It was a busy day at the grocery store and the old couples were in line behind me with birthday balloons.

They were chatting together about their rush to get ready for the party. From__(1)__they said, I knew their nephew had a twin and something bad happened to the baby at birth. Though they did all they could_  (1)  ___(help) them but times were still tough for them.

They seemed to be too nervous and were too_  (2)  ____(anxiety) to leave, so I asked__  (3)  __ they wanted to go ahead of me or not. They didn’t understand what I__  (4)  __(mean) at first. After knowing it, they were very appreciative. But they stood behind me.

At that time I knew it had to be a significant day to them. Nothing could be__  (5)  __(good) if someone offered to help them. So I told the cashier to add the balloons to my purchases. The old couples refused at first__  (6)  ___ I insisted. I said, “You tell your sweet nephew that there are always nice people who want to give them__  (7)  ___hand in this world.” They thanked me over and over and the cashier got teary-eyed,__  (8)  ___(say) there was an angel in her line today.

That little act of__  (9)  __(kind) made everyone who saw it feel good—but it made me feel the best of all! 

My doorbell rings at 11 am. On the step, I find an elderly Chinese lady holding the hand of a littleboy. In her other hand   (1)  (be) a paper bag. She is the little boy’s grandmother, and her daughter, Nicole, bought  (2)   house next door last October. Nicole has  (3)  (obvious) told her mother that I am having a heart operation shortly, and the result is that her mother has decided   (4)  (supply) me with meals.

I knowwhatis inside the paper bag — a bottle of hot soup and a  (5)  ( contain) with a mealof rice, vegetables and meat. It’s become a daily occurrence.

Communication   (6)   us is somewhat difficult because she doesn’t speak English and all I can say inChineseis hello. Once, she brought an iPad as well as the food. She pointed to the screen,  (7)   showed at message from her daughter telling me that her mother wanted to know   (8)   the food wasallright for me.

So here we are, two grandmothers, neither of  (9)  (we) able to speak the other’s language but communicating one way or another ( with some help from technology). The doorbell keeps  (10)   (ring) and there is the familiar brown paper bag, handed smilingly to me.

Traditonal Chinese culture is beginning to capture the attention of the world. Kungfu,   (1)   (especial), has had a great effect   (2)   the millions of people who first learned about China through it. From that, they may come to China and learn about some other    (3)   (aspect) of this culture. Other Asian nations have long known about the   (4)   (great) of ancient Chinese culture. Their own cultures are   (5)  mix of native ones and those Chinese characteristics. Korea and Japan long ago adopted Confucianism, something that continues today even as it   (6)   (challenge) by pop culture. This strength comes from the ideas   (7)    (give) in the Four Books of Confucianism, which built upon the ideas of an even   (8)    (much) ancient period codified (编纂) in the Five Classics. From them, the West learns   (9)   is uniquely Chinese, for example, fengshui. So far China has taken steps   (10)   (further) this spread of its culture by establishing Chinese Cultural Centers in such places as the United States and Europe.

American Dreams in China, a comedy based   (1)   the story of real-life company New Oriental Education Group, is now the   (2)   (week) champion of China’s box office  (3)   (beat) Hollywood blockbusters（大片）Iron Man 3 and The Croods. The movie, which cost $ 9 million to produce, has taken in over $ 34 million in ticket sales   (4)   it was released on May 17, according to media research.

    The movie is a Chinese film directed by Peter Chan and starring Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and Tong Dawei. The main character in this movie is believed   (5)   (resemble) Yu Minhong, the chief executive and co-founder of New Oriental.   (6)  , Mr. Yu said on his Sina Weibo that he has no investment in the movie and he was against the idea in the first place.

Heated discussion on the   (7)   (define) of real successes   (8)   (arouse) after more and more audience came into the cinema for this movie.   (9)   some among the Chinese audience are cheering for the entrepreneurial spirit the movie conveys, others say   (10)   (skeptical) that it equates（等同于）success with wealth and fame.