Dumpling is a Chinese cuisine. Actually, the tradition of eating dumplings during winter solstice has its     1     (originate) in early times.

It is said that dumplings were invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a     2     (fame) physician from the Eastern-Han Dynasty. He was once     3     official in Changsha.When he returned home for private life, he saw people lived an     4    (extreme) hard life and that their ears were red with cold in the snowing winter. He was sad and let his follower cook     5     (drive) out the chill with mutton, hot pepper and some medicine. Zhang let him boil them first and cut them up, then wrap them with flour. After     6     (boil) them, he gave the medicinal food to the people there on the day of the winter solstice. Zhang Zhongjing called it “cold dispelling dumpling soup”. By eating this kind of ear-like food, people’s ears     7     (cure).

Thereafter, every winter solstice Zhang Zhongjing made “cold dispelling dumpling soup” in order to prevent and cure ailments     8     (cause) by the cold. Then there became a saying that     9     you eat dumplings during the winter solstice, then you won’t freeze your ears off.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhongjing died on the day of winter solstice.     10     honor of him, every household makes dumplings every year on the day of the winter solstice.

On 1 June, 1910, the race to the South Pole     1     the Norwegian and the British     2    . Amundsen left on 8 September 1911.He     3    great progress because he had teams of dogs     4     (pull) the sledges and all his men were on skis.They arrived at the Pole on 14 December, 1911 and became the first     5     (arrive)there.Scott left on 1 November     6     his two sledges broke     7     first and then his horses had difficulties with the cold and the snow. They finally made it to the Pole and were       8     (shock) to find that they had failed to win the race.On their     9    (dead)return journey, they still found time to look for rocks.Their great courage made them into     10    (hero).