Task 1

In 1. ________ （tradition） Chinese culture， Tai Chi is often related to the Chinese idea of yin and yang， the idea that one can see two sides in everything. Once upon 2. ________ time， Taoist （道家的） Zhang Sanfeng saw a bird 3. ________（attack） a snake in the Wudang Mountain in Hubei Province. The snakes defense inspired him 4. ________ （create） a set of 72 movements， which used 5. ________（soft） and power from inside to defeat violent force.

For those 6. ________do it， Tai Chi can be practiced anytime and anywhere without equipment or a gymnasium. And learning to do it 7. ________（correct） gives us a practical way to achieve such things as balance， motor control and rhythm （節奏） of movement. So it 8.________（believe） that practicing Tai Chi can in some way help us stand， walk， move and run better.

Tai Chis benefits certainly go beyond physical ones. For Marleni Calcina from Peru， who 9. ________（do） Tai Chi for over 10 years， its not only a sport， but also a way of life. And 10.________ is Tai Chi that has helped her understand the value of “going slowly”. Now， practicing Tai Chi is like speaking with her soul.

Task 2

We want everyone to respect us. Do we respect everyone 1. _______ us？ The answer is a big NO！ We dont respect 2. _______ we think is better than us; we dont respect poor and old people，and we dont respect who we feel is worse than us. So how can we win respect？ The easiest way

3._______（gain） respect is by giving respect.

Winning respect might be difficult 4._______ not impossible. Dont use bad language. Being helpful and listening to someone are a sign of giving respect and 5. _______（win） respect as well. With patience and practice， you can get any kind of virtue.

Flowers are the main 6. _______（attract） of any type of decoration and in the same way respect is the beauty of life. Life is terrible without respect. Just think whenever you go to a party， everyone there is not treated equally. Do you know why？ Because of 7. _______（they） manners.

Why are we not treated sometimes as 8. _______（expect）？ Because we do the same to others who have expectations from us. Relationship can be 9. _______（health） if we never cross the walls of respect.

Without respect， you cant live. You need respect everywhere， in life， in work， in society or in family. A respected person 10. _______（speak） politely.

Task 3

The truth that trees are vital to our life is not a secret. Besides providing us with food， wood and most 1. _______（important）， oxygen， they have one more thing—blocking out 2. _______ （harm） bacteria from water.

The discovery 3. _______ （make） by a team consisting of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT） and high school students who were seeking a 4. _______（nature） water filter —one that would help communities in developing countries that do not have access to modern water filter systems.

The researchers， led by Professor Rohit Karnik， decided to turn to trees 5. _______help because they could allow liquid to flow through， while blocking out air bubbles.

They began by cutting 1.5 inch wide sections of tree bark from the branches of 6._______ white pine tree. The people 7. _______（relate） then tested the woods filtering ability by pouring water containing red dye particles of different 8. _______（size） through. To their amazement， they found that 9. _______was effective in trapping all the particles. Encouraged， the team conducted another experiment， this time with water which contained bacteria. Sure enough， the sapwood held back 99% of the bacteria， 10. _______（allow） only 1% to flow through.

Task 4

Its almost a common belief that the best food you can find in a place is not in the fancy restaurants， 1._______in the backstreets. These spots are usually away from popular tourist attractions， which means that to find them youll need the spirit of an 2. _______（explore）.

Thats how I came across roujiamo when I was exploring Beijing. I found 3. _______restaurant that sold dishes from Xian when I explored the area around 4._______（I） office one day. I decided to try it out.

My roujiamo 5. _______ （make） fresh， so the bread was still warm. It was soft when I bit into it， and the meat inside was delicious and tender. In fact， I enjoyed it so much that I ordered more to take home with me. Though its just a snack， its still quite filling and can 6. _______（easy） satisfy your appetite.

There are a 7. _______ （various） of things you can put inside the “mo”， as the bread is called. For example， in certain areas in Xian， the meat 8. _______ （use） is usually beef， but in Gansu Province， mutton is more common. And the first roujiamo that I 9. _______ （try） was made from pork. However its made， its still a tasty snack. And for an American like me who grew up 10. _______（eat） hamburgers， its a perfect combination of East and West.

Task 5

Felicity Miller， a 32?year?old British woman， 1. _______has a Chinese husband， still remembers the 2. _______（excite） when she first learned to use the “red packet” function on WeChat in 2015.She sent and grabbed some red packets in her Chinese familys group. The rule in her family was that the person who grabbed the 3. _______ （high） amount sent the next.

Attracted by the unique way of communicating， many foreigners 4. _______ （join） in sending and

grabbing red packets so far. Usually， the money in each packet is random. Thus the amount of money one can grab 5. _______（large） depends on his or her luck， from 0.01 yuan to less than 200 yuan. Many foreigners get more familiar 6. _______ Chinese culture through red packets. Two years ago， when Felicity Miller was sent 5.20 or 8.88 yuan red packets， she had no clue about the 7. _______（hide） meanings. Now， she has not only known about them， but also has sent a few.

However， the popularity of virtual red packets doesnt stop people sending paper red packets

8. _______ （contain） real cash during the Spring Festival. It 9. _______（call） lucky money. In Chinese tradition， people take giving children lucky money as 10. _______ blessing.

Task 6

The Yangtze River， 1. _______ （know） in China as the Changjiang River， is the longest river in Asia and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. Flowing from the Tibetan Plateau to the East China Sea， the Yangtze is a natural division 2. _______north and south. Driven by the 3._______（curious） in my heart， I came to China and took part in a cruise（乘船度假） along part of the river last year.

Life on board was relaxing with plenty to occupy the time and mind. We passed Wuhan 4. _______in 1966 Chairman Mao famously swam across the Yangtze River. Glorious temples rise over industrial ports while， high above the rocks， ancient coffins are hung in caves， without being disturbed for 5._______ （century）. We also visited the Three Gorges Dam， 6. _______symbol of Chinese pride and power. As well as enormous hydroelectric output， 7. _______ （it） increasing shipping ability benefits Chinese people quite a lot.

As a foreigner， I 8. _______（absorb） and charmed by the genuine warmth of welcome and unique culture during the trip. 9. _______ （rare）， if ever， have I enjoyed such a culturally rich and historically interesting trip. Now I am looking forward to 10. _______（visit） China again！

Task 7

A college in Central Chinas Henan Province started 1. _______annual “Run for Breakfast” campaign on Monday 2._______（encourage） students to brave the cold and exercise， Dahe Daily reported. Each student in some university can get a free breakfast， including an egg， bread and a cup of soy milk， after running three laps （1，200 meters） in the morning.

Since the college started the campaign in 2010， more than 5，300 students 3. _______ （participate） . The activity is good for those who find 4. _______hard to get up in the morning. Running can build up ones body and theres a free breakfast. “I woke my roommate up this morning 5._______we were happy after the run，” said a freshman. Li Mengyuan， 20， 6. _______ （organize） of the activity in the university said the free breakfast for the morning exercisers would last for two weeks 7. _______（start） from Nov. 12 and she was glad to see 8. _______（many） people join in.

“To have a partner exercising together 9. _______ （help） students train harder and get better

10. _______（result）， which encourages them to go outside instead of sleeping in the morning，” Li said.

Task 8

Mike Taylor， a university student in the study of prehistoric life forms for his PhD， discovered a brand new species of dinosaur， while 1. _______ （conduct） research at the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom. This new species 2. _______（identify） as part of the sauropod family of dinosaurs. The sauropods were four?legged， vegetarian dinosaurs， 3._______ very long necks and tails， and relatively small skulls and brains. One of their most unusual 4. _______ （characteristic） was their nostrils， which were higher up in their head， almost near the eyes. So far， the sauropod bones 5. _______（find） in every continent except Antarctica， and they are one of the longest living group of dinosaurs， spanning over 100 million years. This new species， 6. _______（name） Xenopo?

seidon proneneukos， which means forward sloping， lived about 140 million years ago.

Mike Taylor， 7. _______has spent five years studying sauropod vertebrae， 8. _______（immediate） knew that this was the backbone of a sauropod. However， he had never seen one like this before. 9._______（far） research proved this was indeed a new kind of sauropod. The bone， which had been discovered in 10. _______1890s， had never been examined.

Task 9

Running can help us reach our fitness goals 1. _______ it can also be limiting to our overall movement goals. But by rethinking our running habits we can maximize runnings benefits and minimize its shortcomings.

Running shows a broad range of health and fitness benefits， but those benefits 2. _______（limit） when you run the same way every single day. 3. _______instance， if you always run on a path at the same speed， 4. _______（listen） to your MP3 player， at the same time of day in the same shoes， for the same 5._______ （distant）， you are robbing yourself of some of the benefits you could be getting from all that valuable movement time.

There are many changeable things that affect the benefits your run can give you， and we rarely take the time 6. _______（think） about it. So， to help you spice（增添趣味）up your running efforts and make sure that you obtain the full rewards from each run workout， you must find some 7._______（way） to make your run workout more challenging and 8. _______（benefit）. I hope you are feeling 9._______ （extreme） inspired to get out there and mix up your running routine so that youll enjoy 10. _______for many more years to come.

Task 10

On Feb. 22nd， 2018， Chinese skater Wu Dajing became the first Chinese man 1. _______（win） an Olympic short track gold medal， 2. _______（claim） Chinas first gold medal at the Pyeongchang

Games. And on Nov. 11， Wu Dajing， 24， set 3. _______new world record. It took him just 39.505 seconds to finish the mens 500?meter race at the 2018 Short Track World Cup， 4. _______took place in Salt Lake City， US.

Shaoang Liu， who competed against Wu at the World Cup， 5._______ （shake） his head in disbelief after the race. “Its 6. _______ （true） lucky to have been in a world record race，” Liu said. Indeed， every time Wu skates， he leaves his 7. _______（competitor） behind within seconds. Wu is untouchable， not only for dominating his sport， but also for his unusual 8. _______（high） （182 cm， tall for a short tracker）.

Wu owes his success 9. _______his self?discipline. He started to skate at the age of 10. He got up at 4 am every day to practice. He never 10. _______ （eat） meat or has carbonated（碳酸的） drinks， even though he loves cola very much. Only once has Wu broken his self?made rule—just after his win at the Winter Olympics.

Task 11

If your luggage has ever gone missing after a flight， it can be pretty annoying. You might face

1. _______ （wear） the same pair of trousers for a few days. But spare a thought for this man.

Peter 2._______ （fly） from London to Mongolia for a four?day?long， 100?mile ultra marathon across snow and ice. He landed 3. _______（safe） in Ulaanbaatar， the capital city， but unfortunately， his bags did not. He was initially told that his bags would turn up in time for the race two days later but as the day approached， he still didnt have his 4. _______（equip）.

Facing the race with nothing 5. _______the clothes he arrived in， he even wasnt able to find any shoes 6. _______（fit） his size 13 feet. The largest size he found was a size 11. Wearing his jeans and brogues（粗革皮鞋）， Peter and his fellow adventurers then took a bus ride to camp.

His fellow runners tried to help 7._______ out but without any other shoes， he 8. _______（force） to climb across the ice in his leather brogues. He suffered blisters but still managed to complete the race. Peter added， “When you run a race like that your 9. _______（foot） swell because youre in them for so long—I just became too big 10. _______my boots.”

Task 12

Long ago， what we wore on our wrists simply told us the time. Now we can wear devices 1. _______（count） our steps and our calories burned， measure our running pace and mileage， analyze our sleep quality， assess our VO2 max... So many bands are out there these days 2. _______choosing an activity tracker can feel a little dispiriting.

3. _______ the fitness tracker market growing， heres what you need to keep in mind to choose the best fitness tracker for your lifestyle.

The criterion that the vast majority of people measure with 4. _______activity tracker is steps. Distance traveled and calories burned are two more top criteria 5. _______（find） in trackers. Basic trackers have become 6. _______ （increasing） popular as more people try to hit 10，000 steps per day. There is a fun fact： Some insurance 7. _______（company） will actually pay you for every day you hit your step goal. But keep in mind that 10，000 steps isnt the standard measurement a famous American health and fitness 8. _______（organize） uses when he makes recommendations for daily activity： He uses minutes. The US Department of Health and Human Services says that adults need at least 150 minutes of 9. _______ （suit） exercise a week.

If your goal is just to move more， a tracker that keeps time， tracks distance， and 10. _______ （be） comfortable to wear is all you really need.

Task 13

When you start weighing your options about next year， thinking whether to keep on studying or take a gap（間隔） year， therell be plenty of things 1. _______（play） in your mind. College is ext?remely expensive， but even a gap year 2. _______ （spend） travelling comes with high costs， too. WhenI was approaching the end of my studies， I had this big 3. _______（decide）. My idea was clear—I needed a break from all of it. Aside 4. _______hiring people to write my essay， I received no help during my studies. Seeing how 5. _______（benefit） education is for my future， I really wanted to pursue higher studies. However， a gap year was the once?in?a?lifetime opportunity to explore the world. Also， I 6. _______（desperate） needed that break. So， I decided to go for it， no matter 7. _______ hard or challenging it will be. After a while， I got so good in handling my travel budget. I managed to visit so many wonderful places without spending 8. _______fortune. What Im trying to tell you is that you dont have to have 9. _______ （pile） of cash in a bank account to explore the world before you start college. All you need 10. _______（be） a couple of steps and Im ready to share them with you.

Task 14

When Mrs Klein told her first graders to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful， she thought how little these children， who lived in 1. _______ tough neighborhood， actually had 2. _______（be） thankful for. She knew that most of the class would draw pictures of turkeys or of Thanksgiving tables. That was what they believed was expected of them.

What made Mrs Klein shocked was Douglass picture， which was 3. _______（simple） this： A hand， obviously. But whose hand？ The class 4. _______ （attract） by his image. “I think it must be a 5. _______（farmer） hand because they grow the turkeys，” said one student.

“It looks more like a policeman， and they protect us，” said another student. “I think its supposed to be all the hands 6. _______ help us， but Douglas could only draw one of them.”

Mrs Klein had almost forgotten Douglas in her pleasure at finding the class so responsive. When she had the others work on another project， she 7. _______（bend） over his desk and asked whose hand it was.

Douglas whispered， “Its 8._______（you）， teacher.”

Then Mrs Klein recalled that she 9._______（take） Douglas the hand from time to time. She often did that with the children， but it should have meant so much to Douglas.

Perhaps， she reflected， this was her Thanksgiving， and everybodys Thanksgiving—not the material things 10. _______（give） to us， but the small ways that we give something to others.