Basketball fans around the world are mourning the death of American superstar Kobe Bryant who     1     (kill) in a helicopter crash Sunday in California, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven    2     people. The helicopter    3     (carry) Bryant and the others crashed into a hilly area in foggy conditions outside Los Angeles. Bryant won five NBA championships and two Olympic gold medals. He was    4     (wide)considered one of the greatest basketball players of his generation. When he retired from the NBA in 2016, Bryant was the third-leading player    5     (score) in NBA history with 33,643 points. He is widely expected to be elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this year. So far his athletic ability    6     (motivate)millions of fans to play basketball.

The basketball world and the Los Angeles community reacted to Bryant's death with a pouring of sadness, disbelief and support.

In a statement, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Bryant was one of the greatest stars in the game.     7     he added, He will be remembered most for inspiring people around the world to pick up a basketball and compete     8     the very best of their ability.

Michael Jordan said Bryant was “like a little brother”to him. Words can’t describe how     9     (pain)I am feeling, the former Chicago Bulls star said. Thousands of people gathered to remember the star outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles,     10     the Los Angeles Lakers play their home games.

Charles Dickens was a famous English critical realism novelist in the 19^th century. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded     1     the greatest novelist of the Victorian Period. During his life, his works enjoyed great    2    (popular), and by the 20^th century his literary talent was broadly recognized by critics and scholars. With time    3    (go) by, his novels and short stories continue to be     4    (wide) read. In his works, he paid special attention to the life of “little guys” at the bottom of society in the UK,     5     deeply reflected the complex social reality at that time to some extent.

Stormy waves cut short the voyage of the Chinese merchant ship as it left a southern port loaded     1     porcelain (瓷器) to sell its wares along the ancient trade route known as the Marine Silk Road. 800 years later, Chinese scientists awakened the ship     2     (lie) upright on the seabed miles off the coast of Guangdong, which was     3     (true) amazing and impossible to value.

It is Chinese experts’     4     (believe) that the ship dates back to the second period of the Song Dynasty. At 25 meters long and 10 meters wide, it has been the largest cargo ship from that golden period of Chinese merchant history     5     (discover) so far.

The ship was well preserved. The scientists used a huge steel basket     6     (lift) it out in one piece, better to preserve its     7     (origin) looks. They then stored     8     in a purpose-built museum.

Discovered by accident in 1987, the ship     9     (name) Nanhai No. 1. Being buried in two meters of mud did much to protect the ship,     10     it made excavation (挖掘) very difficult.

Each time I take the underground I find myself     1     (surround) by dozens of passengers playing smartphones. They almost won't even give a glance at the outside world. You may think it is normal to play smartphones     2     (kill) time. What's worse, when I talk with some of my friends, they talk as playing,     3    is really an annoyance.   

I really miss the old days when I     4     (chat) with some passengers on the train. Now things are different. Everyone just concentrates     5     their smartphones. When talking with them,     6     seems that you are disturbing their playing smartphones. I could not just blame them for I am moving to be one like them. Sometimes I just feel we     7    (large) ignore our neighbors and want to keep in touch with     8     (distance) strangers through the Internet. We care about the things far away but pay no attention to the needs nearby.     9     ridiculous the situation is! In a way we     10    (control) by smartphones . Are you experiencing the same situation like me? Do you have any ways to avoid that?

It is a fact that family spending on education in China     1     (increase) in the past decade. A large number of     2     (factor) contribute to the ever-increasing education spending, “letting children win at the starting line” being one of them. Many parents spend a lot of money on pre-school education,     3     (send) kids to the best kindergartens, the tuition fees of which are much higher than     4     of universities. Choosing better primary schools also takes money. Normally, students     5     (expect) to attend schools within the district where they live.     6    , many parents prefer to send their children to     7     better-known school in other districts regardless of the large sum of “donation”. Apart from formal education, parents also pay for various after-school programs,     8     common painting or dancing classes to expensive overseas summer camps.

There is nothing wrong with parents' passion for education, but parents should keep in mind that spending money doesn't     9     (necessary) guarantee a better education for children. Money should be put     10     it matters most.

Clothing experts are wondering     1     a new suit might change their industry or not. The out-of-this-world suit     2     has its own built-in toilet was designed by NASA engineers     3    (help) astronauts go to the toilet in emergency situations in space. The new suits are called the Orion Crew Survival Systems Suits (OCSSS). They will     4    (wear) by astronauts on NASA’S new spacecraft, Orion, which will travel     5    (far) away from Earth than previous space missions have. The spacecraft is not advanced enough to reach Mars, but it will be able to carry humans around the moon     6     back.

The spacesuits will let astronauts survive for six days in     7    (emergency). Besides, the suit     8    (fit) with a new waste disposal system will allow astronauts to do their business without     9    (take) it off. An astronaut explained how     10    (use) the suit. He said, “People need to go to the bathroom, even in a spacecraft. The technology could be used in hospitals in the future.”

In the age of the smart phone, there seems no reason to ask questions about: the weather forecast, a business’s phone number or directions, which can all be    1     (easy)found on Google, but very often people actually ask these things by    2    (make) a call. Your answer may be replied to with a thank-you e-mail.

This isn’t the first time that great changes     3    (take) place in our manners due    4     technology. In     5    late 1870s, when the telephone     6    (invent), people didn’t know how     7    (greet) a caller. Often there is just     8    (silent). Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested that people     9    (say) “Ahoy”, but finally “Hello” went out, the greeting used in everyday face-to-face communications now.

Try to be respectful no matter     10    you communicate with. Just keep it in mind that politeness never goes out of fashion.

Starting from Nov 1, 2020, people will be knocking on doors across the country to collect personal information. This is for the seventh national population census (人口普查). China     1     (conduct) a national survey every 10 years since the 1990s.

    2     (track) down more than 1 billion Chinese citizens is by no means easy. This year, about 7 million staff will be needed to visit homes for registration work. New methods will also be used during this census,     3     (include) online information registration,     4     (apply) of electronic devices and big data,     5     will be convenient for people who are not living where they are     6     (official) registered, as well as those who do not want     7     (bother) by door-to-door surveys.

The data is expected to give     8     full picture of the population. It provides support for making national development policies. The census has a large effect on our lives. For instance, areas with a high number of children may receive more funding for public schools.

However, citizens' privacy concerns could be one of the     9     (big) challenges. Some may not be willing to give their personal information to census takers. In response to such concerns, Jiangsu's pilot work zone allowed residents to upload personal data on     10     own through WeChat. The data will be delivered directly to the National Bureau of Statistics through a WeChat program.

Glasgow University has renamed its engineering school    1    a Scots inventor credited with helping to kick-start the industrial revolution.

The move is part of a year-long    2    (celebrate) of James Watt's life and work,    3    (mark)the 200th anniversary of his death. Watt was renowned for his contribution to steam engine technology. The first working steam engine was patented in 1698 and the by the time of Watt’s birth, Newcomen engines were pumping water from    4    (mine)all over the country. Watt worked    5    an instrument-maker at the university when he made improvements to a Newcomen steam engine in 1765. Greenock-born Watt added    6    separate condenser(冷凝器) to the engine, making it    7    (vast) efficient.

"The importance of Watt's contribution to the field of engineering can't really    8    (overstate), and we're very proud to be associated with the improvements he made to the Newcomen steam engine," said the head of the James Watt School of Engineering, Professor David Cumming."The world       9    (come)a long way over the last 200 years, and much of that distance was covered using technology derived from the principles he established."

It seemed    10    (suit) to mark the start of the third century of a post-Watt world with the renaming of the school."