Traveling is fun and it gets more     1    (interest) when we take a long trip for the first time all alone. For my vacation, it was decided that I would visit my grandparents with my parents. But since     2     unexpected job came up for my parents, I chose     3    (travel) alone. From then on I was nervous and excited about     4     the trip would go.     5     the day of the trip, my mom packed my bags, prepared food for me and then     6    (give) me a 30-minute lesson on being careful and staying away from     7    (strange). She also told me that I should phone her at every station that I went through. Throughout the journey, I was not     8    (sleep) at all. I kept reading my book and     9    (watch) people, and didn’t say much to anyone asking me questions. I kept phoning my mom at every station.     10    (final), I reached my destination after the three­hour journey. There, my grandparents were waiting to collect me. I was very happy to have completed my first trip alone and loved it.

A company     1     (name) “Future Tours” transported Li Qiang and his friend Wang Ping     2     (safe) into the future in a time capsule. They climbed in through a small opening and soon the journey     3    (complete). They were still on the earth but 1,000 years in the future.

Confused by the new surroundings, Li Qiang was hit by a lack of fresh air. Li Qiang chose     4     hovering carriage driven by computer and began     5    (move). There were so many carriages     6     he lost sight of Wang Ping. A few minutes     7    (late), Li Qiang caught sight of Wang Ping.

    8    (arrive) at a house, he was surprised to see tree     9    (leaf) surrounding the house and they provided the house with much-needed oxygen.     10     a good dinner, Li Qiang felt exhausted, so he slid into bed and fell fast asleep.

Once upon a time, there lived in the Mountain E-Mei a white snake and a green snake. Being magical, the snakes turned     1     (they) into two beautiful young ladies. They met Xu Xian at the West Lake. The white snake     2     (fall) in love with Xu Xian at first sight. They got married soon after. The Lady White helped her husband open an herbal medicine store and gave free     3     (treat) and medicine to the poor.

One day a monk,     4     (name) Fa Hai, warned Xu Xian     5     his wife’s deceptive appearance and suggested to him a plan.

It was during the Dragon Boat Festival,     6     Chinese families like to decorate with calamus(菖蒲) and Chinese mugwort(艾蒿) around the house and drink realgar wine (雄黄酒) to drive away spirits. Lady White was pregnant at that time and her magical power had     7     (weak) a lot. She tried the wine to please her husband.     8     (fortunate), she couldn’t control herself and turned back into a snake. Xu Xian saw the white snake, shocked beyond belief and died.

Lady White returned to human form, obtained some sacred Kunlun Mountain herbs, and     9    (bring) her husband back to life. She convinced Xu Xian that the snake was just     10     dream, and they lived happily ever after.

In ancient China lived an artist    1     paintings were almost lifelike. The artist’s reputation had made him proud. One day the emperor wanted to get his portrait (画像) done so he called all great artists to come and present their     2     (fine) work, so that he could choose the best. The artist was sure he would    3    (choose), but when he presented his masterpiece to the emperor’s chief minister, the old man laughed. The wise old man told him to travel to the Li River～perhaps he could learn a little from the greatest artist in the world.

Filled with     4     (curious), the artist packed his bags and left.     5     he asked the villagers on the banks of the river where he could find the legendary (传奇的) artist, they smiled and     6     (point) down the river. The next morning he hired a boat and set out     7     (find) the well-known painter. As the small boat moved,     8     (gentle) along the river he was left speechless by the mountains being silently reflected in the water. He passed milky white waterfalls and mountains in many shades of blue. And when he saw the mists rising from the river and the soft clouds    9     (surround) the mountain tops, he was reduced to tears. The artist was finally humbled (谦卑) by the greatest artist     10     earth, Mother Nature.

Aldi Novel Adilang, 19, worked alone on a wooden fishing raft called “Rompong”, which is used     1    (trap)fish. In July, a storm broke the line     2     connected his raft to the seabed, setting him helplessly adrift（漂流）without a motor or paddle for 49     3    (extreme)painful days.

Within a week, Adilang ran out of food and survived on the fish he caught and cooked     4    (use)wood from the raft. It was reported that he strained ocean water through his clothes to drink. Adilang lit a lamp on his raft every time he saw a passing ship — more than 10 times — but     5     responded. But three weeks ago, after his raft drifted some 1, 200 miles from its     6    (origin)location in Indonesia to Guam, Adilang sent     7     emergency signal to a passing ship on his hand-held radio. Finally he got a response and     8    (rescue)by a Panamanian vessel.

Adilang swam to     9    (safe)and the crew drew him onto the ship where he was given a blanket and some cookies. He is back home with his family but there are questions about his employer. This is the third time that Adilang’s fishing vessel     10    (go)adrift.

One runner didn’t let the French government’s order to remain indoors prevent him    1    (train)for a marathon during the coronavirus pandemic(新冠肺炎疫情期间).

Last week, Elisha, a 32-year-old restaurant worker, ran the    2    (long)of a marathon - on his 23-foot long balcony. And he did it in six hours and 48 minutes, a personal record nearly double     3     of his previous finish time.

Although he has run 26 marathons, he said his balcony marathon was the most challenging. “My only pleasure is running, and I don’t care    4    long it takes, “he told CNN. Due to     5    (limit)space of the balcony, he was unable to gain speed as he had to    6    (constant)turn back and forth. He said he ran about 3, 000 laps. Luckily, he said his girlfriend was there to support him. Though his balcony is nothing like the streets of Barcelona, where he was supposed     7     (run) the marathon on March 15 before it got canceled, he said the experience was worthwhile. Some people reached out to say they    8    (inspire)by him.

France banned all    9    (gathering)across the country last week. French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced    10    March 14 that the country would be closing all places that are not essential to French living, which includes restaurants, cafes and clubs.

Once, long ago in a land far away, there lived four little characters who ran through a maze (迷宫)     1    (look) for cheese to nourish them and make them happy.

Two were mice named “Sniff” and “Scurry” and two were little people –-- beings who were as small as mice but looked and acted a lot like people today. Their names were “Hem” and “Haw.”

Due to their small size, it would be easy not     2     (notice) what the four of them were doing. But if you looked     3    (careful) enough, you could discover     4    (amazing) things you have ever seen!

Every day, the mice, Sniff and Scurry, possessing only simple brains,     5     good instincts (本能), searched for the hard cheese they liked,     6     mice often do.

    7    (fill) with many beliefs, the two little people used their brains to search for a very different kind of cheese--- with a Capital C. It     8     (believe) that this kind of cheese would make them feel happy and     9     (success).

As different as the mice and little people were, they shared something     10     common; every morning, they each put on their running shoes, left their little homes, and raced out into the maze looking for their favorite cheese.