When Beethoven was only four, his father decided to make him a musician. Beethoven was made to practice     1     (play) different musical instruments hour after hour. Whenever he did not put his heart into his practice, his father would be strict     2     him.

    3     (fortune), the boy loved music very much and learnt so fast that he was able to go around and give     4     (concert) when he was only 11. When he was 17, he received high praise from Mozart,     5     great Austrian composer. A few years later, Beethoven went to Vienna     6     ( study) under Haydn, another great Austrian composer. Then he     7     (write) a great deal of music, even at his most difficult time. But after one illness, he suddenly found     8     (him) deaf at the age of 31.

However, this didn’t stop Beethoven. During his life, he composed about 30 pieces of music. It is     9     (amaze) that he wrote some of his best pieces after he became deaf, many of     10     are well known and loved all over the world.

Chinese Olympic champion Sun Yang was     1    (initial) cleared of wrongdoing by FINA,   the swimming federation(联盟), in January 2019. Following an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency(WADA) to the Court of Arbitration for Sport(CAS), the decision has     2    (turn) over. An eight-year ban was given on Sun because this was his second     3    (offend). Sun told China’s Xinhua news agency that he planned to appeal     4     the decision. He said, “This is     5    (fair). I firmly believe in my innocence.” CAS said its decision can be challenged before the Swiss Federal Tribunal within 30     6    (day). Sun told an appeal hearing in November that he missed a test because testers failed     7    (prove) their identity when they arrived at this home. He also denied that a vial(小瓶)     8    (contain) his blood samples was smashed(砸碎) by him with     9    hammer. The three-time Olympic gold medallist is set to appeal his ban until February 2028,     10    if upheld, effectively ends his swimming career.

Looking out of the window of his Ford truck, Bob Fitzgerald sees large, undesirable plants growing in the fields.    1    (visitor) to his neighborhood in Princess Anne, Maryland     2    (main) see dying forests and empty farmland.

Fitzgerald says the land    3    (be) in his family for over 3 centuries. “I’d say in the next 20 years. You’re going to lose    4    very high percentage of that land.”

The land around the Chesapeake Bay has been sinking for hundreds of years. But   climate change is making things    5    (bad). As sea level rises, salt water is entering rivers and other waterways. As a result, the ground is becoming too salty for crops    6    (grow) on.

Maryland’s Eastern Shore is home to some of the oldest farms in North America. Fitzgerald says he has seen big changes during his life.

“You just can’t believe    7    it’s been taking things over in the last 15 or 20 years. I can show you land around here that people raised tomatoes on when I was a little boy. And now it’s gone.”

Around the world, scientists warn that coastal farms are   under    8    (threaten)   from rising seas and salt water. A World Bank report estimates rice production in coastal areas of Bangladesh may fall    9    15 percent by the year 2050. Another study found hundreds of millions of people will    10    (force) to move inland because of rising waters.

Jingdezhen porcelain(瓷器)is Chinese porcelain produced in or near Jingdezhen in southern China. Jingdezhen has produced porcelain     1     (century)ago. And the town     2    was named Jingdezhen by Emperor Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty became a major kiln(窑)site around 1004.During the period, the     3    (produce)of porcelain in this area first became     4    (know).By the 14th century it had become the largest centre of producing Chinese porcelain, which remained in the following times. In the Ming Dynasty, official kilns in Jingdezhen     5    (control)by the emperor, making quality porcelain in large quantities for the emperor to give abroad as gifts. As a result, the town was     6    (close)linked to the world.

Although being a remote town in a hilly area, Jingdezhen is near the quality porcelain stone and forests which can provide plenty of wood for the kilns. It also has     7    river flowing from north to south,     8    (benefit)the transport of the fragile objects.

Jingdezhen has produced a great variety of     9     (value) porcelain. As a result, the town is famous     10     the “Porcelain Capital”. One type of its well-known high quality porcelain object is the blue and white porcelain from the 1330s.

Eliud Kipchoge has become the first athlete    1     (run) a marathon in less than two hours,     2     (beat) the record by 20 seconds. The Kenyan,34, covered the 26.2 miles in one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds in the Ineos 1:59 Challenge in Vienna, Austria    3     12 October. It will not    4     (recognize) as the official marathon world record because it was not in an open     5     (compete) and he used a team of 42 pacemakers (领跑员). “This shows no one is limited,” said Kipchoge. “Now I’ve done it, and I am expecting     6     (many) people to do it after me.” Knowing he was about to make history, the pacemakers dropped back to let Kipchoge pass the line alone. The four-time London Marathon winner     7     (hug) his wife Grace, grabbed     8     Kenyan flag and was surrounded by his pacemakers, including many of the world’s best middle and long-distance runners. Kipchoge’s coaches delivered him water and energy food by bike, while    9     (normal) the athletes are only permitted to pick refreshments up from a table in official marathons. These aids are not allowed under the rules of the IAAF(国 际田联),     10     is why it will not recognize this achievement as the official marathon world record.

English playwright Arthur Wing Pinero said, “Where there’s tea, there’s hope.” Similarly in China, it is said     1    firewood, rice, cooking oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are the seven necessary    2    (item) to begin a day. Tea is, without doubt, welcomed all over the world. Tea is much more than just a hot drink. It’s a big part of many cultures around the world. People in China use top-grade tea    3    (show) respect when receiving important guests. Meanwhile,    4    British tradition of afternoon tea is an important part of that country’s identity. As an    5    (express) of Moroccan hospitality and tradition, mint tea – a mix of green tea, spearmint (绿薄荷) leaves and sugar –    6    (serve) during gatherings and negotiations. Apart from its    7     (culture) significance, tea is also a medicine,     8     (use) from ancient times to modern day. “Tea is cold and lowers the fire,” Chinese herbalist Li Shizhen once    9    (say). The health benefits of tea are still being discovered today: preventing heart disease, obesity and cancer have all been linked     10    drinking green tea.

Many of us have eaten mooncakes, the food of the Mid-Autumn Festival. This September, Chinese people will be able to enjoy a new kind of mooncakes. What makes the traditional mooncakes special is the stuffing inside-fake meat. These mooncakes were developed by    1    Chinese food company in cooperation with Beijing Technology and Business University.

There are two kinds of fake meat: one is made    2    (main) from plant protein; the other is real meat    3    (grow) from animal stem cell. The fake meat inside these moon cakes belongs to the first type. It’s a good news for those who want    4    (eat) healthy.

So far, the new moon cakes    5    (receive) positive feedback from the fore tasters. “A lot of people couldn’t tell them    6    .” Liu Zhongming,    7    is the company’s founder, told Chongqing Morning Post.

Fake meat is very popular in the world of food science. In January, U. S. fast food chain Burger King,    8    (own) more than 7,000 restaurants across the U. S., began to sell a burger made of fake meat. The    9    (popular) of fake meat is partly because it's more environmentally    10    (friend) than real meat.

China launched a new project in Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Tuesday to help the South Pacific nation further promote its    1     (agriculture)conditions. A new demonstration (示范) base will     2    (establish) in the capital city to help promote the output of upland rice and a type of grass called "Juncao",     3    can be used to feed cows and sheep. Juncao technology was first introduced into PNG    4    China in 1997. In 1998, a team established the first base. In 2018, the two sides    5    (sign) a new deal to further deepen their cooperation in Juncao and upland rice planting.

"The Juncao technology was invented    6    (help)China's rural areas to shake off poverty. It could adapt to the earth and climate conditions in PNG and is suitable for local market."    7    officer called Lin said. He added that the new demonstration base would help the local industry achieve better    8    (develop).

According to him, the new project     9     (expect)to help locals greatly to achieve a goal of    10    (get) food output of about 3,000 tons, which will help solve the food problem of over 10,000 people.

The 850-year-old France’s Notre-Dame cathedral(巴黎圣母院), which     1     (damage) in April after a big fire, was     2     most visited historic monument in Europe. Since the fire, Chinese and French authorities have been     3     touch with each other about cooperation on repairing     4    . “China has a great deal of experience in restoring ancient buildings     5     (affect) by fire, especially the ones made of wood,” said Chai Xiaoming, director of the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage, in an interview with state-run China Daily. “This     6     (mean) we could offer suggestions on how     7     (carry) out the restoration of the roof on Notre Dame Cathedral,” he said. It was reported     8     the two countries had signed a document during President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Beijing. China and France will     9     (effective) cooperate on the theme and select Chinese expert     10     (candidate) for the cooperative restoration work in 2020.