Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanwu Festival, is a traditional holiday, which {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (observe) each year over 2,000 years in China to honor Qu Yuan, an ancient Chinese patriotic（爱国的）poet. Originating from south China, Dragon Boat Festival enjoys higher{#blank#}2{#/blank#}popular) in southern areas, such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong Provinces. With a history over 2,000 years, it used to be a day{#blank#}3{#/blank#}people would use herbs（药草）to drive away diseases. However, the most popular origin is closely related{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the great poet Qu Yuan in the Warring States Period. Composing masterpieces like Li Sao, he was regarded as one of the greatest{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(poem) in Chinese history. After he was exiled（流放）by the king, he had no alternative but to choose to drown{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(he) in the river rather than seeing his country conquered by the State of Qin. He died on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is{#blank#}7{#/blank#}people decided to commemorate（纪念）him on that day{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(annual).{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(remember) his death on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people celebrate the festival in{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(vary)ways.

    Young people {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (bear) in 1995 or later have another name in English — Generation Z.

    Now entering adulthood and soon to join the workforce, Generation Z grew up in a special period of time when technology developed fast and the Internet became {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (universe).

    It {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (believe) that Generation Z is the generation that is going to shape our future, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} is why policy makers are trying {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (they) best to understand these young people. Most people agree that the biggest difference between Generation Z and other generations is how connected they are. This is a group of people who have been familiar {#blank#}6{#/blank#} social media as soon as they came to the world. It may be true that Generation Z-ers have a shorter attention span（持续时间）{#blank#}7{#/blank#} a goldfish does, but since they grew up among social changes, they are more active in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (political).

    Generation Z-ers are also culture creators. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (grow) up with the Internet has freed this generation from traditional cultural expression. These young people never {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (willing) let their creativity be limited by their parents or traditional rules.

Dear Dad,

    On this date of your 50th birthday, Mom gave me the letter you wrote me when I was born 18 years ago. In your letter, you {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(wish) me to be strong-minded and successful. You were looking forward to {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(see) me fight for my future bravely and do well for {#blank#}3{#/blank#} and others.

    After reading this letter, I feel quite {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(shock) at your{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(expect) on me. I also feel shamed {#blank#}6{#/blank#}not having performed well to meet your demand. I still remember when I was in primary school, I failed to apply myself to studying. I was addicted to computer games. As a consequence, I soon became the last one in my class. You didn't abuse me at all. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the contrary, you taught me that studying was the most important object at the moment and encouraged me to study hard. Only {#blank#}8{#/blank#}I read your letter did I realize that I behaved so badly at that time and you were so sad to see I didn't do well for myself.

    I can't help expressing my gratitude and sending my best wishes to you. Wish you{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(health) and happy. I promise that I will spare no effort to satisfy your demand of being {#blank#}10{#/blank#}brave and successful person.

    Today I will share a true story about an overseas student {#blank#}1{#/blank#} studied in Germany.

    After years of hard work, this student graduated with {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(amaze) achievements. Everyone was sure that he was going to get a good job easily and have a bright future. But to his surprise, he was not even given the chance for {#blank#}3{#/blank#} interview! The third time he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (refuse), he couldn't help {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(telephone) the company to ask why they didn't want him. The answer was simple. "We don't offer jobs to dishonest people in Germany."

    You might wonder what was wrong. The truth is, shortly after he {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (arrive) in Germany, this clever student found that {#blank#}7{#/blank#} was easy to skip(逃票) buying subway tickets in this country. So in order to save money, he often went in the subway without a ticket. As a result, he had been caught without a ticket many {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (time).

    From this story, we learn that we may get short-term benefits(好处)in dishonest ways, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the truth will come out sooner or later and the cost is high. So remember that {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(honest) is the rule.