Once a year, a race is held for old cars. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(excite) just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost{#blank#}2{#/blank#}most unusual car was a Benz {#blank#}3{#/blank#}had only three wheels{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (build) in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. After a great many loud explosions(轰响),the race began. Many of the cars {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (break) down on the way, so some drivers spent {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(much) time under their cars than in them! A few cars{#blank#}7{#/blank#} completed the race. The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour—--much faster than any of{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (it) rivals. It sped downhill at the end of the race and the driver had a lot of trouble {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(try) to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different{#blank#}10{#/blank#}modern car races but no less exciting.

    My name is Mahnaz Bibi and I'm from a village of Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir. We {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (use) to live a happy and comfortable life. I had my husband Mukhtar Ali and a son Mushahid Ali. Mushahid was the whole world for me.

    On October 8, I was working when {#blank#}2{#/blank#} earth started shaking. I had never felt this kind of earthquake before, which made me quite {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(frighten). When I came to my senses, I ran back to my house to save my son,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}was sleeping in the room. There was nothing{#blank#}5{#/blank#}the debris(残骸) of my house. I started crying{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(loud) and asked the neighbors to help search{#blank#}7{#/blank#}my son. Some{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(village) came to this rescue, but after hours of hard work, I lost my whole world.

    A few days{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (late), we left our village, because there was nothing that{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(leave) for us. We traveled a long distance to reach Muzaffarabad in the end.

    She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to challenge of her new A-level course. But unlike her school friends, 16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (rest). Instead, she is earning $6,500 a day as {#blank#}2{#/blank#} model in New York.

    Sarah {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(tell) that she could be Britain's new supermodel, earning a million dollars in the new year. Her father Peter, 44, wants her to give up school to model full-time. But Sarah, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}has taken part in shows along with top models, wants {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(prove) that. She has brains as well as beauty. She is determined to carry on with her {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(educate).

    She has turned down several {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(invitation) to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies. After school she plans to take a year off to model full-time before going to university to get a degree {#blank#}8{#/blank#} engineering or architecture.

    Sarah says, “My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(come) first. I don't want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don't want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can't model my more.”

    On October 23, 2018，President Xi Jinping announced the opening of  the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) at an opening ceremony in Zhuhai, Guangdong province.

    The HZMB, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (locate) at the waters of the Lingdingyang of Pearl River Estuary, is a huge sea crossing, linking Hong Kong and Macao to the Chinese mainland city of Zhuhai. As the world's {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (long) sea-based project, the 55-kilometre bridge is the result of five years of research and another nine years of building. It has been described as one of the “seven {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (wonder) of the modern world” by the Guardian.

    The project{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) up of a 22.9-kilometer-long main bridge, a 6.7-kilometer-long tunnel and an artificial island off the bridge. It is designed with {#blank#}5{#/blank#} service life of 120 years. It can withstand a strong wind equal {#blank#}6{#/blank#} a maximum Beaufort scale 16. The bridge's engineers had to consider many environmental factors to protect the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (surround) environment while building the bridge. Chinese white dolphins, an endangered species that lives in the area, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) a particular concern.

    The HZMB will make {#blank#}9{#/blank#} much more convenient to travel between the three areas it connects. It will bring people in Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong within a “one-hour living circle”, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}is expected to attract more visitors to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It will be a transport link as well as a social, economic, cultural, and tourism connection among the three areas.

    Sugar sculpture blowing is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Chinese folk art where artists blow and sculpt hot sugar to create 3D {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (figure). The finished sculptures not only look good，but also have a good taste, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (make) them popular among children.

    The main raw material for sugar sculpture blowing is malt sugar (麦芽糖).The malt sugar {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) in sculpture blowing has to be heated to high temperatures. It can only be used after several steps, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} include the sorting and cooking of the malt sugar followed by the firing and melting of it.

    Sugar sculpture blowing is {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(careful) made. It can be divided {#blank#}7{#/blank#} two methods—one uses molds (模子)；the other does not，and involves sugar figures taking shape through a combination of blowing air into the processed malt sugar and the artist's flexible hand skills.

    The complex process may explain why there are fewer people making sugar sculpture. To protect and promote this {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tradition) craftsmanship, the government of Hebei Province founded a sugar figure art {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(organise) in 2011. Now it {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (consist) of over 90 artists recognized as the inheritors (继承人)of the technique.