【推荐1】British Prime Minister Theresa May made an     1     (office) visit to China from Jan 31to Feb 2. She said in her     2     (speak) Jan 31 that, “with the building of the global comprehensive strategic partnership towards the 21st century between China and the UK, the relationship has     3     (deep) by people-to-people and cultural exchanges between the two countries. ”

In exchanges between China and the UK, British tea has become a cultural part that has to be mentioned. Tea,     4     the important goods of the ancient maritime Silk Road, was once an important carrier of Sino-British trade relations, and has existed for thousands of years. Through business and trade     5    has covered more than 10,000 kilometers and 100 years, Chinese tea has officially entered every corner of Europe. The UK, however, is the European country most     6     (affect) by tea culture.

The popularity of tea-drinking in Britain was first limited to the royal family. Later, when expensive     7     (tea) were sold in certain cafes, women were initially not allowed to enter. It wasn’t     8    1706 that Thomas Twining founded the world’s first dry tea and coffee shop in London. The tea shop quickly became a favorite place for London women.     9     (Strong) promoted by those fashionable women,     10     (taste) tea gradually became popular among the upper class of Britain. In the eyes of people who love tea culture all over the world, Twinings tea has become representative of British tea.

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Located in Wuhan City as a landmark (地标), the Yellow Crane Tower has     1    very long history. Due to the perfect position, it was first built by Sun Quan as a watchtower for his army in 223. After what seemed     2     (hundred) of years, its military function was     3     (gradual) forgotten and the tower was enjoyed mainly as a picturesque (优美的) location.

During the Tang Dynasty, many popular poems were written in praise of the Yellow Crane Tower.     4     was the Yellow Crane Tower poem that made the tower so famous and attractive. During the following centuries, it     5     (destroy) and rebuilt several times.

The Yellow Crane Tower had different architectural features in different dynasties. However, the tower     6     stands today was rebuilt in a new place in 1981     7    completed in 1985. It is based on the old tower     8     (design) during the Qing Dynasty, standing 51.4 meters high. The     9     (appear) of the Yellow Crane Tower remains the same despite the direction it is viewed from.

On top of the tower, visitors are treated to a fantastic view of the Yangtze River, its bridge and the     10     (surround) buildings in Wuhan City.

Enjoying the fame (名声) of “The First Scenery under Heaven”, the Yellow Crane Tower is one of the most famous towers south of the Yangtze River.

Have you ever heard the story of Internet? We are all busy     1    (talk) about and using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet?

Many people are     2    (surprise) when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer network didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a network system had to be set     3    . It should be good enough to be used     4     many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could     5    (send) through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on     6    (work) all the time.

At first the Internet was only used by the government, but, in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals, and banks were allowed to use it, too. However, computers were still     7    (expensive) than they are and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier     8     (use). Scientists had also     9    (develop) software that made “surfing” the Internet more convenient.

Today it is easy to get online and it is that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending E-mail is more and more popular     10     students.

It is said that a lost Vincent Van Gogh painting has recently appeared. The excitement     1     (cause) by the news proved again that more than 130 years after he died, people’s     2     (fascinate) with and appetite for anything to do with the Dutch artist remains as strong as ever.

    3     picture has to be proved by the Van Gogh Museum in the Dutch capital Amsterdam. According to the museum website, the news     4     he only sold one painting in his lifetime, before his     5     (die) at the age of 37, is untrue, but his popularity and the price of his works     6     (increase) sharply in the recent years.

The museum has the world’s biggest Van Gogh collection, with more than 200 paintings, 500 drawings and 700 letters, because of his brother Theo. And the content of these letters has added hugely     7     the understanding of his life and art.

According to The New York Times, 85 percent of museum visitors are from overseas and the number of the visitors from China    8     (be) the hugest. The 2016 documentary China’s Van Goghs,     9     is about the artists of Dafen village in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, showed the country’s interest in copies of his works. And its desire     10     (engage) with the real thing has forced the museum to make great efforts to cater for Chinese art lovers.

【推荐3】Near the town of Montignac in Southern France, visitors can find some of the most beautiful cave paintings in the world-the Lascaux Cave Paintings (拉斯科洞窟壁画).

The history of these paintings is very interesting. Most caves are formed     1     nature under the ground, but some have entrances people can find. That’s just what happened one day in 1940. Four boys were taking     2     walk in the woods near Montignac. As they walked along, one of them noticed an unusual rock.    3     they got closer, they found it wasn’t a rock but an opening in the ground. This opening led to a cave, so they decided to have a look around it. The walls of the cave were     4     (cover) with ancient art. The boys didn’t know it, but the cave was the find of the century!

Over the years, many historians and artists came to study the art. They wanted to understand who painted the pictures and     5     they might mean. They soon realized some of the art indicated animals that were on Earth a long time ago. Many of the pictures also showed people     6     (follow) animals and trying to kill them for food. In the end, historians agreed that this was likely to be the art of a civilization that existed over 15,000 years ago.

By 1950, over a thousand people from all over the world were visiting the cave every day. But by 1955, the paintings were beginning to become difficult     7     (see). Many people were passing through the cave, so the paintings were losing their color.    8     (sad), people can no longer visit the cave. However, another set of cave paintings has been created. These paintings look exactly the same     9     the Lascaux Cave Paintings. People     10     (make) the paintings so that everyone can still learn about this great ancient civilization.