Tins of cooling ointment (清凉油) have become a currency for Chinese traveling in Egypt.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (visit)the complex of ancient temples at Karnak, Chinese tourist Mr. Ye lost his way among the stone churches and pillars.

    An Egyptian guide gave him directions. To show his {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (appreciate), Mr. Ye handed him a small red tin the size of a large coin. Inside {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) a cooling ointment that has the function of refreshing mind and preventing pain. Mr. Ye brought 50 tins with him on his six-day tour to hand out as tips.

    "Before I came to Egypt, the tourism agency told me {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (repeat) to bring cooling balm as a gift to make the trip {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (easy)," said Mr. Ye, a 25-year-old {#blank#}6{#/blank#} family sells Chinese medicine online. Egyptians, he said, are very nice to Chinese tourists, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} they love this little gift."

    Egyptians sometimes demand the balm by running a thumb across their foreheads. Li Xiaodong, an Egyptologist at China's Northeast Normal University, believes Chinese travelers initially brought cooling balm for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (person) use because it's very hot in Egypt, then {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (discover) Egyptians liked it.

    Some Chinese tourists said giving gifts feels better than handing over money. "If you give essential balm, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} is more like you're giving it to friends," said one Chinese tourist.

    The British like DIY(do it yourself). A lot of people always spend their holidays {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(make) their homes more beautiful. If there is anything {#blank#}2{#/blank#} needs repairing or decorating around their homes, such as painting walls and putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(they). They share DIY experience{#blank#}4{#/blank#}their friends. DIY can save money. So, it is not surprising that DIY is very popular.

    DIY can be difficult. People often find it not easy{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(build) a piece of furniture because they can't understand the directions（说明书){#blank#}6{#/blank#} (good) . What's more, DIY can also be {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(danger). For example, anything electrical should be done by a professional (专业的) worker.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (unlucky), many people don't care about this warning and put themselves in danger. It is reported that thousands of people{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(hurt) while doing DIY in the UK last year. All in all, DIY can bring us fun and help us save money,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}it is not always as easy as it is thought to be.

    Now a hot topic{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(discuss) about whether the old computers in our school should be replaced{#blank#}2{#/blank#}new ones. With the rapid{#blank#}3{#/blank#} ( develop) of science and technology, there is no doubt {#blank#}4{#/blank#}our old computers are totally out of date. The headmaster as well as the teachers and students{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) not satisfied with the slow working speed of the computers. Therefore, all of them request to have a new computer so that their problems can be solved {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （success).{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the school should consider is {#blank#}8{#/blank#}to deal with the old computers wisely. Personally speaking,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(throw)  them away to the place{#blank#}10{#/blank#}they are regarded as rubbish is not a good idea.

    I grew up in one of the poorest communities on the south side of Atlanta, US and was raised by a single mother who didn't finish 3rd grade. Not many people expected much of me, so I had to expect something of {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

    On my 13th birthday, I bought a poster of Harvard and put it up in my room. Being at Harvard was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} I dreamt about all the time though many people thought it was far {#blank#}3{#/blank#} my reach. I would bum the midnight oil,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (bury) in piles of books. I'd begin my day by asking myself these two questions, "What do I want in my life?" and "Are the things I am doing today going to get me closer to that life?"

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (remind) myself of my goal each made it easy to say no to the same choices I saw my peers making, because those paths wouldn't have taken me closer to my goal. Asking myself those questions gave me the courage and energy to study just one more hour on my SATs when my friends were asleep; and it gave me the determination to submit（提交）just one more scholarship {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (apply) when 180 others had already turned me down.

    On March 31st, 2011, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} email arrived from Harvard. The first word was "Congratulations!" A

    month later, Harvard invited me to visit the campus {#blank#}8{#/blank#} for the first time I got to see inside Sanders Theater, tour Widener Library and eat dinner in Annenberg Hall. I couldn't wait to start my {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (explore) here.

    Who you are today is the result of the decisions that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (make) earlier, and who you will be tomorrow will be the result of the choices you make today. Who do you want to be tomorrow?

    The Great Wall was grand, a little rainy at first, but grand all the same. The mist covered the far ends of the wall,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(give)it an almost mysterious feeling. The fog rolled in and out of the high mountains, revealing new parts of the wall as {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(quick)as it covered them. I kept on walking, seeing watchtower after watchtower {#blank#}3{#/blank#}my way. To my {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(relieve), many people had decided today was not the best day {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(climb)the wall, and I was there with very few people. I walked for {#blank#}6{#/blank#}seemed like miles. Then I saw just how long the wall I was standing on stretched for.

    It was {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(end)! I walked and walked, but after every hill I climbed, there was another long stretch of wall. I eventually came to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} long staircase. Later I found out that it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(call) “Chairman Mao's Challenge”.I accepted, and after climbing the hundred plus stairs to the peak, I had to admit that the Great Wall truly lives up to its reputation. So if I {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(have)another chance to travel to China, I would never hesitate to visit the Great Wall again.

Yungang Grottoes (石窟) in Datong, Shanxi Province, are a world cultural heritage (遗产) site with a history that {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (go) back more than 1,500 years. In Yungang's 45 big grottoes and more than 200 small grottoes, roughly 59,000 figures of the Buddha, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (be) a priceless treasure of human culture.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}because of the effects of climate change and natural disasters, the grottoes face damage year after year. Thanks to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (advance) digital technology, researchers are busy "duplicating" (复制) the Yungang Grottoes in an attempt to preserve the precious cultural relics (遗物). Employing 3D laser scanning technology, the researchers{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (digital) record the shapes, colors and other fine details of the grottoes and later reproduce{#blank#}6{#/blank#}by using 3D printing technology.

The new technology could enable more people{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (access) the cultural relics despite the distance. In June, 2020, the Zhejiang University Cultural Relics Research Institute and Yungang Grottoes Research Institute together "copied and pasted" Cave No. 12 of the Yungang Grottoes for an{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (exhibit) in Hangzhou, in which is the world's first 3D-printed 1:1 "copy" of a grotto.

These Yungang{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (researcher) attempt is a good example of technology helping to preserve cultural heritage. It is hoped{#blank#}10{#/blank#}the new digitalized technologies will facilitate the "rebirth" of the cultural relics, and bring them to more places worldwide.