In America, people use both “fall” and “autumn” to describe the     1     (three) season of the year. According to Dictionary. com, these two words were first documented within a few     2     (century). The period between summer and winter was called “harvest”     3     old English. This word has Germanic origins highlighting the act of gathering and preserving crops before winter. In the 1500s, English speakers     4     (begin) referring to the season between cold and warm months as the “fall of the leaf” which later shortened to “fall”.

Two     1     (month) ago, three     2     (hero) caught four     3     (thief). They made them plant some     4     (potato) and     5     (tomato) in two     6     (zoo). They also made their     7     (wife) return the four big     8     (box) with some precious     9     (photo) and     10     (brush) in them.

Li River, one of China’s most famous scenic areas, was listed     1     one of the world’s top ten watery wonders by National Geographic magazine.     2     was even considered one of the world’s 15 best rivers for travelers.

    3     (originate) in Mao’er Mountain in Xing’an county northeast of Guilin, Li River winds its way southeast for about 437 km, passing through Guilin, Yangshuo, Pingle, Zhaoping, and finally     4     ( meet) Xi River in Wulin. It boasts (拥有)the largest and most beautiful scenic area in China and attracts thousands of visitors each year.

The 83-km-long waterway from Guilin to Yangshuo is like a masterpiece. The landscape     5     (decorate) with rolling hills, steep cliffs, fantastic caves, as well as leisurely boats. A poem says, “The river is a green silk ribbon, and the hills are jade hair-pins”.

Cruising (航游) on Li River is always a     6     (please). You can breathe the fresh air, feel gentle breeze     7     appreciate the wonderful landscape on both sides of Li River. In spring,     8     (feel) the mizzle (细雨) fall onto their faces, tourists may stand on the front of a boat,     9     is truly a wonderful experience.

Mostly, the cruise starts from Zhujiang Wharf(码头). After about an     10     ( hour ) drive from Guilin city, a cruiser will then take you to Yangshuo, a beautiful ancient city, to start a wonderful journey.

A zipper runs along a 40-centimeter-tall porcelain vase, with its top slightly open.The art piece, not     1     (original) designed that way, has been repaired by Nie Chao.     2     repaired vase won Nie the new talent award at the Baihe Cup, an art and craft design and imovation competition, where more than 3,000 pieces or sets of work were shown.The competition    3     (hold) during the second edition of the China Arts and Crafts Expo in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, in September 2021.

As the     4     (five) generation inheritor of his family's ceramic-repair skills, Nie has devoted himself to better preserving them, as well as     5     (bring) traditional Chinese engraving skills and modern art designs to the mix. Nie's father and grandfather were focused on fixing porcelain items to restore their functionality. Nie has taken it a step further as he tries to make the repaired items look even    6     (good). For example, when mending the    7     (break) cover of a teacup, Nie could have just added a couple of metal staples(订书机) to reconnect the broken parts,     8       he decided to create a bamboo pattern on it.

Nie says handmade things have one advantage    9    mass-produced items, in that each is unique. Mending ceramics not only restores the     10     (appear) and functionality of a ware but also preserves its historical and cultural value.

Booking a flight-free holiday is effortless with Byway Travel.     1     (found) in 2020 by Cat Jones, a non-car owner whose family vacations annually by train and bike, Byway is the world’s first travel agent that offers 100% flight-free trips. The company excels in integrating the journey into the adventure itself,     2     (ensure) travelers discover the interesting places they would otherwise miss by flying over them. Presently, Byway specializes in flight-free excursions from the UK to Europe, with plans to expand its flight-free travel offerings     3     (global) in the future.

A person’s memory is like a hall with many rooms, some visited frequently, others untouched     1     years. With age, sometimes, doors to certain memories become locked, requiring a special key     2     (access) them. These keys often come in the form of specific sensory inputs—something you see, smell, touch, taste, or hear. When a sensory input stimulates receptors, signals are sent along nerve cells to the brain,     3     they are processed and interpreted. The way our senses connect with our memories shows how complex our minds are. Knowing this helps us understand how our past affects how we see and act in the present.

In 2022, to preserve China’s wetlands, a law     1     (introduce) to restrict construction and prohibit harmful     2     (activity) such as overgrazing, overharvesting, and wastewater discharge in important national wetlands. Since the implementation (实施) of these measures, there     3     (be) an increase in the number of birds observed wintering in the nation’s wetlands. In February, the forestry bureau in Hunan province reported 72 species of waterbirds that spent the previous winter at Dongting Lake. Black-faced spoonbills,     4     rare and endangered species, were sighted at Dongting after a five-year absence.