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          The adobe dwellings (土坯房)  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  （build）by the Pueblo Indians of the AmericanSouthwest are admired by even  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} most modern of architects and engineers. In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (able) to “air condition” a house without  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}( use) electric equipment. Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that heat   {#blank#}5{#/blank#}( slow) during cool nights, thus warming the house. When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(cool) the house during the hot day;{#blank#}7{#/blank#} the same time, they warm up again for the night. This cycle       (go) day after day: The walls warm up during the day and cool off during the night and are thus always a timely offset(抵消) for the outside temperatures. As {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  (nature) architects, the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.

    Rachel and her husband, Jason,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}were both experienced climbers, were on a climbing holiday in Switzerland. When they were 3，000 metres up in the mountains, there was{#blank#}2{#/blank#}storm.The wind was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (extreme) strong and the snow was two metres deep.They couldn't move. Rachel had her mobile phone with her, so she sent a text message to five friends in the UK {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(get) their help.

    About four hours later, one of her friends, Martha, responded {#blank#}5{#/blank#}her with a text message.Martha said she had phoned the police in Switzerland and that they had got in touch with the mountain rescue team.

    But the weather was so bad{#blank#}6{#/blank#}the helicopter (直升飞机) couldn't get to the two climbers.The rescue team sent a message to Rachel, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}say：“So sorry Rachel. We tried. Wind is too strong. Have to wait till morning. Take care. Be strong.” Rachel  felt {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(hope) and thought they were going to die as it was freezing, －15 ℃. However, Jason encouraged her, telling her not to give up.

    Next morning the storm{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(pass) and the helicopter arrived to take them off the mountain. After the accident, they cared for each other with greater{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(devote)．

    Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant(木材商), and he got it. The pay was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(real) good and so were the work conditions.  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do {#blank#}3{#/blank#} best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he was supposed to work. The first day, the woodcutter {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (bring) 18 trees. "Congratulations," the boss said. "Go on that way". Very {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(motivate) by the boss's words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} he could only bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder. But he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees. "I must be losing my {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(strong), " the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(say) that he could not understand what was going on. "When was the last time you sharpened your axe? " the boss asked. "Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(try) to cut trees. "

    On September 11, 2001, Omar Eduardo Rivera, a blind computer technician (技术员), was working on the 71st floor of the World Trade Center with his guide dog {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (name) Dorado. When the hijacked (被劫持的) plane hit the tower, Rivera knew {#blank#}2{#/blank#} would take him a long time to escape from the building, but he wanted his lovely dog to have a chance {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (get) out so he set him free in the crowded stairwell. "I thought I was lost forever—the noise and the heat were {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (terrify) —but I had to give him the chance of escape. So I touched his head, gave him a push and ordered him to go," Rivera said.

    The dog {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (immediate) disappeared into the crowd, but a few {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (minute) later Rivera felt the dog feeling his legs. Dorado came right back to his side and a co-worker {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (bring) by him as well. Then Dorado and the selfless co-worker {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (help) Rivera climb down 70 flights of stairs, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} took nearly an hour. No sooner had they escaped from the building {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it fell down completely, and Rivera says he owes his life to his faithful dog.

    There are about 100 million middle-aged women dancing in parks and on squares in China, and Deborah Roundy, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} U.S retired school teacher, is one of them. Mrs. Roundy is the only foreigner on the Shanghai dance team at Tongji University, where she is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(current) teaching English.

    Mrs. Roundy ran upon a dozen or so middle-aged women dancing {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the tunes of Chinese songs in 2012. At the time, she didn't feel used to the new environment and wanted to have some fun in her life. She {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(invite) to join the dancing team.

    At first, Mrs. Roundy communicated with her teammates by {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(exchange) notes to help translate for her. Now she uses a translation app on her iPad.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the Chinese language is not the most difficult thing for her, mastering Chinese dance is. Mrs. Roundy used to do ballet. She said {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(dance) in the U.S. always dance facing the audience. But in China, they change directions all the time, and it was very {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(confuse) for her at first.

    They have developed good personal relations. Mrs. Roundy says they also go out to eat and on field trips together, which are {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(forget) experiences for her.

    Square dancing opens a window for her {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(understand) China, Mrs. Roundy said: Besides dancing, she and her husband have been active in community life, teaching English, and helping elderly neighbors.

    Chinese New Year, also {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (know) as the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is the grandest festival in China. As the most colorful annual event, the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}tradition) Chinese New Year celebration lasts longer, up to two weeks, and the highlight {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (arrive) around the Lunar New Year's Eve.

    In 2020, the Chinese Spring Festival falls {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Jan. 25th. Like Christmas in Western countries, Chinese Lunar New Year is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} time to be home with family, chatting, drinking, cooking, and enjoying a hearty meal together. Home isthe focus of the Spring Festival; All Chinese people manage {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(make) their way home by New Year's Eve, for a reunion dinner with the whole family and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(vary) kinds of meat, vegetable, and seafood are made into dishes with auspicious(吉祥的) meanings. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (definite), the CCTV Spring Festival Gala is China's most watched television special, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} delightful songs and words act as a habitual background to a reunion dinner. Although the audience becomes more and more critical of the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (program) in the Gala, it never stops people turning on the TV on time.