Easter Island, or Rapu Nui as it is known {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (local), is home­ to several hundred ancient human statues. After this remote Pacific island was settled by the Polynesians(波利尼西亚人), it remained {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(abandon) for centuries. All the resources that went into the statues, some of {#blank#}3{#/blank#}are ten metres tall and weigh over 7,000 kilos , came from the Island itself . Yet when Dutch adventurers landed in 1722, they met a Stone Age culture. The statues {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（carve）with stones tools, then transported for many kilometers, without the use of animals or wheels, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}the large stone platforms. The identity of the statues builders was in doubt until well into {#blank#}6{#/blank#}twentieth century. Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(explore) , thought the statues had been created by the people from Peru. Bestselling Swiss author Erich Daniken believed they were built by aliens.Local folklore（民俗） believ Modern science has proved that the statues builders were Polynesians, but not proved {#blank#}8{#/blank#} they moved their creations. that the statues walked there {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(they), while researchers have tended to assume the ancestors dragged the statues there, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(use) ropes and logs.

    The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB), the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (eight) wonder for the 21st century, opened on the morning of October 24th, 2018. The bridge links three areas, making {#blank#}2{#/blank#} much more convenient to travel from one to another. Since opening, the three-hour drive {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (shorten) to 30 minutes.

    The project involved more than 400 new patents, broke seven world records, and featured {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (independent) developed key techniques and design. After an 8-year struggle, the success of the HZMB achieves {#blank#}6{#/blank#} several generations have been dreaming of, and amazes the whole world with its demonstration of perfect skills and high-level Chinese standards. The bridge is intended to be {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (rely) for more than 120 years. From the Belt and Road Initiative to "Created in China", there is always a group of people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (provide) strong technical support for each of the country's huge projects. From the beginning in December 2009 to the day of the official opening, all {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (walk) of life made great contributions to the design and construction of HZMB, contributing "{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (wise) of China".

    In much of Asia, especially the so-called "rice bowl" cultures of China, Japan, Korea, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

    Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (create) special designs.

    The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) twigs(树枝)to remove it. Over time, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.

    Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(gradual) turned into chopsticks.

    Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) too violent for use at the table.

    Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat {#blank#}10{#/blank#} their hands.

    Over 100,000 people took part in a massive parade at Beijing's Tian'anmen Square {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the morning of Oct 1, National Day, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

    The military parade began with helicopters {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (fly) overhead carrying China's national flags. Fighter jets roared across the Beijing sky, thousands of soldiers goose-stepped down the capital's streets, followed by columns of tanks and trucks bearing new intercontinental ballistic missiles(洲际弹道导弹),

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} was described as the country's biggest-ever military parade. According to state media commentary, some 40 percent of the armaments were displayed in public for the first time.

    The {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (celebrate) for China's 70th anniversary on National Day have clearly shown the strengths of the country's past and present, which {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （pave) a way for the peaceful development of Chinese society in the last seven decades.

    Witnessing the grand military parade with the slogans of "Long Live China" at Tiananmen square and listening to President Xi Jinping's speech were an opportunity to note {#blank#}6{#/blank#} this nation has developed remarkably with confidence in the system {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (adopt) under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

    Today, China is blessed with a spirited people, breathtaking development, a harmonious society and upraised international authority, making {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the focus, the wonder and envy of the world. The Chinese people are {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (confident) about and more capable of reaching {#blank#}10{#/blank#} goal of national renewal than ever before.