When young F.W. Woolworth was a store clerk, he tried to convince his boss to have a ten－cent sale to reduce inventory(存货). The boss agreed, and the idea was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} great success. This inspired Woolworth {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (open) his own store and price the items at a nickel and a dime (角). He needed capital for such a venture ，{#blank#}3{#/blank#} he asked his boss to supply the capital for part interest in the store. His boss turned him {#blank#}4{#/blank#} directly."The idea is too risky，" he told Woolworth." {#blank#}5{#/blank#} are not enough items to sell for five and ten cents."

Woolworth went ahead {#blank#}6{#/blank#} his boss' support. But he not only was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (success) in his first store, but {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (eventual) owned a chain of F.W. Woolworth stores across the nation. Later, his former boss {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (hear) to remark，"As far as I can figure out, every word I used to turn Woolworth down {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (cost) me about a million dollars."

    If you want to improve your English {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(rapid), you'd better listen to BBC English {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is part of the BBC World Service. It broadcasts all kinds of programmes, such {#blank#}3{#/blank#} difficult grammar {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(point), life in Britain, differences between written and {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(speak) English and so on. So far BBC English {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(become) a popular learning course. If you want to know some information about the programmes, you just need to write to BBC English {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(ask) for it. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} , {#blank#}9{#/blank#} is easy for you to find out the information and follow the programmes.

    In China there are English programmes like Follow Me on the radio. They are usually easy to receive and understand and they are very {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(use) to you.

    Qiang Shuping was so busy making cloth shoes {#blank#}1{#/blank#} she didn't even rest during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The woman from Baipu County, Jiangsu Province, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) shoes since she was 19 years old, and this year marks her 3lst year making cloth shoes.

    She spends the entire day in her tiny studio, which {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(measure) less than 10 square meters altogether, filled with cloth shoes in {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(variety) stages of completion.

    Nowadays, many stores make cloth shoes {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(use) machines, but Qiang sticks to the technique of making shoes entirely {#blank#}6{#/blank#} hand. She say the shoes {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(produce) by machine are not of the same quality as handmade ones. The handmade cloth shoes are more durable（耐用的）and comfortable, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (soft), and absorb sweat better.

    Some people buy cloth shoes out of nostalgia（怀旧）, while others trust {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(they) quality. Making shoes isn't a profitable job, but Qiang still insists as she wants to preserve the craft and pass it down to the younger generation.

    Handmade cloth shoes are also called qiancengdi (shoes with a thousand layers), {#blank#}10{#/blank#} can date back to the ancient Zhou Dynasty. In 2009, the making technique of qiancengdi was listed as the national intangible cultural heritage（非物质文化遗产）

    Howard Carter is one of the most famous{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (explorer) the world has ever known. He was brave and loved {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (visit) and explore new places. During his life, he {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (discover) many amazing things.

    Howard Carter did not go to school, but learnt to draw from his father, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} was an artist. He was bright and curious {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the world outside his home town. In 1891, at the age of 17, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} set sail for Alexandria, Egypt. By the 1920s, he had become an explorer,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (search) for the tombs of the Egyptian kings. He found several {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (importance) ones. Inside the tombs, he discovered a great fortune in jewels and gold, along {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the preserved bodies of dead kings. These{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (preserve) bodies are known as mummies.

    The Great Wall was grand, a little rainy at first, but grand all the same. The mist covered the far ends of the wall,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(give)it an almost mysterious feeling. The fog rolled in and out of the high mountains, revealing new parts of the wall as {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(quick)as it covered them. I kept on walking, seeing watchtower after watchtower {#blank#}3{#/blank#}my way. To my {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(relieve), many people had decided today was not the best day {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(climb)the wall, and I was there with very few people. I walked for {#blank#}6{#/blank#}seemed like miles. Then I saw just how long the wall I was standing on stretched for.

    It was {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(end)! I walked and walked, but after every hill I climbed, there was another long stretch of wall. I eventually came to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} long staircase. Later I found out that it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(call) “Chairman Mao's Challenge”.I accepted, and after climbing the hundred plus stairs to the peak, I had to admit that the Great Wall truly lives up to its reputation. So if I {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(have)another chance to travel to China, I would never hesitate to visit the Great Wall again.

    China's first artificial intelligence (Al) textbook for high school students {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(bring) out last week, following a plan by central government {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(include) Al courses in primary and secondary school.

    The nine - chapter textbook, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(name) " Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence" , was written by outstanding {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(scholar) from well - known schools nationwide, under the joint efforts by the research center for MOOC at East China Normal University and Al startup SenseTime. It includes the history of Al and how the technology can be applied in areas such as facial recognition, auto driving and public security.

    "The textbook focuses not only on basics of Al, but on {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(practice) use of Al in daily life," said Chen Yukun, a professor at East China Normal University, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} is also a contributor to the book.

    Up till now, about 40 high schools across the country {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(undertake) the task of being the first group of Al high education pilot program {#blank#}8{#/blank#} introducing the textbook in the curriculum. "The Al sector is facing a talent shortage {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(global). The publication of the book is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}breakthrough as it takes Al technology out of the 'Ivory tower' and makes it part of high school learning," said Lin Dahua, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.