In much of Asia, especially the so-called＂rice bowl＂ cultures of China, Japan, Korea, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Vietnam,food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

        Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo.They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hard woods and metal {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (create)special designs.

        The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) twigs(树枝)to removeit. Over time, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.

Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (gradual) turned into chopsticks.

        Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} livedfrom roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) too violent for use at the table.

Chopsticks are notused everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat {#blank#}10{#/blank#} their hands.

    Alibaba founder, Jack Ma graduated from the Hangzhou Teacher's Institute in 1988 with a major in English language education, and went on to teach at another university in the city. He gave up{#blank#}1{#/blank#}university teaching job after {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（discover）the Internet.

    Ma became excited {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the Internet during a visit to the United States in 1995 and wanted to find a way {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（bring ）the online world to China. In 1999, he persuaded friends to give him $60,000 to start an e-commerce firm called Alibaba.

Seeing an opportunity for small businesses to buy and sell their goods online, he started Alibaba, firstly running the company out of his apartment in the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（east） city of Hangzhou. Alibaba Group includes Tmall.com for business-to-consumer trade and Taobao, China's{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（popular ）online consumer marketplace with hundreds of millions of products and services listed. Now the company is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}Internet giant and Ma—a former English teacher—is among China's most super-rich.

    On his long road to riches, Jack Ma says his{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（inspire） has been the film character Forrest Gump.

     “I like that guy. I{#blank#}9{#/blank#}（watch） that movie about 10 times,” he said in an interview with CNBC.

     “Every time I get frustrated, I watch that movie.”

Ma said the lesson he learned from the film featuring Tom Hanks was   {#blank#}10{#/blank#}“no matter what changes, you are you. I'm still the guy I was 15 years ago when I earned $20 a month.

    I'm Alexandra Grace, Educator at New Zealand Embassy Beijing. Today I will give you a brief introduction of New Zealand's higher education. Small {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it may be, New Zealand offers quality higher education opportunities, with two {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (three) of its higher education institutes within the top 10 of QS World University Rankings 2014. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} makes New Zealand's universities stand out is their abilities {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (provide) high-end education.

    Though Chinese students form the largest international student group in New Zealand, the country only ranks the 7th on Chinese students' most {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (desire) overseas destination list. The size of the country prevents it {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (become) a hot study destination. But it draws students with its {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (safety) and multi-cultural environment.

    While it attracts mainly wealthy students, higher education in New Zealand is also affordable for many common Chinese families. Chinese students can get {#blank#}8{#/blank#} British-based education with the school fee being some of the lowest in the world. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} average, the school fee was about 25, 000 dollars per year, and the living costs were about 20, 000 dollars a year. Besides, students can do some part-time jobs. The money {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (earn) in those jobs is enough for them to travel around the country and enjoy its breath-taking scenery.