1．　　China's space industry has made rapid development in recent years. Three Chinese astronauts were sent to the Tiangong space station (1)       June 17, 2021. Soon after they got into space, they had a real﹣time video dialogue with Hong Kong students in September.
　　In late August, organizers started (2)       questions from the public. They chose 10 from about 2, 000 questions (3)       they received. The most popular question was "How can Hong Kong teenagers become astronauts?The astronauts listened (4)       and then answered their questions one by one. They hoped friends from Hong Kong would join (5)       in the space industry. Then our astronaut Nie Haisheng (6)       how he drank water and did physical exercise. He not only showed them how to drink water (7)       also introduced some special equipment for sports. Students felt so interested that they continued to ask more questions.
　　It was such (8)       meaningful event that it encouraged Hong Kong students to know more about our country's space program. It also improved the (9)       between the mainland and Hong Kong. So far, China's space science and technology has (10)       up with western countries and reached a world﹣class level. "We are proud of the development of our space science and we love our country!" said the youths.

2．　　"The greatest joy on the earth is to introduce the beauty created by a people to the whole world, "said Xu Yuanchong, the most well﹣known translating(1)       in China. Xu devoted himself translation for more than 60 years. And he (2)       over 100 translated books in Chinese, English and French. Those attracted(吸引) millions of (3)       around the world.
　　He was a hard﹣working person. Every day, he would (4)       about 1, 000 words into another language. He usually worked until 3 a. m. to 4 a. m. and then got up at 6 a. m. to continue (5)      . He often said "The best way to lengthen our days is to steal a few hours from the early (6)      . "
　　Xu thought a translated work should be just as (7)       as the original (原始的) one. So he used his creativity to make it possible. Instead of (8)       translating words from one language to another, he changed the words into more readable ones.
　　In 2014, Xu won the Aurora Borealis Prize for Outstanding Translation of Fiction Literature, one of the world's (9)       prizes for a translator. He is the only Asian winner in the recent 20 years. It's a pity that he (10)       at the age of 100 on June 17, 2021. But before Xu died, he still kept reading to make his works more perfect. That shows us it is never too old to learn.

4．　　Have you ever heard of water bears?They have lived on the earth for more than 500 million years, long before dinosaurs. Though called "bears", they look completely different from bears!The largest ones are only 1. 4 mm long. Each of their eight legs ends with a claw(爪). They also have sharp mouths.
　　Some of the places they live may surprise you!They live deep down in the ocean. It's too dark to see well, and the weight of water from up above is very heavy. But tiny water bears can survive in such difficult environment. In space, there is no air, water or food. But water bears can live there!Astronauts took some water bears outside the space ship. Surprisingly, most of them lived. Some even laid eggs. The eggs even hatched into healthy babies!
　　There is no rain in dry valleys of Antarctica for two million years. But water bears can survive in such a place!How?First, they curl into a ball. Then they do nothing. They can stay this way for more than 10 years!When they get wet again, they uncurl and start to move around. Sometimes wind or water moves them away when they curl up in a ball.
　　Besides the places mentioned above, water bears also live around us, but we need some effort to find them!If we are careful and lucky enough, maybe we can find one.

5．配对阅读．左栏是对五位来自孔子学院的学生需求, 右栏是七个我国经典名著简介, 请为左栏的每个人选择合适的名著．

11．　　Honesty has always been a very important virtue since ancient times. Once there was (1)       old king who loved flowers. One day, he realized he had to find someone new to rule the country. He came up with an (2)      . He asked his servants to give out flower seeds to his citizens. He then announced that the person (3)       could grow the most beautiful flowers for him would take his throne.
　　One young man (4)       David was especially excited about the contest. He was sure he could win because he had experience (5)       flowers himself. But no matter how (6)       he worked, his flower didn't grow.
　　Finally, it was (7)       for everyone to show their flowers to the king. David took his empty pot to the palace. "Your Majesty, I am sorry that I could not grow a flower. But I (8)       my best. "he said. The king was impressed with David's honesty. Though he did not choose David to be the new king, he gave David a job (9)       a royal court judge(皇家法庭法官). He believed that David's honesty would make him the right person to protect the justice in the country.
　　As young students, we must be (10)      . We may lose real friendship, sincere love, even family relationship without honesty.

12．　　Chinese government introduced the"double reduction" policy ("双减"政策) on July 24th, 2021. The policy aims to reduce the burden of excessive homework and after﹣school training for primary and middle school students.
　　According to the policy, homework for children below the third grade is not allowed, while middle school students should spend no longer than 90 minutes on their homework. Primary and middle schools are asked to offer after﹣school services. So students can finish most of their homework at school or join some interest clubs.
　　What's more after﹣school training centers cannot teach students school courses ahead of time. No tutoring courses can be taught on weekends, national holidays or during winter and summer vacations.
　　It is reported that more than 75 percent of Chinese children in the cities, from Grade 1 to Grade 12, took part in outside school courses before the policy. This has led to many social problems such as students' falling levels of physical fitness, more mental problems and huge family costs. These measures (措施) aim to bring education back as public welfare. They also guide the education:training industry to focus on improving students' all﹣round development.
　　At present, many schools and students have to actively take measures to adapt to the new policy. These measures will be nationwide in the future.

13．假设你叫李明, 你所在的学校英语广播节目拟开展"喜迎双减, 提升自我"为主题的征稿活动．请给专栏投稿, 内容包括:
1. 简述你对"双减"政策的看法;
2. 谈谈"双减"政策实施前后你的学习时间、兴趣培养和体育锻炼等方面的变化(至少两项);
3. 希望自己能更好地规划时间, 提升自我, 才会有更美好的未来．
要求:1. 不得出现真实校名和姓名;
2. 语言连贯、逻辑清晰, 词数80词左右．开头结尾已经给出, 不计入总词数．

Dear editor,
I want to give my opinion about the "double reduction" policy. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Ming