Liu Fang is a famous pipa soloist, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} whose music is strongly influenced by traditional singing. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (graduate) from Shanghai Conservatory of Music, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she studied the pipa and the guzheng, she went back to work in her hometown Kunming. She then moved to Canada in 1996 and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (live) there since then. For her, the biggest challenge of playing the pipa is to respect the traditions but{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (add) her own style. In her opinion, classical Chinese music and traditional Chinese painting are quite {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(like). The former has {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (silent) that is full of music {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the latter features empty spaces which give life to the whole painting. As a soloist, she enjoys performing live, for she likes the atmosphere of a concert. Not having a concert for a long time may put her in a state of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (depress). She also enjoys the time immediately after the concert to share the feelings and ideas with the audiences, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (listen) to their opinions about the music.

    In the time of Queen Victoria, cholera, a deadly disease, hit London, which often resulted in large numbers of {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(dead). John Snow, a then well-known doctor, became{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(inspire) when he thought about helping ordinary people who {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(expose) to cholera. John Snow thought {#blank#}4{#/blank#}most important was to find its cause. He got interested in two theories {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(explain) how cholera killed people. He believed in the second theory{#blank#}6{#/blank#}suggested people absorbed the disease with their meals. He began to gather information and made a map, on which he marked {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the victims(受害者)had lived. As a result, he found out that the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(pollute)water was the cause of cholera and suggested that the source of all water supplies{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(examine)immediately. Finally, “King Cholera”{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (defeat).

    The word Nushu literally means “women's writing” in Chinese: As the name suggests, Nushu is created and specially used by women.

    Often {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（call） “the world's only surviving characters for women”, these slim words were developed from standard written Chinese. In the old days, Nushu {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（teach）by elderly women to girls at home because female children weren't allowed {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（attend）formal school. During gatherings in villages, women used the characters to .write poems or song lyrics to express their emotions {#blank#}4{#/blank#} were hidden from men. The words were full {#blank#}5{#/blank#} encouragement and positive energy, and showed an uncommon open-mindedness among women at that time.

    Ji Xianlin once said that Nushu is a feminist（女权主义者）symbol. “It's {#blank#}6{#/blank#} unique writing system created by {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（talent）women who were deprived（剥夺）of the right to education,” he wrote in an article. “It has significance in various {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（field）and represents Chinese people's strong spirit.”

    Nushu was made as a national cultural heritage in 2006. However, it is not {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（wide）used in daily life today. In fact, it is a dying language. Now linguists are taking action to prevent this incredible cultural heritage from{#blank#}10{#/blank#}（disappear）.

    Most children with healthy appetites（食欲）are ready to eat almost anything that {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（offer）to them. A child often likes food {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it is badly cooked. The way a meal is cooked and served {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（be）the most important.

    A meal that looks {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（attract）will often improve a child's appetite. Never ask a child {#blank#}5{#/blank#} he likes or dislikes the food and never discuss likes and dislikes in front of him or allow anybody else {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（do）so. If the father says he hates fat meat in the child's hearing, he may copy this {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（behave）. At meal times, it is a good idea to let a child come back for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} second helping（一份食物）rather than give him as much as he may eat all at once. Set a good example to your kid and don't talk with your mouth {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（fill）with food. Don't allow him to leave the table at once after a meal, or he {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（learn）to eat his food hurriedly so that he can hurry back to the toys in his room. At no time should you force or fool your child to eat.

    At 3:42 a.m., everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world was at an end! Eleven kilometres {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (direct) below the city, the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (great) earthquake of the 20th century had begun. It was felt in Beijing, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is more than two hundred kilometres away. One-third of the nation {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (feel) it. A huge crack that was eight kilometres long and thirty metres wide cut across houses, roads and canals. Steam burst from holes in the ground. Hard hills of rock became rivers of dirt. In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay {#blank#}5{#/blank#} ruins. The suffering of the people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (be) extreme. Two-thirds of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (they) died or were injured during the earthquake. Thousands of families were killed and many {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (child) were left without parents. The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000. Then, later that afternoon, another big quake shook Tangshan. More buildings fell down. Water, food, and electricity were hard {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (get). People began to wonder {#blank#}10{#/blank#} long the disaster would last.