I remember the first time I got on a horse. I was two years old and we were watching a friend of the family ride. My mom agreed to let me take a short ride around the ground with the friend and that was it' I became crazy about having a horse. From then on, I drove my parents mad beg­ging for a horse. Whenever I saw a horse, I would beg even harder.

    When I was four years old, problems appeared in my life. I had Selective Mutism (选择性缄默症). This is an unusual childhood disorder (失调) in which children stop speaking in certain social situations, many times at around the age of four. I spoke to my parents as usual, my brother and certain other people, but was silent at school and in social situations. I went days, weeks, months without a sound at school. At most, I might very quietly speak to a friend.

    My parents looked for a cure. One psychologist (心理医生) had an idea. Having discussed his plan with my parents in advance, one day I was asked by the psychologist what I wanted more than anything in the world. He explained that I was going to be given a chance to work for what I wanted. I couldn't believe my good luck, but I could not answer. I just stood there. Finally, I was allowed to whisper (低声说) the answer in my mother's ear. "A horse," was all I could say.

    I was to get a little horse, but before we could even start looking, I had to try to talk. I had a chart of weekly tasks I had to finish. I had to answer the phone five times every week, something I had never done before. I did everything that was asked of me and the day came when my parents found the perfect horse. His name was Sequoia, a strong little chestnut (栗子马). He was perfect, of course, and I fell in love immediately. It truly was a dream come true. When I was with Sequoia, I forgot all about my problems and felt strong and life.

    By connecting with them, I have learned to hug what I was once not able to do and I found my voice back.

Zhang Hanliang, who has practiced martial arts (武术) for over 20 years, is now a martial arts 1 at Tianshui Normal University in Gansu. The 35-year-old woman and her team have posted many traditional Chinese martial arts videos online exercising and practicing Tai chi in the past years.

"Online videos interest many Internet users at home and 2 . Many young Chinese and foreigners are interested in it. I hope that more and more people will 3 the beauty of Chinese martial arts," said Zhang. She also added that she wanted to spread martial arts to the public 4 the Internet.

At the age of 8, her father 5 her to a sports school in Gansu. She was the youngest child at the school but worked 6 . The oldest schoolmates and teachers were very 7 at her efforts.

"I was a hard-working girl and would keep daily 8 every day," Zhang said.

In 2007, Zhang began to work at Tianshui Normal University. In addition to her daily teaching task, Zhang has been 9 to France, Russia, Malaysia and other countries many times to teach martial arts.

"Martial arts can be a 10 for cultural exchange between China and other countries," said Zhang. She added that she hoped that more and more young people could understand and love martial arts.

A village soccer tournament(联赛) in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province has drawn people's attention. The tournament is called Cun Chao, or Village Super League.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} May to July this year, 20 teams from Rongjiang County took part in Cun Chao. The players came from different jobs and minority ethnic groups(少数民族). 

The cheerleaders(拉拉队队员) wore {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(tradition) ethnic clothes and also performed in the soccer tournament. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(visitor) could also enjoy singing and dancing performances.

Cun Chao has {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(recent) put Rongjiang on the soccer map. In fact, the area has already had a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(long) history of the sport than other areas. 

Soccer was introduced to Rongjiang in the 1940s and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(become) an important part of people's lives since then. In 2021, Rongjiang was listed as one of the "model counties" for soccer development. In the past, it was hard 

{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(find) good soccer fields. 

But those conditions never stopped the locals from doing that. Whether on farms, river banks, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} rocky lands, people always found a way to enjoy 

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Xu Bo, the head of Rongjiang County's government, said, "We will use Cun Chao as a way to help develop {#blank#}10{#/blank#} countryside. We hope people love soccer and have a chance to realize their soccer dreams."

One day，only my mother and I were at home. She asked me a question，"1 is the most important part of the body? "2 I was young，I thought sound was very important to us， 3 I said，"My ears，Mom. "

"No. Many people 4 deaf（聋的）， "she said. "But keep 5 about it and I will ask you again soon. "

Last year，my grandpa died.6 w as crying. When it was our turn 7 our final goodbye to him，my mother asked me for the 8 time，"Do you know the most important part of your body now，my dear? "

I didn't know how to answer when she 9 me this. I always thought this was just 10 game between her and me. She saw the confusion（疑惑）11 my face and told me，"My dear，the most important body part is your shoulder （肩膀）

"Is it because it holds up 12 head? "I asked. 

"No，it is because it 13 hold the head of a friend or a 14 one when he or she cries，"she answered. "Everybody 15 to have a shoulder to cry on sometimes in life. My dear，I only hope that you have enough love and friends. And then when you feel sad，you will have a shoulder to cry on. "

Next week there will be a special sports game in the forest. All the animals will take part in it, and they're {#blank#}1{#/blank#} for it now. 

Mr. Rabbit is a famous {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. He did {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in the 100-meter race against a tortoise (乌龟) last year. This time he won't fall asleep again. He'll be more {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. And he asked birds to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} him on. He is sure that he can be the first one to cross the finish {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Mr. Monkey is good at jumping. He'll take part in the high jump and the long jump. It was bad that he only {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the second place in the long jump last year. Now he keeps practicing jumping early in the morning. He {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he'll win this time. Tigers will play {#blank#}9{#/blank#} lions in the 800-meter relay race. Tigers are practicing {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the stick to each other. A tiger's feet were hurt not long ago. But he keeps on running. Tigers will do their best to win the first. Of course, some other animals, such as cats, dogs and elephants are busy playing sports, too. 

All the animals hope to get good grades in this sports game. 

I was on vacation last month. I went to Hong Kong 1 my parents. We went there by plane. It was really 2 for me to have such a great experience(经历). 

3 it's a small city, there are too many people. The city is clean and the people there are very4 We went to Times Square first because it was near 5 hotel. We also wanted to buy 6 there. The things there were cheap, and we enjoyed going 7 there. Then we went to many other 8 I liked the Ocean Park best. The Ocean Park was really big and there were many tourists. I saw many ocean animals there. I took a cable car(缆车). From it, I also 9 green hills and colorful flowers. 

This trip was so wonderful that I wouldn't forget 10 forever(永远).