"What are you busy with yourself, Mother?” The girl of less than six years old asked her mother{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (curiosity). "{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) dinner for the neighbor's aunt.”

    " Why?" "{#blank#}3{#/blank#} the other day the aunt {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (lose) her daughter and is so sad now. We must take good care of her these days."" Why need our care?" " Because{#blank#}5{#/blank#} then on the aunt can't do {#blank#}6{#/blank#} they like to along with her daughter. She is very pitiful. In her distress, making dinners and doing chores are also becoming so difficult. My dear, can you help Mother hit an idea to help the aunt in other ways?" At her mother's proposal, the girl thought for a long while. All of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} sudden, she went to the neighbor and knocked at the door.

    The neighbor with a look of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(tired) opened the door. "What can I do for you?" asked the neighbor. "I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (hear) my mother say you're very distressed for losing your daughter..." The girl timidly handed the band-aid tightly {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hold) in her hand to the neighbor.

    The neighbor suddenly choked with sobs, her tears gushing from her eyes. She hugged the girl and said, " Thank you. This band-aid will cure my wound."

    “Can I have a glass of hot water?” This is a very common question for Chinese customers in a restaurant. But {#blank#}1{#/blank#} you go abroad, you may find that meals in the West tend to come with tall glasses of ice water.

    For most Chinese people,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (drink) hot water is part of everyday life. It is believed that water of a warm temperature (25-30 C) is good for people's health,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (especial) for the stomach.

    But for many Western people, they drink cold water even in winter. One possible reason is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in Western countries people can drink water directly from the tap, rather than having to boil {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. And it's also normal to jump into a cold shower after exercise,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (bring) the heart rate down.

    However, there is one common thing {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(encourage) in both the East and the West: One {#blank#}8{#/blank#} cool down by drinking a hot drink in summer. Because sweating is a good way to cool off in summer, hot drinks make you hotter and you begin to sweat.

    Of course, it doesn't matter if you drink hot {#blank#}9{#/blank#} cold water. The more comfortable your body feels, the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good) it is.

    Folk music includes many musical variations over the centuries. This form of music is{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (energy) in English-speaking countries.

    In the 1960s, folk music{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (become) very popular thanks to artists like US song-writer Bob Dylan and Canadian singer Leonard Cohen. At that time, folk music used traditional instruments and had lyrics（歌词）that focused on social issues such as poverty and war. The power of folk music was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} big as to inspire political and artistic movements. One of Dedylan's famous songs, Blowin'in the Wind{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (honor) as an “all-purpose progressive anthem (圣歌）” and it suggested {#blank#}5{#/blank#}some things would change. The song served{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the center of several protest movenments.

    Contemporary folk musicians still use traditional instruments and strong story-telling techniques{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (set) their tunes apart, but their lyrics are much less serious. And they have involved elements of other kinds of music.

    The British band Mumford& Sons is one of the most recent examples. When Mumford& Sons burst on the scene back in 2011 with their{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (one) performance in America, they were met with great enthusiasm. The media began to talk about “a new folk rock”.

    Their songs are rich in reference to the Bible and poets as well. Their music removes all politics and becomes an exercise in romantic{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (explain) for nice men with mandolins (曼陀铃）. And most {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(important), their songs are nice to listen to and sing along with.

    China's homegrown sci-fi blockbuster （大片） The Wandering Earth scored at the Spring Festival box office. The film is an{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(adapt) of a novel of the same name by Liu Cixin, author of the Hugo Award-winning The Three-Body Problem. As{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(it) visual effects impress a global audience, a united human community when{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(face) a big disaster gets attention too.

    Director Guo Fan said that he{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(conscious) avoided making a do-it-alone superhero; instead, the fight to save Earth{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(fight) by all humans. In The Wandering Earth, mankind is threatened by a dying sun,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}forces them to go on a generations-long space journey to look for a new one. At{#blank#}7{#/blank#}center of the story are a Chinese astronaut and his son, who join a global task{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(prevent) Earth from crashing into Jupiter. At the end of the film{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(come) international rescue teams who help the Chinese team and give a final try to save Earth.

    One online review reads, “It fits the Hollywood standard on presentation and visual effects, but the themes of family and love of homeland are typical {#blank#}10{#/blank#}Chinese sci-fi films.”

    Pausanias has come on a magical journey {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (find) out about the present-day Olympic Games. So he asks a Chinese girl, Li Yan about the Olympics. He tells Li Yan {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Greek cities used to compete against each other {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the honour of winning. No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (woman). Li Yan tells Pausanias that every four years athletes from all over the world {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (admit) as competitors, and all countries can take part if {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (they) athletes reach the standard to be admitted to the games. Women are not only allowed to join in but play {#blank#}7{#/blank#} very important role in gymnastics, athletics, etc. At the same time, there is just as much {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (compete) among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The spirit of the Olympic Games {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (stay) the same as before: It is all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (far).