China is a big old country    1    has a history of more than five thousand years. We are proud of     2     (it) culture and part of the culture even influences the world    3     (great), for example, the thought of Confucius (孔子). As Chinese economy develops very fast and plays     4    important role in the world, more and more    5    (foreigner) learn Mandarin (普通话) in Confucius institutions. The Chinese traditional culture can     6     (test) by the time. It unites (团结) the whole nation and no matter what kind of disaster comes, we will fight together for the county’s future. Today, many young people lose faith in traditional culture and they are crazy    7    the western culture. They follow the western fashion,     8    (think) we are the old style. But some day, they    9     (realize) they are wrong     10    (ignore) traditional culture.

Robotics is a complex field. But brothers Sanjay and Arvind Seshan found an early passion for it. In 2014, they started a mission to make     1     easier for others to learn robotics by creating a website,     2     they teach people to code.

The story started when they were looking for materials for learning how to program, and they     3     (realize )that there was not really anything good online. Then they came up     4     an idea of creating a brief set of lessons from which kids and adults can     5     (easy)learn to program.

The website started with basic lessons on robotics and coding. But now the lessons can support kids who     6     (involve)with robotics for years and who want to learn something new. The brothers thought that one of the reasons why kids liked it     7     (be)that they were being taught by other kids.

The brothers understand that robotics takes     8     (patient)and lots of time. They recall a project     9     (call)Pix31 Plott3r, a robot that would print people’s pictures. It took them two years to get a fully working model, and they made six or more versions. The Seshan brothers’ advice is     10     never give up if something does not work the first time

More and more public schools in America make it a rule that certain amounts of community service     1     (require) before students are allowed to graduate from high school. They work on projects like    2     (make) the environment better.

Many schools in the United States now ask students    3     (do) some kinds of community service     4     part of their studies. Students involved in service projects help themselves as well as their communities. It is for this reason     5     holidays have become the main period for volunteer work so far. Volunteers get no pay, but experts point out that it is     6     excellent opportunity to learn and practice new skills.

    7     (base) on the statistics, more than 60% of young Americans have taken part in many kinds of community service, such as cooking for     8     (home) people, or painting old buildings, etc. Some students like to do their volunteer work in central parts of America but the majority of teens prefer to do     9     in their hometowns. Tom, a 16-year-old student in California, often does community service in a local hospital. He works 16 hours every week either receiving calls at the information desk,     10     helping push patients back to their wards.

From China’s Changcheng Research Station in the South Pole to Tuktoyaktuk, Canada in the North Pole, Guizhou runner Bai Bin took 433 days and ran 24,000 kilometers     1     (finish) this journey.

Born in Guizhou province, Bai     2     (be) a running enthusiast (爱好者) since childhood. In 2006, Bai took 50 days to run from Guiyang to Lhasa. In 2011, Bai took 150     3     (day) to run from Istanbul to Xi’an. His former experience in grueling (激烈的) sports laid the foundation (基础) for him to push his limits. In 2018, Bai and his friend Li Zhenyu planned the route for     4     (run) from the South Pole to the North Pole. According     5     the plan, the route will be by way of 219 cities and towns in 14 countries. His journey     6     (start) on March 2, 2018. In addition to running, the     7     (extreme) hard environment was a challenge for him. With the help of     8     (he) team, local citizens     9     overseas Chinese, Bai overcame difficulties and arrived in the North Pole on May 8.

However, Bai is continuing on to     10     new challenge. Next, he plans to cross the Bering Strait from the Arctic Ocean and run back to Xi’an.

Lichun, or the Start of Spring is the first of the 24 solar terms of the Chinese traditional lunar calendar,     1    brings the atmosphere of a flourishing spring, and this year, coincided (相巧合) with the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, giving it the charm of starting competitive sports. The opening ceremony began with the countdown of the 24 solar terms. The first program     2    (feature) dancers holding green props, which formed a picture of green grass. It symbolized not only the spring, but also     3    (vital). The program was followed by spring-themed fireworks show,     4    (symbolize) the seeds of spring spreading all over the earth.

In     5     Chinese language, the character “Li” means “start”, while the season of spring     6    (consider) as the beginning of a year. How important is Lichun for the Chinese people? An old Chinese saying gives the answer: “Make your whole year’s plan in the spring and the whole day’s plan in the morning.”

Many of the rituals or     7    (celebrate) have been maintained for such an important day, and taking a bite of the Spring or “Yaochun” is one of them. The spring pancake,     8     a thin wrap and various kinds of vegetables as stuffings, is a     9    (represent) food of the spring. The Chinese people believe that a bite of the pancake is a bite of spring. Along with a cup of “Chuncha” (the spring tea), people     10    (full) emerge them into the scent of the season.