You are twenty-one years old and live a happy and peaceful life. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} one day, your doctor tells you that you have a serious disease and will die soon. What would you do?{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (probable) most of us might feel very sad and give up our dreams and hopes for the future. Here is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the great scientist, Stephen Hawking, did.

    Hawking wasn't {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (discourage) because of his physical condition.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, he went on with his study of the universe. In 2002, Hawking was invited to China. He told Chinese students about his theories and thoughts {#blank#}6{#/blank#} some of the greatest questions: what is time, how the universe began, and what are black holes. He impressed the audience with his humor, confidence and of course his {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (wise).

    Hawking became famous in the early 1970s. In 1988, he wrote A Brief History of Time, in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he explained difficult theories in a simple way. The book {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sell) well since it came out.

    Stephen Hawking is a man with a strong will and he is regarded as the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (great) mind in physics since Albert Einstein.

    Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager {#blank#}1{#/blank#}was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust (大屠杀). She and her family, along with four others,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(spend ) over two years during World War Ⅱ{#blank#}3{#/blank#}( hide) in another part of rooms above her father's office in Amsterdam.

    Since it was first published in 1947 , Anne Frank's diary has become one of the{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(powerful) memoirs（回忆录）of the Holocaust.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}( it) message of courage and hope in the face of difficulty has reached millions. The diary has been translated into more than 60 languages with over 30 million copies{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(sell). Anne Frank's story is especially{#blank#}7{#/blank#}( meaning) to young people today. For many she is their first exposure(接触) to the history of the Holocaust.

    After being reported to the Nazis, Anne, her  family, and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}others living with them were arrested (逮捕) and sent to Nazi concentration camps. In March of 1945, several{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(month) after she was arrested, Anne Frank died. She was fifteen years old.

    Her courage and legacy live on, and she is frequently regarded {#blank#}10{#/blank#}a role model for today.

    Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world's first igloo(冰屋) hotel.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(build) in a small town, it has been attracting lots of visitors but soon the fun will be over. In two weeks' time, Bergqvst's ice creation{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) nothing more than a pool of water. "We don't see it as a big problem," he says. "We just look forward to{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(replace) it."

    Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was {#blank#}4{#/blank#}successful that he designed the present one, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks —piling 1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base; when the snow froze, the base{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(remove).

    After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0℃, it may seem more like a survival test {#blank#}8{#/blank#}a relaxing hotel break. "It's great fun," Bergqvist explains, "as{#blank#}9{#/blank#} as a good start in survival training."

    The{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(popular)of the igloo is beyond doubt: it is now attracting tourists from all over the world. At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms.

    There are several reasons why school uniforms are good idea. First of all, uniforms help the school look smart. The students feel that they belong to a particular group. When every pupil in the school wears the uniform, nobody {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (have) to worry about fashion(时尚). Everybody wears{#blank#}2{#/blank#} same style of clothes. Uniforms can be useful in unexpected ways, A school in Ireland has introduced an interesting new uniform. On the edge of the jacket, there is a piece of cloth {#blank#}3{#/blank#}gives off light in the dark. When the children are walking or {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (cycle) to school on dark mornings, car drivers can {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (easy) see them.

    But can uniforms help improve school standards? The answer {#blank#}6{#/blank#} this question is not clear. One study in America found that students' grades {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (improve) a little after the school introduced uniforms. But some students didn't want {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (wear) the uniform. Other American studies showed no {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(connect) between uniforms and school performance.

    School uniforms are {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (tradition) in Britain, but some schools are starting to get rid of them. Some very good schools don't have a uniform policy. However, uniforms are still popular. Pupils at about 90 percent of British secondary schools wear uniforms.

    Sugar sculpture blowing is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Chinese folk art where artists blow and sculpt hot sugar to create 3D {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (figure). The finished sculptures not only look good，but also have a good taste, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (make) them popular among children.

    The main raw material for sugar sculpture blowing is malt sugar (麦芽糖).The malt sugar {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) in sculpture blowing has to be heated to high temperatures. It can only be used after several steps, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} include the sorting and cooking of the malt sugar followed by the firing and melting of it.

    Sugar sculpture blowing is {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(careful) made. It can be divided {#blank#}7{#/blank#} two methods—one uses molds (模子)；the other does not，and involves sugar figures taking shape through a combination of blowing air into the processed malt sugar and the artist's flexible hand skills.

    The complex process may explain why there are fewer people making sugar sculpture. To protect and promote this {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tradition) craftsmanship, the government of Hebei Province founded a sugar figure art {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(organise) in 2011. Now it {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (consist) of over 90 artists recognized as the inheritors (继承人)of the technique.