If you are hungry, what do you do? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that. Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry. But it never lets you know. It 1 serves your needs and never lets itself grow because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars. When mind loses 2 freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop. This 3be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?"

     In fact, hunger of the mind 4 through wide reading. Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading 5 the most educative tool used by us since our childhood.

    Once you read a book, you run your eyes 6 the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you. The interesting part of the book 7 is stored in your mind is regarded as a seed（种子）. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas. If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate lots of things. You can never think of these things even in 8 dreams in your life.

    This is creativity. Also this helps you 9your vocabulary. In no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language 10you will never run out of the right words. So guys, do give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading.

    Sudha Chandran, a classical dancer from India, had to have her right leg cut after an accident. She was also cut off on her career (事业) road.

    Though the accident brought her bright career to a stop, she didn't 1. In the painful months, Sudha met a doctor who had a(n) 2 on her leg. So eagerly she wanted to go back to dancing after she had been fitted with a man-made leg. Sudha believed in herself and thought she could realize her dream, so she 3 on her brave journey back to the world of dancing.

    After every public performance, she might ask her dad about it. "You still have a long way to go!" That was the 4 she used to get from her father. In January 1984, Sudha made a historic comeback 5giving a public performance in Bombay. She performed in such a great manner that it moved 6 to tears (眼泪) and this performance pushed her to number one position again. That evening when she asked her dad the same question, he didn't 7 anything. He just touched her feet as a praise.

    Sudha's comeback was so 8 that a film producer decided to make the story into a hit film. It has moved more and more people.

    People wondered 9 Sudha could manage to dance again. When she was asked the question, she would just answer quite 10 ,"YOU DON'T NEED FEET TO DANCE." Where there is a will, there is a way.

    Nearly 7,000 medical workers in the team supporting Central China's Hubei province left the capital, Wuhan, the hardest-hit city in the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, and went back to their hometowns on Tuesday, March 31, marking the largest scale departure (离开) of medics (医学工作者)since the first group left on March 17. The Civil Aviation Administration of China has organized 51 planes to support the departure.

    More than 42,000 medics from other parts of the country have joined the battle with local medics to fight against COVID-19. The support teams came from 21 provinces, cities and autonomous regions(自治区) and some of them worked on several battlefields during the past months. The support team from the First Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, was among those in the group. Sixty members were in charge of treating COVID-19 patients in 100 beds in the Union Hospital and treated 174 patients who have been seriously ill since they arrived on Feb 10.

    Wang Zhenning, the leader of its support team, expressed his thanks to the Wuhan people who offered great help to them. "I am proud to witness and play a role in history. We've been here, seen it happen and become better. Wuhan is our second hometown. We will forever care about the city and the people fighting with us." he said.

    Wuhan city government showed great thanks to all medics in a letter, expressing their gratefulness of the medics' efforts to save lives in the battle. "Thanks to your arrival, Wuhan welcomes today's peace and stability. We will always remember your kindness!" the letter said. In it, the city government also invited the medics to visit Wuhan in the future for sightseeing. Local people volunteered to line up and see medics off as the medics left for home after finishing their mission(使命) in Wuhan. Wuhan traffic police led the way for medics to the airport.

    Once an old man who had four lazy sons fell sick and was counting his last days in bed. He was very worried about his sons' future because they always believed in luck       of hard work.

    The old man decided to play a trick       he died to make his sons realize the importance of work. He told them that he would leave them a treasure box        gold coins and wanted them to share the treasure.

    The young men asked where his father had placed the treasure. The old man replied," I can't exactly remember      place. However, the treasure is buried in our land."

    After a few days, the old man died. The sons decided to      the land to find the treasure box. They worked very hard, but they couldn't find the box. They dug even      , but they still got nothing.

    Later, one of their neighbors        by and saw the loose (松的) soil. He suggested that the sons should turn it into a farm. Soon, good fruit and vegetables grew out of the land. The four sons sold them at a good       and made lots of money.

    Then they realized that the        box their father mentioned was hard work in fact. The father successfully played a trick to        his sons how important it was to work hard. What a clever father!

    The grand military parade (盛大阅兵式) and celebrations were held in Tian'anmen Square, Beijing on Oct. 1 for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

    A grand military parade was held in the morning, showing the great progress made by the Chinese armed forces in recent years. About 15,000 officers and soldiers took part in the 80-minute parade in front of Tian'anmen Square. Then, a mass pageant(群众游行展) showing China's historical achievements and the nation's great rejuvenation(伟大复兴)was held. It was seen as a lesson on Chinese history and how far the nation has progressed. The mass pageant lasted 65 minutes and was divided into five parts, each part showed respect to Chinese leaders in the past and leaders now, from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping. In the evening, a gala(盛会)took place in Tian'anmen Square. The songs, dances and fireworks celebrated the nation and its people.

    President Xi expressed warm National Day congratulations to Chinese people home and abroad. Standing on the Tian'anmen Rostrum in Beijing, where Chairman Mao Zedong announced the founding of the PRC on Oct 1, 1949, Xi recalled Chinese history. He also showed a road map for the country to realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation. He called for efforts to make a better life and to keep making achievements. The parade and celebrations have set off Chinese people's patriotism (爱国心)and a strong sense of pride.

为迎接祖国母亲第70个生日，各学校开展了丰富多彩的庆祝活动，如英语演讲比赛、卡片制作、参观博物馆等。假设你是李明，你们学校“校园之声”英语栏目的小记者，请你围绕该话题写一篇英语文章。内容包括：

1）列举你们学校开展的庆祝活动（至少两项活动）；

2）介绍你参加过的一场活动（时间、地点、经过及收获）；

3）呼吁大家为建设祖国做准备。

作文要求：

1）不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和学生的真实姓名。

2）语句连贯，词数80个左右。作文的开头已经给出，不计入总词数，也不必抄写在

答题卡上。

    To celebrate the 70th birthday of our motherland,