I’m very glad I had the opportunity to meet Chris. He     1     (move) into the house next door to me two years ago. He is usually dressed     2     some kind of tight­fitting multicolored suit which makes him look like     3     super hero of comic books. He is very polite,     4     (friend) and genuinely caring, always remembering my birthday and     5     (bring) me chicken soup or Japanese tea if I'm ill. Chris will help us as much as he can at his    6     (convenient) and is ready to listen to everyone's problems.

At work he is much appreciated and he has many colleagues     7     ask for his help each time they have problems     8     (solve). He works in an organization involving communication with people. He has the power to make it.

Although Chris could never be described as ordinary, I enjoy having him    9     a neighbor. Life is never boring when you have someone like     10     (he) living next door.

If you live in northeastern China, you expect long, cold winters. People     1    (live) in Harbin don’t just stand the cold, however, they welcome it. The city is home to the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival,    2    is considered to be the largest ice festival in the world. Even with temperatures usually close to zero, thousands of people head to city parks     3    (see) great ice sculptures, many bathed in colored lights.

The festival includes several thousand ice sculptures. Some of these works are the recreations of castles, historic landmarks and famous people, lit up at night in bright colors. There     4    (visitor) can climb ice stairways and go down ice slides (滑坡). They can also take part    5    sporting events, including skating, ice football     6    well as ice swimming.

The city started     7    (it) icy event in 1963 with the Ice Lantern Garden Party, a     8    (celebrate) of the tradition of creating lanterns out of blocks of ice. The larger festival     9    (begin) in 1985 and added sculptures, which have grown in number and size over the years. As it has gotten bigger, the festival has become popular outside the city.    10    (official), the festival starts on January 5th and lasts over one month.

I felt butterflies in my stomach when I started calligraphy class ten years ago. I wondered what I was doing there. At that moment, I couldn't have known that I'd just made one of the best    1    (choose) of my life.

I sat down and listened to the teacher    2     (introduce) the tools of the craft. Then it was the first time for    3    (I)that I had tried my hand. I took up the brush, using the correct gesture,    4    (dip) it in the ink, and carefully wrote "one"    5     Chinese.

Over the past five years, I have learned to make versions of well-known poems. Calligraphy seemed like a bridge，    6     connected me to authors from centuries past. Stroke(笔画) by stroke, word by word, I could feel their emotions, cherished my own peace and learned    7     (appreciate) my daily life.

Now, calligraphy is not just    8     hobby, It is a way to remove myself from the worries of life. Rolling out the paper, I can write for a whole day. Calligraphy     9     (able) me to balance my busy schedule and live    10    (peace).

President Xi Jinping signed a presidential order on Tuesday to award four people national medals and honorary titles for their outstanding contributions     1     fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zhong Nanshan,84,     2     excellent disease expert, was awarded the Medal of the Republic, the highest national honor, for his outstanding work in fighting COVID-19 in China. Three    3    (other) were also awarded the “People’s Hero” national honorary title for helping fight against the novel coronavirus(新冠病毒).They are Zhang Boli, a    4    (tradition) Chinese medicine expert; Zhang Dingyu , head of Wuhan’s Jinyintan Hospital; and Chen Wei, a medical scientist     5     made major achievements in COVID-19-related basic research.

Zhong also has long been devoted to the research ,prevention and    6    (treat) of major infectious and chronic respiratory diseases(慢性呼吸病), and has a long record of achievements. He was a major figure in the fight against the severe acute respiratory syndrome(综合症状) outbreak in 2003 in China.    7    (follow) the COVID-19 outbreak , the Chinese government encouraged the country    8    (contain) the disease in Wuhan, Hubei province, after the city was locked down in late January. More than 42000 medical workers from across the country     9    (send) to Hubei to fight the disease. The pandemic has been     10    (effective) placed under control on the Chinese mainland since early March.

The amount and brightness of light from towns and cities around the world is at such a high level that it is reducing the darkness of night. Once upon a time, when night fell, we    1    (leave) in darkness. Things are different today. A study    2    (publish) in the journal Science Advances reports that artificial light at night is increasing    3    (rapid) in most countries worldwide. Scientists say it grew by 2.2 percent a year    4    2012 and 2016. The overuse of artificial light at nighttime is causing us many    5    （problem）. According to the International Dark-Sky Association, it is affecting not only our view of the universe, but also our environment, our     6    (safe), and our health. Artificial light is a threat to our     7     (nature) environment. It threatens animals that are active at night. It has ecological effects     8    many creatures, including humans, and may reshape the entire social ecological system. Many environmentalists thought the    9    (introduce) of LED lights would help the planet. However, cities are using more LED lights because they are cheaper,    10    is adding to the light pollution.

Chinese high-speed railways are a very comfortable way to travel. They are clean, quiet and    1    (efficiency). China    2    (lead) other developing countries and even some developed ones in this field since the first high-speed train came into use in 2008.

The stations are    3    (main) built outside the town center, but local transport has been lengthened    4    (connect) the high-speed network. The    5    (facility) on the train are new and the staff are well trained. Even the second class chairs provide plenty of space. The passages are wide and you can move easily, not    6    (disturb) anyone. You can use your mobile phone or work on your laptop, having access    7    the Internet. There is also a restaurant car, though the kinds of food    8    (be) limited. The toilets are large, clean and user-friendly too. The train almost doesn’t rock. Even when the train brakes, you can hardly feel it shake.

What’s more, with a faster check-in, the high-speed trains are also    9    (little) affected by weather than planes. Seldom are    10    delayed or cancelled for weather condition. Therefore, they have become the first choice for many passengers.