{#blank#}1{#/blank#} it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet. Our legs were so heavy and cold that {#blank#}2{#/blank#} felt like big blocks of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? That's what we looked like! Along the way children who {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (dress) in long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late afternoon we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze. However, the lakes {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (shine) like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful. Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was {#blank#}5{#/blank#} high spirit and I knew I didn't need to encourage her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we  looked around us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles, and we were {#blank#}6{#/blank#} high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After {#blank#}7{#/blank#} while, we began going down the mountains. It was great fun especially as it slowly became much {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(warm). At the foot of the mountains, colorful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(eat) green grass. Then we had to  change our caps, gloves and trousers {#blank#}10{#/blank#} T-shirts and shorts.

    McDonald's China changed its business name,and consumers aren't lovin' it. Chinese  media reported {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Wednesday evening that McDonald's Chinese business changed its company's name from Maidanglao, a loose transliteration of the English name, to Jingongmen, or Golden Arches, on Oct. 12.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}the fast food chain promised its fans on its Weibo microblog that stores in China will still bear the old name{#blank#}3{#/blank#}new name was immediately laughed at by net users for sounding unsophisticated (不复杂的).

    Picking a Chinese name can be difficult for foreign brands.US home-sharing company Airbnb earlier this year chose 'Aibiying' or 'welcome each other with love' for its Chinese operations, but the name was{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(bad)received for being difficult to pronounce. Last month, NBA team Dallas Mavericks asked{#blank#}5{#/blank#}fans to come up with a new Chinese name because the current xiaoniu is a mistranslation,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (mean) 'little cows.'

    McDonald's opened its first restaurant in China in 1990,and the brand, closely{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(associate) with a Western lifestyle, took off. Long lines formed whenever a new location opened.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} in recent years the fast food chain{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(struggle) to maintain its growth trend in China as more prosperous, health-conscious consumers seek alternative dining {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(option).

    Around this period, there was discussion for a new logo for McDonald's, and design consultant Louis Cheskin convinced the company to maintain its branding with the arches.

    How would you feel if you woke up and found your entire computer's contents — including your photos, your recent documents — no longer {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(access)? What if you found out that they had {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(wipe) from your computer, leaving you with nothing but heartache?

    Guess what? It happens to people every single day. Every day, people across the country head into their local Apple store in {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(tear), broken computer in hand, praying as they wait in line that {#blank#}4{#/blank#}expensive repair might, just might, recover {#blank#}5{#/blank#}priceless, irreplaceable files. A few get lucky. But for the rest, there's nothing anyone can do {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(help).

    Hasn't happened to you? If your computer{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(remain) unprotected, it will, and it's only a matter a time. But thanks to recent breakthroughs in computer backup technology, you now have a number of options to prepare, and if you're smart, when your computer{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(crash), you shouldn't have any problem {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(get) 100% of your files back that same day. I'm not talking about an external hard drive. I'm talking about an online backup {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(solve) that runs quietly in the background on your computer. If you have one installed, when your computer crashes, you'll be just one click away from bringing your files back to life.

    Music is in the corners of everyday life. It is said to be beneficial to us both {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(physical) and mentally.

    There are many ways to make music. For example, if you blow into bamboos or shells, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(permit) air to come in, they can produce pleasant music. A recent discovery suggests that music was played much earlier than we think. In 1995, deep in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} cave in Slovenia {#blank#}4{#/blank#}was occupied 45,000 years ago by Neanderthals, a leg bone of a bear with four finger holes was found. The discovery suggested that flutes（笛子）had come into {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (exist) at that time. Later, many other {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(tradition) musical instruments like drums were dug out from underground. Ancient people even {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(seek) a way to make music out of a bow that {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(intend) for hunting, so we have to admit that they did have a great gift {#blank#}9{#/blank#} music. But if exactly dated, the Neanderthal flute is by far the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(early) known example of music.

    Now music can be found in every known culture, and even the most distant groups have a certain form of music.

Hollywood filmmakers visit Mulan's roots

    Hollywood filmmakers, including creators of the 1998 Disney film Mulan, will start {#blank#}1{#/blank#}"discovery trip" to Mulan's birthplace —Huangpi District in Hubei Province this week.

    During the two-day visit, they will see a number of Mulan-themed{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (perform), such as the horse lighting show and the local opera. They will also visit places of historical interest, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the Mulan Mountain and the General's Temple.

    In the 20 years since the Disney film came out, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (it) director Tony Bancroft hasn't been to the land of Mulan's roots. "For me, it's a full circle tour of where my favorite character was born. I'm also doing my homework for the next film," he said.

    "China used to be closed off to Westerners, thus {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (create) a mystery, but in the last few years, U. S. films {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (explore) the Chinese culture and environment, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} has opened audiences to a whole new world. I believe the tale of Mulan appeals to Westerners mainly {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  it's about a daughter's respect for her family, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(especial) her father," Bancroft added.

    A live-action remake of the 1998 film is expected to hit theaters in 2019. The Walt Disney Studios has announced that Chinese actress Liu Yifei, also{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (know) as Crystal Liu, is going to star in the classic Chinese tale.