In the popular film Full River Red, a score (配乐)     1    (combine) Yuju Opera and electronic and rock’ n’ roll music, created     2     exciting atmosphere, sparking young Chinese moviegoers’ interest in this traditional opera style.

In the past few years, novel ways to popularize traditional operas     3     (adopt), such as through TV dramas, New Year galas (春节联欢晚会) and outdoor stages thanks     4     digital technology. Besides this, traditional opera elements have also been used in popular art forms. Some tunes from traditional operas have become hits at home and abroad after making     5     (they) way to audio and video platforms.

In this age of information and cultural     6     (diverse), high efficiency and rapid pace drive people, especially the young,     7     (have) a “fast food” type of lifestyle. So the slow pace and long notes of traditional operas do not fit their entertainment tastes. Therefore, it is necessary to get more youths     8     (involve) in traditional operas so that they can become interested in them and help them to be passed down.

Many     9     (innovate) methods have shown young people that traditional operas are not “old-fashioned” or “out of date”,     10     are actually treasures of Chinese culture that can be appreciated today through modern technology.

When Polly left home that morning, the city was already covered in grey mist. After work, Polly tried     1     (take) her usual bus home before the fog got too thick, but the bus conductor told her to take the Underground to Green Park and find a taxi there. On the train, as Polly observed the passengers, she had a feeling that she was being watched by a tall man     2     wore a dark overcoat. While the rest of the passengers were getting out, she glanced     3     the faces around her. The tall man was nowhere to be     4    (see). When Polly got to the station entrance, it was empty. The fog lay like a thick grey cloud. There was no one in sight.     5    (sudden), Polly heard the sound of     6     (footstep), her heart     7     (beat) with fear, but she decided to accept his help. The man took Polly’s hand and led her to her house. In his other hand the man carried     8     stick. What a surprise when the man told Polly he was blind! She wanted to invite him to her home to rest for a while, but the man left quickly. He wanted to pay back the help that people gave     9    (he) when it was     10     (sun).

In today’s Science class, we learnt that human beings have five senses. Our teacher, Mr. Smith, asked us to find out    1    plants have senses, too. After some research, I found that,     2    (like) human, plants have only one or two senses.

Some plants can see the light from the sun, and grow towards    3    . What is    4    (amaze) is that plants    5    like eating small insects can sense the soft touches of the insects on their leaves. After they sense the insects, they move their    6    (leaf) all of a sudden to catch them. It has also been discovered that some plants can feel whether the animals around them want to hurt them or not. No one really knows how the plants can do this. The results of a recent experiment    7    (carry) out by some Italian and German scientists are amazing.

It    8    (observe) that when some plants sense dangerous insects, they give    9    a kind of smell for protection—the smell can attract other insects in the distance which can kill the dangerous ones.

I never    10    (know) plants were so clever.

Today Li Hai and I have     1     fantastic time. We went to watch the big match between England and Germany. We were very     2     (luck) to get tickets and to see the two teams play before they return to Europe for the World Cup.

We were very     3    (excite) the whole day, up until the start of the match at 8 p.m. We all     4    (cheer) when we saw the two teams     5    (come) into the stadium. The match was great and we saw some of the best European football     6    (player) scoring fantastic goals. It was like a dream! We     7    (pay) 500 yuan for each ticket, and they were worth paying so much for. It was a great match, and Li Hai and I were at city Stadium to see it!

Next we’re looking forward     8     hearing about the World Cup. China     9     (be) in Group four and we want to see     10     team they will play against.

One of the most common emotions we all feel while pursuing a goal is frustration. How do you deal     1     frustration? Before I get into that, let me make sure we are on the same page in terms of the definition.

Frustration is     2     (simple) a feeling of being stuck or overwhelmed. Either way, it’s a situation     3     makes us feel like we don’t have enough resources to move forward. What causes this feeling     4     (be) that things don’t work out as we planned. So how should we deal with frustration?

We deal with it by picking our battles. If the thing     5     (cause) you to feel frustrated is something you can’t change, you should focus on something else. Besides focusing on what you can change, you need to slow down and break everything into bit sized pieces. In other     6     (word), take the issue, figure out what’s the main reason it didn’t work out as you planned     7     focus on fixing the outcome by taking action on things you can control.

By taking these two simple steps, you can save     8     (you) a lot of energy on things you have no control over. When you pursue any goal, you will surely hit some road blocks. When this     9     (happen), it will be frustrating, but if you focus on solving the issue and getting past the setback, you will be one step     10     (close) to achieving your goal.

A new study published by The Royal Society has shed light on the incredible memories of pigeons (鸽子).　The study has found they can use     1     (landmark) to remember past routes even up to four years after the original journey.

Data for the study comes from a 2016 experiment     2     the birds attempted to navigate their way home from     3     farm 8.6 kilometres away.When     4     (return) to the same location in 2019 and 2020, the birds were able to recreate their journeys with impressive     5     (accurate). “It was as if the last time they     6     (fly) there was just the day before, not four years ago,” said University of Oxford zoologist and study co-author Julien Collet.

Commenting     7     how impressive the pigeons’ memory skills are, University of Oxford zoologist Dora Biro, who was involved in the study, said, “It’s rare that there is a gap of several years between when the animal stores the information and when it     8     (require) to get it back later.”

These animals have long had a connection with people, being the world’s first domesticated (家养的) bird.     9     (they) keen ability to remember flight paths led people to use them to carry important messages     10     (quick) over long distances.

When was the last time you visited a museum in which almost every collection could be touched? American lawyer Mitch Dudek built a private museum       1     visitors can have direct contact with all the exhibits on display in the ancient city of Suzhou.

The museum     2     (name)Six Arts because it is about the six senses and stimulating all of your senses. You can touch things. You can smell things. It's different from other museums. Founded in 2018, the four-storey museum now     3    (house)more than 40,000 Chinese antiques dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties(1368-1911)，with another 60,000 items     4     (store)in warehouses(仓库).

Having never seen or used such items in his own country, Dudek is filled       5    strong admiration of the delicate designs and complicated carvings of these old items. “I think they are just beautiful, and I should collect them,” said Dudek,     6     (add) that these items may be ignored once       7     (random) packed in the warehouses, but they could shine again through restoration.

“As more and more Chinese understand and offer me some of their old     8    (belong),collections in the museum have become more varied and abundant. Now I plan to invite scholars and craftsmen to discover more     9    (culture)and historical stories behind them," he said.

“The collections not only help revisit old times but also present     10     sense of beauty,” said Xu Yun, a visitor from Shanghai.

Everyone has a sense of humor, but it’s pretty evident that not everybody has a good sense of it. Psychologists are divided on     1     humor is inborn or learnable. However, there is one thing that     2     (accept) universally so far — the sense of humor is uniquely human. It is associated with laughter and laughter is associated with happiness and courage. These are qualities     3     (share) with other forms of life. But if happiness is one of the goals     4     (chase) in life, then it is the sense of humor that provides the key.

Xu Mengtao, the flag-bearer for the Chinese delegation at the closing ceremony of 2022 Winter Olympics, has got multiple world championships. But her road     1     glory was not smooth, since it was accompanied by many injuries. It was her passion for sports, her persistence and determination that helped her continue and she finally     2     (win) the gold medal at her fourth Olympics. Her success goes beyond sports as it motivates both athletes and ordinary people in     3     (they) pursuit of dreams.

Based on AR and VR, the metaverse aims to bring people closer together in an online setting, enabling them to be connected in ways they couldn’t be before. Imagine     1     (attend) a meeting from the comfort of your couch, where you don’t dress up, but your avatar does. You’re seated at a virtual table with other people     2     reactions and body language can be judged just as well as they would be in real life. A metaverse could very likely bring these     3     (imagine) to reality, and soon.