A young American woman worked in a school in Shanghai． {#blank#}1{#/blank#} she came to China，she knew little about the Chinese culture of language． One day on her way to school，she went to a bank {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(draw) some money．To {#blank#}3{#/blank#}surprise，the bank clerk(职员) asked her if she had had her lunch．She was surprised at such {#blank#}4{#/blank#}question because in the American culture it would mean that the bank clerk is inviting her to lunch．Between unmarried young people it can also mean the young man's interest in dating the girl．Since this bank clerk {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a stranger to the American woman，she was very puzzled(困惑的)，and quickly answered that she {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(eat) already．After this she went on to school and was even {#blank#}7{#/blank#}surprised when one of the teachers asked her the same question．

    By now she understood that it could not be an {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(invite) but was puzzled as to why they asked it．In the following days she was asked the same question again and again and she spent many hours {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(try) to work out why so many people kept asking her this．At last she thought that these people must be {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(concern) about her health．She was rather thin at the time，and she thought they must be worrying that she was not eating well!

    In fact the question like that has no real meaning at all — it is only a greeting．

    One day a fisherman called Peter went fishing in his small boat.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} reaching a good place he knew, he{#blank#}2{#/blank#} ( lay) down his long line into the water. After a while,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} became very heavy. It seemed too heavy to be a fish. He began to draw in{#blank#}4{#/blank#}line.

    When the hooks began to come out of the water, he was quite {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(surprise), for the hooks were holding the links of a heavy gold chain.  When he pulled them into the boat, more and more links appeared. Soon his boat was full of the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(shine) links of the gold chain.

    “I shall be rich, ” he said. “{#blank#}7{#/blank#}money I shall buy a new fishing boat with an engine. I shall buy a big house.”

    He drew in more chain{#blank#}8{#/blank#}he couldn't see the end of it. There was more and more of the heavy gold chain in the boat. He was so greedy that he didn't notice {#blank#}9{#/blank#} was happening to his boat. It was sinking{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(low) into the water than before. In the end Peter was drowned. He lost the gold, his boat and his life.

    At the back of King's College there is a memorial stone in white marble to honor the Chinese poet Xu Zhimo. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (move) to the UK in 1921, Zhimo spent a year studying at King's where he {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (fall) in love not only with the romantic poetry of English poets like John Keats, but also with Cambridge {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (it).

    His poem, Second Farewell to Cambridge, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} is considered to be his most famous one, is now a compulsory text on Chinese literature, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (learn) by millions of school children across our country every year. The poem {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (clear) paints a portrait of King's and the River Cam, and serves {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a reminder of Xu Zhimo's fondness for his time in Cambridge.

    While the poem had been set to music many times before, the English composer John Rutter, one of the mainstream classical {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (musician), was invited by King's College to make the first musical setting of the text. The new piece, written and recorded in {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (celebrate) of the near 100-year link between King's College {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Xu Zhimo, has been released on a new album on the King's College Record Label.

    Newton made important contributions to every area of the scientific and mathematical concept to his generation. Born in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} rural English village on Christmas Day, 1642, he was so small that no one thought he would survive. During his childhood he spent much of his time inventing and building toys, and did not do particularly {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (good) at school. So his mother, who was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (will) to pay for his education, brought him home to look after the sheep. However, he was always so busy {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (build) small devices that the sheep would often escape. Eventually his uncle persuaded his mother {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (send) him to the University of Cambridge, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he became so absorbed in his studies that he often forgot to eat or sleep.

    When Cambridge was closed for two years due to the plague(鼠疫), Newton went home to work on his studies. He {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (bury) himself in mathematics and began developing a mathematical theory that would later become calculus(微积分). It is a popular belief {#blank#}8{#/blank#} on one occasion he was sitting under an apple tree {#blank#}9{#/blank#} an apple fell on his head, which helped him to understand the laws of gravity. It is now thought that perhaps he invented this story in later field to explain how he drew his {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (inspire) from everyday events. 

Chinese was formally announced an official language of the United Nations World Tourism Organization on January 25.

That means the organization will use the Chinese language, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} will enhance China's soft power in global tourism and, by extension, the cultural domain. It will help China's tourism growth, encouraging other countries {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(adopt) its policies. Tourist places in Chi too will get more exposure. The number of people learning Chinese will {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (definite) grow.

There {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) two main reasons for that. First. Chinese cultural and tourism authorities have been promoting Chinese culture for long. As far back as in 2006. Spring Festival was listed as a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (nation)cultural heritage(文化遗产)and given special {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(protect)and promoted. Now, there are many influential festival {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(list) in the world and almost all of them list the Chinese New Year. or Spring Festival: many even list {#blank#}8{#/blank#} at the top. Second. the year-on-year growth in the number of Chinese tourists before 2020 too has played a part in promoting the Chinese language and culture. Globally. Chinese faces have become common at scenic spots. That has a lot to do {#blank#}9{#/blank#}China's improving economy and the constantly rising per capital income(人均收入).

With China's growing comprehensive capabilities, it {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(hope) that its influence in other soft power domains will also grow.