Lionel Messi，{#blank#}1{#/blank#} player from the South American country Argentina，is one of the greatest soccer players alive today.At a young age，he {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (move)to Spain and now plays {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (profession)for the FC Barcelona.Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (own)by his father. Even as a young boy，he did very well.But when he was 11 years old，he found out he had a sickness which would prevent him from growing much {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (tall)．There was a way to help him grow more，{#blank#}6{#/blank#}his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs.So，they looked around for a soccer club{#blank#}7{#/blank#} would be able to do this for them.The clubs in Argentina couldn't help him，but the famous FC Barcelona in Spain offered {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (accept)Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills.The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain.In the FC Barcelona，Messi was one of the best {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (play)through his teen years. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his incredible talent，Messi has surprised the world.

    A television series is fast gaining its word-of-mouth {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (popular) among not only Chinese households but also some foreigners. The drama, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (call) In the Name of the People, offers viewers, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (particular) foreigners, an opportunity to better understand China's politics and culture and also the nations' iron-fist resolve in the fight {#blank#}4{#/blank#} corruption(腐败) among the country's officials. The drama is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} effort rarely seen in recent memory that carries the anti-corruption topic onto mainstream television. Before that, the discussion of this topic was widespread {#blank#}6{#/blank#} mostly remains private in Chinese society.

    “I was quite {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (impress) by the jaw-dropping scene {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the cash hidden on a giant wall was found in a low-level official's house. It is a bribe(行贿)he's accepted which is worth 230 million yuan (about 33 million U. S. dollars)”, said Eric Ivarsen from Norway, a master's student {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (major) in the public management and social development at the University of Chinese Academy of Science.

    “My subject has a very high requirement of knowledge about Chinese politics and culture. After watching the drama, I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (well) understand China's political terms, for example, seats order according to official rankings, languages being used in a meeting, which is quite different from my country,” lvarsen added.

    Since the United Nations declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga in 2014，many cities in China {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (start)hosting international yoga festivals. Last year，for example，{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate)the festival，hundreds of yoga enthusiasts from India and China gathered on the Great Wall in Beijing. It {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (certain)seems China's enthusiasm for yoga isn't going to cool down anytime soon. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} addition to large-scale(大规模的)yoga festivals，smaller events are held in different communities，parks and also online across the nation.

    There are many differences between China and India when it comes to how yoga {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (practise). {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people focus on are meditation (冥想)and breathing exercises in India，but in China most of the time people just focus on physical exercise. Locations {#blank#}7{#/blank#} practice takes place tend to be different as well，since Indian people tend to practise yoga outside in the mornings while most Chinese practise inside gyms and studios. Indians start practising yoga at a very young age，so their bodies are even {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (strong).But in China，people start at an older age，so they should pay more attention to safety. Like many athletic {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (activity)，yoga comes with some risk. As {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (it)popularity has gradually risen，so has the number of yoga—related injuries.

    A few months ago I left my hometown for Canada to study. I felt nervous because I was going to {#blank#}1{#/blank#}new place with new people. What worried me at first {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be)that I couldn't speak English {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(fluent), and I also couldn't understand {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(they) customs. Everything was different {#blank#}5{#/blank#} my own country. I had to deal with everything alone

    It was a sad moment {#blank#}6{#/blank#}I had to say goodbye to my family and friends at the airport. Suddenly. I felt unwilling {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (leave)my hometown because l grew up there and had wonderful {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(memory) of the familiar place. However， I know studying abroad was a{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(decide)that I made myself I had to accept the challenge.

    By now I have got used to the new life here already, though I'm looking forward to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(spend) the coming vacation with my old friends back home.

It was raining lightly when I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn't care. A few hours {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, I'd been at home in Hong Kong, with {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(it) choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.

I'd skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are pictured by artists in so many Chinese {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(painting). Instead, I'd head straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it's only an hour away {#blank#}6{#/blank#} car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.

Yangshuo {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(be) really beautiful. A study of travelers {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(conduct) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(regular) arranges quick getaways here for people {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong.