The Qingming Festival is one of the 24【小题1】(tradition) Chinese solar terms, which falls on April 4^th or 5^th every year. As a culture, it is a time【小题2】Chinese people visit the graves of their ancestors,【小题3】(clean) the tombs and showing respect to the dead.

But this year, the day also included a national mourning, which offered people an opportunity 【小题4】(remember) those who lot their lives the fight against the novel coronavirus. Starting at 10. m on April 4, Chinese people observed a three-minute silence to mourn the dead【小题5】all national flags lowered to half-mast ( 旗杆) and horns wailing. This is the first time that China【小题6】(hold) a national mourning due to a major public health emergency. China paused for three minutes，making the world see the unity and【小题7】( strong) behind the 1. 4 billion Chinese people.

More than 3,300 lives were lost due to COVID-19 on the Chinese mainland. On April 3,14 people who died on【小题8】frontline of fighting the virus were identified a the first martyrs (烈士). The national mourning makes people【小题9】( deep) realize that the god results of fighting against COVID-19 don't come easily. Everyone should treasure life , and understand the significance of those hard【小题10】( struggle).

In the 1940s, China 【小题1】 (report) 30 million cases of malaria (疟疾) each year. In the 1950s, Chinese health authorities began introducing measures to treat and prevent the disease. Now, after a 70-year campaign and more than four years of zero new cases, China is officially malaria free, 【小题2】 (recognize) by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The WHO gives malaria-free certificates (证明) to countries when they have presented that they’ve stopped nationwide spread 【小题3】 at least three continuous years. Countries also need to have monitoring and reacting systems in place 【小题4】 can prevent indigenous cases of the disease from coming back — indigenous in this case meaning infected (感染) 【小题5】 (local) from a native mosquito. Forty countries and regions 【小题6】 (give) the certificate so far, according to the WHO.

In the 1970s, through a government project, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou discovered artemisinin, the most 【小题7】 (power) anti-malaria drug. 【小题8】 breakthrough, based on traditional Chinese medicine, led to a Nobel Prize for Tu in 2015. “Over many decades, China’s ability 【小题9】 (think) outside the box served the country well in its own 【小题10】 (respond) to malaria, and also had a significant effect globally,” notes Dr. Pedro Alonso, Director of the WHO Global Malaria Programme.

Linda is a really hard-working student, but her grades have fallen since three months ago. This is because she sometimes has trouble concentrating 【小题1】 her study. She also refuses to talk with teachers and friends. What’s worse, she feels 【小题2】 (anxiety) all the time and has difficulty in falling asleep. Then, her mother is aware 【小题3】 it and asks her what happened, but she just says she feels like crying.

As a matter of fact, Linda is suffering 【小题4】 clinical depression (临床抑郁症). It can be described as a mood 【小题5】 is so low that it 【小题6】 (affect) your daily life badly. The first signs of it in 【小题7】 (teenager) are poorer school reports than before, learning difficulties and staying away from classmates and teachers. If you have these signs, don’t worry. 【小题8】 (actual), there are many 【小题9】 (effect) ways, such as medicine, small talk, more exercise and a balanced diet. If you do your best, you will make 【小题10】.