While     1    (visit) Hangzhou's West Lake and its surroundings beautiful hills, you'll understand     2     it's been a great source of inspiration for artists, poets and philosophers throughout Chinese history.

Though     3     rest of the country is moving from two wheels to four, cycling culture is prosperous in Hangzhou. The city     4     (develop) China's first bike-sharing system in 2008. It’s since grown into the world’s     5    (big) and one of the world’s best public bike systems.

Hangzhou grows some of China's finest green tea—Longjing. Every spring, before the traditional Qingming Festival, tea     6    (love) from all over the country come to Longjing, a village     7       lies just south of West Lake, for the first cut of top-quality tea. During tea season—     8    (usual)late March and April—the air is fragrant with smell from the tea, when leaves     9    (pick) and roasted in the village. The village is open to the public and you can get the tea beyond     10    (expect) from the local farmers.

Although     1    (use) in many Asian countries, chopsticks have their beginning in China. Chinese chopsticks date back to the Xia Dynasty. It’s said that, to save time for controlling floods, Dayu,     2     great ruler in ancient China, ate hot food with sticks. By 500 AD, chopsticks     3    (adopt) in many neighboring countries thanks to their lightness and convenience.

Chopsticks, with distinctive Chinese features, are praised by Westerners as “China’s     4    (five) great inventions”. One end of a chopstick is round and the other is square,     5    (represent) the round sky and the square earth. Chopsticks are usually seven cun and six fen in     6    (long), which stands for people’s seven emotions and six desires. And Chinese people think chopsticks are     7    (good) than knives because in their eyes metal knives remind people of killing and violence while chopsticks symbolize gentleness and kindness. In a word, chopsticks reveal Chinese philosophy and values and reflect the basic characteristics of Chinese culture and civilization. That is     8     Chinese people have stuck to chopsticks for thousands of years.

Moreover, there is scientific proof     9     using chopsticks does us a lot of good, like increasing finger flexibility, improving eyesight, helping us lose weight and making us smarter.

    10     China’s influence in the world growing rapidly, more and more foreigners are becoming fond of using chopsticks or collecting elegantly-made chopsticks as artistic treasures. Chopsticks are going global.