I felt butterflies in my stomach when I started calligraphy class ten years ago. I wondered what I was doing there. At that moment, I couldn't have known that I'd just made one of the best{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(choose) of my life.

    I sat down and listened to the teacher{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(introduce) the tools of the craft. Then it was time for me to try my hand I took up the brush, using the correct gesture,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (dip) it in the ink, and carefully wrote "one"{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Chinese.

    After nearly five years of practicing. I started to make versions of well-known poems. Calligraphy seemed like a bridge,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}connected me to authors from centuries past. Stroke(笔画)by stroke, word by word, I could feel their emotions, cherished my own peace and learned{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(appreciate) my daily life.

    Now, calligraphy is not just{#blank#}7{#/blank#}hobby, it is a way to remove myself from the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (worry) of life. Rolling out the paper, I can write for a whole day. Calligraphy {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(able) me to balance my busy schedule and live{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(peace).

    Over 100,000 people took part in a massive parade at Beijing's Tian'anmen Square {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the morning of Oct 1, National Day, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

    The military parade began with helicopters {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (fly) overhead carrying China's national flags. Fighter jets roared across the Beijing sky, thousands of soldiers goose-stepped down the capital's streets, followed by columns of tanks and trucks bearing new intercontinental ballistic missiles(洲际弹道导弹),

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} was described as the country's biggest-ever military parade. According to state media commentary, some 40 percent of the armaments were displayed in public for the first time.

    The {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (celebrate) for China's 70th anniversary on National Day have clearly shown the strengths of the country's past and present, which {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （pave) a way for the peaceful development of Chinese society in the last seven decades.

    Witnessing the grand military parade with the slogans of "Long Live China" at Tiananmen square and listening to President Xi Jinping's speech were an opportunity to note {#blank#}6{#/blank#} this nation has developed remarkably with confidence in the system {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (adopt) under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

    Today, China is blessed with a spirited people, breathtaking development, a harmonious society and upraised international authority, making {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the focus, the wonder and envy of the world. The Chinese people are {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (confident) about and more capable of reaching {#blank#}10{#/blank#} goal of national renewal than ever before.