As a man {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (pass) the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (tie) to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their bonds, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for some reason, they did not.

    He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (get) away. "Well," the trainer said, "when they are very young and much {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (small) we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} is enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe {#blank#}7{#/blank#} rope can still hold them, so they never try."

    The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (stick) right where they were.

    Like the elephants, how many of us go through life {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (hang) onto a belief that we cannot do something, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (simple) because we failed at it once before?

    Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.

—I have no idea. But just a minute, I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(check) it for you.

    When we mention the most famous Chinese painting of the Northern Song Dynasty, the image coming into people's mind{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) Qingming Shangle Tu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival.

    This painting is important {#blank#}2{#/blank#} several reasons. First, up till that time, almost all Chinese paintings were landscapes, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (contain) no or only a few images of people. Second, this is the first scroll（卷轴）painting {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (describe) both Chinese urban and suburban life during the period in the capital, Bianjing (now Kaifeng in Henan Province). Third, the painting is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (high) detailed and features shops of all kinds and different economic {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (activity) in and out of the city. People are able to see the Chinese technologies of the time, which helps them {#blank#}7{#/blank#} great deal in understanding {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the Chinese lived.

    The Beijing Palace Museum keeps the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (origin) Song painting and one of its famous copies-the Qing version {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hold) in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

    Since the United Nations declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga in 2014，many cities in China {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (start)hosting international yoga festivals. Last year，for example，{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate)the festival，hundreds of yoga enthusiasts from India and China gathered on the Great Wall in Beijing. It {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (certain)seems China's enthusiasm for yoga isn't going to cool down anytime soon. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} addition to large-scale(大规模的)yoga festivals，smaller events are held in different communities，parks and also online across the nation.

    There are many differences between China and India when it comes to how yoga {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (practise). {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people focus on are meditation (冥想)and breathing exercises in India，but in China most of the time people just focus on physical exercise. Locations {#blank#}7{#/blank#} practice takes place tend to be different as well，since Indian people tend to practise yoga outside in the mornings while most Chinese practise inside gyms and studios. Indians start practising yoga at a very young age，so their bodies are even {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (strong).But in China，people start at an older age，so they should pay more attention to safety. Like many athletic {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (activity)，yoga comes with some risk. As {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (it)popularity has gradually risen，so has the number of yoga—related injuries.

    Two weeks ago, I helped my dear Joan, one of my close friends {#blank#}1{#/blank#} just graduated, move out of her apartment. We decided {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (have)a nice dinner before she moved back to her hometown 400 miles away, but being the caring person she is, she had offered her time to help her friends move during dinner, even though she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (her)needed to pack and donate things.

    She isn't usually one to ask {#blank#}4{#/blank#} help, so I knew that I had to offer my time and energy with {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (determine) if I was going to be {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (use). I bought her something to eat because I knew she hadn't eaten and then {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (rent) a carshare (拼车) for her to ship her things. It was a whole disaster-{#blank#}8{#/blank#} first carshare we rented wouldn't open, so we had to carry the things to another car a few {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (block) away.

    This car then had no gas, so we had to gas this car, which pushed back our timeline by 40 minutes. Despite it all, it was a fun lasting memory with her, and I'm glad I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (be) able to show her my love through these small acts of service.