Cyclist Agustin Navarro was coming fourth in a race in Spain. But as he approached the finish line, he saw that his competitor Ismael Esteban had suffered a flat line and was running toward the finish line{#blank#}1{#/blank#} his bike over his shoulders. Agustin Navarro slowed down and refused{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (pass) him. Instead, he rode behind Ismael Esteban{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (allow) him to win the bronze medal.

    The people standing along the way applauded for Agustin Navarro's{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (behave) and cheered the two men as they made it toward the finish line —{#blank#}5{#/blank#} on foot; the other, on his bike. Mr. Esteban later tried to give{#blank#}6{#/blank#} prize to Agustin Navarro,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} he refused it.

    Agustin Navarro{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (praise) online for his unusual act since then. In a television interview, he told people that he didn't want to win like that, so he braked out of respect for somebody who had been{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (good) than himself. That's{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the spirit in a sport lies: respect competitors, teammates, coaches and even themselves.

    Born in England in 1944, Ian Wilmut{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(know) as the leader of the research group than first cloned a female lamb {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (call) Dolly in 1996. Dolly became famous and pictures of her appeared on the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (cover) of magazines all over the world. The {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (possible) of reproduction without a male and female being involved also made her the focus of a moral debate. For scientists, however, the cloning of dolly using the DNA of an adult cell was a breakthrough {#blank#}5{#/blank#}showed the cloning of special animals was possible.

    However,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}Wilmut think unlikely is human cloning. He says {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (undertake) the procedure with humans would require 29 surrogate（替代的）mothers and 300 eggs. Of those 29, 28 would be bound {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(experience) failure and suffer physically and emotionally. He says he is also concerned about the psychological and {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(society) consequences a cloned might have to go through. For these reasons, he is not{#blank#}10{#/blank#} favor of it.

    May is National Bike Month—a month-long event trying to get couch potatoes (电视迷) outside, cars off the roads and subway trains empty. It is meant {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(encourage) everyone to get back onto their bicycles to enjoy riding a bike as often as they can during the month. Summer begins in May and the weather turns warm. So why not mind {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (enjoy) the sunshine right now?

    Riding a bike is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (environment) friendly. If you're biking to school, you are helping bring down the air pollution. If more people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (persuade) to stop driving and start riding a bike, the air quality will be improved.

    Cycling isn't just good for the environment; it's good for our health, too. Riding a bicycle burns calories, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} helps you keep healthy and stay in shape. It is widely accepted {#blank#}6{#/blank#} riding not only improves your physical fitness, but also mind. It is through riding {#blank#}7{#/blank#} you will really see a new you.

    Let's take out our {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(bike) and paint them blue. Let's invite a group of friends and ride out to enjoy the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sun) summer this May. We are sure to enjoy {#blank#}10{#/blank#}.

    Beijing Opera roles require performers to paint{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(they) faces in patterns and colours to represent different character types and{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(quality).

    In Beijing Opera, facial painting can be quite complex. However, in the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(begin), only three colours were used-red, white, and black. Now, many other colours, such{#blank#}4{#/blank#}yellow, purple, blue and green, are used for facial painting.

Red is a colour for brave and loyal characters. Guan Yu, a general from the Three Kingdoms Period (AD 220-280), is a good example of this kind of character. He is famous{#blank#}5{#/blank#}being very loyal to his emperor, Liu Bei.

    White highlights all{#blank#}6{#/blank#}is bad in human nature. It{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(suggest) dishonesty and betrayal(背叛). One of the typical white-faced characters is Cao Cao, a{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(power) and cruel prime minister from the Three Kingdoms Period.

    Black face paint is{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(usual) used for someone who is fierce and violent. One typical example is General Zhang Fei from the classic novel, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

    All these different colours are used in Beijing Opera facial painting {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(provide) a clear picture of each character.

For much of history, reading was a fairly noisy activity. Today, however, the majority of us bottle the words in our heads as if {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(sit) in a library.

Recent studies provide ample evidence {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the ancient art of reading aloud has a number of benefits, from helping improve our memories {#blank#}3{#/blank#}strengthening emotional bonds between people.

According to a research on the impacts of reading on memory, people consistently remember words and texts {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(well) if reading them aloud than if reading them silently. This phenomenon has been named the "production effect", which means that producing {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(write) words-namely, reading them out loud-improves our memory of them. Even just silently mouthing the words makes {#blank#}6{#/blank#} more memorable.

One reason why people remember the spoken words better is that it gives us {#blank#}7{#/blank#} additional basis for memory. We are {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(general) better at recalling events that require active involvement. For instance, producing a word in {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(respond) to a question makes it easier to remember.

In time when our interactions with others and the large amount of information we take in {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(be) all too transient (转瞬即逝的) , perhaps it is worth making bit more time for reading out loud.