cow.     6     (it) milk would bring him a lot of money. He would become much    7     (rich): build a big house and marry a pretty woman. They would have a lot of    8     (child). While he was lost in thought,     9     (luck), he fell over a stone and all the eggs dropped onto the ground. He was very sad. That    10     (bring) an end to the man’s beautiful dream.

5G is developing, but most of us aren't really sure what it is or the reason     1     we need it. A big part of the reason is that 5G means more than one thing. If you ask different people, you     2    (provide) with different answers.

Experts believe that 4G is on     3     way out. In 2020, the U.K. is expected to use 5G. At present, it is unknown exactly what influence 5G will have on people's life but it is widely thought that 5G will     4     (definite) be faster than any generation of networks we have used previously.

Work will likely become much easier as 5G will allow quicker downloads and a better ability to work online even if there is no wi-fi connection. With the     5     (develop) of 5G, driverless cars will be able to communicate     6     other vehicles, which can reduce road accidents by about 10%, One of the most     7     (impress) things will be that people can see which seats on a train are accessible to     8     (they) when it arrives at the station.     9     (get) around the world will also be more convenient.

A number of     10     (company) are now working on bringing 5G to the market. It remains to be seen how much of the country 5G will cover and whether everyone will be able to benefit from it.

Wang Tianchang and his family moved into the Gobi Desert 22 years ago. They have been fighting with the desert ever since,     1     (become) a symbol of China’s anti-desertification (防治荒漠化) campaign.

As     2     native of Gansu Province, Wang grew up with the Gobi Desert. In 1998, Wang’s family moved into the desert. They started planting bushes (灌木). To fund their efforts, they sold most of their farm animals and there were only 6 sheep left to support themselves. To make matters     3     (bad), the trees they had planted in the first two years     4     (blow) away by strong winds, because they weren't familiar with the environment. Then they learned that adaptable grasses were ideal for holding down the sand. A bush     5     (know) as the sweet-vetch has an 80 percent survival rate even in severe desert conditions,     6     has become a key part of the Wang’s efforts.

Now, although Wang is suffering from serious health     7     (problem) and is in his late 70s, he has no plans       8     (quit) his mission. His efforts have not gone unnoticed and have won several honors for his contributions     9     local greening. The Chinese government not only appointed (委任) Wang Tianchang and his sons as forest ranchers (大农场主), but also started funding their work. The family’s home is now surrounded by a     10     (beauty) vegetable garden, proving that land can in fact be transformed from the desert.

Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world's first igloo(冰屋)hotel.

    1     (build)in a small town, it has been attracting lots of visitors but soon the fun will be over. In two weeks' time, Bergqvist's ice creation     2     (be) nothing more than a pool of water. “We don't see it as a big problem,” he says. “We just look forward to     3     (replace)it.”

Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was so     4     (success) that he designed the present one,     5     measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks piling 1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base; when the snow froze the base    6     (remove). After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success.     7     no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0℃, it may seen more like a survival test     8     a relaxing hotel break. “It's great fun,” Bergqvist explains, “as well as a good start in survival training.”

The     9     (popular)of the igloo is beyond doubt it is now attracting     10     (tourist) from all over the world. At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms.

Whenever anyone asks me where my favorite place in China is, I say Dali without hesitation. Dali,     1    (surround) by mountains for hiking and lakes for bicycling around , is the kind of place that everyone likes.

Last year I met a couple of young students I’d known    2     I travelled to Dali, and we agreed     3    (cycle) along the lake in a small town outside of Dali. The lake     4     (it) was pretty easy to cycle around ,     5     flat paths passing through a lot of little villages. While cycling, a woman recommended an hour-long boat ride for about 40 RMB each--a bit expensive but     6     adventure we felt like having, so we paid for it.

In about 20 minutes we witnessed in     7    (excite) how a fisherman fished with his fishing birds. A string was tied around each bird’s neck so that when it dived for fish, it was unable to swallow them. The birds     8     (give) a fish as payment for their service after the fisherman had a satisfactory catch. I’d     9           (previous) read about this fishing method, but it was pretty exciting to see first-hand.

The day finished with a brilliant sunset,     10     I climbed onto a roof to get a photo of.

Dogs are not toys and their needs should be taken into consideration. Dog owners in Germany will    1     (require)to walk their pets at least twice a day if a new law passes.

The country's agricultural minister Julia Klockner proposed a law that would order dog owners to walk their dogs at least twice a day for a total of an hour or more     2     (let) their dogs take enough exercise. The new law would also stop owners from     3     (leave)their pets home alone all day or tying     4     (they)up outside for a long period of time. The law also includes a limit for dog owners on     5     number of dogs they can keep.

The idea behind the law is to make sure the country's dogs get enough exercise and stay     6     (health). The proposed law has brought forth different opinions from dog owners and those     7       are working in the animal industry.

"There are lots of     8     (way)to enrich your dog's life without a strict law, and exercise needs are different depending on the size, type and age of the dog, ”Lindsay Hamrick, a worker of the Humane Society of the United States said. Meanwhile, dog trainer Anja Striegel said, "Staying at home all day     9    (do)the species little good.   A large part of the problems that dog owners have    10       their animals these days arise from lack of exercise.