Chi Li is one of the best known Chinese writers in the West. She was born in the west. She was born in the l950s. At the age of 19. Chi entered a 1 college in 1976. After she graduated. She 2 as a doctor at a hospital in Wuhan. As she loved 3 much more, she went to Wuhan University to study Chinese language and literature in 1983. She chose 4 as her profession(专业).

    During the 1980s, Chi wrote many works full of love. In the 1990s, her works, such as Apart From Love and The Sun Was, Born. were about lives of young people and everyday problems. Since 2003, Chi has 5 a higher level in her works. And many of her novels have received a 6 honor. Life Show is one of her representative(代表) 7 and it has been translated into many languages. The 8 shows the real life of a common woman in Wuhan.

    Chi says, “Writers don't need to be anyone, but they should be 9 to understand everyone. ”So she often 10 alone to get a feel of how the world is and tries to understand people from all social strata(阶层).

    What will life be like in 2050? It's difficult to   1 . In the year 2050 everyone will have a   2at home. The computer will show people many things. There will  3  be machines in the future. They can do lots of things  4   people. Then people will work only two or three days in  5   week.

    Now let me tell you about my    6   in 2050. In the morning, robots are going to cook breakfast for me. Then I'm going to  7  to work. I can get to my office in my car soon. I'm going to 8 my work in three hours. In the afternoon, I will go home and talk with my friends through a cell phone. I can talk with 9at the same (同一的) time. In the evening, I'm going to fly to another (另一个) city and have   10 with my parents. It is Sunday tomorrow. I am going to fly to the moon to spend my weekend.

ABADA    BACAD

    One evening a young woman walked on the beach. She 1 to see the footsteps（足迹） she had left in the sand, but they had already been washed away by the water. When she turned to continue her walk, She was surprised to see an old woman 2 by a fire.

    She walked up to the old woman and asked,”Where did you come from? I didn't see you here a minute ago.

    3answering her question, the old woman said, ”Sit with me, my child. I have something to show you.”

    As the young woman sat down beside the fire, the old woman handed her a book. She turned the pages of the book one by one and was 4 to discover they told the story of her whole life, from the early days of 5to the present. But when she turned to the next page, she found it empty. And the rest of the pages in the book were all empty.

    “Does this mean my life ends tonight?” she asked.

    “No, my child. It means tonight your life 6 .”

    At that time the old woman took the book into her hands and began to tear(撕掉)each of the pages that had words out of the book. She then threw 7 into the fire until all left were empty pages. She handed the book of empty pages to the young woman.

    “You see,” she said, “just as the water washed away your footsteps in the sand, your past is forever gone. What you 8 have is here and now. Each moment is the beginning of the rest of your life and you should live it to the fullest, because you won't live that moment a(an) 9 time. For your future, you are free to shape it as you wish, 10 it has not yet been written.”

    Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, part of today's Shandong Province. September 28^th is his birthday. 1 he was born over 2,000 years ago, people still remember him on this day.

    His childhood was sad. His father 2 when he was only 3 and he had to work to help his mother. But young Confucius didn't 3 studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.

    Later, he became a teacher and started the 4 private school in Chinese history. At that time, only children from rich families could go to school, but Confucius believed 5 should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3,000 students in his lifetime.

    Today, people still follow his 6. He told us that each person has something worthy to learn and teach. “When I am with three people, one of them must be 7 than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities（品质）and follow them. I take their bad qualities and change them in myself.”

    He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled（迷惑）. All thinking but no study makes people 8.”

    Confucius is not only a great teacher but also a famous 9 with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners. “A kind person should care for others. Be strict 10 yourself, but be kind to others.” He said.