The Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show is a traditional event     1     takes place every year in Songjiang District of Shanghai. Lantern shows can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. Later after the Ming Dynasty, such events became a     2     (culture) fixture in Shanghai.     3     all the lantern shows in Shanghai, the one in the Yuyuan Garden is    4     (general) considered to be the most attractive.

Today, the Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show has three distinct features. One is that every year, there are lanterns     5     (make)in the shape of the animal of the Chinese zodiac for that year. The second feature is a large group of themed lanterns that interpret traditional Chinese culture     6     lantern culture. The third one is the mixture of modern technology and traditional craftsmanship, as well as the use of multimedia,     7     (bring) the light show to a next level.

With the     8     (combine) of traditional lantern displays and modern technologies, as well as     9     abundance of distinct Chinese elements, the lantern show     10     (carry) on celebrations for the traditional Chinese New Year and sends blessings for the coming year.

Garfield is turning 45, as one of the world’s most famous cats.Originally created by an American cartoonist Jim Davis in 1978, the loving cat character     1     (appear) in books, TV series and movies so far.Currently, Paramount Global is celebrating     2     45th birthday of Garfield, inviting various bakers to make birthday cakes     3     the charming character.

    4    (interesting), one of the cakes was made by Gu Hong, a France﹣educated Chinese baker(longevity peach), a symbolic pattern in China that is often used to wish those    5    (celebrate) their birthday a long and healthy life. Gu, also owner of the specialty dessert, said she feels thrilled to be part of the anniversary celebration.“I love Garfiled    6     he knows all about good food and his attitude toward life is something we can easily identify with and learn from,     7     is to be easygoing and accept yourself, ”said Gu. Additionally, Garfield at Large—the first collection book of Garfield comics originally    8    (publish) by Ballantine Books—will be reprinted in a limited edition with only 300     9    (copy) available.

A series of events    10    (hold) worldwide, including the Special Garfield Holiday: Let’s Party Together exhibition in Haikou next week

Later, I had a chance to experience authentic Chinese food by coming to China. When my family and I had just arrived in China, we went looking for a good place     1    (eat)in Beijing. A Sichuan restaurant     2    (recommend) to us by a friend, and finally, we found it. Tired, hungry, and not knowing    3     word of Chinese, we had no idea how to order, so the chef just began filling our table with the     4    (good)food we had ever eaten. With this, we had the pleasure of experiencing an     5    (entire) new taste: Sichuan peppercorns. The food was wonderful and different, but what was even more important was the friendship offered to us.

We soon moved to Shandong Province     6     the eastern part of North China. My favourite dish there was boiled dumplings     7    (serve) with vinegar. I observed that family is important to the people there. It has become a favourite traditional dish of the people in North China,     8     making dumplings has always been a family affair with everyone-from the youngest to the oldest-     9    (join) in to help. Later, I learnt that the most famous food in Shandong is pancake rolls stuffed with sliced Chinese green     10    (onion).

China is the hometown of tea. China has all kinds of tea products, the main     1     (variety) are green tea, black tea, Oolong tea, scented tea, white tea, yellow tea and dark tea. Tea is China’s national drink. Chinese believe that drinking tea is     2     (benefit) to health.

According to one of Chinese legends, the tea     3     (discover) some 5, 000 years ago by Shennong Shi, whose name literally means Divine Farmer. Shennong Shi tasted hundreds of plants and got     4     (poison). He found tea can relieve the toxin in the body. Afterwards the custom of drinking tea was passed down     5     generation to another.

China is a country with a time-honored civilization and a land of ceremony and decorum (礼仪). Whenever guests visit, it is necessary     6     (make) and serve them with tea. Generally     7     younger generation always shows its respect to the older generation by offering a cup of tea. At the traditional Chinese marriage ceremony, both the bride and groom (新娘新郎) serve     8     (they) parents with tea.

Chinese tea culture refers to the methods of preparation of tea, the equipment used to make tea and the occasions in     9     tea is consumed in China.

When taking tea, the taster should also be able to savor (品尝) tea     10     (careful). Attention is also paid to environment, atmosphere, music, infusing (注入) techniques and interpersonal relationships.

As one of the eight great cuisines of China, Hangzhou dishes are noted for their unique characteristics. A trip to Hangzhou isn't complete     1     trying some of its specialty dishes. Here are a few must-try meals, each of which has an age-old story.

Dongpo Pork was named after Song Dynasty (960-1279) poet and official, Su Dongpo. When Su was exiled (流放) to Hangzhou, he initiated a thorough dredging (清淤) of West Lake,     2     benefits were immediate and clear for the locals. To express their     3     (grateful), they gifted Su a lot of pork. Su added his own twist to the traditional process of cooking pork belly. He distributed the dish to those who worked on the project and it became widely     4     (favor).

Legend has     5     that two brothers lived in Hangzhou. The elder brother was murdered. And the younger brother was forced into exile     6     (tragic). During his farewell dinner, his recently widowed sister-in-law cooked a dish that was both sweet and sour, implying the younger brother should “not forget the sour amid the sweet”. The young man later returned to Hangzhou as a high-ranking official, avenged (报仇) his brother's murder and     7     (seek) out his sister-in-law. Since then, the dish     8     (hand) down from generation to generation.

During the Song Dynasty, a woman nicknamed Sister Song     9     (settle) down alongside West Lake and made a living selling fish soup. During a trip to West Lake, Emperor Gaozong tasted her fish soup and spoke highly of it. The soup's reputation spread far and wide, and it became a     10     (call) card for the city.

For more than 2,000 years, the teachings of Confucius     1     (be)an important part of Chinese culture. Scholars in ancient China were expected     2     (educate)in the philosophy and moral values of Confucius. Even today, Confucian thought is still greatly valued     3       in China and in other East Asian countries.

When you read the writings of Confucius, you will see a constantly appearing word, a Chinese character that represents the heart of Confucian thought:     4     character ren. What is ren? If you look     5     (close)at the written character, you can understand     6     it means. The left—hand element of the character represents a person: the element on the right stands for the number two. The two elements, when     7     (join), indicate relationships between individuals, or with all of society.

Confucius taught that ren was the     8     (high)moral principle, the standard     9     which all other morals were measured. Mencius, one of the greatest scholars famous for his in-depth     10     (analyze)of Confucian thinking, explained ren like this: “love one’s parents, love people, love everything in the world.” This kind of love should direct everything we do. It leads the way to all other virtues in life.