There is a saying that when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. But what if you are in     1     town on the French Riviera and life gives you extraordinarily delicious lemons? You sell them at high prices, of course! Then you have a big festival. Well, that’s     2     the city of Menton does anyway.

During this celebration, there are parades of floats, interspersed (点缀) with marching bands and costumed     3     (entertainer), just like any other carnival parade. But there’s one big     4     (different) — all of the floats     5     (make) of lemons and oranges. It’s an all-natural and refreshing change. But the real show-stopper is the exhibition of huge fruit sculptures in the Biovès Gardens. Some of these figures can be up to 10 metres tall.

First held in Menton, France in 1934, the festival is held every year     6     (celebrate) the coming of spring. It is spread over a couple of weeks,     7     (typical) near the end of February. During the festival, about 300 designers and builders spend several weeks     8     (create) structures with lemons and oranges     9     (base) on a particular theme. For example, this year all these structures are related     10     “Operas and Dances”.

Every morning, millions of people in China do Tai Chi. It is popular    1    women and men. Tai Chi is    2     good kind of exercise for old people. It is good for the body and the mind. It is healthy and    3     (relax). Tai Chi    4    ( arise) from China. It is    5     (hundred) of years old. Tai Chi is a “soft” martial art (武术),    6     means it is slow and calm.

There are also “hard” martial arts. Shaolin Kung Fu, for example, which has a history of over 1, 500 years, is a “hard” martial art. It is fast and    7    (danger). You have to be very fit and strong    8    (do) “hard” martial arts.

In Beijing, Master Li Yu    9     (teach) Shaolin Kung Fu to thirty young students now, three of whom come from abroad. “Shaolin Kung Fu is    10     (extraordinary) difficult,” said Li Yu. “You must practise every move many times. ”

Sports like football and basketball are also popular in China. But martial arts like Tai Chi and Shaolin Kung Fu are part of Chinese culture and history.

During COVID-19 lockdown, my husband, Peter and I needed something     1     (brighten) up our day. Peter found some flower pots,     2     (hope) flowers would attract some birds.

At a flower shop, I saw lavender flowers (薰衣草花) matched beautifully with some yellow flowers. The saleswoman said,” Hummingbirds (蜂鸟) love those flowers.” I liked the idea of small     3     (visitor) flying around flowers, so we brought both flowers home and put them on     4     balcony.

Every day, we’d look out onto the balcony and enjoy the vivid     5     (arrange). The best part was the hummingbirds’ showing up. They brought joy that we     6     (great) needed. Being apart     7     family, I was concerned about     8     would happen if we were infected with the virus.

One morning, I noticed that a hummingbird’s tiny head     9     (stick) between two boards and another was trying to free it by pulling its tail. I ran to fetch Peter, but when we returned, the birds were     10     (go)! I let out a sigh of relief, recalling the saying “He who endures (忍耐) to the end shall be saved.” Those hummingbirds didn’t give up. Why should I?

Your food is at its best when it’s on your plate, ready     1     (enjoy). It’s perfect in your fridge, ready to be used, or stored in the freezer for another time. It’s at its     2     (bad) when it’s in your bin.

Saving food     3     (mean) saving money, but look at the bigger picture, too.     4     (reduce) food waste is good for the planet, as it helps slow down     5     (globe) warming. By using up every edible bit of your food, you’re doing your bit to look after the environment.

The average family of four can save just over £60 per month by reducing their food waste.     6     you’re doing the food shop or ordering a meal at a restaurant, every     7     (decide) is an opportunity to save food from the bin. If you don’t want a side salad, ask for your meal     8     it. If you won’t make good use of the extra portion, don’t be tempted by it. And if you can’t finish your main, ask for a doggy bag! Food is made to be loved, so that’s     9     we should do.

We believe that every person has a part     10     (play) in reducing food waste and looking after the planet. The time is now, and the answer is simple: love food, hate waste.

An Oklahoma boy, 11, saved a woman from a house fire on     1     same day he saved a classmate’s life.

Davyon Johnson     2    (perform) the Heimlich manoeuvre (海姆立克急救法) on a classmate choking on a water bottle cap on December 9. He said he learned the Heimlich manoeuvre from watching YouTube videos. “Just     3     case you’re in the situation I was in, you can know     4     you will do,” he said.

He also helped rescue a woman     5    (use) a walker to escape from a house fire that day. “I thought, ‘Oh, she’s not moving fast enough.’ So, I ran across the street and helped her to her truck. It was a disabled lady and she was walking out of her house,” Johnson said. “I thought, being one of the good     6    (citizen), I would help her get into her truck and leave.”

The president of Johnson’s school called     7    (he) a “great hero” and a “kind soul”. “He says that he wants to be an EMT (emergency medical technician). So, he got to put that wish into     8    (act),” he said.

The honour of becoming an honorary citizen made Johnson feel     9    (excite) and good. His mother, LaToya Johnson, said she was not surprised that her son made efforts     10     (save) others. “I’m just a proud mom”.

Lying in the west of Henan Province, the northwest of Dengfeng City, Mount Song is one of the Five Famous Mountains in China, and it is also called as Zhongyue, which     1    (mean) middle mountain (among the five mountains). Covering an area of 450 km², Mount Song consists     2     two mountains — Taishi Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain. The two mountains have 72 peaks in total, and the     3    (low) one is 320 m in altitude, while the highest one is 1512 m in altitude. It sits next to the ancient capital Luoyang,     4     is an important barrier for Luoyang in ancient time.

    5    (root) in deep culture background, Mount Song is also the birthplace of Zen Buddhism in China. There     6    (be) three scenic areas in Mount Song: Shaolin Temple Scenic Area, Zhongyue Scenic Area and Songyang Scenic Area. These three scenic areas cover all attractive     7    (attract) in Mount Song, including the birthplace of Zen Buddhism —Shaolin Temple,     8     largest pagoda (佛塔) groups in China, Pagoda Forest, the highest and oldest cypress, the     9     (exist) oldest astronomical observatory, Zhongyue Temple     10    (build) in Qin Dynasty, etc.

Why does one person get selected for a promotion while others with equal skills, education and experience get passed over? In my opinion, a person’s proven willingness to behave     1     (responsible) is one of the major     2     (reason). In fact, responsibility influences how the leader behaves with subordinates, and it also influences the relationship with an immediate boss and with other departments in the organization. Much management     3     (guide) surprisingly overlooks this characteristic, yet it     4     (explain) many successes and failures, as well as a large portion of promotional decisions.

More than 40 years ago, Dale Miller conducted     5     examination on the promotion of his managers. Each manager received a group of 62 statements,     6     describe management behaviours, and was asked to make a forced choice, going from the most effective to the     7     (little) effective behaviour. The best managers’ choice was the statement, “Accept full responsibility for the performance of the work unit.” This statement     8     (choose) far more frequently than statements about assignment, planning, staffing, time-management or technical skills. This choice also illustrated the sharpest distinction between the excellent managers and managers with     9     (disappoint) performance. In the end, the managers who hadn’t been promoted attached far less importance to responsible behaviours, because they weren’t considered to be     10     (rely).

Karakul Lake, which literally means “Black Lake” in the local language, is anything but black. I’ve     1     (personal) witnessed the water changing colors from light purple     2     a glowing blue and it really is spectacular. The lake’s location along the Karakoram Highway near Kashgar makes     3     a wonderfully secluded place     4     very few tourists tend to travel. At the foot of the Muztag Mountain     5     (lie) a small village whose buildings are still made of mud and brick, a great place to buy a hand-made wool carpe t from     6     (local). As always, be prepared to spend the night in a     7     (comfort) yurt (蒙古包). The area     8     (surround) the small Karakul lake isn’t quite as green as the other three lakes, but there is still plenty to do. While every lake offers some sort of horse or camel riding experience, Karakul is one of the few spots where you can completely circumnavigate (环航) the lake in     9     (little) than a few hours on horseback.

It’s also possible     10     (hire) a guide to help you climb the neighboring mountain, but their safety record is 3 deaths in 2008 out of only 300 climbers according to one local.

Widely believed as a robust recovery to raise industry morale (士气), the weeklong Spring Festival holiday ended with the cheering box-office receipts, making it     1    second highest grossing such season of all time.

    2     (sell) a total of 129 million tickets, the holiday brought in an overall 6.758 billion yuan ($1 billion), up 11.89 percent year-on-year, according to the movie information live tracker Beacon. Zhang Yimou’s Full River Red     3     (top) the festival chart, followed by The Wandering Earth II and Boonie Bears: Guardian Code.

Interestingly, Shanghai     4     (discover) as the top of all Chinese cities as it raked in 260 million yuan, Beijing and Chengdu     5     (follow) close behind, according to a Beacon report.

With more Chinese theatergoers preferring     6     (advance) screening facilities, IMAX Corporation set a new box-office record for the Lunar New Year with $34 million over the holiday, rising     7     (sharp) by 54 percent over the same period last year.

Daniel Manwaring, chief executive officer of IMAX China, described the Spring Festival lineup     8     “one of the strongest and most diverse Chinese New Year slates”     9     they have ever seen, adding that “the fact that the daily box office held and, in some cases, grew throughout the holiday is a strong     10     (indicate) of the quality of these releases, and the strong demand among Chinese moviegoers”.

The Centuries-old Chinese Go (围棋)

One might mistake the game for a complicated match of checkers (跳棋) with its alternating black and white pieces. But Go dates farther back than checkers and even chess, first     1     (invent) in China over 3,000 years ago, where it remains widely popular. It’s believed to be one of the     2     (old) board games in the world. “If chess is a game, Go is a war.” Go lovers from other countries say, “Every move has its possible effect all over the place. There are battles     3     (go) on everywhere.”

Go’s rules can     4     (demonstrate) quickly and grasped easily. The game is enjoyably played over     5     wide range of skills. Each level of play has its charms, rewards and     6     (discovery). An early mistake can be made up, used to advantage, or reversed as the game     7     (progress). There is no simple procedure to turn a clear lead     8     a victory- only continued good play. The game rewards patience and balance over aggression and greed.

Go combines beauty and intellectual challenge. The patterns formed by the black and white stones are     9     (visual) striking. When played well, Go is a beautiful art     10     black and white dance in delicate balance across the board.