In the age of the smart phone, there seems no reason to ask questions about: the weather forecast, a business’s phone number or directions, which can all be    1     (easy) found on Google, but very often people actually ask these things by    2     (make) a call. Your answer may be replied to with a thank-you e-mail.

This isn’t the first time that great changes     3     (take) place in our manners due to technology. In    4    late 1870s, when the telephone     5     (invent), people didn’t know how     6     (greet) a caller. Often there is just     7     (silent). Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested that people     8     (say) “Ahoy”, but finally “Hello” went out, the greeting used in everyday face-to-face communications now.

Try to be respectful no matter     9    you communicate with. Just keep    10    mind that politeness never goes out of fashion.

Jiuzhaigou Valley, literally “Nine Village Valley” in Chinese, gets its name from the 9 Tibetan villages along the 50km-plus valley. Situated in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, it is well-known     1     its greenish-blue lakes, beautiful waterfalls, colorful forests, snow-capped peaks     2     the local Tibetan ethnic culture.

Jiuzhaigou got     3     (it) name because there are nine Tibetan villages in the valley. For centuries Tibetan people have lived in the region, but it was not officially discovered by the government until 1972. It     4     (declare) a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.

The valley is a     5     (nature) habitat for two of China’s most endangered species—the giant panda and the Sichuan takin (羚牛). You are likely to see other     6     (creature) including birds, insects and fish.

Over 80 percent of the scenic area is covered by forests. In the lower regions, there are plenty of grasses and reeds. These are quickly replaced by bamboo forests,     7     in turn give way to conifers (针叶树) at the upper regions. Beyond them, snow-capped peaks of the Minshan Mountains are also very     8     (attract).

The most comfortable climate     9     (visit) Jiuzhaigou is in July. Umbrellas and wet weather clothing, as well as sun protection cream and hats are     10     (high) recommended as the weather is often changing.

China has once again proved its ability     1     (change) the world with the “new four great inventions”: high—speed railways, electronic payments, shared bicycles and online shopping. They’re related to China’s high—tech innovation (创新),     2     has improved the quality of people’s lives, according     3     a survey made by the Belt and Road Research Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University.

“My wallet is no longer in use. I can buy and eat whatever I want simply with a fingertip on my phone,” said     4     university student, adding that “even pancake sellers are using mobile payment”.

The bikes     5     (them) are not new, but the operating model of bike—sharing     6     (base) on satellite navigation system(卫星导航系统), mobile payment, big data and other high technologies.

China has entered a new innovative era, thanks to the large amounts of capital, China has invested in encouraging innovation, said Bernhard Schwartlander, WHO Representative in China.

It is increasingly clear that China is innovating and no longer copying Western     7     (idea). This is     8     (especial) true in mobile, where China is leading in many ways such as social messaging app WeChat, she said. As for the reason, this is partly     9     China skipped over the PC era and went directly to mobile. China has a     10     (large) mobile use than any other country in the world.

When it seemed that social networks could no longer surprise us, China gave birth to    1    new application, Tik Tok. It is a social network in    2    you can create and share fun music videos with your friends and followers.

Tik Tok    3     (release) in September 2016 by Jinri Toutiao. With people of all ages loving it in 2019, the short-form video app is becoming    4     (rapid) popular around the country.

In order to use the application, we will need to create a user account, a process that will only take a few    5     (second). On Tik Tok the key is the music videos. When    6     (create) your music videos, you will be able to choose from hundreds of songs.     7    addition to being able to choose the most popular songs of the moment, users have a simple video editor to make their videos more    8     (surprise). Tik Tok aims to provide video editing service for mobile users, so all operations on this app are easy and clear    9     (master).

Creating videos with Tik Tok    10     (be) fun.Besides, we can “like” any other users’ video, leave comments, share it with friends, and so on.

When Coca-Cola was first brought to China in 1928, it was hard for the company    1     (translate)its name. After    2    (think) and discussing for years, they decided on using the“可口可乐”，    3     means “ tasty and fun”. Today the English name “Coke” is    4    (accept) by 94 percent of the world's population. The big success of Coca-Cola is due    5    the taste of the drink as well as its advertisements. Coca-Cola was    6    first company to have ads on Chinese TV. In the beginning, its ads were    7    (usual) about American culture. As time goes by, many Chinese pop    8     (star) have been appearing in Coke's ads. Thanks to    9    (they) help, the sales of the product become     10    (good) than ever.