Rise After Falling

    A father was worried about his son,{#blank#}1{#/blank#}was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk (僧侣){#blank#}2{#/blank#} (train) his boy.

    The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, “I insist that your son should be left alone here. I'll make him into a real man within three months.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} you can't come to see him during this period.”

    Three months later, the boy's father {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (return). The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(experience) boxer. Each time the fighter struck the boy, he {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(fall) down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time a heavy blow knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, “{#blank#}7{#/blank#}do you think of your child?”

    “What a shame!” the boy's father said, “I never thought he would be so {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(easy) knocked down. I needn't have him stay here any {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (long)!

     “I'm sorry that that's all you see. Don't you see that each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (cry)? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have.

    Sun Yat-sen,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} was the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River in 1919. Three quarters of China's energy {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (produce) by burning coal. In 1993, China used 1.2 billion tons of coal for heating and generating{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(electric).{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (fortunate), burning coal causes serious air pollution and increases global warming. The dam will generate electricity equal{#blank#}5{#/blank#} about 40 million tons of coal without causing so much air pollution.

    A month ago, Gary, a university student, was interviewed by two famous{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(company). Unfortunately, he{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(refuse). The reason is that he has no work experience. As we all know, most young people who have just{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(graduate) from university and that they, too, meet{#blank#}4{#/blank#} same problem. I think students should make a good understanding of companies {#blank#}5{#/blank#}big companies are afraid that new employees without experience are not likely to do the job well. So in order to win the employers' trust and to make {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(they) find good jobs easily, university graduates should do some part-time jobs{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(get) rich work experience before graduating. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the same time they have to learn how to get along well with others. By {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (do) this they can put their knowledge into social practice and can touch society earlier. I am sure that part-time jobs can make the graduates be qualified for many well-paid jobs {#blank#}10{#/blank#}they desire.

    Spring Festival is the most celebrated festival in China. On that day and over the following two weeks, people greet each other. Streets and houses {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(decorate)by many things of red color.

    Spring Festival is a time for expressing gratefulness. Gratefulness is a Chinese virtue. A regular activity is offering sacrifice to the heaven and to the earth, and to ancestors. It is meant{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(show) gratefulness to the origin of life.

    Spring Festival is also a salute{#blank#}3{#/blank#}another Chinese virtue, diligence(勤劳).We Chinese people believe that only with{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(we) own hands can we create a happy and beautiful life. Some activities staged during Spring Festival{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(most) reflect daily working scenes such as harvesting and fishing.

    Spring Festival also calls for sharing,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}value long kept by Chinese. As the old saying goes, good fortune should be shared, and misfortune be faced together. In some areas, people bring foods to a public place and have fun together by having games or{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(perform).

    As ware celebrating Spring Festival，the festival is getting more popular in the west.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tradition)Chinese activities，such as the dragon dance and the Peking Opera, are performed as a fixed program，{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (add) diversity to local culture. It indicates the trends of mutual (相互的)learning and harmonious coexistence(共存) between civilizations,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}are expected to contribute to the building of a shared future for humankind.