Qiang embroidery (羌绣) has a long and rich history. It dates back to the Han Dynasty,     1     it was adopted for use on clothing. Usually practiced by women, it    2    (feature) a bold use of brilliant colors and makes use of many kinds of stitches (针法). The Qiang people adore nature, so flowers, grasses, fruits, vegetables, and animals are used as inspiration for the embroidery’s most common patterns.

As the local tourism industry began to develop, Chen Yunzhen,    3     master of Qiang embroidery from Beichuan, Sichuan Province, decided to promote the embroidery as a brand to attract more tourists. Many local women,     4    (great) encouraged by Chen, began to earn their living through Qiang embroidery. In an effort    5    (stop) the endangered technique from disappearing, she established a workshop in 2014 that    6    (provide) free training to over 20,000 people ever since.

To breathe new life    7    Qiang embroidery, Chen has continued to keep an open mind, introducing new products like personal accessories (配饰), notebooks and bags, and    8     (combine) metalwork and Qiang embroidery to create earrings, rings and necklaces that enjoy increasing    9    (popular) among young consumers. For Chen, Qiang embroidery is much more than a piece of art to appreciate. The Qiang people do not have a    10    (write) language, so Qiang embroidery must be well preserved and developed as part of efforts to sustain its culture.

There are places on earth that     1    ( puzzle) scientists in the past centuries and have been the subject of much discussion around the world.

Two of the most fascinating places are Easter Island and Stonehenge. Lying in the South Pacific, Easter Island is one of the most isolated places on earth and is famous for the large stone monoliths (巨石)that line its coast. Shaped like human heads, these structures,     2     were carved by ancient people, range in     3    ( high) from about 3. 5 to 12 meters. Today, about 600 stones remain. On the opposite side of the world stands Stonehenge. This ancient English site is a collection of large stones arranged     4     two circles, one inside the other. Although only ruins of the original formation exist today, archaeologists believe that the inner circle of bluestones, each     5    ( weigh ) about 4 tons, was built first. The giant stones that form the outer circle,     6    ( know) as sarsen (砂岩)stones, each weigh as much as 50 tons!

Scientists     7    ( current) believe that early Polynesians residents carved     8     island's monoliths—believed to be religious symbols—from volcanic rock, then pulled them to their different     9    ( location ) . And the enormous stones at Stonehenge     10    ( transport) from places around the country—some up to 240 miles away. Scientists consider this a remarkable achievement, for heavy lifting equipment used in modern construction was not available at that time.

On March 20th, 2021, a major project of “Archaology of China”     1     (conduct) in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Chinese archaeologists (考古学家) announced that some new major     2     (discover) had been made at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in Sichuan Province.

So far archaeologists     3     (find) six new sacrificial pits(祭祀玩) and unearthed more than500 items dating back about 3,000 years at the Sanxingdui Ruins. The new pits sit next to two sacrificial pits discovered in 1986.Together they form an area     4     people of the ancient Shu civilization offered sacrifices to heaven, earth and their ancestors, and prayed     5     prosperity and peace.

The pits are rectangular(矩形的), with areas     6     (range) between 3.5 square meters and 19square meters. Up to now, archaeologists have unearthed     7     (variety) cultural items from four of the pits, including pieces of gold masks, gold foil, bronze masks, bronze trees, ivory and jade. The rest of the     8     (new) discovered pits are still under excavation(挖掘).

The findings have shown the distinctiveness of the Shu civilization and the diversity of the Chinese civilization. Literally meaning “Three-Star Piles”, the Sanxingdui Ruins site is among China's top 10 archaeological finds of     9     20th century. Covering 12 square km, the relics site,     10     (locate) in the city of Guanghan, about 60 km from Chengdu, is believed to be the remnants (遗迹) of the Shu Kingdom in ancient China.

One of the best-preserved fossils (化石) yet discovered has revealed that the young dinosaur used the same technique as baby birds     1     (break)out of its shell. The fossil, named Baby Yingliang, was found in southeast China and     2     (belong)to a group of feathered dinosaurs. And it provides the first clear evidence     3     dinosaurs’ assumed postures remind us of modern birds as the time approached for them to hatch.

Since the 1990s scientists     4     (discover)many more connections between birds and the dinosaurs. However, the posture of Baby Yingliang inside     5     (it)17 cm egg had not been seen previously. The creature is folded over, with its head resting between its legs and its arms pressed     6     either side of its neck.

In modern birds such postures are critical for     7     (success)hatching. The researchers now propose that this behaviour, which had been considered unique to birds, appeared in some dinosaurs,       8     (possible)hundreds of millions of years ago. Fion Waisum, one of the lead authors of the study, said, “It is interesting to see that this dinosaur baby     9     a chicken one pose in a similar way inside the egg, indicating similar pre-hatching     10     (behaviour).”