It was a rainy day. My father ________ a pot of chicken soup online. Half an hour later, a deliveryman called to tell us he had already ________. I went out to pick up the food. I walked ________ because I thought maybe he had already left the food at the gate of our community and left.

About 10 minutes later, I got there. I saw the deliveryman standing in the rain without a(n) ________. Rain was dripping down his face, and his yellow coat was completely ________. The man was in his 20s. He looked tired. “Chicken soup?” he asked. I said yes, and then he ________ the food bag to me with wet fingers.

“Why didn’t you leave earlier to find some shelter (遮蔽) from the rain?” I asked.

“I work to bring ________ safely for my customers,” he said as he smiled. Then he ________ and disappeared in the rain.

The cold rain kept falling, but my heart was filled with warmth. There are many people like him doing their ________ every day, even when their work is hard. They make us feel ________.

In 2003, China sent its first astronaut, Yang Liwei, into space. Since then, 13 Chinese astronauts have “reached for the stars”. Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu are three of them. They carried out the latest (最近的) Shenzhou XIII mission (任务). Have you ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut like them? How did they get there?

Health is important

To be an astronaut, you need to be very healthy. Good eyesight (视力), a strong heart and lungs (肺) are important. You’d better not have other small problems. For example, a decayed tooth (龋齿) could get worse in space. You can’t have scars (伤疤) either. They may split (裂开) in space.

Become stronger with hard training

In China, you must be a great pilot before you can be an astronaut. You must fly more than 600 hours without accidents. You’ll start training when you become a backup (预备的) astronaut. For example, you need to build your muscles (肌肉) as strong as professional (职业的) athletes by running swimming and doing pull-ups(引体向上). You will also wear a 200-kilogram suit and do tasks underwater for six or seven hours without eating or going to the toilet. This is like doing tasks during a spacewalk.

Learn science

Knowledge (知识) is important as well. Astronauts take 60 courses to get ready for a mission, including math, English, spacecraft design (设计), physics and many more. So they will know what to do when emergencies (紧急情况) happen during the mission. They can also do scientific experiments (实验) in space.

Sports become more and more important in our life. People all over the world pay more attention to sports.     26     Some sports or games can go back to thousands of years ago, like running and jumping, Chinese kung fu, for example, has a very history. But there are also some other new sports or games.     27     Why do people like sports?

As we all know, sports can help us become strong and keep healthy.     28     A lot of people take part in sports and play games. And different people like different kinds of sports.     29     At the same time others like individual (个人的) sports better, such as swimming and running.     30     In different seasons, people take part in different games. For example, swimming is fun in summer, but skating and skiing are popular in winter.

Who was Lu Xun? This is not a hard question for most Chinese people. All of us have read his works in textbooks (课本); From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Study (《从百草园到三味书屋》) to My Old Home (《故乡》) We know his characters (人物) such as Runtu and Kong Yiji, from a young age. Lu Xun’s real name is Zhou Shuren. He was born on Sept 25, 1881. This year is the 140th anniversary of his birth. People still remember and talk about this great writer.

Pick up the pen

Lu Xun once dreamed of (梦想) being a doctor. He went to study in a Japanese college. However, in the early 20th century, Lu Xun found that there were many problems in Chinese society (社会). The minds of Chinese were numb (麻木的). Most Chinese were just followers without thinking. So he gave up medical study and started writing He hoped his words could inspire (唤醒) people. He changed his dream to save the country. This encouraged me a lot, said Zhao Zhihan, 13 from Beijing. When we make choices (选择), we should think about what they are for.

A changer of writing

Lu Xun is called the “the father of modern Chinese literature (文学)”. He wrote A Madman’s Diary in the everyday language of most Chinese people then. It is a first in modern works. Before this, people wrote in wenyanwen, Wenyanwen is hard to read for someone without training (训练). Lu Xun’s writings opened a new page for modern literature. More writers followed him to write in spoken language.

Every year in Bath, England, there is a special festival. People dress up in beautiful clothes and have concerts and balls (舞会). They are celebrating the Jane Austen Festival     41     (remember) the great English writer.

Born in September, England, in 1775, Jane Austen     42     (learn) how to play the piano, draw and write at home. She read a lot and later went to enjoy social events, such as     43     (party) and balls. But she didn’t like the busy life in towns and preferred the life in the countryside where she enjoyed     44     (take) long walks.

In 1801, Jane,     45     (she) parents and sisters moved to Bath. Four years later, her father died and the family became poor soon.

Austen and her family moved several times.     46     (final), they moved into a small house in Chawton. It was in this house that she wrote most of her works.

In 1817, Austen got serious health problems and had to stop writing. She died     47     July of that year, at the age of 41.

Austen was known for her clever ideas. Most of her novels are about women in the 18th century. At that time,     48     a woman wanted to live a happy life, she had to marry (嫁) a rich man. But Austen said that a woman should marry for love instead of for money.

Pride and Prejudice is     49     (famous) one of her novels. It tells     50     story between a young woman and a tall rich handsome man. It has been changed into films, TV series and musicals.