My name is Wang Kun. Since middle school, my sister and I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (dream) about taking a great bike trip. After graduating {#blank#}2{#/blank#} college, we finally got the chance to do it. It was my sister, Wang Wei,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Our cousins live near the Lancang River which {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(call) the Mekong River in other countries. My sister soon got {#blank#}5{#/blank#} interested in {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(cycle) too. Then she began to organize the trip and insisted that we start from the source of the river in Qinghai province {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the air is hard to breathe. I doubted her decision but she gave me a {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(determine) look. I know her {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(good). Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I gave {#blank#}10{#/blank#}to her.

    Two weeks after the popular show Chinese Poetry Conference, a new program, Reader (朗读者), has become much {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (popular) than it.

    The weekly talk show, hosted by the famous hostess Dong Qing, invites people from all walks of life {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (read) aloud poems, essays and book excerpts (节选) they like or wrote. The guests who join{#blank#}3{#/blank#} it also share their own life stories and explain the reason why particular pieces touched their hearts. Viewers can often be moved to tears {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they listen to those stories.

    Three days after its first broadcast on CCTV-1，Readers has been {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (great) successful and interested thousands of people. Through the poetic words, Readers has made {#blank#}6{#/blank#} public pay attention to the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (lose) habit of reading aloud. Readers is one of the cultural TV {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (program) to restore (恢复) the country's love for literature. Its success is very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (encourage) in today's television world where TV series {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (play) a leading part so far.

    China is well known as the Kingdom of Bamboo. Bamboo culture has already been rooted {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Chinese minds through the long history. To the Chinese people, bamboo is the symbol of virtue, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (reflect) people's soul and emotion. Bamboo has the title of "the gentleman of plants". {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (it) deep root symbolizes determination and its straight and hollow pole represents straightness and modesty. Bamboo culture always {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (play) a positive role in encouraging Chinese people to hold on when facing tough situations.