The most difficult thing about celebrating the Spring Festival in     1     big city is finding a restaurant that is open. Almost all the shops close for a week or two, as workers and proprietors (业主) return to their hometowns     2     (celebrate) with their families. Cities like Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen,     3     half or more of the population moves in from elsewhere, are ghost towns.     4     (lucky), I like Lanzhou beef noodles; those shops mostly stay open.

In the countryside, it is completely opposite. Two years ago, a friend, Robin    5    (invite) me to celebrate the Spring Festival at his family’s home in Baichi village     6    the north of central China’s Henan province.The village residents were friendly and somewhat    7     (surprise) to see a foreigner. Much food    8     (eat) and beer was drunk at neighbors’   homes at supper. Without doubt, the drinking experience was unique. Almost everyone who came to Robin’s home brought a bottle of baüju or rice wine with them. Long     9     (table) were put in two rooms of the house, and each was covered with food.    10     your glass was empty, it would be filled quickly; if it was full, you’d better empty it!

Everyone has their dreams. Some people want to be rich, dreaming of becoming millionaires overnight. Others want to be famous, dreaming of suddenly jumping to great fame. I have a dream, too. When I was     1     young girl, I dreamed of becoming a scientist like Hua Luogeng,     2     was a great Chinese mathematician.

However, I knew that I could not     3    (success) without great efforts. So I studied hard in middle school and college in order to realize my dream.

After graduating from college, I    4    (find) a job as a teacher. Although I was very busy     5     (teach), I never gave up my goal. I read a lot of books     6    (get) more knowledge. I made   many     7    (experiment) to practise and apply what I had learned from books. Sometimes, I was so     8     (deep) indulged (沉迷) in my research that I forgot my meals and time.

Now I have made great progress. Several of my research papers have been published. The methods mentioned in my papers have been proven to be valuable for the     9    (solve) to some problems. I am very happy. The ladder of becoming a scientist is still far ahead,     10    I have climbed the first step anyway.

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A woman has been reunited with her long-lost father after 56 years apart. And it’s all because he was “suggested” as a friend on Facebook.

Karen Harris, now 56 years old,    1     (bring) up by her foster parents(养父母). When she turned 18, Harris approached an adoption agency,    2    (hope) to find her birth parents.

She knew nothing about her birth parents and    3    (they) family, but after a social worker shared with her useful    4    (detail), Harris found her mother ten years later.

However, finding her father proved to be more    5    (difficulty).

She knew he was    6    engineer from Croydon and his name was Trevor Sinden. But she failed    7     (find) him with such little information until decades later    8    she saw the name appear on the “Suggested Friends” feature of Facebook.

The pair then chatted for several weeks before meeting    9    the first time last week. They both said that it was like they    10    (know) each other their whole lives.

Gail Devers, an American athlete and also a three-time Olympic gold medalist in track and field, got her first one in 1992.     1     made Devers’ win so special was not just the nature of the race but also the journey she had taken     2     (get) there.

In the years leading up to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Devers experienced a series of     3     (extreme) unpleasant health complications (并发症) which brought her close to retirement before her athletics career had even begun. It was not until she visited many health experts     4     Devers finally learned she had Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder (自身免疫紊乱). She cried the moment she knew it. Luckily, somebody appeared and had a     5     (solve) for her.

Thirty years went by. Today, Devers wants to raise awareness for the disease and     6     (it) symptoms (症状). “If there are 10 million people who could have Graves’ disease, then our job is to make sure that 10 million people can     7     (treat),” says Devers.

She also says, “My Graves’ disease has made me who I am. Therefore, I always tell people that if I had my life to live over, I would ask for this disease again,” she says. “I believe I’m stronger at     8     (have) to go through what I went through. Everybody is faced     9     challenges. We all feel like sometimes walls are closing in on us     10     there’s no way out. What do you do? You remember that strength and resilience that you have when you step on the line.

At age 25, Lance Armstrong was one of the world’s best cyclists. He proved it by     1    (win) the World Championships and multiple Tour de France stages. Lance Armstrong seemed ever-victorious and his future was bright. Then they told him he had cancer. Next to the challenge he then faced, bike racing seemed insignificant. The diagnosis was testicular cancer, the     2    (common) cancer in men aged 15-35. If    3    (detect) early, it had a promising 90 percent cure rate. Like most young, healthy men, Lance ignored the warning signs, and he never imagined the     4    (serious) of his condition. Going untreated, the cancer     5    (spread) to Lance’s abdomen, lungs and brain. His chances dimmed.

Then a combination of physical conditioning, a strong support system and his     6    (compete) spirit took over. He declared himself not a cancer victim     7     a cancer survivor. He took an active role in educating himself about his disease and the treatment. Armed     8     knowledge and confidence in medicine, he underwent aggressive treatment and beat the disease.

During his treatment, before his recovery, and before he even knew his own fate, he created the Lance Armstrong Foundation,     9     marked the beginning of Lance’s life as     10     advocate for people living with cancer and a world representative for the cancer community.