According to legend, Wan Hu, a Chinese astronaut, was crazy about the stars and had a rather bold (大胆的) plan to get     1     (he) closer to them. He set out to become the world’s first astronaut. Picking up on China’s then developed technology in rocketry, he took up the task of building a spaceship.

Wan Hu’s pioneering spacecraft     2     (build) around a strong chair, two kites and forty-seven of the largest gunpowder- filled rockets.     3     the launch day, Wan Hu strapped (用绳子系) himself in the chair and called upon his forty-seven servants, each armed with a flaming torch,     4     ( light) the forty-seven fuses (导火线).

Their job done, the servants speedily ran to a safe     5     (distant) and waited nervously.     6     came next was a loud noise. When the smoke eventually cleared, Wan Hu, the Chinese astronaut, and his chair were nowhere to be seen. Whether Wan Hu     7     (actual) made it or not has never been made clear.

Despite (尽管) the fact     8     the story is considered untrue by some people today, Wan Hu found his place in Chinese popular culture.

At the beginning of the 21st century, China finally launched a man into space and turned Wan Hu’s centuries-old dream into     9     (real). In 2003, Yang Liwei was launched aboard Shenzhou 5,     10     (become) the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program.

Paper lanterns,     1     (emerge) from Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), were mainly used as lamps in ancient China.     2    (variety) of techniques (mostly Chinese paintings and paper-cutting) and many different materials, such as bamboo, wood and metal, were used in their making. Originally, monks (僧人) used lanterns    3     the twelfth day of the first lunar month in their worship (崇拜) of the Buddha. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Zhuang, ordered the citizens     4    (light) lanterns to worship the Buddha just as the monks did. Later, this custom    5    (gradual) became a grand festival among common people. During the Tang Dynasty(618-907), people made lanterns to celebrate their peaceful life     6     the splendid creations symbolized and celebrated the prosperous, strong and powerful country. From then on, lighting lanterns became popular in the country.

Once used for lighting before the    7    (introduce) of gas and then electricity, lanterns are now merely decorative or more significantly used during of the yearly Lantern Festival. More modern technology    8    (employ) on making lanterns, so people can see lanterns with music or with colorful bulbs inside. The shapes of the modern lanterns, often cartoon characters and Chinese zodiac animals,     9    (change) a lot too. Sometimes the makers can even involve the computer games,     10     give visitors a different new and fresh impression.

Lushan has an abundance of plants. It belongs to subtropical area     1     the climate is moderate with ample rainfall. The average temperature in July is only 22.6℃.     2     (build) in 1934, the Lushan Botanical Garden is an important base for preserving plants. Lushan is also       3     good summer resort.

The mountain is also an educational base and religious center of ancient China and is home to one of the     4     (old) academies (书院) of our country—the Bailudong Academy. It was in Bailudong Academy     5     an educational system was proposed by the outstanding educator Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty. This     6     (gradual) formed the guideline for education in ancient China. With     7     (it) great charm, Lushan has also attracted more than 1,500 outstanding writers such as Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Su Shi, Kang Youwei, Guo Moruo, to name but a few, and       8    (preserve) more than 4,000 of their poems and essays.

Different religions have been observed in Lushan over the past l,600 years,     9     (include) Buddhism,Taoism, Islam and Christianity. The all-embracing spirit of Lushan means that it has various       10     (style) of architecture, all of which make Lushan a large-scale World Village.