Last summer, after 16 years in America, I travelled to Moscow where I grew up. Mom gave me a m1.showing the location of my grandfather’s grave(坟墓). She asked me to visit it and I p2.to do it.
But I found no time to visit it until I was leaving. By the entrance to the cemetery(公墓), a lady was selling flowers. She had only s3.left. I bought them all, but it was then that I realized the map was l4..
I did not want to call my mother for I had already told her I’d gone to the cemetery. Then I found the office. An old woman looked t5.the records and found two Abraham Pikarskis with no further details.
I set off to look for them, hoping that at least one would have a p6.on the stone.
I found the two graves. B7.said Abraham Pikarskis, no pictures, nothing else.
I put three flowers on the grave in front of me and went back to the first one. I also put three flowers there.
I stood there with the last flower. F8., I put it on the grave. If this is really my grandfather’s, he got the most. If not, let this be a respect to the s9..
I flew home to New York the next day. When Mom saw me, she started crying.
“Son, thank you for visiting Grandfather’s grave. When you called and told me you went there, I t10.you were just comforting me. But this morning, my cousin called from Moscow, saying she saw your flowers on your grandpa’s grave.”
Should I ask how many flowers her cousin saw? Three or four?
It may not be hard to name the most popular girl or boy at school. But have you ever wondered what m1.them popular? Is it about wearing the latest fashion or being in the basketball t2.?
The secret to being p3.at school, according to an Australian study published in the Journal Child Development this month, is neither of those things. I4., it is empathy(感同身受), or understanding and s5. others’ feelings, reported Science Daily.
Popular children are “b6. at knowing what others want, think and f7.”, according to the study.
The study included 2,096 children f8. 2 to 10 years old from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.
“Our study suggests that understanding o9. feelings can help children become or remain popular”, wrote Virginia Slaughter, professor(教授) of psychology at the University of Queensland, who led the study.
“It means empathy is important both for making friends in the early school years a10.for keeping friendships as children grow older”, added the Daily Mail.
Xie Liang, over 80 years old, has offered free help to people asking for directions for more than 10 years. He has been f1. as “the king of giving directions” in Beijing since 2001.
Every day, Xie goes to Dongzhimen Long-distance (长途) Bus Stop and gives help to at least 1,200 people asking for directions. During holidays, the n2. may be even 3,500. There are more than 50 roads and streets meeting at Dongzhimen, and at l3. 100 thousand people pass by there every day.
The reporter of Beijing Youth Daily had an i4. with Xie. At that time, he arrived at the bus stop and placed his little table with maps and guidebooks w5. by himself on it.
“Is it really f6. to ask you for the way?” asked a man with a strong southeast Chinese accent (口音).
“Of course,” answered Xie with a smile. “Quite a lot of people have asked me the s7. question. I am a volunteer.”
The reporter found that more than 5 people came to ask him for the way in a minute, and Xie told them the way p8. and gave every one of them a note with his words on it.
Xie has a husky(沙哑的) voice. People think that it’s the r9. of his hard work.
Now Xie has encouraged several other volunteers to join him. Many people hope to do volunteering work like Xie, but it’s hard to do the work as w10. as he does.
It’s k1. that China is a country with the largest population in the world. To deal with the population problem, our government decided to have one-child policy (政策). After the policy was carried out for some time, while it did help to c2. the population growth, problems like aging also became clear. So all Chinese c3. were told that they could be allowed to have two children. As the one-child policy came to an end, many Chinese children, i4. you may have a brother or sister in the future.
But what would your l5. be like growing up with a brother or a sister?
Having a brother or sister can keep you away from some bad f6., such as loneliness and fear. Your brother or sister can give you something that parents can’t give you. You may not feel lonely at home any more b7. there will be someone playing with you and sharing secrets with you. Of course, sometimes you may argue or e8. fight with him or her, but you will forgive each other soon.
Although now the government e9. people to have more children, most young people don’t want more children because of the pressure from work and family. M10. it takes a period of time for people to accept the new policy.
In many countries, people t1. by car or by bike. They also get from place to place using p2. transport such as buses and trains. However, some people live in parts of the world where it is i3. to build roads. In these places, animals or other forms of t4.have to be used.
It is difficult to walk in snow but easy to ski over it. So in places like Alaska, people use skis. If they want to go faster, they get dogs to p5. them on sleds(雪橇). Riding a snowmobile(雪地摩托) is a more m6. , but expensive way of getting around on snow.
In desert(沙漠) like the Sahara in North Africa, people sometimes get around on camels. Camels survive w7. in the desert, not because they can s8. water in their bodies though! They can survive without water for two weeks and without f9. for up to a month.M10. can only go without water for about three to five days.
The great pyramids of Egypt were built more than 4000 years ago as tombs for the pharaohs, or kings, of the time．
When the core of the pyramid was finished, the outside was covered in a white stone called limestone．
The peak of the pyramid was capped in gold．
At the same time, labourers, masons and artists finished off the work inside．
Each chamber was lined with fine stone．
The walls were painted with scenes from the pharaoh’s life, or the building of the pyramid．
When the inside and the outside of the pyramid were finished, beautiful art works and goods for the pharaoh’s next life were put in the chambers．
Then, the mummy was placed in its special chamber．
Finally, the passages to the chambers were filled with huge stones, and the openings were closed off and covered in limestone．
1.When were the great pyramids of Egypt built ? ( in no more than 4 words)
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2.Which part of the pyramid was capped in gold? (in no more than 2 words)
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3.What does the word “ limestone” mean in Chinese? ( in no more than 5 words)
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4.Where did labourers, masons and artists finish off the work when the core of the
pyramid was finished? ( in no more than 5 words)
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5.Why were beautiful art works and goods put in chambers?
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