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    He once said, "My goal is simple, it is complete understanding of the universe(宇宙)." Stephen Hawking is regarded as one of the most famous scientists since Einstein. Hawking died on March 14th, 2018.

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During the festival, people usually {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (climb) mountains, wear the zhuyu plant, drink chrysanthemum (菊花) wine, and eat Chongyang cake. Cake in Chinese is pronounced "gao" meaning high, so people consider climbing a high mountain to be the same as eating cake. Also, people think they {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (do) better than before after eating the cake.

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