Itzhak Perlman, a famous violinist, came on stage to give a concert. He was stricken with polio（小儿麻痹症）as a child, so getting on stage is no small {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (achieve).

    The audience sat quietly while he made his way across the stage {#blank#}2{#/blank#} his chair and began his play. But this time,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} went wrong. Just as he finished the first part, one of the strings on his violin {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(break). We thought that he would have to stop the concert. But he didn't.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(power) and pure, his performance attracted all the attention.

    Of course, anyone believes {#blank#}7{#/blank#}impossible to play a harmonious work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman refused {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (know) that.

    When he finished, people rose and cheered.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (smile), he wiped the sweat and said, “You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with {#blank#}10{#/blank#}you have left.”

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    Lu Yonggen, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has donated life savings of 8.8 millions yuan to educational causes. The 87-year-old scientist says his achievements would not have been possible with the Communist Party of China, but that he is willing to make his last contribution to the country.

    In March, Lu and his wife transferred all the money they saved it in more than 10 bank accounts to South China Agricultural University to establish the educational fund sponsoring poverty-stricken students and talented young teachers. Lu herself also works hard in the field of rice genetics, climbing mountains in 2001 at the age of 70 to find wild rice. During the past five years, he fostered 33 new varieties of rice seeds what are grown on land covering 600,000 hectares.

    Despite a famous scientist, Lu lives a simply and humble life, using broken furniture dated back to the 1980s in his home.

    UN Chinese Language Day {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (celebrate) yearly on April 20. This year, Doreen Hynd was among those invitees, who are either experts on the Chinese culture {#blank#}2{#/blank#} have a special skill related to it.

    Hynd astonished all those present while performing Tai Chi, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Chinese martial (武术的) art form, at an event held by the UN Tai Chi Club. The audience could hardly believe she was a 93-year-old grandma. It was definitely amazing that she could bend her body and raise her leg so {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (easy) and keep herself still standing on one leg.

    Hynd owes (归功于) all this to her continuous practice of Tai Chi.

    Born in Australia in 1925, Hynd began Tai Chi training in her 50s and then moved to the US, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} she later became an instructor herself.

    When {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (ask) about the greatest benefit she gained from Tai Chi, Hynd said, “balance.” Hynd has been teaching people of all ages and different {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (culture) backgrounds how to practice Tai Chi. They have benefited greatly from their association with the Chinese culture. They've developed a balanced state of mind and improved their health after {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（month）of practice. Tai Chi allows these people {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（understand）that, from the perspective（视角）of yin and yang, all things are closely connected with each other. This might be where the attraction of Tai Chi {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（lie）. Hynd enjoys sharing this great gift from China with her students.

    We all know that the Friday after Thanksgiving means a mad dash to the shopping centre for ridiculous sales. But how did this bargain shopping get {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(it) start?

    In fact, the first Black Friday had nothing {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (do) with Thanksgiving or shopping. The origin of Black Friday as we know it today started in Philadelphia during the 1950s and 1960s. Crowds of people would come to town the day after Thanksgiving for the annual Army­Navy football game to be held the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (follow) Saturday. Streets and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (store) were always crowded, which was great for business but made easy­pickings for shoplifters (行窃者). Local police called this “Black Friday”. Not only did they have to deal with extra traffic {#blank#}5{#/blank#} shoplifting, but they had to work extra hours and couldn't request the day off.

    The term didn't go national {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the late 1980s, but the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (explain) changed. While shopkeepers {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (general) suffered financial losses most of the year, the increase of holiday shoppers marked the first day of real profit. In traditional accounting (会计) practices a few years ago, losses {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (record) in red ink, and profits in black ink. So the day after Thanksgiving, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} companies go “into the black” and make a profit, became Black Friday.

    The more advanced technology becomes, the more it seems to have control over our lives. We shop, work, play, search for information and seek {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (chat) with each other online. Yet people are not arguing about this astonishing condition. It {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (believe) that people have readily embraced technology, seeking only the benefits but {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (ignore) its drawbacks.

    It does not matter whether your home is in a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (noise) downtown or in the remote countryside. If you have a screen {#blank#}5{#/blank#} it can pick up a signal, your mind is still in the same placeless place. This place is the zone {#blank#}6{#/blank#} your mind will go when you stare at a screen, and it feels like your mind stops thinking.

    Recent developments in technology also led to a decline in normal social behaviors. In past ages, you could walk around town for a whole day without seeing all the people you know. Now, everyone you know is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} arm's reach, taking that certain psychological feeling out of seeing people. You can see them every second of every day, and hear nearly every single thought of theirs just as they hear {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (you).

    In {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (conclude), modern technology can be a double-edged sword. They do have their advantages, but they can change our lives {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (complete).