There was once a small boy who would never get dressed when his parents told him to, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} would he wear what they wanted him to. He preferred unusual clothes, but above all, he liked taking his time. His parents were always in a rush, and wanted him to be much {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (quick), but the boy didn't like this, and he would slow down even more.

    One day, his parents got so angry when he refused to dress that they told him to go out without any clothes at all. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (surprise), the boy followed his parents out of the door. He held a belief {#blank#}4{#/blank#} nobody could do anything to him.

    As the boy stood outside his house with nothing on, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(wait) for his parents's car, along came the local pig farmer. The farmer, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} was almost deaf, had very poor eyesight. Not only that, but also he {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(forget) his glasses that day. When he saw the boy's pink skin, he thought it was one of his pigs. Shouting and pushing, the farmer forced {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(he) into a pig cage. The boy begged him to stop but the deaf farmer couldn't hear.

    When found by his parents, the terrified boy never again wanted to be mistaken {#blank#}9{#/blank#} anything other than a human being. Now he's the first {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (get) dressed, and always looks neat.

    The Han people have its own spoken and written language-Chinese. Chinese belongs to the Han-Tibetan language family. It is the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (common) used language in China and among the largest languages in the world.

    Written Chinese came out in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (it) earliest form approximately 6,000 years ago. The Chinese characters {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (use) today, also called “Hanzi”, developed from those used in bones and tortoise shells more than 3,000 years ago. There are about 56,000 characters, of which only about 3,000 are in common use.

    Mandarin is a category (种类) of Chinese {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (dialect) spoken across most of northern and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (southwest) China. The term “Mandarin” can also refer to Standard Mandarin, which {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (base) on the Mandarin dialect spoken in Beijing. It is officially considered to be the standard for the People's Republic of China.

    Why do most non-Chinese speakers choose to learn standard Mandarin Chinese? Mandarin is understood by most Chinese people. As mentioned above, it is China's national language. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} you are interested in basic communication, scholarly research, or {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (pursue) a career in China, standard Mandarin is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} necessary tool for communication. And it often serves {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a bridge for communication.

    Ballet is a formal kind of dance performance with a rich and interesting history. The word "ballet" comes from the French language, and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) based on the Italian word "balletto." "Balletto" means a little dance. Ballet's early roots began in Italy in the late 1400s. But it was in France {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ballet developed into the form we know today.

    The French ruler Louis the Fourteenth had a big influence {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the direction of ballet in its early history. He ruled France for seventy-two years, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (start) in 1643. He started dancing as a boy and worked hard daily.

    Louis the Fourteenth turned ballet into a form of dance that reflected {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (he) power and influence. Ballet's many rules and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (extreme) detailed movements expressed a person's power and social relations. The king made sure that ballet became a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (require) for the people of his court. He also started the Royal Academy of Dance, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} important people could learn this art. The aim of this dance was self-control, order and perfection.

    Ballet slowly changed from a dance at the king's court to one {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (perform) by professional dancers. When Louis the Fourteenth died in 1715, ballet {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (bring) to other parts of Europe and was developing in other ways.

    China's Chang'e 5 mission {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (successful) delivered samples of moon rocks and dust to Earth on December 17, 2020. It marks {#blank#}2{#/blank#} first time in 44 years that moon rocks have been brought back to our planet.

    The sample capsule landed in Inner Mongolia {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a little after 2:00 a.m. Thursday local time. The drop-off was the ending of a 23-day mission that began on November 23, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} China sent up Chang'e 5 from a site on Hainan Island. The mission's goal was {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (collect) at least four pounds of material and bring it back to Earth.

    The material collected by Chang'e 5 was from a site in the northwest region of the moon's near side. This area was formed more recently, and the rocks here {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (think) to be only about 1.2 billion years old now. That means scientists {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(study) the material could learn more about the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (evolve) of the moon.

Although Chang'e 5 was a short mission, it was one of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (complex) projects undertaken by the Chinese space program so far. The country is far from done with the moon—Chang'e 6, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (it) second lunar sample return, is ready to launch in 2023 or 2024.