Romanticism has been a part of human creative expression for     1     (century) all over the world. Li Bai, one of China’s     2     (great) poets, wrote poetry during the Tang Dynasty. As a boy, Li Bai lived in Sichuan with his family.     3     the age of 25, he began travelling around the country. He made friends with scholars and kept journals. His travels were the basis for his works of more than 2000 poems,     4     were about beautiful natural scenes and the people who touched his heart.

When I hurried to the store, I saw that the books were already being packed into     1     (box). I had a long chat with Casey, the store’s elderly owner. Sighing     2     (deep), he told me how it was becoming difficult to run an independent bookstore. More and more customers     3     (attract) by chain stores and online discounts. I tried to think of some words of sympathy,     4     I had to admit that the Rainbow Bookstore couldn’t stay in business much longer.

The Little Prince     1     (tell) us the importance of looking beneath the surface of things to uncover their real meanings. I like it because it is simple, and yet it really made me think a lot     2     life and death, love and responsibility, friendship and loneliness. One of the most memorable characters in the book is a rose,     3     the little prince fell in love with.

According to a 2006 Danish study published in the Psychonomic Bulletin &Review, people over age 40 perceive themselves to be, on average, 20 percent younger than     1     their ID indicates. Why do some of us feel that the number of candles on our birthday cake can't be right? Psychologists and scientists    2    (study) this phenomenon since the 1970s. Some wonder about the cultural factors that push us to look younger because old age is often associated     3    being unproductive and dependent. Other factors that lead to us perceiving ourselves as younger are being sociable and having intergenerational relationships.

I had an experience that I will forever bear in my mind. Once upon a time, as I was swimming in a lake, I suddenly felt a sharp sting in my leg. When    1    (look) down, I realized that it was a snake! I was so frightened that I swam fast     2    (avoid) it. Then I remembered what I had learned about dealing with snakebites. I immediately pressed against the wound and swam to the shore for help.    3    (lucky), I was sent to the hospital in time.

China is likely to become the first country     1     (bring) Martian soil back to Earth in an ambitious science and engineering endeavor, according to a top space scientist.

Wu Weiren, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a     2     (lead) scientist at the China National Space Administration, said that the nation plans to collect Martian samples and then bring them back to Earth around 2030 via a historic mission     3     (name) Tianwen 3, the third in China's interplanetary exploration schedule.

Lydia gave all the money to some charities which help the children     1     parents are dead. She had worked there as a volunteer     2     the past three years. “I first visited the orphanage (孤儿院) when I was seven, and I felt very sad by what I saw.” However, some of her friends at university thought that maybe she     3     (make) the wrong decision. But she knew it was the right thing to do.

Talking is the most     1    (effect) and satisfying way of communication with others. There are many forms of communication,     2     include texting, cell phones, email, and social media. Using these alternative forms to communicate with others may be faster, but they lack many qualities that a face-to-face conversation has. Facial expression and body language can     3     (great) affect a conversation.

A fire completely destroyed my mobile home last year, just four months after I had paid it off! I had to rebuild it with what little I had saved. Because     1     I had would not be enough , I began to rent out my RV (娱乐车) as a way to help ends meet. I was sure it was     2     (attract) to some people. One woman     3     had booked a week in the RV called and told me that her husband had just lost his job. He felt that they should cancel the trip as an amusement.

Chinese people have a strong need for cultural consumption, and the need pushes people who work in the field of cultural relics and museum to explore     1    (effect) ways to make cultural relics popular, said Ma Xiaolin, the head of Henan Museum.

In recent years, TV shows, performances and cultural products     2    (relate) to cultural relics have gone viral one by one.     3     inspired their creation was the combination of traditional Chinese culture and modern life. Moreover, innovative ideas and new technology come together to enable immersive experience of stories in the history, and social media helps the spread of new cultural products.