On the evening of September1, 2020, “First Class for the New Term”     1     (broadcast) on CCTV-1. This year’s “First Class for the New Term” takes “strong youth, strong China” as the theme, and focuses on the three chapters of “    2     (responsible), unity and science” through many important guests including Zhong Nanshan, Zhang Boli, Zhang Dingyu, Chen Wei and Xie Jun.

The post-90s     3     the national medical team of Peking University in Hubei Province came to the stage of “First Class for the New Term”. They told their stories of fighting the COVID- 19 through pictures, and showed the responsibilities of the young generation. Young people are strong, and China is strong. They proved     4     (they) responsibility with action.

Zhang Dingyu, the president of Jinyintan hospital in Wuhan, with ALS (渐冻人症), came to the stage . He has become a hero for many people over the past months. Without time     5     (care) about his illness, he saved hundreds of COVID- 19 patients. He felt that a person’s strength is small, but the strength of unity is huge,     6     can be gathered into great energy and confidence.

Zhang Wenhong, the director of Huashan Hospital, gave     7     interesting science lesson to the students. He sent ten “children’s health treasure book” for everyone. One of the most important and     8     (close) to students is that healthy growth is more important than achievement. He also said that as long as we     9     (real) know the information of the virus well, the virus will no longer be so terrible. This is the power of science.

The stories of these     10     (speaker) were so touching that the pupils’ eyes were red. Audience also said that they cried and praised the speakers as “heroes” and “backbone (脊梁) of the nation”

In a first of     1     (it) kind in China, Shenzhen, a city that pioneered reform and opening-up in China, will allow fully autonomous vehicles     2     (run) on roads in certain areas without human control equipment.     3     city in Guangdong province revealed a new regulation tailored for smart connected vehicle management in China, which is scheduled to come into force on August 1.

The new regulation, which is set to fill the legal gap for domestic intelligent connected vehicles, said automakers don’t     4     (necessary) have to equip fully autonomous vehicles with manual driving mode and corresponding (相应的) devices, and nor do they have to have human drivers.

But such fully autonomous vehicles can only drive on certain roads and sections     5     (select) by Shenzhen’s traffic management department, according to the regulation, which was published on the official website of Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress.

The regulation classified autonomous vehicles     6     three types: conditionally autonomous driving, highly autonomous driving, and fully autonomous driving. Conditionally autonomous and highly autonomous vehicles must have manual driving modes and corresponding devices, and     7     (equip) with drivers.

Meanwhile, the regulation     8     (clarify) rules for responsibilities and auto insurance coverage in the event of car accidents     9     involve autonomous driving, which is expected to promote the fast     10     (develop) of self-driving vehicles.

Originally known as the Imperial University of Peking, Peking University was established in 1898. The     1     (establish) of the university marked the beginning of higher education in China’s modern history. In modern history of China, it was a center for progressive thought and was influential in the birth of the New Culture Movement, May Fourth Movement and many other     2     (significance) events.

Today, Peking University     3     (place) by many domestic university rankings among the top universities in China. Peking University is one of the best academic     4     (institution) in China and the world. The university lays emphasis     5     both teaching and scientific research. It has made great efforts     6     (improve) the undergraduate and graduate education, and maintain its role as a leading research institution,     7     makes it attractive to many students home and abroad. Peking University has educated many famous Chinese figures, such as Zhong Nanshan and Tu Youyou. Peking University was ranked     8     (sixteen) globally by Times Higher Education in 2021.

Peking University’s library is one of the largest libraries in the world,     9     (contain) over 8 million volumes. In addition, the university is especially famous for its campus environment     10     the beauty of its traditional Chinese architecture.

Our wedding was unconventional and it was exactly what Matt and I wanted. We both had failed marriages in the past, so we planned to do something different this time     1     (express) our desire that this one     2     (last); a sunrise ceremony on the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan. We even wrote our vows and     3     (person) information and put them in a bottle. To share our love with the world, we threw the bottle into     4     lake. “It will be     5     (high) interesting to find out where it ends up,” I told Matt.

Since we held this special ceremony, Matt and I had managed to stay together happily. But years later, I began to have a little     6     (anxious) and doubt about our marriage.

One day, Matt went to the mailbox and took out the mail. There was a letter     7     (write) to us. He carried the mail inside, sat down at the kitchen table     8     the letter and opened it. It turned out that our bottle     9     (find) by a couple,     10     were also married on the Wisconsin shore on August 18 twenty. Eight years ago. When we read it in disbelief, my negative thoughts about our marriage somehow disappeared.

Nowadays, Chinese people     1    （impress）by the progress of our country, which is extremely exciting. We     2    （make）great progress in science and technology in the past decades, especially the progress in space exploration. We conquered the space, and the conquest represents a visible proof of our nation’s     3    （strong）.

The advances in space technology will be     4    （benefit）to us in the long run. Thanks to communication satellites, we can see television pictures transmitted（传送）across the globe, and we can communicate with our friends and business partners     5     are far away from us. Without exploring the space, we could never figure out its mysteries（奥秘）or broaden our horizons far beyond the boundary of     6     planet Earth.

Besides, what distinguishes us from animals     7    （be）that we know we need to explore. Actually, the space technology is not only the search     8     knowledge but also a mirror of the development of our nation. We will become proud of our motherland, We will devote ourselves to     9    （develop）our country.

China is growing stronger and stronger, and it will never fall behind in the progress of science and technology. We are looking forward to new     10    （breakthrough）, and we believe they will come up in the near future.

In recent decades, exploring Mars     1    (be) the top agenda for several countries.     2     latest news reveals an exciting fact: China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft has landed on a site on a vast plain known as Utopia Planitia,     3    (leave) a Chinese footprint on Mars for the first time.

The Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) launched the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars in July, 2020, which carried a golf-cart-sized rover(漫游车)called Zhurong, a lander, and an orbiter to Mars in an attempt     4    (explore) it. Today, it's reported that the rover has landed on the Red Planet, which is an     5    (excite) for Chinese people. The Zhurong rover, which is named     6     an ancient fire god in Chinese mythology(神话), will begin a mission by first imaging and self-inspecting     7    (it) parts before rolling out onto the alien planet, Once deployed(部署), the rover     8    (expect) to spend around 90 days (around 93 Earth days). Going into the details, the rover packs six wheels and is     9    (rough) the size of NASA's twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. The primary mission of the Zhurong rover is to study and understand the planet's composition and looks for signs of water and ice. The rover is carrying scientific instruments     10     include two panoramic cameras, ground-penetrating radar, and a magnetic field detector, all of which will help to study the climate and weather on Mars.

A drama series named "Medal of the Republic" has aroused    1    (enthusiasm) discussion on Chinese social media. The series tells heart-warming stories about the first group of eight recipients of the Medal of the Republic, the country's    2    (high) honor for those who have made great contributions     3     the development of the People's Republic of China.

According to the series' chief director Zheng Xiaolong,    4    (compare) to most biopic(传记片) productions that tend to document the whole life of the featured individual, this series focuses    5    (specific) on the individuals' most shining moments.

The episode(集) on Li Yannian(李延年), a soldier of Chinese People's Volunteer Army, focuses on the battlefield during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. With his     6    (brave) and wisdom, Li and his fellow soldiers retook a strategic highland and fulfilled their mission.

In the episode on nuclear physicist Yu Min(于敏),     7     is regarded as the "father of China's hydrogen bomb," viewers can see how he overcamedifficulties     8     made breakthroughs in hydrogen bomb research after several months of undertaking complex calculations.

In the episode on Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyou(屠呦呦), you learn about her efforts to develop a medicine which    9    (use) to treat malaria(疟疾). Her breakthrough has saved millions of lives, especially in developing    10    (country).