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When Mitch discovers Morrie, his college professor, who     1     (die) of a severe illness, he starts to visit him every Tuesday, which contributes to lessons in how to live. Tuesdays with Morrie is     2     magical record of events of their time together. Some comments on this book are as follows.

According to Arthur K, it was     3     (pleasant) surprising that the book is filled with joy and hope instead of death and pessimism. He was encouraged to value     4     he had and make the best of each day.

Amy Wang thought she had been given a deeper insight     5     the world and saw things in a different view. She felt as if she     6     (awake) and opened her eyes to the world.

The book didn’t appeal to Marty.     7    , he still strongly recommended it. Because the book made him stop     8     (consider) the influence of popular culture on him as well as the importance of creating individual values.

In the view of Vivian, she was so     9     (move) by Morrie’s reflections on love and friendship.     10     (learn) from the lessons of the book, she realised it was important to keep in touch with the good people she met in the daily life.

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Love of Books

To foster a love of     1    (read) and build a learning society was an area of focus at the recent two sessions, as members from China’s top political advisory body suggested on May 25 to elevate the idea to that of a national strategy, and ensure its implementation by     2    (set) up administrative regulations.

“A reading day is better to be set and     3    (include) as a national festival,” said Zhang, member     4    National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, in a speech     5    (make) via video conference during the third session of the Conference.

Reading is the     6    straightforward, efficient, convenient and the least costly way to eliminate educational injustice and to raise the overall caliber of the population, Zhang said.

He quoted the President’s advocacy for the habit of reading when he visited Lanzhou, Gansu Province, last year, saying “Reading helps to deepen and broaden the spiritual world of the Chinese nation.” The President himself is known for     7    (be) an avid reader and cites it as one of his main hobbies.

At a live interview on Wednesday, before the conclusion of the annual session, Zhao, general manager of the Readers magazine group, suggested it was best to start     8    (nurture) a love of reading among children below years of age.

“Parents should     9    (play) their role. If they hold mobile phones at all time, and ask their children to read books, it will be impossible,” Zhao said,     10    (add)that she was pleased to note that, in recent years, Chinese parents have started to value extra-curriculum reading activities.

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Almost everything inspired the ancestors of Chinese to create diverse decorative patterns on objects ranging from daily life needs to pure artworks. They carried good and lucky     1    (mean) and were possessed of high value, driving numerous people to protect them. However, the huge number of these decorations increases the difficulty of conservation efforts. Fortunately, many Chinese artists have been considering various ways to pass down this culture     2     the next generation. Huang Qingsui,     3     Zhuang ethnic art designer, numbers among these artists. He started collecting decorative patterns from rural areas and recorded them in an online database in 2013 that now     4    (contain) more than 20,000 traditional decorations.

Managing the database consists of three steps. The first is collecting these traditional patterns through various channels, including investigating and visiting places where these decorations may have been passed down or     5    (contact) museums and experts. After tracking down a decorative pattern, Huang and his team fake photos and     6    (digital) reproduce the patterns on computer. During the process, they often need to restore damaged patterns, especially     7     it comes to decorative patterns on clothing because they tend to be faded or misshapen. The last step involves collecting the data and checking and correcting any mistakes     8     may have occurred during the earlier steps.

The beauty     9    (hold) in traditional patterns has inspired Chinese designers to find     10    (they) own style and emotional bonds instead of just caring about function and form when designing their works.

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Xueqiang, a local ethnic (民族的) dance in Derong County of Sichuan Province, has won national fame among cultural workers and researchers. It was listed     1     a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008.

Over time, Xueqiang became standard entertainment at gatherings and     2    (party). Especially at night during the harvest festival, people would dance the Xueqiang around a bonfire while drinking and singing. Some would risk     3     (jump) the bonfire, making the night even more     4     (excite). Xueqiang has no accompaniment or tools. Its main features are the stomping (跺脚) and stepping rhythms that are sometimes strong and powerful, sometimes soft and free.

Xueqiang singing is complicated in its tune structure, which is     5     (usual) divided into four parts — intro, bridge, verse, and outro. The intervals are full of ups and downs, while the melody (旋律) is bright and     6     (nature). At the end of the melody, dancers stomp their feet to fill the pause, creating a remarkable ending.

As for the origins of Xueqiang, it can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty    7     Princess Wencheng was sent to marry the King of Tubo,     8     ancient kingdom in Tibet. The local artists got together to compose songs and dances     9     (greet) the princess as she passed through. Eventually, Xueqiang     10     (create), combining the artistic spirits of different ethnic groups co-existing at the time.