Stephen Hawking, who is the most famous physicist, was born in Britain on January 8^th, 1942. As a child, he was enthusiastic about {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (design) complicated toys but {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (fortune), in his twenties, he suffered {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a disease that was impossible to be cured，{#blank#}4{#/blank#} was a great challenge for him. However, not only was he positive about the misfortunes, and eventually he {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (defeat) all the obstacles but also he was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (absorb) in his research in the universe. In 1988, his best-seller A Brief History of Time {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (publish), in which he put forward the idea {#blank#}8{#/blank#} time itself has a beginning, and that it will have {#blank#}9{#/blank#} end. In{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (conclude), he has made outstanding contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity.

    Many people may think the Forbidden city, or the Palace Museum as it's also called, is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} great, old-fashioned museum. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, in recent years, the museum has been working hard {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (promote) Chinese cultural heritage among the young people.

    The museum s online store now offers special cultural and creative {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (product). For example, in 2014, it{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (begin) to sell earphones that look like the necklaces worn by ancient officials , which even brought in {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (rough) 1 billion yuan a year.

    Last year, a documentary {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (name) Masters in the Forbidden City became popular online. It is about the people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} job is to repair the relics in the museum. Many of these workers are very young and some are even {#blank#}9{#/blank#} their 20s.

    Some other museums across the country, such as the National Museum of China, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(inspire) by the Palace Museum's efforts and are working on similar projects of their own.

    Our school planned a trip for us to study English in another country this holiday. I was excited for it was my first time{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (travel) abroad. I{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (pack) everything I thought I would need into my backpack. I knew I was going to have so much fun. After boarding the bus to the airport, I said goodbye to my parents. I looked out the window of the bus and dreamed about{#blank#}3{#/blank#} we would do while on our trip.

    One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, "Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much {#blank#}2{#/blank#}too little.

    His son looked surprised. "I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}not save a bit of money?

    "That would be a very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (us), Nick said.

    Nick's guests, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, "The only reason a man would sell salt {#blank#}7{#/blank#}a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it."

    "But such a small thing couldn't {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (possible) destroy a village."

    "In the beginning, there was only {#blank#}9{#/blank#}very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today."