Many traditional Chinese foods are intended to honour either the gods     1     extraordinary persons in history. Zongzi is no exception. It is designed    2    (honour) Qu Yuan, the pioneer poet of ancient China.

Qu Yuan was a famous poet who was also concerned about the fortune of his state. Unfortunately he was distrusted by the king,     3    forced him to go to a remote area.The poet felt    4    (hope) about the state and its policies. When the state’s capital    5     (seize) by its enemies, he drowned himself in the Miluo River (on May 5^th according to the Chinese lunar calendar). People felt this loss deeply, as he was    6    respected poet. Local people searched    7    him in the river. Meanwhile, they dropped dumplings of glutinous (黏的)rice wrapped in bamboo     8     (leaf) into the river in order to keep the fishes from attacking Qu Yuan’s body.

Since that time, it    9    (be) a custom to enjoy zongzi as a memorial to Qu Yuan. In addition, there is also a festival     10    (call) the Duanwu Festival or the Dragon Boat Festival, when there is a nationwide practice of enjoying zongzi.

The Silk Road is in fact a relatively recent term.These ancient roads had no particular name until in the mid­nineteenth century; Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen     1    (name) the trade and communication network the Silk Road. Since then the term     2    (accept) globally.

In the nineteenth century, a new type of travelers stepped onto the Silk Road: archaeologists and geographers, enthusiastic explorers who were eager     3    (look) for adventure.Researchers who came from many countries traveled through the Taklamakan Desert,    4     is now in Xinjiang, to explore ancient sites along the Silk Road,    5    (lead) to many discoveries and studies, and most of all, a renewed interest     6    the history of these routes.

Today，many historic     7    (build) and monuments still stand, marking the passage of the Silk Road through hotels, ports and cities. What’s more, the long­standing legacy (遗产) of this remarkable network is reflected in     8     large number of cultures, languages, customs and religions that have developed for many years along these routes. The passage of merchants and travelers of many     9    (difference) nationalities resulted not only in commercial exchange, but in a widespread and continual process of cultural interaction.    10    (obvious), it has become a driving force in the formation (形成) of diverse societies.

There is an instrument catching people’s heart with     1     (it) lasting sound, irregular rhythm and a carrier of gentle emotion. This is the musical language of guqin, a plucked(拨) seven string instrument     2     (create)in ancient China.

The earliest piece of guqin in China, unearthed in Hubei Province in 2016,     3     (date) back to the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC). The body of a guqin is made of lacquered wood and the strings of twisted silk. Unlike its seemingly simple appearance,     4     (make)a guqin is extremely challenging. An outstanding guqin,     5     can take two to several decades to craft, is a final product of art and time.

The guqin was favored by the literati (文人学士)in ancient China. Of all the guqin musicians, the     6     (famous)was Bo Ya in the Spring and Autumn(770-476 BC)and Warring States(475-221 BC) periods. As he played his guqin in the mountains, a woodcutter named Zhong Ziqi heard the music and understood     7    (exact) what Yu wanted to express. This deep understanding formed a strong relationship     8     them, and they became close friends. This is the famous tale behind the guqin masterpiece, Flowing Water, High Mountains.     9     piece has been passed down through generations and is considered one of the most famous and important     10     (composition)in Chinese guqin music. This graceful dialogue, flowing from brushed fingertips and travelling for thousands of years, is continuing to this day.

Austrian author Peter Handke collected the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature while the 2018 award, which    1     (delay), went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk.

Handke “has established himself as one of the most    2     (influence) writers in Europe after the Second World War”. His works are filled with a strong desire    3       (discover) and make his discoveries come to life by finding new literary expressions for them, the Swedish Academy said. He    4     (write) many novels in the past decades, like Short Letter, Long Farewell,    5    a young Austrian writer travels across the United States in search of his wife. This novel is    6     (general) considered as one of Handke's typical confusing    7     (work).

Tokarczuk became    8    winner of the 2018 award “for a narrative (叙事的) imagination that with encyclopedic (博学的) passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life”. Her first work came out in 1993, and    9    was believed that her third novel Primevaland Other Times marked her major breakthrough. In 2018, she was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for her novel Flights,    10    (become) the first Polish writer to do so.

Tao Yuanming and Henry David Thoreau were both poets, and they shared an intense respect for nature, which made them each an     1     (influence) figure of their time.

In 405, Tao Yuanming     2     (quit) the service of the court for good. He spent the next 22 years until his death     3     (work) the land in a poor, rural area. From his poetry, we can learn that although his life was arduous, he succeeded in finding     4     (content) in its simplicity and in drawing pleasure from nature.

While Tao’s return to nature was     5     reaction to a lifestyle he was opposed to, Thoreau’s was a personal decision     6     (transform) the way he lived.

Although Tao and Thoreau do not treat nature     7     quite the same way, their works show its beauty and value.     8     takes considerable courage to reject the easy and familiar and instead try to live closer to nature. Their choices led them to quiet and reflective lives with     9     (few) material desires. In today’s modern world, their ideas about living     10     (simple) and being at ease with nature may take us a step closer to attaining personal well­being and fulfilment.

【推荐3】Born into     1     poor family in Gaomi, Shandong Province on February 17, 1955, Mo Yan,     2    original name is Guan Moye, threw himself into reading and calligraphy     3     (enthusiastic) in his early years. Not only did he have a strong sense of humor,     4     he was intelligent and patient. With his attention     5     (fix) on literature, Mo Yan went on further education and received a Master’s Degree in arts from Beijing University five years later after graduating from the PLA Academy of Arts in 1986. What happened next was     6     he won China's     7     (high) literary prize — Mao Dun Literature Prize by his book Frog in 2011. To all Chinese's     8     (amaze), he became the first Chinese writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012, which will certainly make great contributions to development of Chinese literature. Since then, he     9     (consider) as the best Chinese writer in modern China. Although he is famous, he is still as common as an old shoe and he doesn’t keep his readers     10     a distance.