Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China, is one of the leading ocean-themed parks in the world. Here you can walk under the Whale Shark Aquarium—the world’s largest—and see up to 20, 000 fish, in addition to a whale shark 68 metres in    1    (long). Hungry? The park has plenty of restaurants with    2    (taste) food for every appetite —you can even eat while watching the fish swim by. If it is ocean entertainment     3    you are looking for, come to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom!

My Great Escape: Inspiring Innsbruck

I was finally on my way to Innsbruck, with the recent     1     (relax)in travel restriction. It was the capital 500 years ago     2     the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian resided and it still lives up to its royal connections with its impressive architecture.

    3     (lie) within snow-capped mountains, this attractive, underrated destination, is perfect for a short break. As a combination of modern architecture and historic buildings, the city serves both as a dynamic university town and     4     popular tourist attraction. Even the approach to Innsbruck Airport by air is a breathtaking sight as the plane     5     (gentle)flies. The Golden Roof, a significant landmark with its golden copper roof shining in the sunlight, can     6     (view) from the street. Wandering through the marbled streets,       7     (amaze)at the dramatic mountain range, I could not help but be impressed by this awe-inspiring city.

Of course, no visit to Innsbruck is complete     8     trying traditional Austrian food. Pavement cafes are plentiful in the city and there is nothing more relaxing than sitting in the sunshine, tasting coffee and watching the world go by. Undeniably, up to now, Innsbruck     9     (steal)my heart. I can’t wait to come again     10     (sample) more of this delightful city.

In order to limit damage to Egyptian architecture and prevent the loss of cultural relics, a committee     1     (establish). Different departments were expected to make their contributions to the protection of the cultural heritage. Great efforts have also been made by experts and scientists who put forward a proposal for     2    these buildings could be saved. After all parties came to     3    agreement, a document was signed and the work began in 1960.

Cholera used to be one of the most feared     1     (disease) in the world. As a young doctor, John Snow became     2     (frustrate) because no one knew how to prevent or treat cholera. Fortunately, we now know how to prevent cholera, thanks     3     the work of John Snow. For this reason, Snow     4     (consider) the father of modern epidemiology.

The first     1     (discover) of water on the moon was made in 2009 by India’s Chandrayaan-1 mission. The team used NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument to     2     (final) discover water. Since then, water has been mapped from orbit in     3     (mission) like NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

China’s Chang’e5 lunar lander used its mineralogical spectrometer (矿物学光谱仪),     4     was designed to find water. It did so by     5     (determine) spectral reflectance (光谱反射率) measurements of rocks on the moon. The water was found near the Oceanus Procellarum on the moon’s near side.

The Chang’e 5 landed on the moon on December 1, 2020 with a mission to collect lunar rocks to bring back to Earth. This is China’s first ever sample (样本) return mission;however, the country has had four     6     (success) robotic tasks to the moon before the Chang’e 5.

The lander was     7     the surface for less than 48 hours before it headed back into orbit around the moon.

China is     8     third country to bring samples back from the moon, after the United States and the Soviet Union. China is working hard to launch the Chang’e 6 in 2023. The lander is meant     9     (be)a backup to the Chang’e 5, but it     10     (head) to the lunar south pole for samples.

feather fan                       round silk fan                                folding fan

Last year, I went to Italy as an exchange student. Before     1     (leave), I asked my mother what gifts I should choose for the teachers and the students there. Mom said that the Chinese fan was a good choice, because it is an     2     (importance) part of Chinese culture.

I went shopping and bought three kinds of Chinese fans.     3     first kind was the feather fan for the teachers,     4     was made of bird feathers. The fans I     5     (buy) for the girls were silk fans. They are also called “round silk fans”. The silk fans show paintings of beautiful women, birds or flowers. They are very popular     6     women of all ages. As for the boys, I     7     (pick) the folding fans from Rongchang, a place in the west of Chongqing. The folding     8     (fan) are made of paper and bamboo and there are great paintings and calligraphy (书法) on them.

At the welcoming party in Italy, my new teachers and classmates were all     9     (excite) to get the wonderful fans. And they were even more excited after learning about the stories and culture behind     10     (they).

We can say that gold rush began on January 24th, 1848. A man     1     name was James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill, near San Francisco. But it took another man, Sam Brennan, a newspaperman     2     (create) a storm about Marshall’s discovery. The information     3     (spread) by local people around on May 14th, 1848, when Brennan published an article in his newspaper about the gold strike. His newspaper was shut down soon because all of his     4     (employee) had caught the fever and headed for the hills. In 1849, over 90, 000 people would make the     5     (danger) journey to California, by land and by sea, to try their luck at discovering gold for     6     (they). At most, hundreds of thousands of people would travel to California as part of the “gold rush”. The journey to California was often full of danger. Not only because of weather conditions,     7     because there was always the possibility of illness or wild animals. Just making it to California was     8     achievement in itself.     9     (unlucky), once there, many people found that the availability of wealth had been overstated. There were so many people     10     (look) for gold that it was difficult to find anything at all. But many of them stayed there and tried to make a living by doing other things.

My name is Lulu. I am a Hungarian student,     1     (study) history at Tsinghua University. When I first came to Beijing, I immediately fell in love with the city. My favorite place     2     (walk) around is the Hutongs, because it is the perfect example of how the old meets the new. You can find old buildings     3     people still live. They are in the same condition as they were for     4     (decade). But you can also find new cafes, which are perfect places to study and relax.

Besides, my greatest passion(热衷的爱好) is Peking Opera. The first time I saw Peking Opera was in     5     opera museum. I     6     (find) it really amazing. The clothing was impressive, and the movements were so pleasing. Later, I started learning more about Peking Opera after I joined Peking Opera Club at school. I realized that it is much more than the looks.

There’s a really huge cultural and     7     (history) background.

Art has no boundaries     8     music has no language barriers. As an international student, I can appreciate     9     and enjoy the beauty of Peking Opera. I hope I can share this passion with people outside China. Cultural     10     (diverse) makes us move forward and if we treat it with openness, it will take us on an unbelievable journey.

Since the birth of agriculture almost ten thousand years ago, humans have bred plants in order to grow food crops not found in the wild. Now, people don’t have to grow generations of plants to make     1     (they) look, taste, or behave differently. Scientists can give a seed     2     new quality in the laboratory simply by giving it a new gene.

Creating a brand-new organism by     3     (combine) the genes of existing, unrelated organisms is known as genetic engineering. The new     4     (vary) are known as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). GMO food products     5     (become) part of the U.S. diet in the mid-1990s. People who support GMO food say that their potential     6     (solve) world hunger outweighs any unknown risks.

    7    , many people worry about possible risks to their families and the environment. Some opponents say the widespread use of GMO crops is making the world’s food supply     8     (risk). Some people say humans shouldn’t eat GMO food until scientists know more about its long-term effects     9     health. They are concerned that genetically modified crops or the chemicals to grow them may cause diseases such as cancer. Another concern is new food allergies because some GMO food contain proteins     10     people have never eaten before.