When Beethoven was only four, his father decided to make him a musician. Beethoven was made to practice     1     (play) different musical instruments hour after hour. Whenever he did not put his heart into his practice, his father would be strict     2     him.

    3     (fortune), the boy loved music very much and learnt so fast that he was able to go around and give     4     (concert) when he was only 11. When he was 17, he received high praise from Mozart,     5     great Austrian composer. A few years later, Beethoven went to Vienna     6     ( study) under Haydn, another great Austrian composer. Then he     7     (write) a great deal of music, even at his most difficult time. But after one illness, he suddenly found     8     (him) deaf at the age of 31.

However, this didn’t stop Beethoven. During his life, he composed about 30 pieces of music. It is     9     (amaze) that he wrote some of his best pieces after he became deaf, many of     10     are well known and loved all over the world.

To raise the elderly’s    1     (motivate) of learning telecommunication fraud (欺骗) crimes, volunteers of Qingdao “Blue Vest” held    2     special anti-fraud lecture at an elderly service center on Sept 10.

    3     (make) the lectures more interesting, volunteers organized a quiz show on fraud related issues and those who came up with the correct answers    4     (give) a steamed bun (馒头) weighing 1.5 kilograms each as prizes—which had essential anti-fraud materials printed on them using edible (可食用的) coloring.

This method was widely welcomed by the attendees and the service center was crowded with people. According to the local police, elderly citizens are key    5     (target) of telecommunications fraud. By acquiring basic knowledge on anti-fraud practices, they can better identify the crime. The volunteers chose steamed buns as prizes because they are    6     (constant) liked by the locals.

Volunteers also handed out handbooks on telecommunication fraud prevention to the seniors,     7     included tips for proper smart phone use as well as learning why you should not click unknown links, not to provide or sell bank cards, phone cards and not to provide other important information    8     strangers.

The handbooks also warned that when    9     (face) sceptical situations, one should instantly check the information or call the police with relevant evidence saved. The case was widely spread online and some netizens commented. “With anti-fraud buns    10     (eat), anti-fraud knowledge grows in mind.”

Table manners vary from culture     1     culture. What is acceptable in one country may be considered     2    (extreme) rude in another. Here we will tell you about the traditional table manners and the modern table manners in Korea.       3     (tradition), it was the woman's job to cook food and set the table. The woman would     4    (seat) by her husband to make sure that he had everything he needed for a     5    (please) meal.     6     after the husband finished would the woman and her children eat. Nowadays, table manners have changed a lot. All of the family members eat together    7     the same time. It is common to see everyone help with the meal, the husband    8     (include). One tradition, however, has not changed. It is the oldest person that starts the meal,     9     is considered to be a     10     (base) tradition of Korean table manners.

John Snow, a well-known doctor in London, became     1     (inspire) when he thought About helping ordinary people who     2     (expose) to cholera, a     3     (die) disease of its day. Many thousands of people died     4    there was an outbreak because no one knew the cause of it. John wanted to help solve the problem.He got interested in two theories     5     (explain) how cholera killed people. He believed in the second theory     6    suggested that people     7     (absorb) the disease with their meals. In 1854, when another outbreak hit London, he was ready to test the two theories.     8    the help of the map he made, he got a     9     (value) clue about the cause of the disease and was able to announce that the water was     10     (blame).

At each stage of our life, we meet different kinds of people. Some are funny; some teach us lessons in life while others occupy a special space in our heart. The people     1     (call)“best friends” are just these special     2    (friend).

In our childhood, “best friends”might have meant the persons who are always by our side, whether it may be in the classroom or in the dining hall. However, as we are getting     3     (old) than before, our definition(定义)of “best friends” changes. In my opinion, best friends are those who love you     4     who you are and help you become who you should be. People in our life come and go, but some people stay. They are the people we should never lose.

True friends are those     5     will never leave you when you need them most. They are always there waiting for you and they love you when you forget to love     6     (you). The best feeling in the whole world is knowing that there is     7     person who always prays for us and always keeps us in his/her thought. Friendship may not     8     (necessary)be based on age, but it is based on     9     (understand). Even our parents also can be our best friends! So let us build our friendship and try our best     10     (see)the good side of everyone!

Just an hour after completing her first aid course, Mamta     1     (wait) at a bus stop when she heard a crash and saw a motorcyclist flying through the air — his helmet was going one way and his motorbike the     2    . She could also see a pedestrian (行人) was knocked down.

As other pedestrians stood     3     (shock) by the scene, Mamta     4     (immediate) stepped forward and helped. The motorcyclist’s eyes were rolling back; his head and arm     5     (injure), and he was making noises. So she shouted at him, “Can you breathe?” While he was given emergency     6     (treat), the confused motorcyclist actually tried to walk away but Mamta insisted he wait for the ambulance. Once the motorcyclist was comfortable, Mamta went over     7     (check) on the injured pedestrian and pressed her blouse on his     8     (bleed) arm. Before long, official medical help arrived.

Looking back on the incident, Mamta said, “I’d been asking tons of questions all through that day’s course. Little     9     I know that I’d be putting it into practice on my way home. It just shows that even the most basic training can make     10     difference.”

As the countdown (倒计时) to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics continues, the new high-speed railway line     1     (connect) the capital with Olympic host city Zhangjiakou has just entered service. It cuts the travel time between the two from three hours to 47 minutes. But this isn’t just another common bullet train.     2     (consider) to be the world’s first smart high-speed railway, this beauty, part of China’s Fuxing series, can run up to 350 kilometers per hour without     3     driver.

So what makes them “smart”? Well, the train cars     4     (equip) with 5G signals, intelligent lighting and sensors to collect real-time data and detect any operational abnormalities. Meanwhile, each individual seat has     5     (it) own touch-screen control panel and wireless charging docks. Though the high-speed trains on the route are autonomous, a monitoring driver will be on board at all times. The trains can start, stop and adjust automatically     6     different speed limits between stations. Back at the station, robots and technologies of facial     7     (recognize) can help passengers with directions, luggage and paperless check-ins.

Today, China is home to the world’s     8     (large) high-speed rail network, and the fastest    9     (commercial) operating train — the Shanghai maglev. According to the China State Railway Group, 1,036 Fuxing bullet trains have been put into operation since 2017     10     the series were first made public.