1 . There was a very naughty boy in the nursery and a teacher who was generally very confident with the children was asked to take charge ________ him. (用适当的词填空)

2 . I always dream of having a house ________ by trees, flowers and grass. If I can live in such beautiful ________, I must feel happy every day. As we know, the ________ things can always have an effect on our mood. (surround)(所给词的适当形式填空)

3 . Little Bob has a terrible holiday because doing homework has taken ________ most of his time. （用适当的词填空）

4 . So as I considered the question of “What motivates me?” and ________ (seek) an answer, it struck me that I simply refused to be defeated. (所给词的适当形式填空)

5 . Meeting people is only the start, and if you get really good at meeting people, that does nothing for your social life unless you build ________ (last) friendships. (所给词的适当形式填空)

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China has a very long history of constructing terraces (梯田) that are famous     1    their widespread distribution (分布) and large numbers.

China’s rice terraces are     2    (main) in mountainous areas south of the Yangtze River. In these areas there is plenty of rain, but people     3    (live) there lack flat ground to grow rice. So,     4    (make) a living, they created terraced fields to adapt to the local conditions. Often, the terraces     5    (construct) along the mountains, making it possible to catch rainwater and prevent soil from being washed away. It is a perfect     6    (solve) to the problem of growing rice in hilly areas. There are many famous terraces in China, among    7    Yunnan Honghe Hani Rice Terraces is a typical example.

For hundreds of years, terraces     8    (build) along the mountains have not only improved the local farming conditions     9    also increased the output of crops. Moreover they are beneficial to the ecology of mountainous areas and have made     10    (significance) contributions to the development of agriculture in China.

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Texas, the second most populous US state, embraced Lunar New Year celebrations last month,     1     were more fabulously than ever before, in places ranging     2     public libraries to children’s museums, local bars and Asian restaurants in both big cities and some small towns.

Post Houston, a downtown entertainment and cultural center in the state’s largest city,     3    (host) a massive Lunar New Year festival on Sunday with eye-catching performances, a carnival-like Asian pop-up market    4    (feature) food vendors, games, crafts and other cultural activities, as well as a grand party in the night. Lion and dragon dances,     5     (accompany) by the booming, rhythmic beating of drums and gongs, whipped up a festive atmosphere, gaining thunderous applause and cheers from     6     crowd of more than 1, 000 spectators.

“We didn’t have a lot of activities in the past. But     7     (thankful), times are changing” said Brooks. “It is a great representation of the culture. . . It’s just a great way for people to accept it, respect it,     8     also embrace it.” Getting into the spirit of Lunar New Year, the woman said her hope for the Year of the Rabbit is “health, happiness, prosperity and peace for everyone, and     9    (equal) for everybody and every culture. It’s what everybody deserves     10    (have) in this world, in America and everywhere.”

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Dream of the Red Chamber,     1     epic masterpiece in Chinese literature,     2    (stage) as an original ballet show by the National Ballet of China (NBC) this coming Friday, according to the troupe at a media event.

Considered as one of the four great classical     3    (novel) of Chinese literature, the Dream of the Red Chamber, through the perspective of Jia Baoyu, narrates a story about the fall of his large wealthy family and     4     (he) complex relationship with Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai. It shows the beauty of women and complicated ancient Chinese society from all angles,     5     has a far-reaching influence and world-renowned reputation.

The ballet dance drama will present this Chinese classic novels through a romantic Western-style narration,     6     (offer) a visual feast with carefully designed winter snow stage setting and the costumes of the characters. By integrating Chinese silk into the ballet skirts, the designer Yang Donglin commits himself     7     achieving a “combination of Eastern and Western aesthetics (美学)”.

”You can imagine     8     appealing it is to see the use of Western ballet to tell a classic Chinese story, "chief choreographer Tong Ruirui told the Global Times on Thursday.

“NBC has done     9    (remarkable) in adapting this wonderful classic into a ballet. It’ll definitely help the story gain much     10     (wide) recognition around the world, ” commented Zhang Qingshan, president of Chinese Society of Dream of the Red Chamber.

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Owing to huge Spring Festival movie ticket sales, the first month of the 2023 took a giant leap to become the highest-grossing January of all time in China, according to the China Film Administration.

Selling a total of 201 million tickets for 10 million screenings in over 10, 000 cinemas, the country saw     1     (it) overall box-office earnings exceed 10 billion yuan ($1.48 billion) by Tuesday. This represented     2     270 percent increase from 2.7 billion yuan in the same period last year, according to the Beacon, a real-time film data tracker.

With the rapid     3     (expand) of the domestic film industry in recent decades, people have started a new custom of going to cinemas during Spring Festival,     4     (turn) the weeklong holiday into a profitable box-office season, insiders said.

This year, the festival started     5     (early) than usual, with all seven days falling in January. In the past, it either stretched from late January to early February     6     was entirely celebrated in February.

The appealing lineup of seven new movies —     7     (couple) with China’s optimization of COVID-19 control measures, the first such adjustment in three years — further made the January box-office earnings soar, some analysts said.

Full River Red — director Zhang Yimou’s twist-studded story loosely inspired from a loyal general who was framed and executed —       8     (top) the charts, followed by sci-fi movie The Wandering Earth II and animated film Boonie Bears: Guardian Code in second and third places. Zhang’s film generated so much enthusiasm among its audiences     9     many visited the memorial sites of Yue Fei, the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) general     10     story inspired the movie.

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There are plenty of fun activities for you to enjoy the Canadian winter,     1     you can keep you entertained all day long.

Situated in Ottawa, the Rideau Canal starts at the foot of the parliament buildings and runs for 8 kilometres through the city.     2     comes as no surprise that in winter this river freezes over and the residents of Ottawa make their way     3     the ice with their families to go ice-skating and skiing.     4     (organise) ice hockey games are played daily and some people even ice-skate to work.

What is     5     (dynamic) than flying through the air, high above the trees on a zip-lining (拉链式的路线飞行) course? Now you can experience this activity     6     (intent) in the winter with a trip above the snow and ice of some of the most beautiful forests in Canada.

With so many lakes and rivers     7     (run) through major cities and towns, it is easy     8     (see) that canoeing is extremely popular in Canada. The most popular run is the Rideau Canal,     9     winds its way through the city of Ottawa and into the mountains.

Canada has so much to offer. So     10     you want to visit or live in this incredible country, you can start your visa process with us today.