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In many urban Chinese offices, a trend (趋势) is gaining popularity among young professionals. The trend     1     (know) as “office farming” involves growing fruit-bearing plants such as bananas and pineapples right at their desks.     2     (particular), these fruits, which often come with half-ripened (半熟的) fruits, are easy to care for, as they require just regular water changes and nutrient (营养的) additions.

This trend is not just about     3     (decorate); it is also about functionality. These beautiful plants can produce fruits,     4     adds an interesting element to the usual office environment. As     5     result, these desk gardens quickly become office attractions,     6     (offer) a unique way to break the ice and foster social interactions (相互作用) among colleagues.

The appeal of these fruit-bearing plants is evident on social media platforms, where thousands of these plants     7     (sell). This trend connects China’s farming traditions     8     modern city life. It also reflects broader social trends. Office workers seek to relieve the stresses of long working hours and     9     (difficulty) environments by taking part in more calming and nature-oriented activities. As the practice grows, more workers are considering increasing their indoor gardens and adding more variety to their collection of plants     10     (bring) a sense of happiness to their office surroundings.

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Bird-watching, a hobby gaining significant traction in China, draws a varied crowd of enthusiasts, from dedicated scientists to retirees     1     (look) for an engaging pastime. Its appeal lies in the fact that it offers     2     enriching experience that is mutually beneficial both to bird-watchers     3     to their avian (鸟类的) friends.

Liu Yang, a professor at the School of Ecology at Sun Yat-sen University and the deputy secretary-general of the China Ornithological Society, is one of the country’s most     4     (accomplish) bird-watchers, and has a sighting list of     5     (approximate) 1,330 species.

Since childhood, Liu     6    (fascinate) with studying the nests of house swifts, an interest that sparked his love for nature and biodiversity. Hence, observing and identifying all the birds he saw and keeping a record,     7     is also known as a “life list”, became his “small goal”.

“Even though I have seen over 90 percent of the bird species in China, I still encounter intriguing bird behaviors and phenomena in the wild that inspire     8     (far) research,” he says.

    9    , research is just one aspect of his work. “Scientific research and popular science shouldn’t be seen as separate entities (实体). Your research questions originate from nature and life, and the results should be made     10     (access) to the public,” he explains.

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Located on a huge rock in the forests of central Sri Lanka, Sigiriya is an     1     (attract) sight now as it must have been when it was first built by a great king in the     2     (five) century A. D. Meaning “lion’s rock”, Sigiriya is entered by way of passageways cut into the rock face.

The castle was later covered by the forest, and only familiar to local villagers. Outsiders used knowledge of its past, mentioned in Buddhist texts, to search     3     the ancient site. In1827, a Scottish officer, Jonathan Forbes, on     4     (hear) local stories about the castle, decided     5     (look) for it. In 1831, he set off to where locals told him and found the remains of the ancient city.

Sigiriya     6     (build) by Kashyapa I, the king     7     ruled the native Sinhalese dynasty, the Moriya. The impressive castle was     8     capital of the Sinhalese kingdom until Kashyapa was defeated (击败) in A. D. 495.

After Kashyapa, dynasties rose and fell, their fortunes shaped by internal (内部的) power struggles and conflicts between native Sinhalese and outside forces from India.

Various     9     (city) held the status (地位) of capital after Sigiriya, such as Polonnaruwa. By the 12th century, however, overall control of Sri Lanka progressively weakened. Sinhalese power retreated (撤退) to the southwest of the island, and the former administrative (行政的) centres, including Sigiriya,     10     (start) to fall into disuse.

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Lin Qiaozhi is a great woman,     1     was known as “the mother of 10,000 babies”,     2     (deliver) over 50,000 babies in her life. She thought life was p    3     (珍贵的). And she chose to study medicine at age eighteen rather than find a good husband like the     4     (major) of girls. After great efforts, she made it and became the first woman ever     5     (hire) as a resident physician in the PUMC hospital.

We all     6     (承认) San Francisco is a famous city, which is     7     the west coast of America. The city rebuilt itself after the earthquake that     8     (occur) in 1906, which     9     (claim) over 3000 lives. During the gold rush, countless people from all over the world came here to     10     (寻找) their fortune.

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Australia has lots of unique animals, but which animal is a symbol of the country? It has to be the kangaroo, as it has a wide distribution throughout the country. It’s     1     tough animal that has to survive in a difficult environment. Baby kangaroos weigh only two grammes     2     birth. They then find their way into their mother’s pouch to stay safe and warm. After they learn to jump, they     3     (gradual) spend less time with their mother and learn     4    (be) independent. Kangaroos can hit and kick very hard,so if you see some kangaroos, remember they ‘re not for petting!

Another unique animal in Australia is koala. Koalas are really quite cute, but the truth is, they are very sensitive creatures who can easily panic because of even small changes in their environment. They spend quite a lot of time     5    (eat), sleeping, and hanging onto tree     6    (trunk), so interaction with humans can cause them a lot of stress. Because of this, the government began to make laws against touching koalas.     7     you want to hold a koala, you have to go to certain licensed zoos     8     animal experts make sure that the koalas     9    (select) for each session are in a good state for human contact and that they     10    (handle) for only a limited time and on a limited frequency of occasions.

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An international team of astronomers used a database combining observations from the best telescopes in the world     1    (detect) the signal from the active supermassive black holes of dying galaxies (星系) in the early universe. The     2    (appear) of these active supermassive black holes is related to changes in the host galaxy. This means a black hole could have far reaching effects     3     the evolution of its host galaxy.

The Milky Way Galaxy     4     we live includes stars of various ages, including stars still forming. But in some other galaxies,     5    (know) as elliptical (椭圆的) galaxies, all of the stars are old and about the same age. This indicates that early in     6    (they) histories elliptical galaxies had a period of rich star formation that suddenly ended. Why this star formation stopped in some galaxies     7     not others is not well understood. One possibility is that a supermassive black hole disrupts(瓦解) the gas in some galaxies,     8    (create) an environment unsuitable for star formation.

To test this theory, astronomers look at distant galaxies. Due to the limited speed of light, it takes time for light to travel across the void of space. The light we saw last night from an object 10 billion light years away     9    (travel) for 10 billion years to reach Earth. Thus the light we see today shows us what the galaxy looked like when the light left that galaxy 10 billion years ago. So looking at distant galaxies is like looking back in time. But the longer distance also means that distant galaxies look     10    (small), making study more difficult.

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As the Internet calls him, Terry Lauerman is     1     first of his kind, a professional cat napper (打盹的人). Terry has been in his local pet sanctuary for many years. And since he has started, he doesn’t plan     2    (stop).

Terry’s love for cats     3    (date) back to his younger years but he’d never quite been able to work with     4    (they) until he retired. He spent his free time     5    (volunteer) at this local shelter.

Terry would sometimes take a cat nap with a few of his cat     6    (friend). By taking a nap so     7    (comfortable), Terry has actually done more for the cat shelter     8    others. It started when the shelter began posting pictures of Terry’s napping breaks and he went viral (走红),     9    led him to encourage people to donate a few dollars for the cats. And it worked. Within days, a generous     10    (donate) of tens of thousands of dollars had been given to the shelter in his name.

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The milu deer certainly seemed happy to be back in China because their numbers started     1     (grow) steadily. There were soon so many of     2     (they) that 64 milu deer     3     (send) to a newly opened reserve in Shishou, Hubei Province from Beijing in the 1990s. They can move     4     (free) in the reserve and feed entirely on wild plants.

At the moment, the milu deer are still living in reserves     5     they are being protected     6     cared for. As a result, their population     7     (be) now recovering fast. Soon a new chapter will be added to the strange tale of these special     8     (animal). The deer are being trained to survive outside the park so that they can one day all return     9     the wild. The resue of the milu deer is already a     10     (succeed) story. Now it is up to us to make sure that the deer live happily ever after.

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The Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Carden in Haikou, South China’s Hainan Province,     1     (prepare) toys, bamboo shoots, and fruits for the pandas     2     (celebrate) the fifth anniversary

(周年) of the arrival of the giant pandas Conggong and Shunshun on Saturday. It also held a variety of activities and games,     3     attracted a lot of visitors.

At     4     celebration event, citizens and tourists offered their     5     (wish) for the pandas’ arrival on the island with     6     (write) greeting cards, and the pandas’ fans from across the world including China, Belgium, Japan, and New Zealand also sent their honest greetings in short videos.

Ma Xuefeng, director of the Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden, said the garden     7     the two giant paonlas have established a strong emotional bond (纽带).

Shang Xiao, chairman of the Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden, thanked the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda     8     its professional guidance and strong support over the last five years.

Gonggong, born on August 18, 2013, and Shunshun, born a few days later on August 27, at the Sichuan Ya’an Bifengxia base of the China Conservation and Research Center,     9     (send) to the garden in Haikou on November 10, 2018. They started to meet visitors on November 25 that year, making up for the     10     (absent) of giant pandas on the island.

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My name is Nassra, a second-year student at Tanzania Institute of Accountancy as well as an artist of 22 years old. My journey through art has led me to become     1     environmentalist.

What we usually consider waste may be useful when we think about it in a different light. Discarded (丢弃的) or waste items provide plentiful but largely     2     (ignore) resources for us artists to give them a second life or share their story. Items such wine bottles, wood, and more can have a beautiful second chance as a piece of art. As an artist, I would     3     (frequent) look for reusable materials that offer fresh ideas of creating something new.

In my hands, glass bottles, plastic bags, and other waste items that would otherwise end up     4     (float) in the sea become a form of     5     (sustain) art. My art highlights the degradation of the world and surprises people     6     its originality.

People     7     buy this type of art find the work attractive for its artistic value. But motivating them to contribute to the planet’s welfare     8     (be) my lifelong dream. I also want to take this opportunity to encourage environment     9     (conserve) through DIY project and recycling. This really gives a chance for individuals     10     (witness) the brilliance that the world offers.