East Buy, a subsidiary of Chinese private tutoring giant New Oriental, announced the     1    (remove) of Sun Dongxu from the positions of Executive Director and CEO on Saturday following a dispute involving popular live-streamer Dong Yuhui intensified this week,     2     has resulted in a significant drop in the company’s stock price.

New Oriental Chairman Yu Minhong will concurrently assume     3     position of CEO at East Buy. It represents a crucial step in New Oriental’s transformation into a live- streaming e-commerce company; however, during the past week, the dispute surrounding the company     4     (continue) to escalate (加剧).

It originated from East Buy staff     5     (respond) on social media, stating that the scripts used for live-broadcasts are collaboratively created by the hosts, copywriting team, filming team and editing team.

The reply has sparked discontent among the fans of the platform’s top-performing host Dong.

The former CEO’s subsequent response and apology not only failed to calm the storm     6     stirred up more frustration among netizens. In his response, Sun mentioned that Dong’s annual salary is more than     7     (ten) of millions of yuan and expressed a firm stance against the so-called “fan culture”.

The term “fan culture”     8     (rough) refers to an organized and spontaneous community of fans who support or promote their idols. Subsequently, Yu also publicly responded, acknowledging significant flaws in the company’s management and stating that the disclosure of Dong’s salary was     9     (appropriate). He also extended an apology to Dong for the situation.

On Saturday evening, Dong appeared in live-streaming together with Yu and confirmed his commitment     10     (stay) with East Buy. Yu announced that the company would soon initiate a major adjustment about the incomes of hosts, including Dong.

Hikers at the Great Wall who come across Zhou Wenjun consider themselves lucky    1    him admirable. The 44-year-old is more than a security guard; he is a walking library on the manmade fortifications (防御工事).

Zhou replaces his knowledge of history every day so that he can field questions from visitors full of    2    (curious). Zhou's appreciation of the Great Wall    3    (inspire) by a surprising demand on the job years ago. The Simatai section is the only ancient architecture in China that preserves the original form of the Ming Dynasty fortifications. Ever since he took the job in 2018, he    4    (witness) increasing footfall of intensely curious tourists. “Visitors are no longer satisfied    5    what they see; they wonder about the history and culture of the place. Always    6    (ask) various questions, I read and learn so that I won't have difficulty dealing with them,” says Zhou.

Zhou has a range of official responsibilities including    7    (keep) visitors safe and protecting the Great Wall. He has to climb the Great Wall on    8    daily basis and walks back and forth the entire 5.7 kilometer stretch,    9    he must ensure no one wanders into the undeveloped sections of Simatai. With the principle of conservation first, the Simatai section has    10    (substantial) improved.

On a table at his home in Rosetta, a port city in     1     (north) Egypt, self-taught artist Ibrahim Bilal displayed a variety of his signature mini sculptures     2     (make) with pencil tips.

With about 80 works     3     (feature) landmarks and famous people in Egypt and beyond,     4     30-year-old artist said he     5     (inspire) four years ago to thoroughly grasp the art form after watching videos of a Chinese artist carving pencil lead(铅笔芯) into sculptures.

Fond of ancient Egyptian icons(图标), Bilal dedicated one of his earliest works to the world-famous Rosetta Stone, an ancient Egyptian relic     6     (accidental) discovered in his city and has been kept in the British Museum.

Bilal uses a microscope for an enlarged view, a set of pen cutters or carving detail     7     (knife), and quality pencils     8     are mostly made in Germany or China while working. Through his hands, landmarks across the globe, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, appear on the pencil tips. The size of each sculpture is no more     9     6 mm unless it is a tower. And each takes an average of 10 hours     10     (finish).

Nanjing, situated in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, was the capital of China for six Dynasties. An Australian Nanjinger Townley loves the rivers in the city. He     1     (ride) a bike along the bank of a river to the Nanjing Fishmouth Wetland Park in Jianye District every Saturday and Sunday mornings, about a 15-km round trip.     2     (walk) around the city or visiting museums is also an enjoyable part of his life.

According to Townley, Nanjing is in an ideal     3     (locate) in one corner of the Yangtze River Delta region, close to Shanghai.

Now, Townley works with and     4     (support) by the Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute. He serves     5     a visiting professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Nanjing Tech University. After being a consultant and in the industry for     6     (year), he loves being connected to a university again     7     (share) his knowledge and experience with younger people and to initiate research based on the problems he has encountered in the real world so far. “I know my education and life are different from the     8     (type) Chinese students. Despite the differences,     9     I want to do with my Chinese students is encourage them to think, to be curious     10     to always search for new things.”

Great magicians can change people’s attention easily. They do it with grand hand gestures. They also do it     1     asking questions and changing the subject. Anyone can be a magician, but     2    (become)a great one, you have to work at it. Learning tricks isn’t enough. You need to develop your performance and people skills, too. All of those     3     (help) you put on a great show and surprise people with your magic.

Several years ago, Ye Ping, a woman from the a ethnic group in Yunnan Province, started to grow coffee together with other women in her village. Despite the various difficulties, the women did not give up,     1     faced the challenges head-on. In May 2021, the coffee beans grown by Ye    2     (present) as a gift to representatives of members of the UN Security Council.

Before they started growing coffee, none of Ye and her fellow villagers had known what coffee was like，     3     (cause) some of them to be uncertain about the business prospects. Some villagers expressed their concerns. They asked     4     they could do if they ended up failing     5     (sell) the coffee beans.

But Ye was a     6     (ambition) woman and told herself that one day she would succeed in growing coffee. She sowed the seeds and took good care of them. She worked hard to improve her planting skills and,     7     (surprising)，she really made it in the end. In 2018, the coffee Ye had grown won first prize in a coffee     8     (compete). Through years of efforts, Ye has explored methods to produce coffee     9     high quality, selling it at a higher price than     10     (import) coffee. Ye said, “Life is a bit like coffee. At first you may find it bittertasting, but then you’ll find sweetness in it.”