Why do people use different words to describe the UK?

    1     (clarify) this question, we can study British history. First there was England. Then Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were linked     2     it. At last the United Kingdom     3     (found) in the early 20th century,     4     new flag is called the Union Jack. To their credit, the four countries do work together in some areas,       5     they still have very different institutions. England is the     6     (large) of the four countries. For convenience, it’s divided       7     (rough) into three zones. They are the South of England, the Midlands and the North, with most of the population in the south and most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England. As the centre of national government and its administration, London has the greatest       8     (history) treasure of all and there are many museums, art     9     (collect), theatres, parks and buildings. There have been four sets of invaders of England. The Romans left their towns and roads. The Anglo-Saxons left their language and government. The Vikings       10     (influence) the vocabulary and place-names. The Normans left castles and introduced new words for food.

The Chinese painting is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world. The painting in the traditional style is known today in Chinese as guohua,     1     (mean) the “national” or “native” painting. It is different from Western styles of art     2     became popular in China in the 20th century.

One technique of the traditional Chinese painting is ink and wash painting and in Chinese it     3     (call) shuimo. In fact this was an art form     4     (practise) by gentlemen from the Song Dynasty. This style is also referred to as xieyi or the freehand style.

    5     (traditional), the Chinese painting is done on rice paper or thin silk. There are broadly three     6     (subject) for traditional Chinese paintings——portraits, landscapes,     7     flowers and birds——of which the landscape is the most familiar to people. Therefore the Chinese painting is often known as the landscape painting, or shanshui painting.

The landscape painting was regarded as     8     highest form of the Chinese painting, and generally still is. In the north, artists such as Jing Hao     9     (paint) pictures of towering mountains and in the south, Dong Yuan, Juran, and other artists painted the rolling hills and rivers     10     their native countryside in peaceful scenes.

Hangzhou is recognized as the “City of Well-Being” in China. Hangzhou made its name     1     (know) to the world in 2016 by hosting the G20 Summit. Blessed with pleasant climate and few wars, Hangzhou has gradually formed     2     (it) own urban character.     3     busy Shanghai, you will slow down and relax once you are here. It seems that Hangzhou people don’t have many things to rush to in their     4     (day) life. No wonder Hangzhou is expanding annually by about 500,000     5     600,000 people.

The lifestyle, however, was laid down by two historical men of letters. One was Bai Juyi,     6     rebuilt the West Lake and made a new bank     7     (benefit) the locals. People love him. When it comes to him, it doesn’t sound like one is talking about a person who     8     (live) a thousand years ago. The other was Su Shi. His open-minded personality and diligence left many much-told tales. Seemingly,     9     (mention) his name gives people joy even after a thousand years.

Surely, Hangzhou will be even     10     (brilliant) with the holding of the 19th Asian Games.