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[2026 南通市通州区期末]In China, many young people are becoming interested in Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM). They believe TCM can 1. p better care for different sick people compared(对比) to Western Medicine.
Thanks to the growing interest, TCM is not only popular in China but also 2. a people in other countries. Alex, a young Frenchman, is a big fan of TCM. In 2022, he came to China to study TCM. His studies have brought 3. p changes to his life. He now understands the 4. i of keeping the balance of yin and yang, and he believes everyone should follow the rules of nature.
Before, Alex was interested in electronic(电子的) products and often 5. s up late. But now, he goes to bed early and wakes up with the sunrise. To his surprise, he finds that he can take 6. b care of himself by following TCM principles(原则). He enjoys reading about Chinese culture and practising Tai Chi. When he plays Tai Chi, he feels more relaxed and can breathe better. He also tells 7. h not to drink icy water after exercise. Besides, Alex uses his 8. k of TCM that he has learnt to help his family. He often gives them suggestions on how to stay healthy. He 9. c their faces and tongues(舌头) online and tells them what to do.
He says, "The more I study TCM, the more I understand 10. w it is a treasure of Chinese culture." To help more people to learn about TCM, Alex plans to open a traditional Chinese clinic(诊所) in France.

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Scientists have long wondered how Australia's koalas get enough water to live. A new study
1. p an answer.
The lead writer of the new report on koalas is Valentina Mella of the University of Sydney. "The earlier 2. i was that the animals got most of the water they needed from the leaves they ate," she explains.
In the wild, koalas get water from the plant leaves they eat. But they also get it from water
3. r down from the trees when it rains. Mella and other scientists 4. w koalas in the wild every year. They find that koalas are 5. a at night. They live in trees and depend on them for food, drinking and also for resting places. They eat lots of leaves. An adult koala normally eats 6. b 0.5 kg and 0.8 kg of leaves a day. Koalas sleep about 20 hours a day.
Mella notes that a koala usually spends 98% of its 7. l in trees. She also notes that they only come down to the ground when they discover another tree with 8. b leaves.
In fact, the word "koala" means "no drink" in the 9. l language. Koalas did not go down to the ground very often. So it was considered that they had no 10. n to drink water.
The koalas' living environment is getting worse now because the fires in Australia have burned about 30% of the forests where they live.