This year marks the 15th anniversary of China’s Double 11 online shopping festival.

The first Double 11 event     1     (initiate) by Alibaba on November 11 in 2009 and has become the largest e-commerce shopping gala in the world today. Every year people usually look forward to this online shopping festival at     2     many merchants will do promotional activities. The     3     (innovation) marketing model has profoundly transformed China’s     4     (consume) market and injected enormous power into the country’s economic development.

This year’s Double 11 shopping festival witnessed     5     increase in consumers’ demand and enthusiasm     6     quality products.

According to Tmall, a leading online retail platform affiliated with Alibaba, 155 brands achieved sales of over 100 million yuan ($13.72 million) as soon as the event     7     (official) started at 8 pm on October 31. 71,900 brands broke the first-day     8     (sale) record of last year in the first hour     9     business volume of 29 livestreammg rooms hit 100 million yuan at the start.

Over the past 15 years, the Double 11 festival has become the most important platform     10     (satisfy) the needs of consumers as well as promote economic development in China.

Chinese martial arts (武术), African tribal dances, and Brazil’s Samba set off waves of     1     (applaud) from the audience in mid-October. The 8th International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held     2     Chengdu, the capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan province.

The five-day event brought together around 6,000 performers     3     engaged in more than 900 performances of intangible cultural heritage from 47 countries and     4     (region).

It was co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Sichuan government and the National Commission of the People’s Republic of China for UNESCO, and aimed     5     (show) China’s efforts to implement the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and promote     6     (tradition) Chinese culture.

Five exhibitions,     7     (include) those featuring intangible cultural heritage in modern life, and international craftsmanship,     8     (stage) to expose the public to the cultural charm, and thus promote the inheritance of heritage.

“The framework of the convention     9     (full) recognizes the significance of intangible cultural heritage in empowering and ensuring sustainable development,” Shahbaz Khan, representative of UNESCO Multi-sectoral Regional Office for East Asia, said as he addressed the forum via     10     video.

Many years ago I     1     (drive) on the motorway (高速公路) when the car in front of me had a tyre blowout (轮胎爆裂). The car changed its     2     (direct) suddenly and then stopped on the hard shoulder. I pulled in behind the car and went to see if the driver was OK. The     3     (frighten) lady driver asked whether she could use my phone. I agreed and waited outside the car as she sat in the car and made a phone call to her husband. Then I     4     (ask) by the woman to drive her to the nearest motorway service station, which was about 3 miles away.

Soon we drove down to the motorway services and went inside     5     (have) a cup of coffee. The place was so empty that I didn’t like the idea of       6     (leave) her on her own. I stayed with her until her husband turned up about 2 hours later. They both thanked me     7     my kindness.

About 2 years later, I went for     8     interview for a position in a bank. The interviewer was just the lady     9     had the blowout on the motorway. In the interview she said with excitement, “I already know what kind of person you are. The job is     10     (you) if you want it.”

Ar Horqin Grassland Nomadic System in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, listed on the list of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems by the United Nations,     1     (demonstrate) the wisdom of herdsmen to work in harmony with nature.

The     2     (season) movement of herds among different pastures (牧场) plays an important role in maintaining the self-renewal and recovery     3     (capable) of the grasslands. While keeping soil fertility from degrading, the nomadic lifestyle can protect vegetation and make good use of water resources,     4     the growing population of people and livestock, still puts much pressure     5     the grassland resources. Locals have, therefore, come up with ways to avoid overgrazing. With ancestral wisdom     6     (root) in a time of relatively small societies, it may be unable to solve issues today. This is     7     modern planning can help with.

For example, since 2015, under the guidance of the local government of Ar Horqin Banner, the number of sheep and goats in the nomadic system     8     (reduce) from 390,000 to 190,000, while the number of cattle has been increased from 40,000 to 81,000 head. No more than 100,000 sheep are allowed to migrate to the summer camps every year. With     9     (scientific) designed grazing patterns ensuring sustainable development of the grasslands, herdsmen can maintain     10     more balanced relationship with nature.

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Xie Xiaohua, a special education teacher has won the heart of hundreds of children with special needs and is called Mom Xiaohua by many of them.

“It is my greatest happiness and     1     (fulfill) to care for them as they grow up,” said 49-year-old Xie, who     2     (work) at Yiyuan County Special Education School for the past 27 years.

Fully aware     3    the difference between special education and general education, Xie provides     4     (specialize) care for each student according to their physical condition. In 2013, Xie’s workload became heavier after she     5     (assign) to work at the school’s rehabilitation(康复) center.     6     (ensure) every child received scientific and targeted rehabilitation training, she worked out specific plans for them. For children with mental handicaps, Xie     7     (patient) coached them to master basic skills of taking care of themselves in daily life. She also spent lots of time training children with hearing and speech impairments to work on their pronunciation, which often caused her to develop     8    swollen throat.

Several years ago, the school launched a campaign of offering door-to-door education to students     9     could not attend school because of severe physical disabilities. Xie was among over 30 teachers     10     (task) with tutoring those students. “Although we do feel exhausted sometimes, we feel our work is valuable after witnessing their progress, even just a little bit,” Xie said.

Do you know the nickname of America? A look at the history of the United States indicates that so far this country     1     (call) “a melting pot”, in which various immigrants and ethnic groups have learned to work together to build     2     unique nation. So who are the real Americans? The answer is that any and all of them are! And you, no matter     3     you come from, could also become an American if you want. Then you would become another    4     (add) to America’s wonderfully rich “nation of immigrants”.

The United States is     5     (current) shifting from being a nation of immigrants of mainly European origins to one of immigrants from other parts of the world. They hope to escape     6     (economy) hardship in their native countries. They desire     7     (seek) a better education and a better life in America. Although there are frequent     8     (conflict) between the cultures they have brought with them from the “old country” and those found in American, most immigrants have learnt to adjust     9     and love their adopted land.

Over time, Americans have learned much from the customs and ideas of the immigrants. In other words, immigrants have a huge impact on American society,     10     (enrich) American life greatly.

An intrepid (无畏的) group of elderly individuals in northern China’s Tianjin has recently sparked both     1     (curious) and concern with their unique approach to the sport of diving.

The spirited seniors have turned the Shizilin Bridge on the Haihe River     2     a stage for their aquatic acrobatics,     3     (leave) both residents and tourists spellbound. Videos of their daredevil diving acts     4     (pass) around on social media platforms.

The bridge stands about 6 metres above the surface of the river, with the depth of water     5     (be) around 7 metres according to the divers most of     6     are over 60 years old. The elderly divers have become hugely popular for their signature moves which often include bold opening statements with dollops of humour before the daring plunge. Amid     7     orchestra of gasps (倒吸气) and applause, they perform their impressive array of flips (空翻) and jumps, each with a style     8     (unique) their own.

The fun sport seems     9     (play) a significant role in Tianjin’s tourism. Attractions that are in close proximity to the bridge have experienced a substantial increase in their online     10     (expose). Social media posts on the nearby Italian Style Street saw a staggering 51. 8 percent jump, data showed.

Born in October 1937 in Kunshan, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Qian Qihu has spent over 60 years studying defense engineering,    1    (help) China to build an indestructible “Underground Steel Great Wall”. “Now we are talking about the underground Great Wall, not above the ground,     2    underground,” he explained. If the ground structures are destroyed, the underground “cities” can provide shelter and store the basic supplies    3    (require) for survival.

Since the 1960s, Qian has begun to study protection    4    nuclear bomb explosions and made major contributions to building a series of defense facilities deep inside mountains. Qian also planned underground spaces for over 20 key fortified (设防的) cities, providing    5    (faith) foundations for China’s future cities. Apart from defense facilities, many national projects are linked to Qian’s work,    6    already play a key part in Chinese people’s life.

In the early 1980s, China’s research in deep rock mechanics was    7    (rough) 10 years behind than abroad. As a latecomer, Qian spared no effort    8    (make) China catch up and put forward 16 key technical solutions to dozens of troublesome problems.

Qian, 86 years old now, is the    9    (win) of the country’s top science award, the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, and     10    (award) the August 1 Medal — the highest military honor in the country — in 2022.

On September 7, a famous Chinese archaeologist Fan Jinshi was awarded by UNESCO for her outstanding contribution to the protection of the Dunhuang Mogao Caves.

Called the “daughter of Dunhuang”, Fan     1     (start) her story with the caves 60 years ago. “Seeing Dunhuang for the first time was     2     (absolute) breathtaking. But only when truly staying here did I realize that inside the caves is a world of divine (神圣的) beauty while outside is a land of blowing sand     3     endless yellow earth,” Fan told Gansu Daily.

Back in those days, the Mogao Caves were almost completely cut off from the world. Fan and her     4    (coworker) had to live in mud houses and drink salty water. They stayed inside the caves to do research, copy murals (壁面), and try whatever they could to protect and restore     5     (they).

As time passed, Fan found a serious problem. The increasing number of tourists visiting Dunhuang might harm the caves,     6     caused murals to blur and colors to fade.

In the late 1980s, Fan got to know computer technology     7     accident. She realized that this might be the chance     8       (preserve) the Mogao Caves forever. After over 30 years of exploration, the Dunhuang Academy built     9     digital database to protect the cultural relies there, allowing Dunhuang’s     10    (value) art to live forever and to step out of the caves to meet the world.

Marine (海洋的) creatures have long attracted scientists. Recently, researchers described remains discovered in northeastern Spain,     1    belonged to a turtle named Leviathanochelys aenigmatica. Living during the Cretaceous Period, the ancient turtle nearly matched the largest turtle     2    record.

Leviathanochelys swam in     3     (risk) waters. Its enemies included mosasaurs and plesiosaurs, large water creatures up to 15 meters in     4     (long). Other nearby enemies were sharks and rays. “    5     (attack) an animal of the size of Leviathanochelys possibly only could have been done by large creatures in the marine context. At that time, the large ones in the European zone were     6    (main) sharks and mosasaurs,” said Oscar Castillo, the lead writer of the study that     7    (publish) in the Southern in Scientific Reports.

Scientists found the Leviathanochelys remains near the village of Coll deNargo in Catalonia’s Alt Urgell area.    8    hiker in the Southern Pyrenees saw the bones covered by the ground. To date, researchers     9    (find) parts of the back of the shell (壳), and most of the pelvic (骨盆的) area, but no skull or tail. The bones suggest the creature had a smooth shell similar to leatherback turtles, with the shell     10    (measure) about 2.35 meters long and 2.2 meters wide.