Boyan Slat has one huge goal. It's a goal that could be good for people and a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} all over the world. Amazingly, it looks like he's going to m {#blank#}2{#/blank#}his goal.

    When he was 16  Dutch engineering student Slat was on vacation in Greece, and he started to think about all the rubbish that is p{#blank#}3{#/blank#} onto beaches by water. The oceans around the world are all of plastic—millions of tons of plastic. Unfortunately, plastic doesn't just disappear. It takes c{#blank#}4{#/blank#} to break down (分解).

    The p{#blank#}5{#/blank#} situation of the oceans is bad and worrying and Slat wanted to do something to change it. So he made it a personal goal to clean up the rubbish in the world's oceans.

    Slat started with an idea for an unusual m{#blank#}6{#/blank#} to "catch" the plastic floating (漂浮) in the water using the natural energy of the ocean. He left school in 2013 to begin work on his project The Ocean Cleanup. Soon, the project r{#blank#}7{#/blank#} a lot of attention.

    A year later, he was leading a team of 100 scientists and engineers working on the invention. Slat needed money for this, so he started asking people to d{#blank#}8{#/blank#} to his project online and raised over $ 2 million!

    Soon after, Slat was named a "Champion of the Earth" by the United Nations for his meaningful and v{#blank#}9{#/blank#} work. It's the most important title the UN gives to people helping the environment. The Ocean Cleanup also won several awards (奖项) for having one of the best inventions of 2015. But the d{#blank#}10{#/blank#} goes on for Slat. He hopes that the oceans will be free of plastic in about twenty or thirty years.

Back home, Qian at once {#blank#}1{#/blank#} helping China develop a space program. He started the Institute of Mechanics in Beijing, where he trained young scientists. He worked on many important space {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. In 1960, China's first rocket and first missile were launched(发射) {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. In 1970, China launched its first satellite. It is largely because of Qian's {#blank#}4{#/blank#} that China so quickly developed a space program, and became only the third country to send a manned rocket into space in

2003. 

Qian watched this rocket launch on television. He was by he will always be {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for his great contributions(贡献). He working so hard for his country, even through difficult times, helping develop the space program that pushed China into the future. 

Did you ever eat cartoon steamed buns (馒头)? If not, you can b{#blank#}1{#/blank#}them in Bi Chenggong's shop.

Bi is from Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), China. He looks a little heavy. You may wonder if he can make those lovely steamed buns. The a{#blank#}2{#/blank#}is yes, and he is really good at that.

About six years ago, Bi found many people liked to buy creative steamed buns to show their best wishes w{#blank#}3{#/blank#}they celebrate their children's 12th birthday. However, there were few creative steamed bun shops in Hohhot (呼和浩特). So he d{#blank#}4{#/blank#}to open one.

To learn h{#blank#}5{#/blank#}to make cute steamed buns, Bi read cookbooks and watched videos online. He even went to Shandong and Shanxi to learn f{#blank#}6{#/blank#}local people. He also tried and practiced really hard. "That's very important," he said.

Bi's steamed buns are lovely. They are in different s{#blank#}7{#/blank#}_ , such as Peppa Pig, Mickey Mouse and Snow White. Bi is s{#blank#}8{#/blank#}about the food materials (材料), too. Although his steamed buns are colourful, they are healthy. The colours are from v{#blank#}9{#/blank#}like spinach (菠菜) and carrots. Children like them very much and call him "Steamed bun man". Bi is g{#blank#}10{#/blank#}about that. He promises to make more cartoon steamed buns for them.

Once upon a time, two friends Tom and Mike went for a walk in the forest. On their way home, they got{#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

It was getting {#blank#}2{#/blank#} and they were very hungry. At this time, they{#blank#}3{#/blank#} a small house. They ran to the house and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} on the door, but no one answered. Tom decided to push it open, but Mike stopped {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. He said, "It's not {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to do that. Maybe the house owner will return soon."

At first, Tom listened to Mike, but {#blank#}7{#/blank#} an hour, he didn't want to wait any more. He entered the house. Mike ran into the house fast and saw{#blank#}8{#/blank#} old man. The man said, "I know you're hungry, but I have only a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} of noodles." Mike said, "Please let my friend have it." When Tom finished the noodles, the man gave a gold basket to Mike. He said "I give it to you {#blank#}10{#/blank#}you are polite and kind."

Then, the man disappeared(消失).

"Where there are Chinese speakers, there are his readers."

The sentence describes the great {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(作用) of Louis Cha Leung-yung. On October 30, 2018, Cha d{#blank#}2{#/blank#} of a long illness at the age of 94.

People were especially familiar with Cha's pen name, Jin Yong. He was regarded as a rather {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(有影响力的)wu xia writer. Born in Haining in 1924, Cha began working in 1947 to support his studies. He moved to Hong Kong and then f{#blank#}4{#/blank#} the local Chinese-language newspaper Mingpao. In 1955, Cha published his first wuxia novel which turned out to be a great {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(胜利).

Cha wrote all his 15 novels between 1955 and 1972.In his novels, the heroes meet lots of enemies. They don't lose hearts but fight against d{#blank#}6{#/blank#} till the last moment .In the end, the bad men are p{#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Cha's novels are welcomed around the world. It's {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(众所周知的)that many of them have been made into films, TV series and video game. The novels also have sold over m{#blank#}9{#/blank#} of copies.

Wuxia readers are very sad about his death. Many famous people, including Mayun and Andy Lai {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(意识到) their sadness when they heard the news of his death.

Three years ago, I started working at the University(大学) of Leeds. Having moved to a new city, I had no friends, so I decided to look for things to do. After several days, I found that a community school was offering(提供) Chinese evening classes. Without much thought, I had a beginner class. 

I didn't think about moving to China. I just wanted to learn a new language. I could speak good English and Spanish. But I thought there might be a large difference between learning a language as a child and learning one as an adult(成年人). There was one lesson a week, each lasting 90 minutes. Mr Kong, the teacher, was energetic. For each class, he would teach us about hundreds of new words. I found it difficult at first. Luckily, after a few months, I got used to(习惯) this. The University of Leeds had many students from other countries. My new Chinese friends helped me go over everything I learned in class. And we often studied together and talked about how to learn better. 

I think Chinese grammar is easier than English grammar. But there are so many idioms(习语)! So I will work hard to solve any difficulty and I believe it'll be easy for me soon.