The“Snow Castle”park opens in Mudanjiang City，North China’s Heilongjiang Province，December 22，2008．

    Different kinds of snow sculptures are exhibited at the“Snow Castle”，which  attracts

many visitors．[Xinhua]

    BEIJlNG--Police and forestry workers at a section of the Great Wall in northern Beiiing，said jn an interview with Xinhua Tuesday they had taken photos of“wild wolf”near the Great Wall．Nearly 60 years ago，wild wolves used to haunt here．The Great Wall was a major habitat（栖息地）for wild beasts in ancient times．It’s good news that wolves are coming back．

    Since the financial crisis（金融危机）has struck the whole world，buying Christians gifts is“going to be impossible”for many  families．Instead of showing their family members or friends with expensive gifts from shops，people would like to make nice Christmas gifts by hand．How do you plan to have a wonderful Spring Festival?

Jinbao Jie has been known as a hotel street because of some star hotels along it：Li Garden is one of the few Cantonese（广东）testaurants in Beijing considered authentic by foodies．Xia Nan Guo is a modem Shanghai style eatery with nutritious and natural cuisine．Jing Ya is a restaurant known in Beijing for its east Shandong seafood．Legendale Hotel has a good French restaurant．It is said that Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant will open a new branch here next year．

A. experience   B. ways     C. afford     D. find out   E. quickly   F. local

  G. serious      H. century    I. politely

March 5 is “Lei Feng Day”. It started fifty years ago. Now half a ____51_____has passed. Is the spirit （精神）of Lei Feng outdated(过时的)？

Some people have shown us that it’s not. But people have also changed the ways in which they help others.

Zhao has been a volunteer for 18 years. She still remembers her ____52_____ at a nursing home several years ago. An old man held her hand and said: “You don’t need to do anything for us. Seeing young people here is all we need.”

Those words made Zhao think: in what ____53_____ can we better help people? “Every person does what they can, no matter how small it is, to give out positive energy(正能量). And before we lend a helping hand, we should ____54_____ what they want,” Zhao said to the Qilu Evening News.

As well as Zhao, other people have shown their understanding of the spirit of Lei Feng.

This past January, beginning with an online post, “noodle fever” swept Zhengzhou, Henan. One ____55_____ man, Li Gang, 42, said in his post that he had a ____56_____ illness and needed a lot of money for an operation to fight it. However, what he asked for wasn’t charity, but for more people to come to eat noodles at his restaurant.

Li’s post spread ____57_____. Soon his restaurant was filled with customers every day and Li was able to ____58_____ to have his operation on Feb. 2.

In this way, people could help Li without hurting his dignity(自尊).

China's astronaut will walk in space in 2008

China's next spacecraft，Shenzhou 7，will take three astronauts for a five-day travel in space and one of them will carry out（进行）China's first spacewalk task in 2008．It bas not been decided how long the walk will be．We believe China will make more improvement in spaceflight in the future!

Chinese parade promotes 2008 Olympics

Nearly 600 performers from Beijing had a large parade for about two hours in Hollywood to show traditional（传统的）Chinese culture（文化）to the American public and promote（推动）the 29th Summer Olympics，which will be held in Beijing next year．

Beijing stops selling lottery tickets to teenagers

Now lottery tickets（彩票）in Beijing can't be sold to anyone under l 8 years old．The lottery sales are required to put up signs to warn the young--it is illegal（不合法的）for them to buy lottery tickets．

It's China's first effort to stop the teenagers from gambling（赌博）．