The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, called the Chinese Valentine's Day, is the only Chinese festival {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (connect) with love in the lunar calendar. Valentine's Day in China usually{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(fall) in August.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the evening of the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, Niulang and Zhinü meet on a bridge of magpies across the Milky Way. If it rains that night, the rain will be the tears of Niulang and Zhinü.

    Compared with love stories in western legends (传说){#blank#}4{#/blank#}story of Niulang and Zhinü seem not so romantic. They just wait patiently on the riverbank,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (believe) that their love can be worth their not staying together. Unlike St. Valentine's Day in other{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(country), there is not so much importance on giving chocolates,

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(beauty) flowers and kisses. Instead, Chinese girls prepare fruits, melons and so on as offerings to Zhinü. They ask Zhinü to give them wisdom and high skills in making hand-made arts with needles in the hope of finding their satisfactory husbands. On that day, people in love like to go to the local temple and hope{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(get) their love and possible marriage.

    At night, people sit outdoors to observe the stars {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(happy). Some old people  say  that  if  you  stand  under  a  grapevine  ( 葡 萄 藤 ),  you  can  probably  overhear{#blank#}10{#/blank#} Niulang and Zhinü are talking about.

    She is widely seen as example that good looks can last forever. At nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa. The health of the famous picture, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (paint) by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1505, is getting {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (bad) by the year, according to the Louvre Museum where it is housed.

    Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as secret as the smile. Da Vinci {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (him) loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (final) sold to France's King Francis I in 1519.

    In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} took it out of the museum placed under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} painting was sent back to France two years later.

    During World War II, French {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (hide) the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.

    Like many old {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (lady), the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (tell).

    The British Museum, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (locate) in the Bloomsbury area of London, is the first national public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture. Its permanent collection numbers some 8 million works, making {#blank#}2{#/blank#} one of the largest in existence. It has been {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (wide) sourced, and documenting the story of human culture {#blank#}4{#/blank#} its beginnings to the present. As with all other national museums in {#blank#}5{#/blank#} United Kingdom, it charges no admission fee. Its ownership of some of its most famous objects {#blank#}6{#/blank#} originally came from other countries is controversial, particularly in the case of the Parthenon Marbles. Today the museum no longer houses {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (collection) of natural history, and the books and manuscripts (手稿) once it {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (hold) now form part of the independent British Library, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} it still keeps its universality in collections of artificial works {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (represent) the cultures of the world, ancient and modern.

    Yu Rong, a Chinese artist, thinks of a new way to introduce {#blank#}1{#/blank#} ancient story of Hua Mulan in her picture book. In the book, I Am Hua Mulan, she tells the story by{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（combine） paper﹣cutting with international artistic styles. She places Shaanxi paper﹣cuts over western﹣style pencil sketches（素描）{#blank#}3{#/blank#}（create） a typical presentation of Chinese elements （元素）,which turns out to be a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（success） and impressive breakthrough.

    Hua Mulan,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} story has been told by generations in China, is a fighter from the Northern Wei Dynasty（386﹣534）. As a devoted daughter, she dressed herself as a man to serve in the army{#blank#}6{#/blank#}place of her father. Mulan's characteristics, such as courage, kindness and a disinterested attitude toward fame and fortune, made{#blank#}7{#/blank#} （she） one of the most respected historical Chinese heroines. Mulan's story has been adapted{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（frequent） in modern media, including TV shows, video games and literature. For example, in 1998, Disney produced a film named Mulan, which {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（consider） a great success by critics and the public.

    To better tell the story, Yu Rong takes inspiration from her several {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（visit） to sites of ancient battles and Henan province's Yuju Opera. After years of preparation she finally makes this extraordinary work.

    It is back to school time in much of the world. Calm, easy mornings {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (replace) with busy, hurried ones. Children wake up early and get ready for school. Many parents are also getting ready for work, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (help) their children and preparing food for lunches. But, don't forget about breakfast!

    When things get {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (wild) busy in the morning, some people skip breakfast to save time. But that may be a big mistake for students. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} at home, on the way to school or at school, eating something healthy for breakfast may help a student get better grades. That is the finding of a 2015 study {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Cardiff University in Wales. Researchers there found the students who ate a healthy breakfast were twice as likely {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (perform) above average in educational activities. The researchers also found unhealthy breakfasts-such as potato chips or a donut did not appear helpful to educational performance.

    In 2013, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} organization in the United States, also looked at possible {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (connect) between breakfast and student success in school. The Share Our Strength's campaign, No Kid Hungry, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (find) on average students who ate breakfast attended 1.5 more days of school per year. These students also scored 17.5 percent {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (high) on standardized math tests.