As the capital of thirteen     1     (dynasty) throughout Chinese history, the ancient capital city, Xi’an, has never been far from sports. During the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, the city held many sports events, such as cuju.

Cuju was     2     ancient Chinese competitive game involving kicking a ball through an opening into a net. As the ancestor (祖先) of soccer, it first     3     (appear) in the ancient Chinese historical work Zhan Guo Ce, which described cuju as a form of an activity for     4     (please) among the general public since it was     5     (attract) to many ordinary people.

Later, cuju was     6     (common) played in the army for military training purposes, during the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD). Liu Che, emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty,    7     was crazy about cuju, would build a cuju field wherever his army went. He used cuju as a way of training soldiers. During the Han Dynasty, cuju matches     8     (hold) inside the palace often.

The earliest record of women cuju players can date back     9     the Han Dynasty. We can see from the paintings that the females tied their hair, waved their long sleeves and looked elegant (优雅的) when     10     (play) cuju.

As a way of national culture protection, cuju was listed into the first batch of China’s cultural heritages in 2006.

BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua)—Patriotic Chinese hit “The Battle at Lake Chang jin” beat out the 2019 top earner “Ne Zha” to become     1     third-highest-grossing title of all time at China’s box office.

The historical epic’s total since Sept. 30     2     (be) beyond 5.04 billion yuan, the amount earned by the domestic lively fantasy “Ne Zha” according to     3     (figure) from box office tracker Maoyan. It is this year’s second-biggest earner so far, both in China and     4    (global), trailing only domestic comedy “Hi, Mom”     5    has reached 5.41 billion yuan. US movie “F9: The Fast Saga” is now third in the global rankings.

Set during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) and     6    (star) Wu Jing and Jackson Yee, the three-hour movie     7     (tell) the story of Chinese People’s Volunteers soldiers fighting bravely in     8     (freeze) temperatures in key campaign at Lake Changjin, or Chosin Reservoir.

The story of how the young warriors were willing to risk it all     9    (defend) their motherland from the world’s best-equipped army,     10    their lack of food and warm clothing and amid the bitter coldness, has moved many moviegoers to tears.

Free education and health care     1     (be) surely among the reasons why the “2017 World Happiness Report” declared Norway as the happiest country in the world. Researchers link their happiness     2     their community work called dugnad in their language.

Before you rush out to help an elderly neighbor cross the street or walk dogs at your local animal shelter, although both are worthwhile     3     (activity), you need to know that dugnad does not directly translate into traditional volunteering, although the work of a dugnad is     4     (volunteer).

    5     (deep) rooted in the country’s culture, dugnad is different from traditional charitable (慈善的) work. It describes times     6     community members come together to contribute their skills to     7     goal of beautifying a certain location. This could be through repairs, building, cleaning, gardening or painting. Never     8     (worry) if you don’t own any painting supplies or aren’t sure how to garden.

You can still contribute by showing up at a charitable community event with water, coffee, or baked goods in hand. A     9     (share) meal after the act of helping one another can bring us     10     (close) to neighbors, co­workers, or fellow parents at our children’s school than before.

Zhang Guimei was born to a family of ethnic Manchu minority group in Heilongjiang Province in 1957.     1     the age of 17, she came with her sister to Yunnan as part of a team supporting the country’s border regions.

Over time, Zhang witnessed the gender gap in education up close in     2    (relative) poor rural areas. Urban and rural students already faced unequal access to quality education, and the traditional     3    (believe) of male superiority only worsened rural girls’ inferior situation. Some girls were even pulled out of class just before the college entrance exam because they had to provide for     4    (they) brothers.

In 2002, Zhang came up with an idea     5    , to many, seemed crazy: to found a free high school for girls. That was a tough task. She had to raise money and hire teachers. Six years later, she     6    (found) the Huaping All-Girls High School. Given the rugged environment, however, nine of the     7    (origin) 17 teachers later resigned. With the goal of never letting a girl fall behind in schooling, Zhang often works overtime despite     8    (suffer) from illnesses. Despite her poor health, she has walked to almost every household deep in the mountains, talking to the parents about     9     importance of education for girls.

Because of Zhang’s efforts     10    (improve) female education in China, more girls can change their destiny（命运）.

Scientists have found fossilized bones from an extinct penguin that was the size of an adult human. It    1     (swim) in the ocean around New Zealand about 60 million years ago. The species     2    (know) before is believed to have stood about 1. 6 m tall and weighed up to 80 kg. It's believed to have been one of several species of huge penguins that grew strongly soon after dinosaurs died out.

The findings of scientists who studied the penguin bones were published last week in a scientific journal. Professor Paul Scofield says the     3    (discover) is significant because the species is similar to another giant penguin found in Antarctica in 2000 and helps show a connection     4    the two penguins during the Palaeocene (古新世), a period of time    5    was from 66 million to 56 million years ago.

The monster penguin would have been about twice the weight and 30 cm    6    (tall) than the largest species of penguins alive today. Paul adds the leg bones indicate the monster penguin's    7     (foot) may have played a bigger role in swimming than it is the case with today' s penguins.

“It wasn't     8     1 got the fossils home and did a little preparation that I realized I had the penguin bones     9     (complete) different from what had been found before," Paul said. His passion for collecting fossils began about 14 years ago after illness prevented him from    10     (work) for several years.