I enjoyed English, biology, and chemistry at school, but which one should choose 【小题1】 (study) at university? I did not know the answer until one evening when I sat down at the computer to do some research on great women of China.

By chance I came across an article about a doctor 【小题2】 (call) Lin Qiaozhi, a specialist 【小题3】 women’s diseases. She lived from 1901 to 1983. It seemed 【小题4】 she had been very busy in her chosen career, 【小题5】 (travel) abroad to study as well as writing books and 【小题6】 (article). One of them 【小题7】 (catch) my eye. It was a small book explaining how to cut the death rate from having and caring for babies. She gave some simple rules to follow for keeping babies clean, healthy and free from 【小题8】 (sick). Why did she write that? Who were the women that Lin Qiaozhi thought needed this advice? I looked 【小题9】 (careful) at the text and realized that it was intended for women in 【小题10】 countryside. Perhaps if they had an emergency they could not reach a doctor.

A break dancing video of a middle-aged man has gone viral on social media in recent days.

The man in the video is Duan Lifu, 【小题1】(direct) of the Qianwei County Education Bureau in Leshan.

On the day the video was being made, Duan paid a visit to Qianwei First High School 【小题2】(deliver) a speech to discuss educational issues with teachers and parents. After 【小题3】 hour-and-a-half long speech, Duan performed this break dance, through 【小题4】 he expected to help relieve students' pressure.

"After giving the speech, I gave students my phone number and invited them to ask questions about things 【小题5】 are interested in. Then felt a(n)【小题6】(enthusiastic) atmosphere than before, so I asked my colleagues to connect cell phones with Bluetooth, and improvised(即兴表演)the short break dance," Duan said.

Duan said that his break dancing was self-taught 【小题7】he was a student 30 years ago. He hadn't danced for nearly a decade. "I learned to break dance when I was at a similar age to these students."

With a series of professional dance moves, including space sliding and mechanical dancing, Duan's dance 【小题8】(draw) cheers from the students.

The video was 【小题9】(wide) posted on social media and many netizens also cheered for Duan, 【小题10】(praise) him as a very lovely leader.

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication in a new year TV address. She will formally step down on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day 【小题1】 she became queen. “I will leave the throne to my son, Crown Prince Frederik,” she announced.

Unlike British royal tradition, there will be no formal crowning ceremony for Crown Prince Frederik, 【小题2】 is 55. Instead, his accession will be announced from Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen on the day. He will take her place as King of Denmark and head of state in the country — which is a constitutional monarchy --   【小题3】 in Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

Queen Margrethe revealed that she came to the decision after a period of reflection 【小题4】 (follow) surgery on her back in early 2023. “The surgery naturally gave rise to thinking about 【小题5】 the time had come to leave the responsibility to the next generation,” she said.

“Although the duty and position of regent 【小题6】 (hand) down for more than 1,000 years, it is still difficult to understand that the time has now come for a change of throne,” she said in a statement. Queen Margrethe is a popular figure in Denmark, and many Danes had expected her to remain on the throne until her death. “She is to us 【小题7】 Queen Elizabeth was to you,” Danish journalist Tine Gotzsche told the BBC.

Queen Margrethe attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, and they celebrated their respective jubilees in the same year. She had not been expected to become Queen when she was born. But when she was 13, Danish law changed to allow women 【小题8】 (take) the throne. More than a decade ago, Queen Margrethe reflected that she was inspired by the late British Queen “that I understand that I must dedicate my life to my nation like she has done, and in that way she has been very important to me.”

Queen Margrethe is 【小题9】 (long)-serving monarch in Danish history, after surpassing King Christian IV, of Denmark and Norway. Gotzsche said the Danish royal transition is a moment of 【小题10】 (mix) celebration and sadness. “She has always been there, she has been ageing with all of us,” she said, but added: “the Crown Prince is in a very good position to take over, the succession is laid out — it’s very logical, and it absolutely makes sense.”