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When Dong Yuhui, a former English tutor at New Oriental, first started to host livestreams (直播) selling products on the company’s Douyin channel, there were only five viewers, which included his parents and the parents of another host.

“For a period of time, I felt quite down because I couldn’t s1． the point of making the effort. Those were the darkest hours and now the dawn has come. I am glad that I didn’t give up selling vegetables o2．,” said Dong.

The clips (片段) of Dong introducing steaks in b3． Chinese and English went viral on social media as people began to notice that the channel was very d4． from others that typically feature (以……为特色) hosts screaming about how low the prices of the products are. While talking about the quality of the steak, Dong also t5． the viewers how to order steak in English at a restaurant.

After the “double reduction” policy was introduced, he started his new job at DongfangZhenxuan as a host. “I was sad knowing that I can no longer teach. It took a while for me to adjust to the new r6．, he said. “Former teacher, current salesman” is how he d7． himself on his personal Douyin account.

But people have realized that Dong is no ordinary salesman. On Monday, while selling dried Antarctic krill, Dong told viewers that “krill” is just one of several English nouns used to refer to shrimps and related sea creatures. Comments started to flood in from viewers saying that they never e8． to learn something from a channel that sells things. Some even said they didn’t know whether they should buy things or take n9．.

The viewers were also impressed with his views on different literary works i10． those of William Shakespeare. “I am in my comfort zone when talking about books. I can air my views about them non-stop for three days,” Dong said.

Can you imagine going to university at age 14? This year, Jia Zijun, from Henan, did just that. He became the _________ freshman (大一新生) at Beihang University and plans to study aircraft design.

“I didn’t know I was the youngest _________ I got here, and it feels quite cool!” Jia told The Paper.

Jia took part in the college entrance exam in June and got a total score of 642. People often think students like him must be geniuses (天才). But Jia owes (归功于) his _________ mainly to curiosity and good study habits.

“When I was in Grade 1, I was _________ about what we were going to learn next. So I borrowed Grade 2 _________ and learned the lessons during my summer holidays. I enjoyed exploring new information,” he said. Because of this, Jia skipped (跳过) Grade 2, and then Grade 4.

As he went to high school, he found things were getting _________ to learn. So he started to make plans every day and _________ goals for himself. “I would _________ follow the plan, and gradually (逐渐地) I’d see my _________.”

Jia would also __________ what he learned each day before going to bed. If there was something he couldn’t remember well, he’d take a look at it the next morning.

“I was not good at English in high school, so I printed the vocabulary list and __________ it onto my bed. Every morning when I woke up, I __________ them, and it’s a good way to remember things.”

When Jia felt stressful, he had a __________ way to relax: working on math problems. “I’d find difficult problems to __________ myself, and when I worked it out, I felt really happy.”

As he told The Paper, he hopes he can __________ his curiosity and study habits in university, and keep challenging himself to become a better person.

通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

Time is very important in our life. But it never had any importance in my life until I _________a watch from my father. It ________ me the importance of time in my life.

I got this gift on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the   _______ to pick up (接)my uncle Ali. However，I forgot it _______   I was playing with my friends. Later I   ______   my uncle， but I was late for him. He had to   _____   a taxi to my father’s house.

I got to my father’s house     ____   . My father looked at me angrily. I said “Hi” to him and my _______ uncle. My father asked me to sit   ______   him and gave me this watch which was a gift from ______   . It was made of silver. Then he said，“Essa, did you have fun ______     your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your _______ . This watch will be a reminder（提醒物） for you. I hope today you have learned something   ______ . ”

I learned a lesson from my father: respect (尊重) time and     ______ be late. The watch is important to me, not because of its   ______ , but because of the lesson（教训） that I learned from it.

When Jan walks into the kitchen, her mum is sitting at the table, reading a book and drinking a cup of tea. Jan goes to the fridge and looks inside ________ a drink. Mum doesn’t look up from her book. It’s always ________. When she starts reading a book, she can’t stop ________ she reaches the end. “Can you give me something for my time capsule?” Mum looks up from her book. Suddenly she’s interested. “Your what?”

Jan can’t ________ her mum doesn’t know ________ a time capsule is. “You put things inside it ________ then you bury it in the ________ for someone to find in the future.” Mum puts down her book and looks ________ at Jan. “What do you put inside?” “Things, ________ things like a letter and things related to ________ or this year like a diary or a newspaper. When the person finds it, he can ________ about the past and ... me...” “Why do you want to do this?” “It’s a ________ task for Mrs. Zinger.” “And you want me to give you something to put ________ the time capsule?” “No, I want something to put the things into. I need a container, maybe a box. I need something strong to ________ the things inside.” Mum goes to one of the cupboards and ________ a large old biscuit tin. Jan thinks that it is a perfect choice.

—Taken from The Time Capsule