Singles' Day falls on November 11th every year in China, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is recognized as a day for people who have no girlfriend or boyfriend. Couples and lovers have Valentine's Day in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate) of their love, but how about the singles? There must be a day they can celebrate even without a partner. That's {#blank#}3{#/blank#} people created Singles' Day.

    On Singles' Day many singles choose to say goodbye to their single lives, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (attend) blind date（相亲） parties, and some people even decide to get{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (marry) to strangers. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} this day has recently become more of a time for shopping, because many shops online will give customers great discount {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (promote) their goods.

    More and more people are {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (will) to shop online to get what they want, and I am one of them. I just can't help buying things {#blank#}9{#/blank#} I need them or not. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (honest) speaking, some of the things that I bought have been put aside forever in my closet.

    Cyclist Agustin Navarro was coming fourth in a race in Spain. But as he approached the finish line, he saw that his competitor Ismael Esteban had suffered a flat line and was running toward the finish line{#blank#}1{#/blank#} his bike over his shoulders. Agustin Navarro slowed down and refused{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (pass) him. Instead, he rode behind Ismael Esteban{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (allow) him to win the bronze medal.

    The people standing along the way applauded for Agustin Navarro's{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (behave) and cheered the two men as they made it toward the finish line —{#blank#}5{#/blank#} on foot; the other, on his bike. Mr. Esteban later tried to give{#blank#}6{#/blank#} prize to Agustin Navarro,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} he refused it.

    Agustin Navarro{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (praise) online for his unusual act since then. In a television interview, he told people that he didn't want to win like that, so he braked out of respect for somebody who had been{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (good) than himself. That's{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the spirit in a sport lies: respect competitors, teammates, coaches and even themselves.

    Beijing opera or Peking opera is a form of Chinese opera {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(combine) music, vocal performances, dance and so on. It{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (arise) in the late 18th century and became {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (full) developed and recognized by the mid-19th century. The form was extremely popular in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Qing Dynasty court and has come to be regarded as one of the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (culture) treasures of China. Major performance troupes (剧团，戏班子）are based in Beijing and Tianjin in the north, and Shanghai in the south. Also {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (preserve) in Taiwan, the art form is still of great importance to people there.

    {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (perform) of Peking opera use the skills of speech, song, dance, and combat in movements that are symbolic and suggestive. Above all else, the skill of performers {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (evaluate) according to the beauty of their movements. The music of Beijing opera can be divided {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the Xipi and Erhuang styles. The repertoire (全部曲目）of Beijing opera includes over 1,400 works, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}characters are based on Chinese history, folklore, and, increasingly, contemporary life.

    Once upon a time, there was a small town. There {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (live) a man by himself who couldn't see. He was blind. Yet, he carried a lighted lamp with him whenever he went out at night.

    One night as he was coming home after having a dinner outside, he came across a group of young {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (travel). They saw that he was blind, yet carrying a lighted lamp. They started passing comments on him and made fun {#blank#}3{#/blank#} him. One of them asked him, "Hey Man! You are blind and can't see anything! Why do you carry the lamp?" The blind man replied, "Yes, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(unfortunate), I am blind and I can't see anything {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a lighted lamp which I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (carry) is for the people like you who can see. You may not see the blind man {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (come) and end up pushing me. That is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} I carry a lighted lamp". The group of travelers felt ashamed and apologized for their{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(behave). We should think before judging others. Always be polite and learn {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (see) things from others point of view.

    If you're on a dark countryside hill some night, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (look) up at the sky. A band (束) of light may appear that looks like milk spilled (洒落) across the sky. The ancient Romans called the band via lacteal which means "milky road" {#blank#}2{#/blank#} "milky way."

    The band of light that you see isn't actually milk, of course—it's a galaxy (星系). A galaxy can contain many millions of stars held together by the force of gravity. Our solar system, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} includes the sun. Earth, and other planets, is part of this galaxy called the Milky Way.

    The Milky Way {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) up of hundreds of billions of stars like our sun. And like our sun, most of these {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (star) have at least one planet moving around {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (they). Earth is located about halfway between the center of the Milky Way and its outer edge.

    At the center of the Milky Way is one of the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (strange) and deadliest things in the universe: a black hole. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (scientist) believe a black hole lies at the center of most galaxies. The Milky Way's black hole is called Sagittarius A*. Its gravity is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} strong that it pulls in anything that gets too close including stars. So we're {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (luck) that Earth is located far away from the center!