1 . Picture a young Chinese woman in a field, dressed in traditional hemp clothing, as she picks flowers to create makeup for her cheeks. ________ the same person making a bamboo sofa, making soy sauce (酱油) and cooking up all sorts of delicious dishes.

It may sound hard to believe, but such a person ________ in modern China, and her name is Li Ziqi. With a fan base of ________ 21 million people on Sina Weibo and 7 million followers on video-sharing site YouTube, Li has made a name for herself in a ________ of videos that show off a pre-industrial Chinese way of life in ________ Sichuan Province. “I want to do my part to let more people know about Chinese ________, ” she said. “Much of the ________ of my videos can be owed to the ________ of Chinese culture.”

Li seems to be a master of all kinds of ________—cooking, painting, designing and farming. She ________ silkworms to sew a quilt and grows plants. Many videos show her ________ seasonal ingredients from the garden and cooking them up with her wood-fired wok (土灶). A ________ bowl of soup for the winter, a lighter plate of noodles for the summer, Li follows the seasons in her cooking, as China’s ________ 24 solar terms also do, and makes food suitable for the particular ________.

________, Li’s simple pleasures amaze people living in big cities. “She leads a life that many dream of, but they don’t dare to ________ their current life in exchange for,” iFeng. com wrote.

Her handmade lifestyle is a ________ for many. “In today’s society, many feel ________,” she said. “When they watch my videos at the end of a busy day, I want them to ________ and experience something nice, to take away some of their ________ and stress.”

2 . You won’t be able to control everything your teens do when they drive, but you can teach them about the importance of vehicle safety.

Did your teens know they should lock the doors immediately upon entering the vehicle? If your teens haven’t been taught this, then they probably won’t do so. Teach them to lock their doors, as this could guarantee their safety when they are pulling out of a dark parking lot or stopping at a red light.

    2    . They probably don’t care what you consider to be a good color, or model, but you should teach them how to buy a safe car. Top safety features include electronic stability control, a rear view camera, side impact airbags, etc. These will help them better control the vehicle and offer protection in the event of an accident.

Looking at phones or controlling the radio while driving could make your teens seriously injured or worse.     3    . Teenagers tend to think themselves unbeatable (无与伦比的), but if you gently explain the risks of not focusing on the road, they may decide to quit this dangerous habit.

You need to show that you’re confident of your teens’ driving skills, even if your teens’ speeding up too fast or hitting the brakes too hard scares you. Instead of yelling and stressing out on such occasions, try your best to speak calmly.     4    .

    5    . You might not be able to stop the occasional speeding ticket, but you can help them see the importance of following the rules and keeping themselves safe.

4 . “The moment before they called my name, I was really nervous because the other finalists’ presentations are really good and I thought they would win,” Kara Fan,14, who has won America’s Top Young Scientist, told Yahoo Finance. “When they announced my name, I was really surprised actually.”

To win that claim, Fan’s nano-particle liquid bandage had to surpass the experiments of hundreds of fifth to eighth graders as well as nine other finalists. Fan started developing her liquid bandage in April 2019 to fight the overuse of antibiotics(抗生素).

According to the CDC, roughly 2 million people every year suffer a bacterial infection in the U.S. and about 23,000 passed away as a result. If left alone, a UN study reported, drug-resistant diseases or the “superbug” could lead to 10 million deaths across the globe by 2050. When Fan’s sprayable bandage dries on a person’s skin, it creates a thin layer that protects the wounded area while breaking the cell wall and killing the bacteria on the skin. After experimenting with copper nitrate(硝酸铜) to fight bacteria, switching to the silver nitrate ended up being the major catalyst(催化剂)to seeing results for her award-winning project.

“Thousands of years ago, ancient people would use copper and silver to eat with and they would drink water from like copper bowls to kill bacteria,” Fan explained. “I found out that it didn’t work. So I used nano silver.”

Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin—a type of antibiotic—is Fan’s favorite scientific discovery. That said she doesn’t think humans should rely too heavily on penicillin.

Following her years at Westview High School, Fan hopes to continue her biology track at Stanford University. Along with the $25,000 cash prize she won on October 29, becoming America’s Top Young Scientist may help get the private university’s attention.

Andy is part of an android football team. He is able to run very     1     (quick). He has learned to signal to his    2    (teammate) in computer language. Once a year they are allowed to get together     3     (play) a game of football. Last year, they won     4     (two) place in Seattle Competition. Personally, Andy thinks the team     5     won first place cheated. He thinks his team should encourage the programmer to improve     6     (they) intelligence. In a way, the programmer     7     (be) like a coach and programs players     8     all possible moves. Andy is looking forward to     9     (play) against a human team because he has been programmed to act just like     10     man with the help of his electronic brain.

8 . Who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?

Jane Addams (1860 ~ 1935)

Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She created shelters, education opportunities and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Angela Merkel (1954 ~)

In 2005, Germans chose Angela Merkel as their first woman head of the country. She once worked as a research scientist until 1989. Then she entered politics and has been widely described as Iron Lady in Germany. She was elected as the most powerful woman by the Times in 2015. As Germany's leader, she has had an effect on the whole world.

Margaret Thatcher (1925 ~ 2013)

In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first woman Prime Minister (首相). She served until 1990, which made her the first British leader to serve three terms in a row. Because of her high standards and strong will, people called her Britain's Iron Lady.

Marie Curie (1867 ~ 1934)

Polish-born scientist Marie Curie discovered that some types of metal give off energy called radiation(辐射能).Her research led to new medical treatments and arms. She received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911.

9 . Last weekend I took a bus to New York City. As I took the window seat and wore headphones over ears, I almost didn't _________ an elderly man sitting beside me. The elderly man asked me a _________ question _________ the bus's WiFi connection, which turned into a two-hour _________.

We talked a lot about my dreams, my fears and my life. I _________ more with this stranger on the bus than I have with any friend or family member in months. Maybe it is because I am _________ to let anyone I know close to me. I was _________ that the stranger was not only deeply interested in getting to know me, but also just willing to _________ me to my greatest abilities. Instead of politely _________ his head when I __________   my major, he told me that my strong liking seemed to be psychology, but not the one I was __________   and that he fully understood my __________ for the failure.

This elderly man made me __________ the plans that I had made for my life. He helped me realize that my carefully __________ plan for the next five years of my life wasn't all that__________, but actually complex and filled with     __________ . Most of all, he helped me __________ the complex rather than stay away from it because of my fear for the unknown.

A few days later, he emailed me, saying, “I think you're __________ for great things whatever you decide to do.” The email, filled with __________   of encouragement made me realize that life is sometimes __________ but it is going to be okay.

10 . Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it, do you know? The Internet is a network. It uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world.

Maybe that doesn’t sound very interesting. But when you’re connected to the Internet, there are a lot of things you can do. You can send e­mails to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can communicate with your friends through social software such as QQ, WeChat, Facebook and so on. You can also deal with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (WWW).

There are many different types of computers now. They all can be linked to the Internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on people’s desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the Internet itself.

There are lots of places for you to surf the Internet. For example, your school may have the Internet. You can explore the Internet to search for useful information or knowledge in your classroom. However, in order to prevent yourself from playing with computer games, you should use it in limited time. Libraries often have computers joined to the Internet. You are welcome to use it at any time.

Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, receiving and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell whatever you want through the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the Internet is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?