Chinese writing began thousands of years ago. According {#blank#}1{#/blank#} an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese writing. One winter day while he was hunting, he saw the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(track) of animals in the snow and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(observe) that the appearance of each one was different. Then {#blank#}4{#/blank#}he got was that he could use different shapes {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(represent) different objects. The {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(one) Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(simplify) and others have been made {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(difficult) over time.{#blank#}9{#/blank#}, as a whole, the characters have {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(gradual) developed from drawings into standard forms.

    One day, I took my daughter to the park. As soon as we got there, my daughter {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(run) to the swing（秋千）and asked for a push. When I was helping my daughter, I noticed another girl trying to make her own swing{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(go) high by herself. Her old grandmother was sitting on the chair nearby and smiling at us. Happily, my daughter {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(push) higher and higher by me.

    Then I walked towards the little girl. I asked {#blank#}4{#/blank#} I could give a big push to her. She smiled and said “Yes”. For the next hour, I pushed the swings, and played {#blank#}5{#/blank#} my daughter and the little girl. When we went home, I was tired {#blank#}6{#/blank#} very happy.

    One day two years{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(late), after a day's work, I went to pick up my daughter before going home. While I was waiting outside the school gate, a little girl smiled {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(sweet) at me and gave me a big hug. As I watched her run away, I realized that she was the girl whom I gave a big push in the park.

    So far, I couldn't forget her sweet smile and the warm hug that she gave me. In fact, if we give love to others, love will find its way back to us. It may travel {#blank#}9{#/blank#} heart to heart or it may blossom（开花）in the heart. The love we share, the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(kind) we give, and the happiness we create will come back to us with a pleasant surprise.

    Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia's biggest building, and new fancy hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (attract)．

    So it was a great honor to be invited backstage at the not for profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research. I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (allow) to get close to these cute animals at the 600­acre center. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back {#blank#}4{#/blank#} my days on a TV show in the mid­1980s, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I was the first Western TV reporter {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (introduce) British visitors to the 120­plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.

    On my recent visit, I held a lively three­month­old twin that had been rejected by {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle ­ fed, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} other is with mom—she never suspects.

    Back in 1995, Jack Ma made his first trip to the US and used the Internet for the first time. After searching for “beer”, he saw that no results came up related {#blank#}1{#/blank#}China. When he then searched for “China” and still saw no results, he decided {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (set) up a Chinese website—the seed for Alibaba was sown.

    Ma {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(simple) wanted his company to have a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(globe) and interesting name, and realized Alibaba was a story {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(know) across the world.

    The company{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(found) in 1999 and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} then has grown from 15 employees to over 30,000. Alibaba has directly and indirectly created 40 million jobs for China.

    Ma hopes to keep expanding Alibaba outside of China and is aiming for 2 billion {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(consume) and 10 million small businesses to use {#blank#}9{#/blank#}company outside of China.

    Ma became the richest man in China, when  the company he founded floated on the stock market last year with a value of around ＄140 billion—the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (large) public offering in history.

    The world's longest sea bridge, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, links Hong Kong and Macau to mainland China. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} took over a decade to construct. A few artificial islands were built in the Pearl River Delta {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (provide) the supports for the bridge. There is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} 6.7-kilometre underwater tunnel in the middle of the bridge, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} allows ships to sail through the Delta. The bridge will {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (great) cut the time it takes to travel from mainland China to Hong Kong and Macau.

    It's believed that up to 29,000 cars {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (cross) the sea link daily around the year 2030. Hong Kong will become a lot more accessible for goods and trade, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (attract) more business, so this bridge is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (benefit) to its economy. The bridge will be open to people to drive across it. However, car {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (own) will not be able to drive across the bridge unless they have a special permit. Most people will take a shuttle bus. Compared with driving a car, this will be much {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (cheap).

     Howard Carter is one of the most famous explorers in the world. He was brave and loved to discover new places. By the 1920s, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (start)searching for the tombs of the Egyptian Kings. In 1922, Howard Carter and his team made their most {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (amaze) discovery of all. They came across the tomb of King Tutankhamun, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} contained more treasure than any of them had ever seen before, as well as the mummy of the king. After {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (look) into the tomb, they closed it. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (unlucky), many of the men who had something to do {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the opening of the tomb got ill or even died after that. Some people think the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (death) were just coincidence or the curse of mummy. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (other) believe there is a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (science) reason. What is certain, though, is that She curse of the mummy' remains {#blank#}10{#/blank#} riddle to this day.