One evening I was going back from a supermarket. As I approached my car, I noticed one person     1     (stand) beside me. He was a person who     2     (consider) as a bum(流浪汉). It seemed that he had no car, no home and no job. I expected that he would ask me     3     money, but he didn't. He only said, “Your car is very nice.”

After several moments of silence, I asked him if he needed help and his response was astonishing. I will never forget those simple three words     4     I heard from him, "Don't we all?” It was a true discovery to me. I needed help.     5    I had money and a place     6    (sleep), I recognized that I needed help too. Then I opened my wallet and gave him enough money to get a meal and room to stay in for a day.     7     (sudden), I understood that no matter how much money, achievements, luxury goods(奢侈品)we have, we all need help. And on     8     other hand, no matter how poor you are, how many material problems you have, you still might offer your help to     9    (other). You still might be giving. Even it's just a nice word, you can give that and it can be     10     (value) to other person.

Cross talk, xiangsheng in Chinese, is a traditional Chinese comedic performing art and one of China's most popular cultural forms. It's     1     (general) believed that cross talk developed sometime in the Qing Dynasty. After the People's Republic of China    2    (found ) in 1949, this art became increasingly popular. Today, it is     3     important part in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and other countless shows in China.

There are four     4     (skill ) in cross talk: talking, imitating, teasing and singing. Most of the time,     5     is performed by two actors — one serves    6       the leading actor while the other plays a supporting role. However, sometimes it is performed as a monologue(独白)，    7     is completed by one person mainly telling jokes, and at other times it is performed by more than two actors,    8     (call) group performance. Cross talk is     9     （humor ）and its language is lively and rich in puns(双关语).

Jump into a taxi in Beijing, and chances are that your driver will be listening to a radio broadcast of a cross talk show. These days, more and more foreigners are becoming interested in     10    (study) the art of cross talk. Cross talk is a huge part of Chinese culture and it appears as if it's getting even bigger.

Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned     1     farm, which looked almost abandoned.     2    （lucky）, he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby     3     other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what     4    （leave）.The cow was their only means of support, in fact.

One day, the cow was eating grass     5     it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she     6    （fall）over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living     7     the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees     8    （sell）the wood. Thinking about his children's clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market     9     people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to     10     that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

With a popular online comic strip (连环画), overseas Chinese artist Cao Siyu     1     (enjoyable) sets about deconstructing stereotypes (成见) and cultural misunderstandings between East and West.

After she encountered many misunderstandings and came face to face with stereotypical views about China, Cao     2    (inspire) to create Tiny Eyes Comics, an internet-based cartoon strip. Although     3    (post) in her own Instagram account, so appealing was the strip, which was among her 300 online comics,     4    41, 000 followers were attracted to her Instagram account.

Italian magazine Grazia says, “Her simple sketches have played     5    essential part in making it easier to understand Chinese culture.” One of her comics shows the cultural     6     (difference) behind the debate about usage of masks throughout the pandemic.     7    we wear a mask or not is the question that has led to controversy and,     8    some cases, even physical conflict, in some parts of the world. In the strip she explains that Chinese people wear masks to prevent infection,     9    has proved to be the most effective way to shield off virus.

Many foreign readers say they find her illustrations enlightening, helping them to understand China, while Chinese immigrants have felt understood, according to Cao. This feedback and     10     (connect) with her readers have been “the biggest motivation” for her to keep creating.

My husband and I were paying a visit    1    my parents in Tucson. We went to a fast-food restaurant for dinner together. My husband went to the counter(柜台)    2    (order) dishes and I stood with my parents.

My dad is 90 years old. He can hardly see very well and walks with a stick. I was looking around in the restaurant,    3    (wait) to sit at the first table that was    4    (convenient) than others. A woman who was sitting with her son saw me and asked me to come to her. With a puzzled look on my face, I pointed to     5    (me)and said, “Me?” . She    6    (nod) and said, “Yes, you.” I walked to the table and she said, “Bring your family here. I can finish eating at the counter. My son is in    7    hurry to leave anyway.” My eyes    8    (fill) with tears as she wiped down the table and guided my dad to the seat.

I always believe that there are    9    (nature) kind people in this world. This woman has set a good example to her son,     10    is a really lucky guy.

Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will    1    (probable)say that they go to learn languages, history, science and some other knowledge. That is quite true, but why do they learn these things?

We send our children to school to prepare them    2    the future when they grow up and have to work for    3    (they) . Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life. But is that    4    only reason why they go to school?

There is more in education    5    just learning facts. We go to school to learn how to learn, so that when we have left school we can continue to learn. A man    6    really knows how to learn will always be successful, because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able to do it well himself, he will also be able    7    (teach) others how to do it in the best way. One    8    (educate)person, on the other hand, is either unable to do something new, or just    9    (do) it badly. The purpose of schools is not to teach languages, history, science, etc, but to teach pupils the way    10    (learn).