Jim was a boy. He was afraid of talking to    1    (strange). As a result, he didn’t have any friends after he entered high school.

One day, when Jim    2    (walk) on his way back home from school, it suddenly began to rain    3    (heavy). He saw a boy walking in front of him. The road was so wet that     4    boy slipped(滑倒) and fell on the ground. Jim quickly ran to the boy and helped    5     (he) get up.

The boy was wet all over. Jim    6    (think) the boy must feel cold, so he asked the boy where he lived. When Jim    7    (tell) about the address, he found it was a bit far from there. Jim lived nearby,    8    he invited the boy to his home. After they arrived, Jim gave him some clean clothes and asked him to get changed.

The boy was so grateful    9    Jim that he thanked Jim again and again. The following day, the boy saw Jim at school. He thanked Jim again for    10    (help) him out. From then on, they often spent time together and became best friends.

Twin panda brothers born in a zoo in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality started to receive public visitors on Friday.

A female panda named “Mangzai” gave birth     1    them on June 10. "Giant pandas often only choose the stronger one of the twins to feed," said Yin Yanqiang, technical director     2     (take) care of the animals at Chongqing Zoo.

“To ensure the survival of the two, we carried out artificially assisted feeding, with one     3     (bring) up by the panda mom and     4    other artificially raised in the nursery box. We exchanged their places     5     (regular) to allow both of them to enjoy the breast milk in time,” Yin said.

“The brothers are growing well with concerted efforts. The older cub now weighs 6,060 grams and the younger one 5,680 grams, ” said Yin, adding    6     the twins have different     7     (personality). “The older brother is more active and alert     8     the younger cub gentler and     9     (quiet).”

The nursery receives visits in two time slots from Friday, 10:00—11:00 a.m. and 2:30—3:30 p.m., and the public     10     (invite) to give names for the cubs.

Food is a major part of every culture. Each country has     1    (it) own eating culture,    2     makes eating habits around the world various.

Egyptians start the day with     3     drink. When breakfast can be eaten is not fixed, but it must be before the day’s main meal. In the past, this main meal was served at around 3 p.m. But now people work     4    (long) hours than before and eat when they get home at 6 p. m. Dinner parties    5    (hold) later, around 9 p.m. Most Egyptian     6    (meal) include bread or rice, vegetables and meat.

France is famous     7     its delicious food, and its people take food     8    (serious). Most eat three meals a day at fixed times. Breakfast is a light meal of bread and coffee. They eat lunch at 1 p.m. and have dinner after 8 p. m.

Most Americans know it is    9    (harm) to their health without eating breakfast. Therefore some take time    10    (prepare) and eat a hot breakfast.     

Others grab a donut (甜甜圈) while rushing out of the door. For lunch, most Americans eat sandwich. They usually have dinner at around 6 p.m.

Chinese female scientist Tu Youyou won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the     1     (discover) of artemisinin, which has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria. It is believed that it saves 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.

Born in Ningbo, China in 1930, Tu Youyou is a     2     (commit) and patient scientist. In 1967, some scientists were chosen to form a team     3     the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria, one of     4     was Tu Youyou. To find a new treatment, Tu and her team looked through many ancient Chinese medical texts and evaluated 280,000 plants before     5     (obtain) the pure substance artemisinin. Inspired by a text from the fourth century, Tu's team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves and used the liquid by boiling fresh wormwood,     6    they didn't work. Tu Youyou realized that the high temperature might have destroyed     7    (it) medical properties. She tried using a lower temperature to draw out the extract. After failing more than 190 times, the team     8    （final) succeeded in finding a substance that worked. After the drug showed promising results, Tu and her team members insisted that the drug should     9    （test) on themselves to make sure that it was safe.

Awarded the Nobel Prize, Tu said, the honor was not just hers but the team's and all the people of her country's. This success is indeed     10     honor for China's scientific research and Chinese medicine.

China sent up its first Mars probe(探测器) Tianwen 1 on Thursday. It is expected     1     (reach) the planet in about seven months. The mission to Mars is much     2     (hard) compared to that to the moon.

China’s Mars mission,     3     (design) for the mapping of key zones of the planet’s surface, indicates the country’s space science and technology     4     (progress) rapidly in the past years. It expresses the determination and perseverance(毅力) of the Chinese nation in looking for     5     (science) truth.

Tianwen 1 has immediately grabbed people’s attention after its launch, and     6     is reported that there’re countless discussions on topics related to spaceflight and the exploration of outer space. People’s     7     (curious) about the unknown and thirst for knowledge are     8     (obvious) aroused whenever the country makes breakthroughs in space exploration. And astronauts, scientists and engineers are becoming role models     9     more and more young people. The “Mars fever” that has been aroused shows people’s desire to know more about space, which requires more innovations(创新) to discover more about the universe     10     we live.

The Lunar New Year     1     (celebrate) by around 1.5 billion people across the world.

Lunar New Year     2     (vary) in different countries, but celebrations usually involve families gathering together for feasts. Schools and     3     (business) shut for a few days as the celebrations take place. Traditional foods include dumplings, rice cakes and noodle soup,    4     are thought to bring happiness and wealth. Spreading good fortune is a major theme, and firecrackers are lit     5     (drive) evil spirits away. Parents and grandparents give children money in envelopes. There are parades (游行) and performances,    6     (include) lion dances and dragon dances. Chinese New Year is the     7     (large) Lunar New Year celebration, and takes place over 15 days, ending in a lantern festival.

The Chinese zodiac (十二宫) is divided     8     12 blocks. Each block lasts a year and is represented by     9     animal. This year is the Year of the Ox. The date for Lunar New Year is worked out through the traditional Chinese Lunar calendar, which is based on the Moon's     10     (move). It depends on the new moon arriving in Asia between January and February.

The Chinese government has worked with space authorities in Russia, the United States and the European Union to advance international cooperation in the applications for its Beidou system,     1     aims to bring more     2     (convenient) to users around the world.

    3     (global), by the end of 2019, Chinese products based on the Beidou system     4     (sell) to more than 120 countries and regions,     5     (play) a helpful role in a number of public sector fields.

He Mu, general manager of Aerospace Great Wall Satellite Navigation Technology, said that his company is     6     cooperation with many nations to localize Beidou-based applications, train local professionals and inject research.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a news conference on Friday in Beijing that Beidou     7     (belong) not only to China,     8     the world, and serves people all over the globe. He said Beidou now has more than 100 million users in about 100 countries and regions.

China is willing     9     (join) hands with other nations in the space field and together share development     10     (benefit), Wang said.

William N. Brown was a young airman in the U.S. Air Force when he first became interested in China. Driven by     1     (curious), William moved with his family to Xiamen in 1988,     2    has greatly impressed him with the changes in the past three decades. It is because of his unique experiences that this book, OFF THE WALL-HOW WE FELL FOR CHINA,    3    (publish). Our editorial team selected     4     (near) 50 of his original letters to family and close friends     5     (write) between 1988 and 2017 for this book. The first time in print, this book served as a unique window     6    (display) the past 40 years’ change     7     not only Xiamen but the whole of China.

In the beginning, William’s father strongly objected his move to China,    8     over time he came to support William’s choice as he read his son’s letters about the sweeping changes in this country. This book by William,    9    (consist) of 3 decades of personal letters, reveals to overseas     10     (reader) both China’s changes and the author’s strong fondness for China and its people.

Reading aloud is a good habit for children. Some parents may ask their children to read aloud at     1     early age, but reading aloud to kids may help them focus better, according to a new study     2     (publish) in the journal Pediatrics. These children are not only better able     3     (sit) still but also better able to get along     4    (good) with their friends and teachers.

The research     5    (do) by a team led by Dr. Alan Mendelsohn of NYU Langone Medical Center. The researchers studied how children's     6     (program) that promote positive parenting activities, such as reading out loud and playing pretence affect children's development.

Researchers performed a test after some children took part     7     their Video Interaction Project from birth to age 3. At every visit, the families in the program were filmed reading or     8     (play) with their children. The film was then reviewed by a coach     9     helped parents learn more about their own powerful role in their children's growth. Results showed that these children could do things more carefully and had     10     (few) attention problems by the time they started school.

When the new school year starts, a lot of Chinese students need     1     (take) the military training course as the first challenge.

This fall semester, the military training course will have new     2     (requirement). According to China Youth Daily, a new syllabus (教学大纲) for the military training course for senior high school students has been released by the Ministry of Education,     3     will be carried out nationwide on Aug. 1.

The course     4     (relate) to military knowledge will be divided into two parts—basic military knowledge and basic military skills. This is the first time the course     5     (adjust) to suit high school students. The course itself will also be more flexible. In     6     (add) to main course, students can choose other areas to focus on. For students who are     7     (particular) interested in military knowledge or a specific skill set, they will have the opportunity to get     8     (far) training.

The military training course will be anywhere from 7 to 14 days long, with a minimum of 56 class hours.     9     the end of the course, students will be given one of     10     following evaluations: excellent, good, pass or fail.