A famous road,     1     (call) "the most beautiful road under the water", has been built across Poyang Lake. The surface of the road is very close to the water level of the lake. Towards the end of May every year, this road     2     (begin) to attract a lot of attention. With the water level continuing to rise, the road is deep under the water, but drivers can still drive across safely by     3     (keep) within the guard rails on either side before the road is completely flooded.

The best time to see beautiful lanterns is during the Lantern Festival, which     1    (fall) on the 15^th day of the first lunar month. This year it is on Feb.8, marking the end of Spring Festival.     2    , because of the COVID, we had to stay home this year.

As is known to us,     3    (watch) lanterns is a great activity. You see lanterns in any sizes and shapes you can imagine, from animals to plants and flowers. People usually paste riddles on the lanterns,     4     makes the activity more fun.

In some places, people like releasing sky lanterns, which are called Kongming lanterns. A sky lantern is a small hot-air balloon made of paper with an opening at the bottom where there is     5     small fire source. When the bright lights fly high in the sky, people bless members and make     6    (wish).

In old times, the Lantern Festival was also     7    (interest). At that time, young girls were not allowed to go out very often except during certain festivals. Therefore, looking at lanterns gave young people a chance     8    (meet) each other. A line from Xin Qiji, a poet during the Song Dynasty,     9    (show) this: “Restless, I searched for her in thousands, hundreds of ways. Suddenly, I turned, and there     10    (her) was in the receding light.”

Acting was, is and always will be the first love of the National Peking Opera Company’s new vice-president, Tian Lei, Chen Nan reports.

Huguosi Street was one of Beijing’s     1     (busy) commercial roads in the olden days. It also     2     (house) the residence of Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang (1894-1961). Not far from Mei’s address, the first theater for Peking Opera     3    (perform) was created in 1954, five years after the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

The neighborhood     4     (change) over the decades, but the theater still stands tall and is     5    (current) managed by the National Peking Opera Company. Tian Lei treasures the hours he spends there, training and rehearsing (排练). Wearing a costume and     6     (arm) with a prop spear (道具长矛), the 42-year -old walks confidently across the stage,     7     (practise) a variety of martial art movements, before ending the drill with a liangxiang (striking a pose on the stage).

Tian has been working with the opera company for 10 years. Its premises (处所) are     8     10 -minute drive from the theater and his colleagues train there. He, however, prefers the historic stage. “I come to the theater almost every day because I enjoy the peace and emptiness this building offers. Rehearsing here helps me feel closer     9    the Peking Opera masters     10     once graced the stage,” he says.

In a country like Germany, you will see people     1     (knock) on their desks rather than clapping at the end of a very good class. And talking about beer,     2     you want to respect German customs, don’t forget to clink glasses and say “Prost!” every single time you start a new drink.

Have you ever noticed how people introduce     3     (them) in Spain? Spaniards are well-known for being loud and     4     (friend). If you happen     5     (visit) Spain, don’t be surprised if a girl kisses you twice to introduce herself. It’s the Spanish way of saying “Hello!”

Do you like cheese? If so, when you stay with     6     French host family, be sure to spare some space in your stomach for the dessert. In France, people tend to enjoy a cheese tasting plate after     7     (meal). Oh! And remember: if you are drinking a red wine and want to change to white wine, please don’t pour it in the same glass without cleaning it first.

Italians are very superstitious (迷信的) and     8     them, ambulances are     9     (associate) with death. So if you plan to spend your holidays in Italy and you bump into one of them, bless yourself     10     (immediate) with the sign of the Cross ... Just in case!

Millions of people in cities across Asia are using phone apps to borrow bicycles for local travel. This kind of technology is made for people who want to leave     1    (car) and motorcycles at home, and avoid     2    (spend) money on a taxi service.

As     3    (report) on TV, bicycle sharing has been rising in popular places like Beijing and Singapore. The two-year bike-sharing trend(趋势) has put over 16 million bikes in China alone,     4     has cut car use and demand for gas. “I often use bike-sharing service because it’s very     5    (use),” said Wei Zhang, who uses a shared bike several times a week     6    (go) to work.

“Bike-sharing     7    (be) crazy since late last year,” said Harry Liu, who works as an advisor for HIS Market. He added that more people are using public transport     8     the reason that they can finish their trip with a shared bike.

Last month,     9     Chinese bike-sharing start-up company opened offices in Kuala Lumper, Bangkok and Washington D.C. The company,     10    (found) in April 2016, is called Mobike. Another Chinese company, ofo, provides a similar service.

Recent months have seen a return of bikes across China, with an increasing number of people       1     (choose) cycling instead of driving to schools, to workplaces or to go sightseeing. The introduction of bike­sharing programs has brought the trend to a new level.

The bikes     2     (equip) with GPS and can be left anywhere in public for the next user. They're popular among many Chinese people as they provide    3    effective solution in places     4     it's difficult to change from one kind of transport to another. Bike­sharing is a     5    (green) method of transportation and     6     (provide) a more friendly experience.

However, the programs have also led to problems such as     7     (legal) parking, deliberate (蓄意的) damage and theft. To deal with these problems, the company came up with the idea of encouraging people     8     (return) the bikes to stations     9     rewarding free time for their next rides. Now, Chinese service operators are also trying to address these problems, too. For example, Mobike sets a 100­point credit score for each user, with     10    (point) taken in case of bad behaviour. Once a score drops below 80, the bike rental is increased to 100 yuan per 30 minutes, up from 0.5～1 yuan.

China, once famous for four inventions in ancient times, has once again showed its ability     1     (change) the world with its “new four great inventions”: electronic payments, shared bicycles, high-speed railways and online shopping.

With electronic payments, people can buy and eat     2     they want simply with a tap of their phones. Electronic payments are so convenient that they are really popular with folks. Even pancake sellers are found     3    (use) Alipay. The bikes themselves are not new,     4    the operating model of bike-sharing is innovative. Chinese companies have surprised the world with the business model of bike-sharing which     5     (include) high technologies, and are entering overseas markets such as Singapore and Britain. The launch of high-speed trains has a       6    (big) influence on people’s choice of traveling than expected. The newly launched Fuxing Hao can travel at an    7     (amaze) speed of 300 km/h, making the 1,318km joumey in five and three-quarter hours. China also takes the lead in online shopping with various e-commerce platforms.     8     the 11.11 shopping day in 2018, sales hit 10 billion yuan in the first 2 minutes after midnight and     9    (reach) 213. 5 billion by the end of the day.

Thanks to the large amounts of capital (资金) China has invested in encouraging inmovation (创新), China has entered     10     new innovative time.