Many highly successful figures had     1    (previous) faced great challenges before they make achievements. Take for example J.K Rowling and J.D. Salinger, both of     2     received rejections from several publishers. Despite these failures, they refused to give up. Instead, they still concentrated     3    their works and do    4    they can to realize their dreams. Eventually, their books, Harry Porter and The Catcher in the Rye,     5     (regard) as global successes. Another example is Helen Keller, who was an American writer, lecturer and social activist. Aged 19 months old, she lost her hearing and sight. But with the help of her teacher, she overcame her disabilities and went on     6    (earn) a bachelor degree.

Through their lives, a conclusion can be drawn: Although talent, hard work and luck all play     7     important part in their success,     8    (persevere) is the key.     9    (inspire) by their stories, we may get some hints. Don’t complain about the setbacks    10    (harm) you, just keep walking and you will eventually make your dream come true.

Galloping Horse Overtaking a Flying Swallow (马踏飞燕) stands out as a well-known work of sculpture in the history of Chinese art,     1     differs from the other sculptures of horses in that it represents motion, rather than the horse itself.

When a horse gallops at full speed, it     2     (look) as if it were flying in the air. So the ancient Chinese considered a fast horse     3     a “heavenly steed (天马) flying in the skies.” Usually, the sculpture of a swift horse had to be set on     4     top of a floating cloud.

Galloping Horse Overtaking a Flying Swallow, however, has one of its back hoofs set on a swallow in flight, while the other legs are in the air. The horse holds its head high, with its eyes     5     (stare) and its ears up. Its body features strong, smooth muscles, and its belly is contracted (收缩) as it runs. As the galloping horse catches up with the tiny swallow, the latter turns back to look at it in     6     (astonish).

One would     7     (normal) imagine that a swallow flies     8     (fast) than a galloping horse. Now that the horse has caught up with the swallow, it inspires the viewer to imagine how fast the horse is running. Li Bai     9     (write) the poem “Song of the Heavenly Horse”. Two of the lines can be borrowed     10     (describe) this sculpture: “Looking back at the black swallow, the horse laughs at its slowness.”

Fish and chips, or rather, “fish'n'chips” is an important experience for the visitors. Britain is    1    island and eating fish     2     (remind) us of our practical and spiritual dependence on the sea. The chips symbolize our people: no two chips are the same, but we are united because we are all cut from the same bag of     3    (potato), all deep-fried in the same oil.

A fish and chip supper is the     4    (old)fast food in Britain, perhaps in the world. The visitors should ask for cod or haddock, the fish of choice for any true Brit. The fish comes dipped(蘸)in batter, a mixture     5     flour, eggs and milk. When it is dropped into the hot oil, the batter acts as a sponge(海绵)absorbing the maximum amount of oil,     6       makes it nice and juicy. A     7     (tradition) fish fryer will wrap your order in yesterday's newspaper. Before     8     (wrap)it he will ask, “Salt and vinegar?”, to which you should reply “Yes, please!”

This supper should     9     (eat)almost at once, with the fingers, walking along the street, preferably in the dark, and with a taunt rain falling. Do NOT take the fish'n'chips home because it is known that this is not the British way. Just empty     10     (they)onto a plate and eat them with knives and forks.

Nowadays about one     1    (five) of the global population celebrate the Spring Festival, making it a worldwide festival. The Spring Festival, widely known as Lunar New Year,     2    (honor) as the United Nations Floating Holiday on December 22, 2023.

    3     is announced that the UN will try to avoid     4    (arrange) conference activities on the day. This resolution reflects the great influence of Chinese culture. It will promote Chinese tradition     5    (global) as well.

With a history of 4000 years, the Spring Festival has continued all the way to today and it has spread     6     many countries in the world. Therefore, it is     7     bond between China’s present and past. It is a strong connection between Chinese people at home     8     abroad. Why has this been possible? Featuring family reunion and well-being, the Spring Festival inherits the treasure of Chinese culture: harmonious coexistence. It also expresses a common goal     9     all countries should pursue: to create a world with a     10     (share) future of harmony and prosperity.

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Meat, milk, cheese—just some of the things provided by goats. But now we can also add fire safety to this list. Wildfires     1     (make) possible by hot, dry weather conditions as well as a supply of dead vegetation that serves as fuel. We may have limited control over the first factor,     2     we can control the second. Reducing the fuel load lowers the probability of wildfires occurring, as well as the amount of damage     3     (cause). This is where we can turn to goats to provide a     4     (solve). Goats have a very digestive system. Much vegetation that are toxic (有毒的) to other animals can be eaten by goats. It’s not just fully-grown plants     5     goats are able to deal with: any seeds that pass through ago at will not grow. Human clearance teams worry about     6     (send) to hard-to-reach vegetation patches (土地) goats don’t. They are     7     (skill) mountain climbers and when standing on their legs, can reach up to two meters to eat shrubs and grass that humans would struggle     8     (reach). Because of this, using goats can reduce both workplace accidents and the amount of money spent     9     fire protection measures. Goatherd shave been found to clear some patches of land for     10     third of the price of human vegetation control teams.

The road to a Nobel prize is growing ever longer, with almost half of winners now     1     (wait) more than 20 years from making a Nobel-worthy discovery to receiving the prize.

One analysis shows that the average time between publishing the work and receiving one of the science     2     (prize) has nearly doubled in the past 60 years. “In the early 20th century, Nobel winners were often in     3     (they) 30s, but now it is unheard of,” says Santo Fortunato,     4     published a 2014 analysis of Nobel prizewinners since the award’s conception in 1901. His results showed that the time between winners’ prizewinning research and their Nobel had     5     (slow) increased over the years.

There are a number of possible reasons for this trend. It could be that the overall number of breakthroughs     6     (increase) each year, so awards cannot keep up     7     the number of people who deserve to be recognized. It is also the case that the importance of some works     8     (realize) only years or decades later.

On the other hand, the lengthening gap could be     9     sign that there has been a decrease in ‘disruptive’ science—    10     (importance) studies or discoveries that change the paradigm (范式) of their field. This could be causing the Nobel committees to focus more on the past.