As less people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(distance) memory in some ways. However, a 38-year-old craftsman, Li Jiangzhong, is committed to {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(keep) the art of sugar painting alive.

    Li worked as {#blank#}3{#/blank#}miner for more than ten years. After the mine closed down, Li turned {#blank#}4{#/blank#}housing decoration, until he {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(force) to give that up due to a finger {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(injure). Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had an interest in.

    Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. He soon mastered the skill and could make a variety of sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made with {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(melt) brown or white sugar. Craftsman {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(normal) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup（糖浆）. When the sugar cools down,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}appears is a piece of sugar craft.

—No, I'm just a bit tired.

    Parkour（跑酷）is a sport which trains people to deal with any physical obstacles in their path. It is not a competition but a physical training. A person joining in parkour is called traceur. Traceurs run along a path and use only their bodies to deal with the obstacles in the most efficient way. Parkour pays more attention to efficiency{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(make) it different from the similar practice of free running. Parkour{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(common) includes running, jumping, climbing, rolling and other similar types of physical movements. Many teenagers think that parkour is quite {#blank#}3{#/blank#} cool sport. They have great interest in it.

    The {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(invent) of parkour can't {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(give) to one person because many people have worked on it. A French officer developed the earlier form of parkour. The term “parkour” was first introduced by David Belle and Sebastiar Foucan in the early 1980s{#blank#}6{#/blank#} that time, they were two teenagers. This sport {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(become) more popular in the1990s when many films were made on it.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#} makes parkour different from other sports is its power to bring people together. It allows traceurs to forget the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(society) and other problems, and makes a large group work and grow together instead of competing with each other. People can benefit from parkour as it can make them stronger. Still, it also influences one's thought process by improving self-confidence and critical-thinking skills. In this way, parkour allows one to deal with {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(difficulty) in daily life if he or she deals with them through parkour.

    Curiosity is part of human nature. Children want answers {#blank#}1{#/blank#} tons of questions. People keep reading or watching because they want to find out what happens. But curiosity also provides many {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (practice) benefits.

    Many of history's greatest {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (discover) were made by curious people. People wondered how processes worked or how certain tasks could be done more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (effect). Thanks to their curiosity, people now know far more about the world and obtain useful technology {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (help) themselves.

    Even if you don't plan to be {#blank#}6{#/blank#} inventor or researcher, curiosity can still help you in the classroom. If you develop the joy of learning, classes will become more fun. Even if you are no longer a student, curiosity will make you better {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (inform) and thus a more capable worker. Often, the more you learn about a topic, the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (interest) it becomes.

    Thus, ask a lot of questions. Remember, everyone knows something {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you don't. Find out what that is, and ask about it.

    In the classroom or out of {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, developing curiosity is sure to be worthwhile.

    Keeping a diary in English is one of the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (effect) ways to improve our English writing ability. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes {#blank#}3{#/blank#} time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} we insist in this practice, gradually we'll learn how to express {#blank#}5{#/blank#}in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly come across many {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(difficult). In the first place, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} often happens that we have trouble finding proper words and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese.

    As far as I {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(concern), my suggestion is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} great use to keep a diary in English for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} development of our writing skills.

Pandas have become one of the symbols of China. They live only on a few high and damp mountains in Southwest China,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}they feed mainly on bamboo leaves and shoots. Everyone in the world {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(agree) that they are adorably cute. Their black and white colour{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(see) as the physical representation of Yin and Yang and how the balance between the two bring harmony and peace.