A Game Guy

    A few years ago,I got involved in a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(mass) plan to win an Israeli Quiz show similar to Who Wants Be a Millionaire,which was beyond my wildest{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(expect).I was walking down the street{#blank#}3{#/blank#}a friend called and said, “Dude,you've got to run home.You're going to be on the radio{#blank#}4{#/blank#}20 minutes.Explanations later.”As I walked,he explained that he{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(win) the show the week before and wasn't allowed go on again.So he'd played that week using my name.

    Now I was on the radio{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(compete) with ten other people.Not to worry—he was helping me.With one phone, I listened to the radio show,and on{#blank#}7{#/blank#}phone,I had my friend telling me what {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(say).I was just repeating the answers.As we advanced to the final round,where I{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(ask) the question "Who has sold the most albums?" I knew{#blank#}10{#/blank#}answer,so I shouted it.

    As it turned out,however,Britney Spears was not the one.

    In China, the history of people planting and using bamboo can date back to as far as 7000 years. As early as the Shang Dynasty, bamboo was being used in ancient people's daily lives. It was used for food, clothing, housing, transportation, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (music) instruments and even weapons.

    The {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(apply) of bamboo in science and technology is thrilling. In 251 BC, Li Bing, in Sichuan, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (lead) the local people in building the Dujiang Weirs, the first irrigation network in the world, in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} bamboo played an important role. The world's oldest water pipe was also 65{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) of bamboo. During the Han Dynasty, the people in Sichuan {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (success) sank a 1600-metre-deep well with thick bamboo ropes. This technology did not spread to Europe {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the 19th century, and it was by using the technology that the Americans drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859.

    In Chinese culture, bamboo is well-known {#blank#}8{#/blank#} one of the "four gentlemen" in plants. To many distinguished men, bamboo is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} symbol of goodness and honesty. It is always closely related to people of positive spirits. Bamboo culture contributes to encouraging people to hold on when {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(face) tough situations.

    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?