The mooncake features on every Mid-Autumn Festival dining table, and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (traditional) comes with fillings like five kernels (a mixture of five different nuts) and red bean paste. These mooncake flavors represent the tastes of various {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(area) in China,  with favorite fillings varying from province to province.

    However, traditions change with the times, and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} do mooncake flavors.

    Today, many people love Hong Kong-style mooncakes, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (go) crazy for that unbeatable melt-in-the-mouth feeling {#blank#}5{#/blank#} comes from sinking your teeth into these mouth-watering cakes.

    Another popular style is the mooncake with a crayfish (小龙虾) flavor. The crayfish {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (select) for mooncakes should be fresh and alive.  Because of limited ingredients, only a small number of crayfish mooncakes {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(put) on sale each day, forcing many to queue up for hours.

    The thoroughly modern mooncake is not only about new flavors, but {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(involve) designing distinct patterns. Sanxingdui Museum in Sichuan Province that is famous {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the masks and sculptures from China's Bronze Age (铜器时代) has introduced a special range of mooncakes with bronze statue patterns,  a creative design that is sure {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (please) mooncake lovers.

    Few people I know seem to have much desire or time{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (cook). Making Chinese dishes is seen as especially troublesome. Many westerners {#blank#}2{#/blank#} come to China cook much less than in their own countries once they realize how cheap {#blank#}3{#/blank#} can be to eat out. I still remember {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (visit) a friend who'd lived here for five years and I was shocked when I learnt she hadn't cooked once in all that time.

    While regularly eating out {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (become) common for many young people in recent years, it's not without a cost. The obvious one is money; eating out once or twice a week may be affordable but doing this most days adds up. There could be an even {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (high) cost on your health. Researchers have found that there is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} direct link between the increase in food eaten outside the home and the rise in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (weigh) problems.

    If you are not going to suffer this problem, then I suggest that the next time you go to your mum's home {#blank#}9{#/blank#} dinner, get a few cooking tips from her. Cooking food can be fun. You might also begin to notice the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (effect) not only on your health but in your pocket.

    In order to know a foreign language {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(complete), four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear {#blank#}2{#/blank#} spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation. Thirdly, we must be able to read the language, and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

    There is no easy way to succeed {#blank#}3{#/blank#} language learning. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(they) meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}we are satisfied with only a few rules we {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(memorize), we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of advice for those {#blank#}9{#/blank#}are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(write) the language whenever we can.

    Beijing's Forbidden City is a place full of wonders. From its thousands of rooms to its many beautiful artifacts, it's no wonder it is one of China's most popular scenic {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(spot).But even more than 600 years after it {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (build), it's still managing to serve up surprises.

    The Forbidden City draws visitors because of its rich history and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(culture) significance, but perhaps it should add one more thing to its list of attractions: earthquake shelter. While most structures aren't made {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (survive) natural disasters, the Forbidden City seems to withstand anything.

    To show how strong the ancient Chinese architecture really is, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} model of one of the Forbidden City's palaces was put to the test. It survived a simulated(模拟的) earthquake of 9.5 on the Richter scale—equal to the  {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (1arge)ever recorded quake. Instead of falling apart, the model was just moved gently during the test.

    According to experts, the key {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the Forbidden City's strength, as well as other ancient Chinese structures, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (lie)in dougong (斗栱)—a centuries-old building method invented in China. Ancient Chinese craftsmen created structures {#blank#}9{#/blank#} were both enduring(耐用)and elegant, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (show)their advanced understanding of mathematics, architecture, materials, and structural science.

    There was a young flower in the desert{#blank#}1{#/blank#}all was dry and sad looking... It was growing by itself,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(enjoy) every day and saying to the sun, "{#blank#}3{#/blank#}shall I be grown up?" And the sun would say "Be{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(patience) ! Each time I touch you, you grow a little." She was so pleased,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}she would have a chance to bring beauty to this corner of sand. And this is all she wanted to do - bring a little bit of beauty to this world.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}one day the hunter came by and stepped on her. She was going to die and she felt so sad, not because she was{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(die), but because she would{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(ever) have a chance to bring a little bit of beauty to this corner of the desert.

    The great spirit saw her, and was listening. - Indeed, he said... She should be living... So he reached down and touched her -- and gave her{#blank#}9{#/blank#}second life.

    Finally she grew up to be a beautiful flower. And this corner of the desert also became so beautiful because{#blank#}10{#/blank#}the little flower.