Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015 for her research,     1     led to the discovery of artemisinin. Artemisinin     2     (save) a large number of lives since it was discovered. After     3     (graduate) from university, Tu Youyou worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 1967, Tu Youyou     4     (choose) as a researcher of a team of scientists who determined     5     (overcome) malaria.     6     (evaluate) 280,000 plants, they tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical     7     (treat) and focused on the extract from sweet wormwood. Tu Youyou analyzed it again, and     8     chance, she found a substance that worked by dealing with the sweet wormwood at a lower temperature. The team’s hard work     9     (eventual) paid off in 1971.

    10     impressed the whole world is that Tu Youyou thought the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort and the Nobel Prize was an honour for China’s scientific research!

This is a primary school in Finland. The students at the school are having a math class with their robot teacher. The “teacher” is     1     small, blue machine about 25cm high, Reuters reported. Whenever students have problems, it helps them very     2     (patient) and never gets bored.

“The robot can make students     3     (active) in class than usual. I see Elias as one of the     4     (tool) to get different kinds of practice and activities into the classroom,” a teacher told Reuters. So far the school     5     (introduce) four robot teachers, one of whom is a language teacher that can speak 23 languages and dance to music. “    6     is necessary to encourage kids to come up     7     new ways to make use of technology in school life,” the head of the school     8     (add) in the interview. The robot teachers are used     9     (help) improve learning. This doesn’t mean that human teachers will lose their jobs. The robots can teach well,     10     they are not able to keep class in order. The school still needs human teachers.

It’s almost time for me to say goodbye to Australia. I’ve enjoyed my time here very much. After being here for a while, my     1     (big) impression is the complicated mix of peoples and cultures     2     make up the nation. Although the main cultural influence since 1788     3     (be) Western culture, minority cultures have also played     4     part in shaping the unique Australian culture, with many of the new cultural influences     5     (contribute) by immigrants. It is said that now nearly half of all Australian citizens were either born overseas or have parents who were born overseas.

    6     (personal) speaking,     7     I like most about Australia is the people themselves. They have a straightforward and free-and-easy attitude     8     life, and their     9     (friendly) and warmth made me feel at home wherever I went. After     10     (experience) Australia, I have to say that I agree with the tourism slogan: “There’s nothing like Australia.”

China Post issued a set of stamps showing the paintings of famous structures in the Forbidden City on Saturday     1     (celebrate) the 600th birthday of the ancient palace.

The set includes four stamps, each     2     (present) a single construction (建筑物). The total face value of the set     3     (be) 11.4 yuan.

The stamps are designed like paintings, and in the four paintings, the Forbidden City’s sceneries (风景) are presented in different seasons. At     4     same time, to present the stamps with different charms (魅力) of the ancient buildings, a special set with digital information was issued. By taking a photo of the stamps with a special WeChat program or scanning a QR code (二维码) alongside the stamps, more content about the Forbidden City could     5     (provide).

Construction of the Forbidden City was started in 1406, and the whole project was completed in 1420, during the Ming Dynasty. It is the     6     (large) and most complete wooden-structure palace in the world.

Having served as the imperial palace for the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Forbidden City was changed into a museum and has been open     7     the public since 1925. So, it is also     8     (know) as the Palace Museum, which not only houses millions of cultural relics,     9     is itself also a living archive (档案馆) of imperial history.

This year also marks the 95th year of the Palace Museum’s     10     (establish). Many celebrations have been promoted, with the stamps being part of them.

The Nobel Prize is the most famous honor in the world. The prizes were first awarded on December 10, 1901. That was five years after the death of Alfred Nobel, the     1     (create) of the prizes. For many years, prizes were awarded in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. A     2     (six) award for economics was created in 1968.

Marie Curie was the first woman     3     (receive) the award, in 1903 in physics. She     4     (share) the award with her husband and another scientist. In 1911, she was awarded the prize in chemistry. Curie is one of the only two people ever to win Nobel Prizes in different areas.     5     (surprising), her daughter Irene also won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. They were the only mother-daughter pair to have won the prize.

The prize committees are made up     6     famous scholars and scientists. Nobel prize winners     7     (choose) very carefully. The voting is top secret. Prizes are presented to the winners every year on December 10. The prize winners are some of the most important people in the world.     8     (win) the award helps them continue their work. The Nobel Foundation awards cash, a diploma     9     a gold medal to each prize winner. The cash amount changes based on     10     it is given to one individual or shared among a group of people.