1 . Human faces cut into stone up to 2,000 years ago have again been found on a rocky area along the Amazon River in northern Brazil. The stone carvings (雕刻品) appeared as a result of a big drop in water levels because of dry weather in parts of northern Brazil. The water level had dropped to the lowest level in the history of the river.

“People had reported some of the stone carvings before during periods when water levels were low. But now a greater number have been identified. That will help researchers establish the history of the carvings, and more secrets of historical relics will come to light,” researcher Jaime de Santana Oliveira said recently.

One area shows smooth marks in the rock thought to be where natives once sharpened their tools such   as arrows and spears before European settlers arrived.

“The carvings are prehistoric, or precolonial (殖民地时期前的). We can’t be sure of their precise date but based on the evidence of human living places of the area, we believe they are about 1, 000 to 2, 000 years old.” Oliveira said.

The rocky area is on the north shore of the Amazon River near the place where the Rio Negro River joins it.

Oliveira said the carvings were first seen in 2010, but this year’s drought has been more serious than earlier dry periods. The Rio Negro’s levels have dropped 15 meters since July, uncovering large areas of rocks and sand where there had been no beaches.

“This time we found not just more carvings, but the statue of a human face cut into the rock,” said Oliveira, who works for the Brazilian government’s National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute. The organization watches the care of historic places in Brazil.

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

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.

10 . This is a story about a heart-warming rescue. A lucky cat was ______ by a team of brave firefighters in Cornwall, thanks to a clever and friendly dog.

Mowgli, a lovely cat, had been ______ for six long days, leaving his owner, Michele Rose, filled with ______ and nearly admitting the fact that she would never see her pet again. However, ______ appeared again when she noticed her dog, Daisy, “going ______ ” , running crazily in and out of the nearby woods around her home in Harrow.

Daisy guided her master along a footpath ______ the old mine. She came to a sudden stop next to a ______ well at a depth of 100 feet.

“Daisy is a hero; she’s an amazing dog,” Rose said. “Without Daisy’s behaviors, Mowgli might still be ______ down there. She was exactly leading me to that ______ ; it was truly amazing.”

Following the exciting ______ , the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(RSPCA)and Cornwall Fire and Rescue ______ a call for help. The team found Mowgli about 100 feet down and he was pulled to safety. The cat was ______ not injured.

Rose said Daisy shares a ______ tie with both of her cats, Mowgli and Baloo. “Daisy was already a year old when the little cats ______ , and they have been together ever since,” she said. “She is like their ______ , looking out for them, and they also love her.”