Honesty is a virtue, and telling a lie is morally wrong. But how can you know if someone is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}? The answer is, they're probably not. Traditional economics says that people are rational beings who will lie if it is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} their advantage. A recent university study has shown that, actually, we're pretty honest ―especially {#blank#}3{#/blank#} we're at home.

Researchers in Germany phoned people at home and asked them to toss a coin. There was a strong financial incentive (激励) to fake the result: if the coin landed tails-up, the participant would receive money or a gift voucher, while if the coin landed heads-up, they would get {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Because they were on the phone, they knew there was no {#blank#}5{#/blank#} of getting caught if they lied. And yet people revealed the truth despite that they {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (receive) nothing. Over hundreds of tosses a coin will land tails-up roughly 50% of the time. In this study over half the people (55.6%) asked said that the coin landed heads-up. Most of them didn't pursue the reward at the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} of honesty.

    Previous studies had found that people were more dishonest. In those laboratory studies 75% of people, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (include) some who faked the results, reported a winning coin and claimed a reward. So the research team guesses it's being in our own home {#blank#}9{#/blank#} makes us play fair. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, what motivates people to do so remains unclear.

    Traditional Chinese medicine originated in ancient and developed for {#blank#}1{#/blank#}long time. It has collected various ways to treat{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (differ) diseases. It pays attention {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the balance of the body system. It reads, once the body system {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (balance) , the disease will disappear. The damage of the body system is the source of the disease.

    TCM is an important part of Chinese culture. It has made great{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (contribute) to the prosperity (繁荣) of China. Great success have been made in many areas through TCM cure. As to acute stomachache, there is no need {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (have) an operation; all you need to do is drink a cup of Chinese herbs,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} the western way takes more time and money. You may even take the risk of being infected after operation.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (compare) with the western medicine high fees, TCM has a reasonable price that ordinary people can afford. I think in the future, TCM will be the mainstream in the health services in China. And our country should invest (投入) more money on the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (develop) on TCM.

    {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(make) sure it is not going to fade away.

Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation

    BEIJING,  May 14 (Xinhua)—Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said, “The Belt and Road Initiative (倡议) {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(be) a project of the century that will benefit people across the world. ”

    Xi made the remarks when {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(deliver) a speech at the opening ceremony of the two-day Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Named after the historic Silk Road, the Belt and Road Initiative {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(propose) by Xi in 2013 to chart out new fields for international cooperation.

    “Going through thousands of miles and years, the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(anciently) silk routes embody (体现) the spirit of peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness (包容), mutual learning {#blank#}5{#/blank#} mutual benefit, ” Xi told an audience of more than 1, 500 from across the globe. “The Silk Road spirit  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(become) a great heritage (遗产) of human civilization so far, ” he said.

    A total of 29 foreign {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(head) of state and government leaders attended the forum,  including Russian President Vladimir Putin. Other delegates (代表) include officials,  entrepreneurs,  financiers and journalists {#blank#}8{#/blank#} over 130 countries and representatives of key international organizations. The United States sent a delegation {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(lead) by Matt Pottinger.

    By all means, the forum, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} also features a round-table summit of global leaders on Monday, is one of the premium gatherings in today's world.

    What might life be like if you looked very different from others? Most of us are lucky to be born with "normal" faces.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}, the movie Wonder shows us that there is no such thing as being normal and that beauty is more than skin-deep.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (base) on a bestselling novel, the movie is about a boy named Auggie. He has a facial deformity (畸形) and has spent most of his life being home schooled. But as he enters middle school, his parents decide to send him to a private school. There, Auggie must deal with judgmental classmates and learn to accept{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (he) as he is.

    In the US, most kids{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (teach) that it is OK to be different. Most people in the US celebrate being unique. But some kids have difficulty{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (accept) uniqueness. It's easy to pick on someone who's different, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(especial) if you have your own problems to deal with. This is another{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (center) theme from the movie—even the kids {#blank#}8{#/blank#}pick on Auggie have their own personal struggles.

    As Auggie's classmates get to know him better, they come to find that he's a nice kid {#blank#}9{#/blank#}a great sense of humor. They start to change their attitude toward him. In real life, it may take longer to see such changes happen. But if we give people {#blank#}10{#/blank#}chance, their hearts and minds may change in the end.

    On arriving in the United States, I felt everything was different. There were many new things I had to adapt to. One thing that really {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(take) me a long time to adapt to was speaking the language.

    I remember {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(clear) that I had to struggle to learn English because I couldn't even write a short paragraph to introduce myself at the first day of my English class. The teacher asked me {#blank#}3{#/blank#}it was difficult for me. If it was, I could change to level one!

    However, I was stubborn and swore that I was going to succeed. I started to spend many {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(hour)per day, even though it was stressful, because I wanted to take advantage {#blank#}5{#/blank#}this special chance to study English in the USA.

    I felt depressed because I couldn't understand {#blank#}6{#/blank#}people were saying even though I made great efforts. However, I still kept {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(try) and never gave up.

Now, I can tell you that I have improved a lot, but sometimes it is still easy for me to get{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(confuse) if I don't know what topic people {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(talk) about. To adapt to this new language, I had to tell {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(I) that I could do it. I really believe I can!