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A yellow teddy bear， found in a dustbin half a century ago， 1 （become） a star exhibit of the Benaki Museum of Toys in Athens since the museum opened in 2017. The adventurous bear， 2 important collection item in Europe associated with childhood， has also reached China through a children’s book written by Greek 3 （educate） and author Eleni Geroulanou. In her fairy tale： Once upon a time， a bear， the teddy bear wanders around the city 4 search of his home. He 5 （eventual） finds a new home and family.
Along with the museum opening its doors， people were 6 （delight） to see the book 7 （print） in Greek. In 2019 at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy， a Greek publisher showed the book to a Chinese publisher， who 8 （touch） by the story and decided to publish it in China. Due to the pandemic， Geroulanou has not been able to visit China yet， but she is looking forward to， when things get better， 9 （meet） with Chinese readers of her book. She says that both Greece and China have rich cultures and traditions dating back to ancient times， and 10 there is so much to learn from each other.
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The colorful clothes we wear today are made by machines. But what did ancient people do if they wanted to wear something colorful？ Tie-dye （扎染） 1 （be） a way to do this.
More than 1，000 years ago， the Bai people in Yunan used tie-dye to dye their clothes. Then this skill became so popular 2 people gave tie-dye clothes to the emperor as gifts.
To tie-dye， you need to first use tools 3 （tie） ， sew， or clip （夹住） your cloth. Then the folded cloth 4 （put） in dye. The Bai people usually make blue dye from 5 plant.
As the cloth is folded， some parts become dark blue， while other parts have a 6 （light） color. When you unfold the cloth， you 7 （see） beautiful patterns.
In the 1960s， tie-dye became a fashion trend in the US. People tie-dyed T-shirts and jeans in 8 （imagine） ways. Many children in the US still learn tie-dye in their art 9 （class）.
At a recent famous show， an Italian designer surprised people 10 the tie-dye dresses. “Tie-dye is like an experiment. People cannot imagine the patterns of the cloth if they don’t see them. It’s a surprise，” the designer said. There is no doubt that the tie-dye trend has never really gone away.
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A miniature black horse with a white nose ran into a room in Nashville’s Monroe Carell Jr Children’s Hospital. Some of the kids sat in wheelchairs and some wore masks， but they all screamed with 1 （excite）. “I can’t believe there’s a horse in the hospital！” a boy said. On this day， instead of taking 2 （challenge） medical tests and procedures， these kids got to have fun with Magic， a miniature horse.
Magic is a member of an all-volunteer charity， Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses. It 3 （run） by Debbie Garcia-Bengochea and her husband. Teams of therapy horses work with people 4 have experienced unpleasant events. Each year， the animals interact with more than 25，000 people of all ages in hospitals， schools， and 5 （library）.
Magic has 6 special way of knowing who needs her the most. She goes over and 7 （gentle） puts her head on their shoulders. She 8 （win） many awards for her work so far. Due to Magic’s uniquely empathetic （善解人意的） personality， volunteers often expect her 9 （reach） people in the most difficult situations， whether they are children with life-threatening illnesses 10 people rescued from an earthquake. Not only does her presence comfort， but also it heals.
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Wood-block printing first appeared in the early Tang period. During the Song Dynasty， the technique of block printing was very 1 （advance）. Books were beautifully printed. Even today the books printed at the time are valuable and treasured by libraries and book collectors.
However， block printing 2 （be） not very convenient. Every two pages of a book had to be carved on a wood block， and a big book would require many blocks. 3 ， there had to be large places for storing the books. 4 （overcome） these shortcomings， Bi Sheng invented the movable type during the years between 1041 and 1048. One word was carved on one piece of clay， 5 was hardened with fire. Then clay characters 6 （set） on an iron plate according to the text of a book. Then ink was applied to them and 7 （sheet） of paper spread over them， and the printing was done. Bi Sheng’s invention made printing faster and easier than before. Later， movable type of metal and wood was made and 8 （wide） used.