Have you ever {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hear) of the Stonehenge? Every year it {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (receive) more than 750, 000 visitors. People like to go to this place especially {#blank#}3{#/blank#}June as they want to see the sun {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (rise) on the longest day of the year.

    For many years, historians believed Stonehenge was a temple where ancient leaders {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (try) to communicate with the gods.

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    Where weredominoes (多米诺骨牌) from?Modern dominoes first showed up in Italy during the 18th century. But it isbelieved that the earliest dominoes were Chinese playing cards. Italianmissionaries (传教士) in China may have brought the gameto Europe. Do you think so?

    Do youlike to play with dominoes? Dominoes are small rectangular (长方形的) pieces made of wood orplastic (塑料). People can place dominoes in differentshapes. Then, they push one domino down and the rest of the dominoes fall oneby one. It is interesting to watch.

    Butplacing dominoes is hard. To make sure the dominoes fall smoothly, the spacebetween each domino is important. According to domino—play. com, if a domino is about 4cm long, then the space between two dominoes should be1—2 cm. If the space is too big, the dominoes will stop falling halfway.If the space is too small, the dominoes will fall too quickly and won't lookinteresting.

    Beginnerscan start by putting dominoes in a straight line. This is the easiest shape.Professional (专业的) playerscan place dominoes in many other shapes, including big circles, beautifulflowers and even famous paintings.

Reggie had been born deaf. He was well-known to everyone in town, and they all loved him. Unluckily, he always seemed to end up treated 1 from everyone else. People acted like he was unable to 2 them, as if he was a baby.

His friend Michael didn't like this. He decided that things had to be 3 . Michael's father was the town's mayor (市长) and Michael 4 to persuade him that this year they should offer one day as the festival to deaf people. During that whole day everyone would have to wear earplugs (耳塞).

People liked the 5 . The day became known as The Day of Silence, and when it arrived, everyone stuck plugs in their ears. That morning was filled with jokes and laughter. However, as the hours passed, people knew more and more clearly how 6 the life was when they couldn't hear anything.

On that day, nobody was thinking of Reggie as just a deaf person. This meant he could be treated just like any other boy, and people saw Reggie had a bright mind. On that day, using his usual 7 , Reggie was the one who could communicate best with everyone. This meant that people paid more attention to what he was expressing, and they were 8 by his intelligence and his ability to find ways to deal with almost any problem. They 9 that he had always been like that, and that in normal life all Reggie needed was a little more time than others to communicate. That was the only 10 .

Liu Ruying is a seventh﹣grade student. She has been interested in Peking Opera（京剧）for much of her young life. It is because of the1 of her grandfather，who is a fan of Peking Opera. 

Liustarted to2 Peking Opera when she was 8. It wasn't3 for a little girl to experience the tough（艰苦的）training. "Sometimes I was tired，"she said. "But I never4 giving it up. "

In 2020，to5 China's Little Plum Blossom Opera Competition（梅花奖）for children，Liu got up at 6：00 a. m. to practice singing every day. She trained for over 20 hours every week. Her hard work6 brought her the title（称号）Little Plum Blossom. 

In January this year，Liu got the7 that in her hometown there would be a cultural exchange（交流）with other countries，with young students as cultural ambassadors（大使）. She8 to introduce Peking Opera to the world in English. She made a9 with the help of her mother. "I love traditional Chinese culture very much，especially Peking Opera，"she said in the video. "Peking Opera has a long history of about 200 years. It is10 a treasure of our country. We should do our best to develop it. . . "