Does the face-down    1    need a hands-up? Well, probably not. The fact is that many of today’s teenagers are better    2    and more creative than past generations. They also seem to be enthusiastic and    3    to become leaders. More young people than ever    4    to help their communities. There are also brave young people such as Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for    5    girls’ rights to go to school.

With the rapid development of China’s     1    and new technology, China has already       2    its poverty (贫穷) and the Chinese people have become     3    wealthy (富有). As a result, more foreign people including     4    from high schools are     5    in to come for sightseeing, to do business, or to learn new technology. Martin Mahanmad, a boy at the age of 16, after     6    from junior high school, was admitted to a local senior high school and two years later came to a high school in Beijing as an     7    student. In the beginning, he came across a great many difficulties, but as time goes on, with the help of his Chinese classmates, he has already     8    living in China. Now Martin can speak       9    Chinese.

Some years ago, Martin met a tourist from China, from whom he learnt that China was a country with 5, 000 years of     10    , powerful but friendly.

He also learnt China’s science and technology in the history was very     11    all over the world, and most importantly, ninety     12    of the high school students in China are studying hard for a brighter future.

Originally Martin’s parents wanted him to go to Japan but after a careful     13    , Martin chose China    14    Japan. He believed that nothing could       15    him from going to study in China.

As a student studying for a business     1    , Xie Lei has come to London on an exchange programme. She chose to live with a host family, who can help with her     2     to the new culture and make her feel     3     when she was homesick. Xie Lei found many courses included students’     4     in class as part of the final result. Students need to generate ideas, offer examples, apply concepts, and raise questions, as well as give     5    .