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When the winter approaches, tanghulu, a traditional Chinese snack can be found on the street comer in northern China. Since the ancient times, it     1    （be）very popular with natives, especially children.

Tanghulu is       2    （common）made of haws, which are rich in vitamin C and are known     3    （have）traditional Chinese medicine properties. According to a legend, 800 years ago, one of the emperor’s     4    （wife）was sick and had     5     poor appetite. The doctor suggested that she eat 10 haws     6    （boil）with sugar before dinner. She recovered within two weeks. Later, the prescription was passed on to ordinary people. People put haws on a stick,     7    （dip）them in hot sugar syrup（糖浆）and dried. The syrup finally turned into a solid coating, like crystal on the surface of haws. That is     8     they are also called bingtanghulu.     9     origin story says that the very first tanghulu only had two haws: a small one on the top and a big one below, making it resemble a hulu, a bringer of good luck.

With sour haws and sweet sugar, the taste of tanghulu is a combination of flavors, which often     10    （remind）people of their happy childhoods.

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Some people think that porridge (粥) is not tasty. But for me, porridge is delicious. It can be a     1     (convenience) and very healthy way to start a day.

Porridge is a kind of food     2     (serve) for breakfast. It is usually a type of grain, like maize or oat, mixed     3     either milk or water. It is soft and sticky — thicker than liquid, but not solid. Porridge is very easy to digest, so it’s very good for people     4     are ill.

Porridge preparation — the amount of ingredient and cooking time —     5     (depend) on what you choose to use as your porridge base. If I’m cooking for     6     (I), I put some rolled oats in a pan, add some water and milk, and then let the mixture boil. I stir the porridge     7     (constant).

Once it     8     (cook), the fun part is adding the flavors. Porridge alone doesn’t have     9     very strong flavor. Although some people think this makes porridge boring, I think that’s what makes porridge exciting! It is like a blank piece of paper — you can add almost anything you want to the porridge base. Seeds, nuts and dried fruits are very good     10    (choice) to add and can give you energy for the day.

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“Can I have a glass of hot water?” This is a very common question for Chinese customers in a restaurant. But     1    you go abroad, you may find that meals in the West tend to come with tall glasses of ice water.
For most Chinese people,     2    (drink) hot water is part of everyday life. It isbelieved that water of a warm temperature (25-30 C) is good for people’s health,     3    (especial) for the stomach.
But for many Western people, they drink cold water even in winter. One possible reason is     4    in Western countries people can drink water directly from the tap, rather than having to boil     5    . And it’s also normal to jump into a cold shower after exercise,     6    (bring) the heart rate down.
However, there is one common thing     7    (encourage) in both the East and the West: One     8    cool down by drinking a hot drink in summer. Because sweating is a good way to cool off in summer, hot drinks make you hotter and you begin to sweat.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if you drink hot     9    cold water. The more comfortable your body feels, the     10    (good) it is.

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Chinese restaurants, which almost never close on Christmas, have managed     1    (become) as culturally American as milk and cookies for Santa.

But before Americans were crowding into Chinese restaurants     2     Christmas dinner, they were more interested in crowding these restaurants out. Labor unions once organized boycotts against Chinese restaurants, but these boycotts     3    (rare) succeeded in their aim of driving the restaurants out of business. As is known, early Chinese     4    (immigrant) were not Christian, and losing an entire day of sales for a holiday they didn’t understand did not make economic sense to them. And Chinese restaurants boomed during the     5    (construct) of the Transcontinental Railroad,     6    (cater) to Chinese miners and railroad workers. Chinese restaurants used to be one of the few public places     7     welcomed African-American diners. Besides, Jewish customers were also welcomed because Chinese owners and waiters had no history of prejudice toward them. Therefore,     8     makes sense that Chinese restaurants were a destination for Jewish families on Christmas.

Over the past years Google     9    (find) that more people search for “Chinese restaurant open” during the week of Christmas, and Chinese food on Christmas has become an     10    (accept) alternative for anyone looking outside the usual holiday celebrations. It seems like proof that Chinese food and culture is finally part of mainstream America.

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The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival,     1     (list) officially as a UN floating holiday in its calendar of conferences and meetings since 2024.

The UN General Assembly, acknowledges the significance of the Lunar New Year,     2     is observed in many UN member states, and invites the UN bodies at headquarters and other duty stations to avoid holding meetings on the Lunar New Year.

The resolution encourages this agreement     3     (take) into account when drafting future calendar. Dai Bing, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said after the adoption of the resolution that the Spring Festival as the traditional Chinese holiday     4     (feature) family reunion and good wishes for the coming year, not only bears the idea of the Chinese civilization of peace and harmony     5     carries the common values of the humanity such as harmonious family, and sound relationship between men and nature.

Many countries list the Spring Festival as a     6     (nation) holiday, and about one-fifth of humanity celebrates this festival in various ways, he added. Dai said China’s     7     (effort) to promote the Spring Festival as a UN holiday must be a pragmatic step towards realizing its Global Civilization initiative and advocating for diversity in civilizations.

The resolution serves as     8     showcase of the influence of Chinese civilization and aims to enhance interaction between diverse civilizations worldwide. It also reflects the values of     9     (diverse) and inclusion promoted by the United Nations, he said.

The United Nations identifies     10     (globe) observed holidays as floating holidays and refrains from scheduling meetings on such occasions.

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Tayeb is studying literature at Beijing Language and Culture University.“    1    (celebrate) the Spring Festival in China makes me love China even more，”she said.

On Thursday，Tayeb's university organized an event    2    foreign students could try their hands at making dumplings，a traditional food     3    (eat) during the festival.Tayeb said she liked this aspect of the festival most.

    4     dumplings，Chinese New Year is also a time for temple fairs，red lanterns，paper­cuts，blessings of good fortune and ancestor worship.

Bayomy，    5     Egyptian student at the same university，said she    6    (plan) to visit a temple fair in Chaoyang Park on Sunday.She was     7    (deep) impressed with the Spring Festival in 2014.She remembered how her classmate's father left out plates of food for their families' ancestors.

Like Chinese, many foreigners put couplets (对联)，Chinese characters wishing for good fortune on their front doors.

Marie，a British     8     (translate) in Beijing，    9     (send) a couplet by her Chinese friend on Thursday.She stuck them on the door of her apartment，took a photo of herself standing in front of it，and shared it with her parents in Britain.“These couplets are an    10    (express) of hope for the future and contain the Chinese spirit of ‘harmony’，”said Marie.