When Chinese people think about romantic poets, Li Bai’s name probably springs to their mind. With his extraordinary imagination, free expression of strong feelings 【小题1】 mastery of language, Li Bai is widely recognized as the greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan.

Li Bai’s romantic style was deeply rooted in his love of reading and travelling from a young age   Reading books of all kinds, he familiarized 【小题2】 (he) with classic al Chinese culture, and acquired the 【小题3】 (wise) of previous generations. Besides, a burning desire for adventure and travel 【小题4】 (drive) him to visit famous mountains and great rivers almost around the whole country, enabling him to encounter different customs and practices.

The social and historical context 【小题5】 Li Bai lived also contributed to his romantic style. It was the most glorious period of the Tang Dynasty, 【小题6】 time of economic boom and social stability, 【小题7】 (create) an open and tolerant atmosphere. This allowed Li Bai the liberty to develop a free and unconstrained personality, which, in turn, had a huge impact on his poetic 【小题8】 (produce).

Generations of poets, both in China and abroad, owe a debt 【小题9】 his inspirational poems. Today, Li Bai’s poetry continues 【小题10】 (enjoy) by countless readers around the world.

Stan Lee, the writer of superhero 【小题1】 (character), including Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the X-Men, died on November 12 at the age of 95.

Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. posted an old photo of Lee and himself, 【小题2】 (accompany) by the words: “I owe it all to you.” Chris Evans wrote on Twitter: “There will never be another Stan Lee. For decades, he provided both the young 【小题3】 the old with adventure, confidence, strength, 【小题4】 (inspire), friendship and joy.”

Lee was born in New York City. He began 【小题5】 (write) for comic (连环漫画) books at 19. He wrote under the name of Stan Lee. He explained that he used a false name because he wanted to be a serious and great literature writer someday. He did not want his link 【小题6】 comic books to be know when that happened, and yet it never happened. With the pride in 【小题7】 (he) work growing, he decided to 【小题8】 (legal) change his name to Stan Lee. In the early 1960s, inspired by the civil rights movement, Lee’s job was to create a series of “super- heroes” 【小题9】 could compete against the Justice League of DC Comics (e. g., Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman). After Marvel started making holly wood films, Stan Lee 【小题10】 (become) a household name.

Charles Darwin was a geologist and naturalist, fascinated by rocks, plants and animals. He left England on the ship, the Beagle, in 1831. The journey gave him the chance 【小题1】 （study）various living things in their natural environments. He noticed that some species of animals were very similar 【小题2】 each other.

At that time, people believed that all species had appeared on Earth at the same time, and 【小题3】（change）since. But Darwin began to think differently.

When the ship reached the Galapagos Islands in 1835, it 【小题4】（be）the birds that interested him the most. He suspected that the different 【小题5】（finch）had evolved from a common ancestor, 【小题6】 had arrived on the islands a long time before.

It was a 【小题7】（complete）new idea—a theory of evolution. Darwin explained this theory in his book, On the Origin of Species. Many people refused to believe that living things, 【小题8】（include）humans, had evolved from lower forms of life. But Darwin’s scientific studies were so convincing 【小题9】 more and more people started to believe his theory.

Today, the book is regarded as one of the most important works ever 【小题10】（write）.