I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I remember{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(tear) across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb.“There is no Santa Claus.” She laughed. “Even dummies(傻瓜) know that!” I {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(flee) to Grandma because I knew she would be straight with me. She always told the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(true).

“No Santa Claus?” she said. “Ridiculous!Don't believe{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Put on yourcoat, and let's go.” “Go where, Grandma?” I asked.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} we walked through the doors of the general store Grandma handed me ten dollars and Said, “Buy something for someone {#blank#}6{#/blank#}needs it. I'll waitfor you in the car.”

      I was only eight years old. Never had I shoppedfor anything all by myself. For a few moments I just stood there,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (wonder) what to buy, and who{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(buy) it for. I thought of everybody Iknew. Then I thought about Bobbie Decker.

      He was my classmate with bad breath and{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(mess) hair, and he sat right behind me. He did not have a coat. I knew that because he never went out to play gamesduring the winter. I fingered the bill with growing {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(excite). I would buy Bobbie a coat.

    Last week I{#blank#}1{#/blank#}deep into space，but {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a black hole. Then I{#blank#}3{#/blank#}to Brazil and experienced surviving an airplane crash {#blank#}4{#/blank#}After that，I went to the bottom of the ocean to see strange blind{#blank#}5{#/blank#}that have never seen {#blank#}6{#/blank#}.

    That is what visitors can do at Futuroscope，a science and technology­based theme park in France. It uses the most{#blank#}7{#/blank#}technology. Visitors can {#blank#}8{#/blank#}parts of the world they have never experienced. The amazing，{#blank#}9{#/blank#}information together with many opportunities for hands­ on learning makes the world {#blank#}10{#/blank#}in a completely new way for visitors.

    Visitors can buy tickets at the entrance，but tickets are also available online. Futuroscope is not only for individuals，but is also the perfect mix of fun and learning for class outings. And also Futuroscope is easy to reach. Come ready to walk a lot—be sure to wear some comfortable sneakers.

    Chinese architecture is a style that has taken shape in East Asia over many centuries. The structural principles of Chinese architecture have remained largely {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (change), the main changes being only the decorative details. Since the Tang Dynasty, Chinese architecture  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (have) a major influence {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the architectural styles of Korea, Vietnam, and Japan.

    The architecture of China is as old as Chinese civilization. From every source of information, there is strong {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(evident) that the Chinese have always enjoyed a native system of construction that has kept its principal characteristics from old times to the present day. Over the large area from Chinese Turkistan (突厥) to Japan, the same system of construction is popular and this is the area of Chinese cultural influence.

    Throughout {#blank#}5{#/blank#} 20th century, western-trained Chinese architects have tried {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (combine) traditional Chinese designs into modern architecture, with great success. Moreover, the pressure for urban development throughout contemporary China required higher speed of construction and higher floor area ratio (容积率),{#blank#}7{#/blank#} means that in the great cities the demand for traditional Chinese {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (build) has declined in favor of modern architecture. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the traditional skills of Chinese architecture,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (include) major and minor carpentry (木工), and masonry (石工), are still applied to the construction of vernacular architecture in the large rural area in China.

In China, the history of people planting and using bamboo can date back to as far as 7,000 years. The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (apply) of bamboo in science and technology is thrilling. In 251 BC, Li Bing, in Sichuan, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lead) the local people in building the Dujiang Weirs, in which bamboo played an important role. During the Han Dynasty, the people in Sichuan {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (success) sank a 1,600­-metre-­deep well with thick bamboo ropes. This technology did not spread to Europe until the 19th century, and it was by using the technology {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the Americans drilled(钻) the first oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859.

Bamboo culture contributes to encouraging people to hold on when {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(face) tough situations.