People realize that, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} animals may not have the same intelligence as human beings, they are smart enough to learn certain things.

    Dogs are {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (extreme) useful as companions for blind people. When a dog has been properly trained, he will always lead his master {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the right direction and keep him out of danger.

    Horses are also able to learn many things. Horses that are used for guard or police duty must learn never to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (frighten) of noises, traffic, and other disturbances. Racing horses are also quite strong. Therefore, it is necessary for those people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} train them to be very patient and understanding.

    The moving pictures and television can use {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (train) animals too. Some animals, such as monkeys and foxes, are easy to film. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} you have to do is make a trail in front of the camera by dragging something that smells good to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} animals over the ground. Big animals, such as lions and tigers, can be photographed as they bound happily back to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} families and dinner. If a movie actor is nearby, the well-trained animal will pay no attention to him. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, the audience may imagine that the actor escaped a terrible death by the skin of his teeth.

    High in thick bamboo forests in the misty, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (rain) mountains of southwestern China {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (live) one of the world's rarest mammals: the giant panda, also called the panda, Only about 1,000 of these black-and-white {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (relative) of bears survive in the wild.

    Pandas eat almost nothing {#blank#}4{#/blank#} bamboo shoots and leaves. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (occasion) they eat other plants, fish, or small animals, but bamboo accounts for 99% of their diets.

    Pandas eat fast; they eat {#blank#}6{#/blank#} lot, and they spend about 12 hours a day {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (do) it. The reason is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} they digest only about a fifth of what they eat. Overall, bamboo is not very nutritious. To stay healthy, they have to eat a lot-up to 15 percent of their body weight in 12 hours-so they eat fast.

    Pandas' molars(臼齿) are very broad and flat. The shape of these teeth helps the animals crush the bamboo shoots, leaves, and stems they eat to get the bamboo to their mouths, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} hold the stems with their front claws, which have enlarged wrist bones that act as thumbs for grasping things. A panda should have at least two bamboo species where it lives, or it will starve. Pandas are shy; they don't go into areas {#blank#}10{#/blank#} people live. This restricts pandas to very limited areas.

    Going to museums has become a trendy thing to do during the holidays in China. A popular choice this Spring Festival was the Palace Museum,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}a special exhibition was staged to provide a virtual royal experience for visitors. The entire museum{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(decorate) with newly-restored ancient royal lanterns and spring couplets, including a set of the Chinese character "Fu"{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (write) by five Qing Dynasty emperors.

    People with colour blindness can't see colours in a normal way. Colour blindness{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(affect) approximately 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women in the world.

There are various causes of colour blindness. For the majority of colour-blind people, the condition is something they have from {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(bear), although some people get it later in life because of diseases.

    Most colour-blind people can see things as clearly as other people, but {#blank#}3{#/blank#} are unable to fully "see" red, green or blue light. There are different types of colour blindness and there are extremely rare cases {#blank#}4{#/blank#} people are unable to see any colour at all. The {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(common) form of colour blindness is red/green colour blindness. Although {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (know) as red/green colour blindness, the form of colour blindness doesn't mean sufferers {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (mere) mix up red and green. It means they mix up all {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (colour) that have some red or green as part of the whole colour.

    The effects{#blank#}9{#/blank#}colour blindness can be mild, moderate (中等的) or severe. Approximately 40% of colour blind people are even unaware that they're colour blind. Statistically{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(speak), most people with a moderate form of red/green colour blindness can only identify 5 coloured pencils from a standard box of 24 pencil crayons.

    Nearly 800 new pupils of Lianhua Elementary School in Hefei, Anhui Province, is reported {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(receive) a unique gift: an admission letter {#blank#}2{#/blank#} their names are written by teachers using Chinese writing brush. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(similar), Shaanxi Normal University has been sending their freshmen calligraphy admission for eleven years. Several former professors in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} 70s take about a week writing more than 4,500 admission letters every year.

    It is believed in China that "handwriting is the man," {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (mean) good handwriting can not only cultivate one's temperament (气质), but can also reflect one's literacy and character. At present, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(tradition) calligraphy has again become a compulsory lesson in many Chinese primary and middle schools, which aims {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(enhance) students' cultural competence. At the same time, parents are attaching great importance {#blank#}8{#/blank#} children's calligraphy practice. It is fair to say that calligraphy is not left out in today's fast-paced society; {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, its incomparable value is standing out.

    The charm of Chinese culture embodied in calligraphy can always strike a chord with writers and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(view). Do you have any interest in learning it?