Somewhere between the bookstore and the car, I left my favorite winter hat. I like to think someone in need will find it, maybe along with those    1    (glove ) which were gone a week or so ago.

Since 2015, I    2    (lose) a lot of things. Some have reappeared later, some have not, and that’s all right I am thankful that I have enjoyed them for    3    while and also thankful that they were shared through the wisdom of the Universe later.

Now and then, I “lose” something    4    purpose, lake the $20 bill to a little boy,    5    was buying holiday gifts in the store for his family. And the boy, judging from the way he was calculating the cost, was    6    (obvious) short of cash.

“I think you might have dropped this?” I asked him,    7    (hand) him the money, but I    8    (refuse) politely. He said that he didn’t think so. With a big smile, I told him that I really thought it was    9    (he). He unwillingly accepted it and looked thankful.

Haven’t you ever received something just when you needed it? In our daily life, sometimes we    10    (be) the receiver, and sometimes the giver. Nothing is ever truly missing anyway. It’s just all sort of going to whoever needs it.

At the Tokyo Olympics semifinals on Sunday, Su Bingtian set     1     new Asian record in the men’ s 100-meter race with a time of 9.83 seconds. Since the digital timer     2    （introduce）, Su, 32, has also become the first Asian athlete to reach the Olympic final of the event.

Su     3    （eventual） achieved his long-time goal in his third Olympic Games. He had already run below 10 seconds in two 100-meter     4    （compete） this year. Su’ s semifinal time matched that of American runner Ronnie Baker,     5     also marked it as a personal best.

It was in May, 2015 at the Prefontaine Classic     6     the Chinese clocked a historic 9.99s,           7    （become） the first Asian to achieve the level. Bingtian hasn’ t looked back ever since adding seven gold medals     8     his name. He rewrote the Asian record at the 2018 Meeting Madrid event clocking a timing of 9.91 seconds.

    9    （bear） in Guzhen, Guangdong, China, Su was noticed by his middle school’s running coach because of his     10    （wonder） physical condition. He also took up the position of associate professor at Jinan University in Guangzhou, before deciding to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Xi’an, known as one of the “Four Ancient Capitals of the World”, together with Cairo, Athens and Rome, is always     1     (associate)with its long history and rich culture. It’s famous for a number of reasons. For instance, it ranks first among the 6 ancient capitals in China. It used     2     (be)the capital for 13 dynasties as long as 1,100 years. It was the eastern terminus of the Silk Road and a unique city.

Because of       3     (it)somewhat isolated location in the mid-west of China, much of the culture and history has been preserved and passed down     4     this day. The long history and rich culture can be best illustrated with     5     (quantity)of historic relics and cultural sites     6     have been discovered from inside and around this city.

During the past years, an increasing number of tourists from the western world     7     (show)interest in the mysterious China. However, most of them     8     (mere)know Beijing or Shanghai because Beijing is the capital and Shanghai is one of the most influential     9     (finance)centers. But if you want to explore China from the roots upward, Xi'an is the best choice. Being an ancient and modern city, it will surely bring you     10     surprise.

At the beginning of the 18th century, there appeared an     1    （extreme）famous novel called Liaozhaizhiyi, which may be translated as Strange Tales of the Make-Do Studio. It is about the fairy-tales of ghost-foxes. Pu Songling（1640～1715）was an outstanding novelist in Qing dynasty. He was born of a merchant family, mainly     2    （live）on teaching for his whole life. He had produced a large number of literature（文学）works, and Strange Tales of the Make-Do Studio was one of those. There are altogether 491 chapters, the shortest     3     which has only 2 to 3 hundred words, while the     4    （long）has thousands of words. The book, on     5    （first）hand, criticizes the corruption of imperial examinations, and on the other hand, advocates freedom and personality. The love stories are the favorite part of the readers. These stories feature in the love between     6    （human）and ghost-foxes, showing the wishes of the young men and women to break those feudal bondages. In     7     word, Pu Songling had written many female characters in the name of foxes, but placed on then some virtues,     8     may not be found in human beings. Strange Tales of the Make-Do Studio is a     9    （succeed）in the history of Chinese literature. It has been translated into versions in more than twenty languages. Some chapters of this novel even     10    （make）into movies and televisions liked by many people.

The cheongsam (qipao) came into being during the early years of the Qing Dynasty. It evolved from the dresses of the “banner women (qi nu), which explains     1     it was called ‘cheongsam (qipao)’.”

The original style of cheongsam was     2     (relative) simple. It was loose with a round collar and tight sleeves, suitable for wearing on horseback. In the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu people’s lifestyle began to change,     3     (influence) by that of the Han people. The clothing style also went through a change.

In     4     early 1920s, the cheongsam was popularized among both Manchu and Han women, known as the national dress of women. After years of     5     (develop), now the design of the cheongsam     6     (divide) into the Beijing style, the Shanghai style and the Hong Kong style.

The Beijing-style cheongsam was mainly made     7     hand. Behind the seemingly simple lines, there is a complex production process. The buttons, for example, sometimes demand days of work     8     (complete).

Now, the traditional making     9     (technique) of the garment have been listed as a city-level intangible cultural heritage (物质文化遗产). As soon as you walk into the fashion studio of     10     (it) fifth-generation inheritor Zhang Fenglan, the classic beauty of the cheongsam can instantly lead you into a world of charm.

3,000-year-old Egyptian city

A group of archaeologists has found the     1    (large) ancient city ever discovered in Egypt.

The city,    2    (name) "The Rise of Aten", was discovered under the sand on the western bank of Luxor, an archaeologist said in a statement.It dates back to King Amenhotep III,    3    ruled Egypt between 1391 and 1353 BCE, according to     4     statement.

It was the largest administrative and industrial     5     (settle)in the era of the Egyptian empire. Archaeologists     6    (find) the city's streets flanked(坐落 在...两侧) by houses with walls up to 10 feet high and rooms filled     7    tools of daily life .The team also found a large bakery(面包房), whose size suggests it was used     8    （provide）food for   a "very large number of workers and employees." Other     9     (discovery)include the skeleton（骨架）of a person buried with arms stretched out to the side and rope wrapped around the knees.

The excavation（挖掘） has unearthed（发掘） most of the southern part of the city.    10    , the northern region is still to be unearthed.