A festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This is a traditional festival in Japan and many {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(celebrate) are held. This festival is a cheerful occasion. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(hunger) after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(help) the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that has been laid out for the dead is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(throw) into a river or into the sea as {#blank#}6{#/blank#}is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns{#blank#}7{#/blank#}are near the sea, the small lanterns hung in the streets the night before are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift（漂）out to sea {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(guide) the dead on their return journey to the other world. At {#blank#}9{#/blank#}same time, crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}they can be seen no more.

    In the United States, there were 222 people {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（report）to be billionaires（亿万富翁）in 2003. The {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（rich）of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, who made his money{#blank#}3{#/blank#}starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years old{#blank#}4{#/blank#}he first helped{#blank#}5{#/blank#}（set up）the company in 1976. He was a billionaire by then. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（young）ages. Other young people who have {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（strike）it rich include Jackie Cogan and Shirley Temple. Both of these child actors made over a million dollars {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（act）in movies before they were 14. But   the youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited（继承）a billion dollars when he {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（turn）18!

    Beijing was once a city of bikes, known as the Bicycle Kingdom{#blank#}1{#/blank#} cars were reserved for official business and the politically powerful. However, decades of economic{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (grow) led to a huge flowing of cars in the city. Owning one became not just a marker of reaching the middle class but also a requirement for marriage. As the economy developed, autos pushed bikes off the roads{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (create) heavy pollution and miserable traffic.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(fortunate), now Beijing may he returning to its roots. Thanks to about 20 technology companies, brightly colored shared bikes {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(flood) into Beijing in the last two years. Many local residents welcome the shared bikes{#blank#}6{#/blank#}the flexibility and freedom they offer. They pick up the bikes and then ride and drop{#blank#}7{#/blank#} off anywhere they like, locking the back wheel, with no need to find a fixed place.

    Analyses in China say it is three factors that contribute to bikes {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(increase) rapidly: a lot of cash looking for a home, a good idea and government support. “As the city s population grew, traffic jams got {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (bad).” Cai, the Ofo spokeswoman, said, “Shared bikes could solve the 'last mile' problem in {#blank#}10{#/blank#} environmentally friendly way.”

    As we all know,Hangzhou, a beautiful city, won the bid{#blank#}1{#/blank#}September 16th 2015. Thus, it will be the third Chinese city{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(host) the games.

    Hangzhou is a beautiful city with a long history. Hosting the Asian Games will give it a new look.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}the event will cost the government a lot, the benefits are easy for us to see. To the citizens in Hangzhou, the best part of it is that it will give us the chance to watch world-class matches and{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(compete) close to home. Secondly, there is no doubt{#blank#}5{#/blank#}the event will attract more visitors to enjoy{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(visit) this wonderful city. At the same time, it is good for the development of the tourism. Meanwhile, as the construction goes on, more roads{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(build) and the Metro system will be expanded,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}can reduce traffic jams.

    In the next few years, Hangzhou will try its best to prepare{#blank#}9{#/blank#}for the big show.{#blank#}10{#/blank#}splendid Hangzhou is waiting to see you in 2022.

    They had been on {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (we)planets for millions of years, but 2018 was the year several species {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (official)died off forever. Three bird species went extinct this year, two of {#blank#}3{#/blank#}are songbirds from northeastern Brazil. A {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (disturb)trend is that mainland species are starting to go extinct, rather than island species.

    The species {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (wipe)out in the wild resulted from many factors such as the creation of dam and trapping {#blank#}6{#/blank#} trade. Beyond birds, other animals such as the vaquita and the northern white rhino {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be)near the end. We are currently experiencing the worst species die—offs since the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (lose)of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

    Although extinction is a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (nature)phenomenon, it occurs at a rate of about one to five species per year. Scientists estimate we're now losing species at 1,000 to 10,000 times the rate. In the past 500 years, about 1,000 species {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (go)extinct.

Logan Wells, a high school student in Massachusetts, developed an app that makes it easier for people to care for loved ones with dementia(痴呆).

Logan was 15 when his grandmother was diagnosed with dementia. "You can't imagine{#blank#}1{#/blank#} terrible its effect was, not only on my grandmother, but on my parents and other family members," Logan said. "It became really hard to stay on{#blank#}2{#/blank#}same page, because we had to have multiple group chats."

So, he came up{#blank#}3{#/blank#}the idea for CareZare, which enables caregivers to work as a team through a communication website. Logan did the coding{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (entire) by himself while his father assisted him in creating the original design and undertook the marketing.

The free app allows users{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (create) a profile(档案)centered around the individual with dementia and invite other people to join and receive{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (message). With the app, you can schedule events, confirm completed tasks, and even add a "heads up" such as the current mood of the patient or poor weather conditions.

       The app is currently being used by over 600 families and they enjoy{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (share) their opinions about it.{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(please) with that, Logan is hoping it will grow.

       "So far our users{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(be) great about giving us feedback so we can tailor(定做)the app to their needs," he said. "Caregiving is such an important issue for them because it's sovl {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(person) for them, just as it is for me."