Dragon Head Raising Day,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} falls each year on the second day of the second lunar month, is one of the Chinese traditional festivals. As the proverb goes: “The dragon is awaked,{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (raise) his head”. On this day, dragons, a prominent totem (图腾) in Chinese culture raise {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (they) heads with the sound of thunder. Around this time, the earth {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (burst) with life. Grass and trees are beginning to shoot up. In ancient China, people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (pray) the dragon god beside a river or a lake for the precious spring rains to breed their crops.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (tradition), food eaten on this day was renamed after parts of the dragon. For instance, wontons were called “dragon's eyes.” The special {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (food) usually eaten on this day include dragon's scales, popcorn and pig's head.

    In Shanxi, people get their hair {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (cut) in a symbolic move to remove the old and embrace the new. In {#blank#}9{#/blank#} countryside in Hebei Province, people would fetch water from a well at dawn. It was believed {#blank#}10{#/blank#} on this day the well was full of dragon eggs which would bring the collector good harvest.

    Fake news has long been {#blank#}1{#/blank#} serious problem, and social media {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (blame) for allowing fake news stories to spread. US tech{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (company) Facebook and Google have been using {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (analyze) technology to fact-check stories and add labels {#blank#}5{#/blank#} dubious (可疑的) ones to warn their readers.

    But recently a survey {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (find) that as many as 60 percent of people in the US still think that not enough is being done{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (keep) internet users away from fake news. According to Eric Carvin, social media editor at the Associated Press, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(fight) fake news is like “whack-a-mole (打地鼠游戏)”, she said, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} means that for now, we'll just have to rely on {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (we) common sense to decide what's real and what isn't.

    Nobody wants to be aged, but{#blank#}1{#/blank#}it comes to visiting cities, most of us want to visit the world's oldest cities. Luoyang is one of the oldest and most {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(attract) cities in the world that I'd like to recommend to you.

    Luoyang stands out {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the oldest continually inhabited (持续居住的) city in Asia. The city is considered to be {#blank#}4{#/blank#}birthplace of Chinese culture and history as well as being one of the Seven Ancient Capitals of China. There {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) no other city in China that has seen so many{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(dynasty) like Luoyang.

    With such a long and exciting history, Luoyang has really a lot {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (offer). The longmen Grottoes(龙门石窟), which {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(include) in the world Heritage List since 2000, and many historic Buddhist temples{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (constant) attract tourist from all over the world. Luoyang is also famous for the White Horse Temple, the earliest Buddhist temple {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(build) in China. Are you anxious to visit the city?

    The silent killer — air pollution causes seven million premature (过早的) {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(death) a year, not just in{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(develop) countries but also in UK and the USA as well. In China，people are well aware of the health problems it brings.

I check every part every day. If it has heavy air pollution, I will prepare masks for my family. I dislike{#blank#}3{#/blank#}when the air is bad. Because bad air makes it difficult for me to breathe and I think it does influence my{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(perform) at work. A new research in china has also found a link between air quality and levels of intelligence. In the study, 25,000 people living across China{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(test) in language and math skills last year. They found the results of those{#blank#}6{#/blank#}lived in more polluted areas were{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (negative) impacted, especially in languages. It adds to a growing body of evidence that air pollution has an effect not just on the lungs and heart{#blank#}8{#/blank#}on the brain.

    This research shows that the longer we are exposed to air pollution, the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (many) problems we're storing up for later life. Campaigners hope this study will persuade the British government{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(think) hard before it publishes its clean air strategy next year.

What should we do when everything{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(feel) so out of control？

Living with so much uncertainty is hard. Human beings long for information about the future in the same way we long for food, water and other primary{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(reward). Our brain sperceive uncertainty as a threat, and they try to protect us by{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(remind) us to focus on creating certainty.  

But sometimes—maybe always—it's{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(effective) for us not to attempt to create certainty. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}evolution might have commanded our brains to resist uncertainty,  we can never{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(real) know what the future will bring.  And during improbable situations like the pandemic(疫情) , {#blank#}7{#/blank#}has greatly disturbed our routines and totally destroyed our plans, we need to learn to live with uncertainty.  

"Uncertainty is the only certainty there is," wrote mathematician John Allen Paulos. "Knowing how{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(live) with insecurity is the only security." What have you always wanted to do？What outcome are you hoping for？How can you make{#blank#}9{#/blank#}real life during this time？Live that life. When we take{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(responsible) for our lives, we will have the real power that comes from creating the life we want.