Can you write down Chinese characters(汉字) that are read to you? It can be {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(difficult), especially when the Chinese characters are not included in most dictionaries.

    Lu Jialei, a student from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (win) the Chinese Character dictation(听写)Competition on Oct. 18, 2013.

During the competition, the host read Chinese characters to the student, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(explain) their meanings and gave example sentences. The student was required to write down the Chinese characters.

    Winning the competition was a(n) {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (surprise) to Lu. "I am not the smartest one," she said. "But I pay attention to details(细节)."

    To prepare {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the competition, Lu and her teammates studied the Modern Chinese for 10days. She {#blank#}6{#/blank#} had a secret wepon(武器).She studied how Chinese characters were formed.

    In the final round of the competiton, the host read wanluan to Lu and said it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (mean) graceful（优雅的）. "I had never heard that before!" said Lu. But she made a good guess. "Chinese characters meaning graceful often have '女' in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (they), while many Chinese characters pronouncing luan have '亦'. So I wrote it down: '婉娈' ."

    Lu has good reading habits. "When others pay attention to the main idea of a(n) {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(story), she looks at how the author uses words and sentences to express himself or herself," said Su Yunsheng, Lu's Chinese teacher.

    Su is happy {#blank#}10{#/blank#} see students like Lu find the beauty of Chinese language. "Learning to write Chinese characters is an important part of inheriting(继承)culture," said Su.

    As we all know, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, and other big cities are great places to live {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. There are always something {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(interest)for people to see and do. You can go to, different kinds of museums, see all kinds of plays and concerts. You can also buy things {#blank#}3{#/blank#}all over the world,

    But there {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be)serious problems in big cities, too. For example, It's very expensive {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (live)there, and there are too many people in big cities-Every student can study at good schools and receive good medical care. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}sometimes people can't find work or good flats with proper price. Also it is hard to keep the cities {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(safety)and clean.

    Some people enjoy {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(work) in big cities,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(other) do not {#blank#}10{#/blank#}they want to move to a big city, they should think about the problems of living there first.

Lucy Brown teaches English in a junior high school. She loves her students very much, and she works hard. She often {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (tell) them some interesting stories in class and her students like her, too. Yesterday, Lucy {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (find) some boys always made faces(做鬼脸) in class. She didn't want them to do that again, so she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (get) all her students together and said, "Boys and girls, when I was young, I liked {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) faces in class, too. But one day, my grandmother told me {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (not do) that again. She said, 'If you make faces again, you {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (be) ugly when you grow up.' So you shouldn't do that again." Some students thought she was right, but some students didn't. One of the boys {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (put) up his hand. "Oh, Tom! What do you want to say?" asked Lucy. The boy stood up and said, "Miss Brown, you must regret (后悔) not listening to your grandmother now. "