【推荐1】Hua Mulan was a brave girl in the Northern Wei dynasty. She disguised (假扮)    1     (her) as a man, and joined the army in place of her father. Mulan’s father, once     2     soldier, taught his daughter military (军事的) skills,     3     (include)horse riding and how to fight. Hua Mulan also read her father’s books     4     military science.
    5     (drive) away the Rouran nomads (游牧民族), the     6     (rule) of Northern Wei ordered that every family should send a man off to war against them. Mulan’s old father, as well as her young brother, was not able to go and fight. So Mulan     7     (decide) to join the army instead of her father. Mulan fought for 12 years     8     (successful) without her true identity being discovered.   Mulan became a hero,     9     bravery moved people greatly, and she     10     (offer) a high position, but she refused it.
Even though her story might be no more than a legend, Hua Mulan has been respected as a filial (孝顺的) daughter by Chinese people for hundreds of years.

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The United Kingdom has several names and many people     1     (confuse) by them. In the 16th century, the nearby country of Wales was joined to the Kingdom of England. Later, the country Scotland and the Kingdom of Ireland joined the country     2     (form) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

    3     (final), in the 20th century, the southern part of Ireland broke away from the United Kingdom,     4     resulted in the full name today: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The four countries     5     (belong) to the United Kingdom work together in some areas. They use the same flag,     6     (know) as the Union Jack, as well as share the same currency and military defence. However, there are some     7     (different) between them

The United Kingdom has a long and interesting history to explore, which can help you learn more about the country and its traditions. Wherever you go in the UK, you are surrounded     8     evidence of four different groups of people who took over at different times throughout history.

The first group, the Romans, came in     9     first century. Some of their great achievements included building towns and roads. Next, the Anglo-Saxons arrived in the fifth century. They introduced the beginnings of the English language. The Vikings came in the eighth century, left behind lots of new vocabulary. The last group were the Normans. They had castles     10     (build) all around England, and made changes to the legal system.

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With a history of more than 2,000 years, the Silk Route dates back to Han dynasty. Through this route, the Chinese highly     1     (qualify) silk made its fame to the western countries. The merchants in different regions     2     (seek) the opportunity of trading Chinese silk     3     they indeed made their fortune along this route.

That route functioned     4     the life blood of international trade at that time. Meanwhile, the Chinese civilization was introduced to the Western countries and vice versa. The Silk Route     5     (consider) as a new chapter recording the friendship between the European and Asian peoples.

Throughout all these years, many great figures have made great     6     (contribute) to the development of the Silk Route. Today, the Silk Route has a poetic name     7     (call) One Belt One Road,    8     (aim) to help those connected regions in culture and economy exchange with a more advanced road. The main cities alongside it are becoming     9     (large) and more important in helping trade and culture exchange. Many countries have gained great benefits along the trading process. All in all, the ancient Silk Road is more like     10     historical textbook for everyone to read and to know about what happened during that ancient time. It has been playing a significant role in the development of the civilizations of China.

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Chinese architecture is a style that has taken shape in East Asia over many centuries. The structural principles of Chinese architecture have remained largely     1     (change), the main changes being only the decorative details. Since the Tang Dynasty, Chinese architecture has     2     (have) a major influence     3     the architectural styles of Korea, Vietnam, and Japan.

The architecture of China is as old as Chinese civilization. From every source of information, there is strong     4     (evident) that the Chinese have always enjoyed a native system of construction that has kept its principal characteristics from old times to the present day. Over the large area from Chinese Turkistan (突厥) to Japan, the same system of construction is popular and this is the area of Chinese cultural influence.

Throughout     5     20th century, western-trained Chinese architects have tried     6     (combine) traditional Chinese designs into modern architecture, with great success. Moreover, the pressure for urban development throughout contemporary China required higher speed of construction and higher floor area ratio (容积率),     7     means that in the great cities the demand for traditional Chinese     8     (build) has declined in favor of modern architecture.     9    , the traditional skills of Chinese architecture,     10     (include) major and minor carpentry (木工), and masonry (石工), are still applied to the construction of vernacular architecture in the large rural area in China.

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In 1972, UNESCO started a programme to protect the world’s cultural and     1    (nature) heritage. Since then, more than 800 cultural sites     2     (add) to the World Cultural Heritage Site List. The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) in India and the Imperial Tombs of the Qing and Ming Dynasties in China    3     (be) two of the best known examples.

The Taj Mahal built between 1631 and 1648, is a masterpiece of architecture. It took more than 20, 000 workers and 1,000 elephants    4     (complete) the project, and the stones came from as far away as China.

    5    makes the Qing and Ming Tombs unique is that they bring together architecture and philosophy.     6     (build) by several emperors between 1368 and 1915, the Tombs represent Chinese cultural and historical    7     (value) that have been handed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.

Human life     8     (last) only a short time but art and culture last forever. The programme attempts to protect and preserve     9     best of human history. Masterpieces such as the Taj Mahal and the Imperial Tombs remind us     10    what we can achieve at our finest, and inspire us to live up to our great past in the future.