Do you have any idea of New Year paintings? Also {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(know) as "paper paintings" and "painted pictures", New Year paintings are a unique art form in Chinese folk culture. Without New Year paintings, our traditional Chinese folk culture {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) much less colorful. The paintings get such a name because they are {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(most) posted during the Chinese New Year holiday for decoration and they are also accepted {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a symbol of New Year's greetings.

    New Year paintings {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(appear) around the Tang dynasty, replacing the previous door pictures believed to be able to protect the residents and drive away ghosts. The New Year paintings {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(belong) to the Song dynasty were created on a large scale. With the advancement of printing technology, the content and forms of New Year paintings became {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(vary). The development of the paintings matured in the Ming and Qing dynasties, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the art hit its heyday(全盛期).

    Traditional printing {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(method) of New Year paintings include woodblock printing, stone-block printing, offset(胶印) printing, traditional Chinese painting, watercolor painting and sketches etc. Woodblock-printed New Year paintings are the most popular and interesting {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, according to a recent survey.

    “I saw rice plants as tall as sorghum, each ear of rice as big as an ear of com and each grain of rice as huge as a peanut. I could hide in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} shade of the rice crops with a friend.” That is the dream of the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (agriculture) scientist Yuan Longping.

    Yuan Longping, born {#blank#}3{#/blank#}September 7, 1930, is known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s. Since then, hybrid rice {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (grow) in over 20 countries,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (attract) attention from the whole world, especially areas at risk of hunger.

    This year 88-year-old Yuan Longping has {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (successful) developed rice growing in saltwater and desert. Though his rice could reduce food shortage, the new strain has a long way to go {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it can be widely spread.

    Yuan Longping's achievement has brought him many awards and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (honor) both at home and abroad. As Yuan Longping accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award, he said that {#blank#}9{#/blank#} lifetime achievement means is to achieve your dream with all your life.{#blank#}10{#/blank#}, fame and wealth mean much less to him than his research, and he says he will focus on developing better rice.

    Eating habits are not the same from country to country. The Chinese have a saying―Eat good things for breakfast，eat a big meal for {#blank#}1{#/blank#}，but eat less at dinner. Many {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (America) agree one should start the day with a good breakfast，{#blank#}3{#/blank#}their ideas about lunch and dinner are{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (difference)．

    Most Americans only give {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (them) a short time for lunch. So they eat a small lunch.

    After work they will have more time to eat a big dinner. Also a quiet dinner at home with all the family {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (be) a way to take {#blank#}7{#/blank#} good rest after a long，hard day of work.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (eat) at restaurants also is not the same. In China，people like to talk and laugh while eating. Very often you can hear people talking and laughing {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (loud)，and they are just having a good time. In America, it is not like this. They want a quiet place {#blank#}10{#/blank#} they can eat a good meal far away from the noises of the outside world.

    Last Monday, the students at an elementary school welcomed a new student. He was not shy at all and seemed {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (recognize) all kids by their names immediately. You may wonder who can do that. Well, the new student was not a human {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a robot. The 1.2 meter tall student is part of a robot experiment. The experiment is to test {#blank#}3{#/blank#}if robots can naturally deal with a group of people.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(compare) to other students, the robot appeared to be smarter than his “classmates”, because he was programmed with the facial{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(photo) and voiceprints of all kids and teachers there. Also, he {#blank#}6{#/blank#}design) with the contents of all the textbooks. As {#blank#}7{#/blank#}result, he impressed everyone by answering every question {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (correct).

    In fact, this is not the first time the robot {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) around humans. In the past years he has done many tasks, one of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} was accompanying patients at hospital.

    In my opinion, we should try our best {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (realize) our goals even though {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is little hope. The efforts seem to be the lights in the darkness, leading the way to hope and success.

    I used to be {#blank#}3{#/blank#} shy girl in my primary school. I was weak in English at that time, especially for {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (speak) English. So I was afraid to answer the teacher's questions during English classes. After I entered my dream middle school. Something {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (change). I started to read many {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (interest) English stories and my English teacher was patient to help me a lot. I studied hard in class and practiced by watching English films and listening to English songs in my free time. Little {#blank#}7{#/blank#} little, I found {#blank#}8{#/blank#} more and more interesting to learn English. I could even talk with my classmates {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fluent) in English and I was not shy any more. At last, I got high grades in English and I had {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (confident) to do it better in the future.