We have an old musical instrument. It     1     (call) a clavichord(古钢琴). It     2    (make) in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord     3     (keep) in the living room. It     4     (belong) to our family for a longtime. The instrument     5     (buy) by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it     6    (damage) by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings     7    (break). My father     8    (shock). Now we     9    (not allow) to touch it. It     10    (repair) by a friend of my father now.

Impression West Lake is a grand evening show of music, light and dance. Directed by Zhang Yimou, it has been updated since 2015. Included in the new version     1    (be) 70 percent of elements (要素) from Hangzhou G20 Summit evening gala.

Impression West Lake, showing the local culture of Hangzhou and the unique charm of the West Lake, is one of China’s Top Seven Shows. It     2    (impressive) presents the history and culture of the West Lake by     3    (explore) the stories based on the Legend of White Snake and Butterfly Lovers.

Besides, as a charming show, Impression West Lake also highlights the beautiful     4    (nature) landscape (风景) of the West Lake. The whole performance is staged entirely upon the lake itself with     5    (hill) as the background.     6    is even more amazing is “the Rain of the West Lake”, which is artificially recreated     7    (bring) out the charm of the West Lake in the rain.

Impression West Lake is also a feast of music.     8    is reported, the background music is made by Kitaro, a famous Japanese musician and the theme song     9    (perform) by Zhang Liangying, a popular Chinese singer     10    a pleasant and enjoyable voice. All these bring the audience into the dreamlike environment of romantic (浪漫的) Hangzhou.

Residents of Xiazhuang, Chongqing, used to risk their     1     (life) whenever they ventured out of the mountain village     2     (surround ) by steep cliffs(悬崖) about 1, 000 meters high. It was Mao Xianglin, head of the village, who gathered nearly all Xiazhuang's 400 villagers for a meeting     3     1997 and suggested building a road snaking long the mountains. The 8-kilometer-long road links the village, located at the bottom of a valley, to the outside world.    4     it was built, it usually took the villagers more than a full day to access the outside world. Now it only needs a one-hour drive.

The construction work was rather     5     (difficult) than they imagined.     6     (stand) on the edge of the cliff , they were extremely terrified with their legs shaking.     7    , when there was a dangerous situation, Mao was always the first to go. After 7 years of wrestling with severe challenges, the road    8     (complete) in 2004. It is not only a road but a route     9     (overcome) poverty. Nowadays the villagers are much better-off than before by     10     (sell) agricultural products through live streaming.

There were many great philosophers in ancient China.

Confucius,     1    was born in 551BC and died in 479 BC, was the     2    ( great ) philosopher of all time in the history of China. He stressed the     3    (important) of kindness, duty and order in society. His ideas affected Chinese society for over 20000 years.

Mencius, born in 372 BC, was a student of Confucius’s ideas. So, his teachings were similar to    4    of Confucius. He believed man was born with good and    5    people were more important than rulers. He wrote a book in his last years    6    ( call ) The Book of Mencius.

Mozi, who was born in 476 BC and died in 390 BC, was also    7    influential philosopher. In some ways, his ideas were similar to those of Confucius.     8    example, he    9    ( think ) government was the most important thing. Mozi believed all men were    10    ( equally ). His idea of love differed from the Confucian idea of kindness, Mozi founded the philosophy called Mohism.