Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival is the first festival in China forfarmers. The festival starting from 2018, falls1theAutumnal Equinox (秋分) each year. The Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solarterms (节气) of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually falls between September22nd and 24th, during2harvest season.

    As we all know, China has the3populationall over the world. It was difficult4somany people in the past. After reform (改革) and opening, with the5ofmodern agriculture (农业), people's life is getting better and better, and theirliving conditions6a lot. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festivalshows7our government is paying more attentionto agriculture and farmers' life. It will greatly encourage farmers to farm anddevelop8modern agriculture. China has  a long history of agriculture. ChineseFarmers' Harvest Festival, the cultural symbol,9toshow China's long farming culture to the world. It also connects the excellent traditional Chinese culture to modern civilization (文明) andimproves the cultural self-confidence and national pride.

    Since the festival is especially created for farmers, they10tothink of their own ways to celebrateharvest. The celebrations will be11basedon local customs. Someactivities are held across the country,12mostof the celebrations will take place at a local level that comes from localcustoms. Also, local government usually hosts all kinds of activities13attractvarious people for the festival, such as folk culture performances and foodtasting.

    Some people think the festival is the happiest time of a year, evenbetter than the Spring Festival,because food gives people14sense of safety and hope. For15people,the harvest festival is a time to look back at the past and look forward to thefuture.

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Do you yawn? There are about 20 reasons that scientists think are possible for yawning after research. They do not know exactly why yawning happens, but they do know many facts about yawning.

We know that everyone yawns in the same way. First you open your mouth slowly. Your mouth stays open for about five seconds. You take in a lot of air and then push it out. Then you quickly close your mouth. We also know that yawning is contagious. When you see someone yawn, you yawn, too.

Many people say they yawn because they are bored or tired. That might be true. People do often yawn before they sleep and after they wake up. However, we know that people also yawn when they are excited or nervous. Olympic runners, for example, often yawn before a race. Why is that? In 2007, scientists found that a yawn could help a warm brain cool down.

Some scientists believe that yawning makes you notice things more quickly. When you yawn, you breathe deeply. You also stretch（伸展）the muscles in your face, mouth, and neck. Your eardrums stretch, too. Maybe this helps you to be quicker to notice things.

In some countries, people think yawning is not nice. People put their hands over their mouths to cover a yawn. In other countries, people think yawning is healthy. They think that opening the mouth very big can let good things in. When they breathe out, they think that bad things go out of the body with the air.

All in all, scientists do not spend much time studying yawning. That is probably because yawning does not hurt. It is just something we do.

We do eye exercises. We wear sunglasses (太阳镜). We do lots of things to protect our eyes. But we usually forget another important part of our body—the ears. 

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Dry your ears with a towel (毛巾) after swimming or taking a bath. If you feel water in your ear, shake your head a little bit. This can help you get the water out of your ear. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}During the winter, protect your ears with a hat or a scarf.

Keep your ears clean

Usually, our ears clean themselves. The earwax (耳屎) builds up, dries out, and then comes out of the ear along with some dirt (污垢).

Don't clean your ears with anything sharp (尖锐的), or it can make the earwax go too deep into your ears and hurt them. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

How to use headphones (耳机)

Don't listen to loud music on your headphones for a long time. Follow the 60:60 rule: listen to music at 60 percent of your headphones' maximum volume (最大音量) for no more than 60 minutes a day.

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Choose five sentences out of the six in the box to complete the passage. Each choice should be used only once

A. How to use your ears.

B. Keep your ears dry and warm.

C. Over—the—ear headphones are better than in—ear ones.

D. But if your ears start to hurt, you can go to a doctor for help.

E. But many things, such as loud noises, can cause hearing loss (听力丧失).

F. Also, when the sun is shining, wear some sunscreen (防晒霜) on your ears.

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