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”

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.

Most people drink tea in the world. But tea does not mean    1    same thing to different people. In different countries, people have different ideas about    2    (drink) tea.

In China, for example, tea    3    (serve) usually when people get together. Chinese people drink it    4    home or in tea houses anytime of the day. They often use hot water to boil tea    5    (leaf).

Tea is also important in other    6    (Asia) countries. People in these countries have a special way of serving tea. They hold a tea ceremony in their houses when important guests come. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in their houses.

In the United States, people usually drink tea at breakfast    7    they drink it after meals. Americans usually use tea bags    8    (make) tea. This way is faster and    9    (easy) than the way of making tea in teapots. In summer, most Americans drink    10    (ice)tea. They like to put some ice in their tea.

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.

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the     1    (important) traditional festivals in China. Many Chinese people have continued the custom of the dragon boat race for the festival. Those people decorate the boats to resemble a dragon. Craftsmen exercise their skills to     2     full with their carving and painting to decorate each boat.

According to legend, the race became the custom after the rescue of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan in the Warring States Period (475 BC~221 BC). As far back as the Sui Dynasty, the Emperor Yang sailed in a large-scale dragon boat with the height of 15 meters (49 feet) and the     3    (long) of 67 meters (220 feet),     4     contained halls and 120 cabins. It is recorded that there     5    (be) nine boats in use at that time, each three storeys high.

In competitions, the dragon boat race often appears as a group activity. Nowadays the boat is     6    (usual) around 20 meters (66 feet) long and 1 meter (3.3 feet) wide. A participating team consists     7     oarsmen (划桨者) or oarswomen, a coxswain (舵手), a gong beater and a drummer. The oarsmen will row,     8    (follow) the rhythmical drumbeats.

    9    (encourage) the development of the special sport, various meetings are arranged. China’s National Games of Minority Nationality’s Traditional Sports is one example and it     10    (hold) every four years.

The 2022 Winter Paralympics mascot (冬残奥会吉祥物) Shuey Rhon Rhon has won global recognition since it made its first public     1     (appear). In an art studio led by Guo Chunfang among a group of artists from Jilin University of Arts in northeast China’s Jilin Province, the lovely mascot went through a designing process of 32 versions in more than 300 days.

Shuey Rhon Rhon features the shape of a traditional Chinese lantern, and symbolizes the spirit of hospitality (热情好客) and peace, as the first “Rhon” in Chinese means “to include”, and the second means “to melt, to warm”. In ancient times, lanterns     2     (use) for lighting in China. The joyful-looking mascot sends a     3     (hope) message to the world and symbolizes the fighting spirit of the disabled athletes     4     casts light on humanity. Shuey, meaning snow, suggests promising harvest seasons, while the Ruyi pattern on top     5     (carry) the meaning of happiness.

“One major task was to bring     6     unique lantern to life, as most Olympic and Paralympic mascots were based     7     animal figures, not objects.” Guo said. “It was the     8     (tough) and most confusing task in the designing process.”

The artists decided     9     (decorate) it with paper cutting of pigeons (鸽子) after experimenting with other animal figures, and then realized that the shapes of two pigeon tails could outline a famous landmark of Beijing, the Temple of Heaven, thus     10     (add) more cultural and historical characteristics of the host city to the design.

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).