Lang Ping     1     is loved by fans at home and abroad not only brought honour and glory to China but led the China women’s volleyball team to medals at world championships and the Olympics. When, the Chinese team was preparing for the 2015 World Cup, her determination     2     (test). Her team was falling     3     as she lost two important players. But Lang Ping did not give up. She     4     (face) difficulties before, and she knew that her young players could win if they worked together as     5     team. Two weeks later, they were world champions! Then in 2016, Lang Ping led her volleyball team to Olympic gold in Brazil.

Michael Jordan,     6     (know) as “Air Jordan”, changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were impressive, but his mental     7     (strong) made him unique. In the final seconds of a game, Jordan always seemed     8     (find) a way to win. Jordan’s secret to success is learning from his     9     (failure). Losing games taught him to practise harder and never give up. In life, Jordan has learnt to share     10     (he) success with others. The Boys and Girls Club he started has been helping young people since 1996.

Organized by Beijing Normal University, an important forum (论坛) on the spirit of the Chinese women’s volleyball team     1     (hold) on Saturday in Beijing. Around 500 people from     2     (differ) fields attended the forum.

Giving nice speeches,     3     (professor) shared their views on the spirit of women’s volleyball and on the building of sports power. Lang Ping, chief coach of women’s volleyball team, also shared     4     (she) opinions, which made a deep impression on all the audience.

Cheng Jianping, the Party chief of Beijing Normal University, said in his speech that women’s volleyball has influenced people     5    (deep), and encourage them     6    (work) hard for their aspirations (抱负). The spirit of women’s volleyball has not only showed patriotism (爱国主义)     7     also brought faith (信念) and courage to people     8     are facing new challenges. So far, China     9    (enter) a new period, and it should continue to carry forward this spirit. Meanwhile, this spirit should be closely connected     10     patriotism education, Cheng said.

If you can dream it, you can do it. American Dream is the idea that anyone can become successful. There are lots of     1     (story) about American Dream—Here is one of them.

Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland, UK, in 1835. He moved to America     2     the age of 13 with a few dollars. But by 1900, he owned millions of dollars. It seemed that he was a man     3     was born with the ability to do business.

When he arrived there, he started working in a small factory,     4     (make) just $ 1.20 a week. But he behaved     5     (excellent) and impressed his boss deeply. So he got lots of chances in the factory. Then, he     6     (offer) a job in a railways station. While there, he was promoted for     7     (he) good work.

    8    , it was during the 1870s that Carnegie really began to make his luck. Then he built his fast steel company in 1892. In 1901, it became one of the     9     (big) company in the world.

After Carnegie became a millionaire, he was known for giving away a large number of money    10     (help) the poor. He also wrote a number of books to make people know more about the history of America.

Auckland, the largest city and chief seaport of New Zealand, stands in the North Island.

When     1     (plan) a trip to New Zealand, most people skip over Auckland as a destination. Everyone floods into Queenstown     2     (spend) time enjoying themselves in nature. However, as anyone who     3     (visit) it knows, there are even more things to do in Auckland, compared with those in Queenstown. All of these things make it a     4     (suit) destination for all travelers. If you are a backpacker(背包客), you will like Auckland     5     you can enjoy a huge range of free or cheap things, especially in a country which is known     6     its high living costs.

The city’s popular neighborhoods can     7     (explore) on foot, and the skyline can be viewed from the water.     8     (particular), you will have the chance to taste different     9     (kind) of snacks and the city doesn’t shy away from a good happy hour. Give yourself     10     couple of days to enjoy it, and check out some of your favorite things to do in Auckland. Auckland, you shouldn’t miss it!

Many people may think the Forbidden city, or the Palace Museum as it’s also called, is     1     old-fashioned museum.     2    , in recent years, the museum has been working hard     3     (promote) Chinese cultural heritage among the young people.

The museum’s online store now offers special cultural and creative     4     (product). For example, in 2014, it    5     (begin) to sell earphones that look like the necklaces worn by ancient officials,     6     even brought in about 1 billion yuan a year.

Last year, a documentary     7     (call) Masters in the Forbidden City became popular online. It is about the people    8     job is to repair the relics in the museum. Many of these workers are very young and some are even    9     their 20s.

Some other museums across the country, such as the National Museum of China,     10     (inspire) by the Palace Museum’s efforts in the past few years and are working on similar projects of their own.

An c-payment system (系统) is a way of     1    (pay) for goods and services through an electronic medium (媒介), without the use of cash (现金). It’s also     2    (call) an online payment system or electronic payment system.

The electronic payment system has grown     3    (rapid) over the last 10 years because of the     4     (grow) spread of Internet-based banking and shopping. As the world progresses more with the help of technology, we can see the rise of electronic payment systems     5     leads to fewer check and cash transactions (交易). One of the most popular payment     6    (method) online is Alipay. Besides it, there are also other forms of payment, such     7     electronic wallets, smart cards and WeChat Pay.

E-payment systems allow people     8    (make) electronic payments for online transactions. With the great popularity of online shopping, c-payment systems have become a must     9     online customers, making shopping and banking much     10    (easy).

People in China have been paying cash for things for thousands of years, long     1     other civilizations. Now, increasingly, they’re paying with their cellphones. Chinese consumers are basically jumping across plastic, and going straight from cash to mobile payments. Chinese spent $5.5 trillion through mobile payment platforms last year, about 50 times     2     amount in the U. S. , according to reports. Nowhere     3     (be) the cashless trend more obvious than in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, which is home to Alibaba, the world’s     4    (large) online shopping platform. Its mobile payment app, Alipay, and WeChat Pay, which belongs to the country’s leading social messaging platform, together hold a commanding 90 percent of the market, leaving Apple Pay struggling to make inroads. I recently spent a day in Hangzhou to see     5     easy it was to go cashless, and     6     (amaze) I found it somewhat ahead of other     7     (city), including Beijing. I rode buses and subways, which all accept Alipay. I even listened to the mournful tunes of a woman     8     (perform) music on the street for change-or for a scan of a QR code(二维码)    9    (place) beside the change box. Over a bowl of noodles, a restaurateur told me that about half of his customers pay for     10     (they) meals with cellphones, and that he uses his to pay most of the time too. “I don’t have to worry about getting counterfeit money, or having to make change, ” he explained.