Few people would even think of beginning a new job at the age of 76, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} one of America's most famous artists did just that.Anna Mary Robertson, better known as “Grandma Moses”， turned to painting {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she was too old to work on her farm.

Grandma Moses was crazy about painting soon after she picked it up and worked hard at it.She painted {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (care) and her works were nice.She first painted only to please {#blank#}4{#/blank#}， and then began to sell her works {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a little money.In 1993, a collector, Louis Caldor happened to see several of Grandma Moses' works {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (hang) in a shop.He liked them, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (buy) them at once, and set out to look for {#blank#}8{#/blank#}．Caldor held {#blank#}9{#/blank#} show to introduce the works of Grandma Moses to other artists. Grandma Moses, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} was world­famous, died on December 13, 1961, at the age of 101.

    China has developed a unique festival food culture throughout the years. Eating dumplings is a common folk custom for many Chinese on the day of winter solstice(冬至), especially those{#blank#}1{#/blank#}live in the north.

    When midwinter comes, vital movement begins to decline and calm down. In this period,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}eaten in a right amount, some nuts such as peanuts, walnuts, and chestnuts are good for one's body.

    People in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) accustomed to eating wontons in midwinter. According to an old story, during the midwinter feast 2, 500 years ago, the King of Wu{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(feed) up with all kinds of costly foods and wanted to try{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(variety) things. Then, the beauty Xishi made wontons to honor the kings wish. He ate a lot and liked the food very much. Later, the people of Suzhou had wontons to celebrate the festival{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(official).

    In places such as Shanghai, people eat tangyuan, a kind of small dumpling ball{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(produce)with sticky rice flour (粉). In Yinchuan, Ningxia, people call midwinter the "Ghost Festival". On that day, it is customary for people there to eat mutton soup and the dumplings in it. They give the midwinter soup a strange name and call it "brain", which they usually share with their{#blank#}8{#/blank#}relative)

    People in Taiwan keep the custom of providing nine-layer cakes{#blank#}9{#/blank#}their ancestors. People from the same family gather at their ancestral temples to adore their ancestors in order of their ages. After{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(hold)the sacrificial ceremony, there is always a grand dinner.

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Dear sir,

    I'm terrible sorry to make you disappointing for not having finished my homework in time. In fact, I had something else to do, that made me have no time for my homework.

    My father was badly injured in a car accident yesterday. Hearing the news, I hurried the hospital after school. I had a busy night, but I didn't do my homework.

    As what you know, I am an ordinary student in class and eager to improve your English. I find I have great difficult concentrating on my study. Would you please give me some advices? Besides, I wish you could give me more chances to practice my English in class.

    I'm looking forward to hear from you early.

Yours sincerely,

Zhang Sha

    Nearly forty percent of China's young people born after 1990 have turned off notifications（通知）from social media apps due {#blank#}1{#/blank#}sensing the negative effects of social media, according to the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(recent) released Kantar China Social Media Impact Report, Beijing Evening News reported.

    The report shows that all kinds of social media, especially WeChat, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(become) more and more popular in the past years among people over the age of 40, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the WeChat use of the “post-90s” generation has slightly decreased, from 94.1 percent to 86.6 percent.

    Most of those people {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(interview) for the report mentioned that positive effects of social media include socializing with {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(acquaintance) and taking in more information. However, respondents also noted that social media has caused them to read fewer books, suffer from {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(bad) eyesight, sleep less and have less privacy, among other concerns.

    As {#blank#}8{#/blank#} result, 39 percent of the “post-90s”generation attempts {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(avoid) the negative effects of mobile phone use. In the first place, they turn off app notifications when necessary. Moreover, they intentionally limit the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(frequent) of social media interactions and stay away from social media entirely in certain situations.

    Wilbur and Orille Wright are brothers famous for inventing the first aeroplane. Their interest in flight{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(start) on the day when their father brought home a toy helicopter for them. It was made of paper and wood. The boys played with it until it broke, and then made their own{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(replace) it. When they were older, they owned a bicycle shop where they started producing and selling their own bikes. This provided them with the money to pay for their experiments in flight. Eventually, they built their {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(fly) machine.