Nowadays, more and more schools in China have rules making students wear school uniforms to school. A lot of Chinese students complain about{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (wear) their school uniforms every day. But do American students get {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(annoy) about their uniforms, too? American high schools usually have a dress code(衣着标准), {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is about requirements for students' dressing. Boys at school must wear clean jackets every day. Girls are {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (luck) than boys, for they have more flexible{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (choose) than boys. They can either dress similarly to the boys {#blank#}6{#/blank#}wear a dress. In general, it takes a student 10-15 minutes every morning {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (dress) up for class. As students do in China, plenty of American students also have their complaints about school uniforms. What if students really dislike the dress code and want to get rid of it? Instead of getting punished, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (actual) there're ways to do that. At my school, "dress down" tickets {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sell) on school days. If students are willing to buy a ticket, they don't need to wear school uniforms the following day. I have a strong  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (believe) that one day Chinese students can buy these tickets, too.

    As one of "China's new four great inventions", China's high-speed rail eyes the world again with "Fuxing". It is proud of a top speed of 400 km/h and a continuous speed of 350 km/h. It is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (total) designed and produced by Chinese engineers {#blank#}2{#/blank#} any help from the West.

    China's high-speed train is not only known for its amazing speed, but also for its safety and comfort. Last year, it safely carried 1.4 billion {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, or the total population of Africa and South America {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (combine).

    In 2015, a video taken by a Swedish traveler became popular on social media both at {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and abroad. In the nine-minute video, a coin stood upright all the time on a fast-running high-speed train. It shows the steadiness (稳定) of China's high-speed train, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (give) visitors a comfortable travelling experience.

    The service on China's high-speed rail is still improving. The new bullet train plans to increase the height, and the Wi-Fi network will {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the whole train. Its air conditioning system is designed to reduce the influence of the external pressure wave {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the train is passing through tunnels, easing {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (comfort) of ears.

    The rapid development of China's high-speed rail in the past five years {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (mark) China's increasing strength in technology and innovation. It has become a new symbol, showing China's great progress to the world.

    Laughter Yoga is a new form of exercise that promotes the use of laughter as a form of physical exercise. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (create) in the mid-1990s as a social experiment. Although it came from India and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (certain) includes some yoga, don't expect it to have much in common with the yoga classes {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (offer) at your local studio or gym. Laughter Yoga attaches {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (much) importance to the former than to the latter.

    The method began in 1995 when Dr. Madan Kataria called on a group of students in a park {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (test) whether introducing regular laughter into people's lives would improve their well-being. Kataria also introduced deep breathing and simple stretches into the exercises.

    Medical research has suggested that laughing is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} good way to reduce stress and help people feel good. Kataria's Laughter Clubs are popping up in response {#blank#}7{#/blank#} people's need to handle {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (press).

    Kataria also offers books and DVDs to people {#blank#}9{#/blank#} don't have access to a local Laughter Club. However, connecting with other humans is a big part of Laughter Yoga's success in {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (help) people feel better and experience more joy.

    The day before he heads to a war, an undefeated {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (command) named Qi has a dream in which he loses a battle and dies. When he wakes up, Qi gets ready to go and fight. While gaining successive victories, Qi decides to celebrate, although there is a final battle {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wait) for him. When he gets {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (drink) and falls asleep in his tent, Qi's army {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (attack) by the enemy and he gets killed just as his dream predicted. This is the story that has inspired the latest Kunqu Opera production.

    As one of the oldest of the traditional Chinese opera {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (form), Kunqu Opera, which is about 600 years old, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (combine) singing, dancing and lyrical recitation. Performed in the Suzhou dialect (方言).UNESCO listed Kunqu Opera as an intangible heritage(非物质文化遗产)of humanity in 2001.

    Earlier this year, a plan of combining Kunqu Opera and traditional Chinese idioms was developed, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} would allow young Chinese directors and Kunqu Opera performers {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (work) together. The young artists are working on developing original plays based on traditional Chinese idioms to keep {#blank#}9{#/blank#} tradition alive while making it popular again{#blank#}10{#/blank#} new ideas.

    Chinese New Year, also {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (know) as the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is the grandest festival in China. As the most colorful annual event, the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}tradition) Chinese New Year celebration lasts longer, up to two weeks, and the highlight {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (arrive) around the Lunar New Year's Eve.

    In 2020, the Chinese Spring Festival falls {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Jan. 25th. Like Christmas in Western countries, Chinese Lunar New Year is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} time to be home with family, chatting, drinking, cooking, and enjoying a hearty meal together. Home isthe focus of the Spring Festival; All Chinese people manage {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(make) their way home by New Year's Eve, for a reunion dinner with the whole family and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(vary) kinds of meat, vegetable, and seafood are made into dishes with auspicious(吉祥的) meanings. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (definite), the CCTV Spring Festival Gala is China's most watched television special, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} delightful songs and words act as a habitual background to a reunion dinner. Although the audience becomes more and more critical of the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (program) in the Gala, it never stops people turning on the TV on time.

    Looking out of the window of his Ford truck, Bob Fitzgerald sees large, undesirable plants growing in the fields.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (visitor) to his neighborhood in Princess Anne, Maryland {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(main) see dying forests and empty farmland.

    Fitzgerald says the land{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(be) in his family for over 3 centuries. "I'd say in the next 20 years. You're going to lose{#blank#}4{#/blank#}very high percentage of that land."

    The land around the Chesapeake Bay has been sinking for hundreds of years. But climate change is making things{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(bad). As sea level rises, salt water is entering rivers and other waterways. As a result, the ground is becoming too salty for crops{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(grow) on.

    Maryland's Eastern Shore is home to some of the oldest farms in North America.

    Fitzgerald says he has seen big changes during his life.

    "You just can't believe{#blank#}7{#/blank#}it's been taking things over in the last 15 or 20 years. I can show you land around here that people raised tomatoes on when I was a little boy. And now it's gone."

    Around the world, scientists warn that coastal farms are under{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(threaten) from rising seas and salt water. A World Bank report estimates rice production in coastal areas of Bangladesh may fall{#blank#}9{#/blank#}15 percent by the year 2050. Another study found hundreds of millions of people will{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(force) to move inland because of rising waters.