In 2009, Whitacre received a video of a girl     1     was singing one of his works. Inspired by the girl’s video, he also asked his fans to make videos, which he then joined together into one performance. His first virtual choir,“ Lux Aurumque”, had 185 singers from 12 different     2     (country). It has received millions of views on the Internet. Since then, the virtual choir     3     (become) a worldwide phenomenon.

Nowadays, millions of people log onto TikTok (Douyi n in Chinese) to watch     1     is called Mukbang (Chibo in Chinese). It might seem strange, but these videos are surprisingly satisfying to watch. It     2     (allow) people to “eat” with others even though they are at home alone. However, there is a dark side to Mukbang. The way     3     which people eat food in most of these videos isn’t healthy. Some Mukbangers eat too much food and it makes their audience uncomfortable. This could encourage bad habits which might lead to serious eating problems.

Reading is a unique human experience. Just by skimming our eyes over some words, we can     1     (mental) travel across time and space. But reading can also be hard, especially when we’re faced with a difficult text.     2     (make) it an easier and more rewarding experience, you’d better read in print whenever possible. One reason for doing so is that our eyes are     3     (little) likely to skim past printed words than those on screen. Plus,     4     (learn) content on a physical page helps the brain make a men tal map of the information , which in turn makes it easier to remember details in future.

Hunters used dogs to help track and kill pandas in China until the country declared     1     law to protect the species. But dogs are still threatening the safety of this species.

Researchers     2    (begin) their investigation when two captive-born(圈养出生的) pandas, which had been released into Liziping Nature Reserve, were attacked by dogs.

There are dogs in panda reserves because there are villagers     3    (live) near the reserves and people have dogs. An adult panda is quite able to defend     4    (it) against one dog. However,     5     is hard to beat a pack of dogs.

In the study     6    (publish) in Scientific Reports, the researchers found dogs can wander more than 10 kilometers a night, some of     7     even live in the reserves. Earlier research found that pandas need a habitat of     8    (rough) 114 square kilometers to thrive (茁壮成长). Although most of the nature reserves for the pandas are large enough     9    (maintain) their populations, the panda’s territory could become smaller if dogs become part of it.

“The Chinese government has vaccinated(给……接种疫苗) the dogs and helped the villagers either remove the dogs or control them all the time. So things are getting much     10    (good),” James Spotila said.

The Lantern Festival is the first significant festival after Chinese New Year. It falls on the     1     (fifteen) day of the first month of the lunar year.

The main activity during the Lantern Festival is looking at lanterns. Most cities will organize lantern shows     2     the evening of the festival, which add to the festive atmosphere. Guessing riddles is also one of the most popular     3     (activity). Yuanxiao is the special food of the Lantern Festival. The round shape of Yuanxiao symbolizes reunion, harmony,     4     happiness.

The Lantern Festival,     5     (know) as Chinese Valentine’s Day, was especially attractive to the young in the past. In the old days, it was unusual that the girls     6     (allow) to leave their houses, except during the Lantern Festival when they could join the crowds, so the festival became a rare chance     7     only happened once a year for single people to find love while looking at lanterns. Chinese poets     8     (write) a lot of poems about the Lantern Festival since ancient times, which describe happy moments and also the stories of young lovers. However, in most parts of China today, the festival has lost these     9     (origin) meanings.

As a tradition a Chinese festival, now the Lantern Festival is celebrated both in China and abroad,     10     (enjoy) increasing popularity.

High school students and those who help in their education in Cyprus have developed     1     unusual robot. The robot uses ChatGPT artificial intelligence, or AI, technology. ChatGPT is a system     2     (develop) by U. S, company Open AI and backed by the technology company Microsoft. The aim of the students is to use the technology     3     (improve) learning experiences in the classroom.

ChatGPT is an AI system that can have a     4     （discuss）and create written work. It can create material     5     is based on what it has learned from a large database of digital books, online writings, and other media. The robot is     6     (name) AInstein. It is the size of a small adult. The robot even has a screen for a face that appears to show human expressions.

Tutor Elpidoforos Anastasiou is the project's leader. He said that students can ask it questions, it can answer back, and the robot can even help teachers teach more     7     (effective).

Anastasiou showed how AI can be fitted to the classroom with AInstein     8     (show) how part of Albert Einstein's theory of time relativity can     9     (explain) by talking about a moving object called a pendulum（钟摆）.

Their experience with AInstein shows that we should not fear AI, but rather approach it     10     care and responsible consideration. "