In late May, 2020, a country in Florida suffered strong storms. The roads changed into brown rivers.

When it rains 【小题1】 (heavy), rainwater builds up the streets, the drains (下水道) get plugged (塞住). And it becomes the key cause of weather-related problem of 【小题2】 (die) in the USA.

A team of teenagers from local middle school made a plan 【小题3】 (solve) this problem. With the help of their science teacher, they invented a device (装置) to warn city workers when and 【小题4】 there is a danger of flooding (洪水).

Bianca, one of the team 【小题5】 (member), said, “All of us experienced problems with flooding, and we knew we had to do something about it. Students at our school hope our device 【小题6】 (help) because most of them once met with this problem.”

A laser system (激光系统) 【小题7】 (use) in their device. When a drain was plugged up, the device could warn the city workers then 【小题8】 (it) could clean the drain at once.

They got many supports from people around. Their classmates helped them find information about how to use the laser system. Class parents who 【小题9】 (be) engineers helped them solve the technique (技术) problems. They each took on a task that they are good 【小题10】. Each member put in a lot of effort and finally they made it.

There are some robots in our daily life. Robots can do a lot of things f【小题1】 humans. Some robots help humans do some cleaning at h 【小题2】. Some robots help workers do dull(枯燥的) jobs in factories. There are also some robots that can help doctors in the h【小题3】.  

Here's a new k【小题4】 of robot. Let me tell you more about it. The new robot is from Japan. It can help to s【小题5】 people in danger in an earthquake(地震)! The robot h【小题6】 four feet and it can jump and r【小题7】 freely. It moves like a cat. The robot can run 5 km an h【小题8】. We hope it can save more people in earthquakes.  

We are s【小题9】 that there will be more and more robots in the f【小题10】. The robots can make our life a lot easier.

When Xiong Chuanfa, 34, blows a lively tiger out of sugar in just minutes, kids look at him 【小题1】 surprise, thinking he is a magician.

Xiong has been blowing sugar figurines (吹糖人) for over twenty years. Blowing sugar figurines is a Chinese 【小题2】 (tradition) folk art with a history of over 600 years and has been listed as a state-level intangible cultural heritage.

Every morning, Xiong prepares the sugar and drives to different markets in Nanchang to start 【小题3】 (he) magic show.

He 【小题4】 (heat) the sugar, pulls off a little to make a ball and blows it into different 【小题5】 (shape) —a rabbit, a monkey, and even Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

People, especially little kids, are 【小题6】 (interest) in his skills. To draw young’ people closer to the art, he also stops by colleges. Many college students have been drawn to the art, waiting in line for hands-on experience. Among them, Simon, a foreign student, couldn’t help having a try. 【小题7】 it looked easy, he found it difficult to make it. Thanks to Xiong’s help, Simon finally saw a horse slowly taking shape.

Simon was 【小题8】 (deep) moved after learning about the art.“I just can’t believe the traditional folk art can be kept so well here. I love it. Chinese culture should 【小题9】 (spread) by more and more people around the world.” he said.

This art has been passed down for four generations in Xiong’s family. His 6-year-old son often blows sugar balloons, just like what he used to 【小题10】 (do) as a child.