The Congo River(刚果河) is a famous river in Africa. The Congo River gets its {#blank#}1{#/blank#} from the Kingdom of Kongo. It is an {#blank#}2{#/blank#} country on the left bank(河岸) of the river.

    The Congo River is the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} largest river in Africa and the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} river in the world.This river runs for about 2920 miles {#blank#}5{#/blank#} going into the Atlantic Ocean.  The river runs {#blank#}6{#/blank#} several African countries. Because the Congo River runs around the equator(赤道), the water in this river is usually {#blank#}7{#/blank#}.That is different from the water in any other {#blank#}8{#/blank#}.

    As we all know, there is a large {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in Africa,but there are many forests along the river.Many plants and animals{#blank#}10{#/blank#} along the river. It's very important to Africans.

    Lucy lost her schoolbag. It's the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} time (次). She is not happy about it {#blank#}2{#/blank#} her books, pens and many other (许多别的)  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}are in it. Her friend David wants to help her, so he posts the message (发消息) on Twitter. He thinks it can be {#blank#}4{#/blank#}After about two {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a boy finds the schoolbag. David thanks the boy, and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the schoolbag to Lucy.

    Can you write down Chinese characters(汉字) that are read to you? It can be {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, especially when the Chinese characters are not included in most dictionaries.

    Lu Jialei, a student from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Chinese Character dictation(听写)Competition on Oct. 18, 2013.

    During the competition, the host read Chinese characters to the student, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}their meanings and gave example sentences. The student was required to write down the Chinese characters.

    Winning the competition was a(n) {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to Lu. "I am not the smartest one," she said. "But I pay attention to details(细节)."

    To prepare for the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, Lu and her teammates studied the Modern Chinese for 10days. She {#blank#}6{#/blank#} had a secret wepon(武器).She studied how Chinese characters were formed.

    In the final round of the competiton, the host read wanluan to Lu and said it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} graceful(优雅的). "I had never heard that before!" said Lu. But she made a good guess. "Chinese characters meaning graceful often have '女' in {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, while many Chinese characters pronouncing luan have '亦'. So I wrote it down: '婉娈'."

    Lu has good reading habits. "When others pay attention to the main idea of a(n) {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, she looks at how the author uses words and sentences to express himself or herself," said Su Yunsheng, Lu's Chinese teacher.

    Su is happy to see {#blank#}10{#/blank#} like Lu find the beauty of Chinese language. "Learning to write Chinese characters is an important part of inheriting(继承)culture," said Su.