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Cultural exchanges and mutual (相互的) learning are key to improving understanding among people from different nations,     1    (especial) at a time when the world is undergoing great changes, said speakers from home and abroad during the 2023 Beijing Culture Forum (论坛) on Friday.

Qu Yingpu, editor-in-chief of China Daily, stressed the need     2    (build) platforms jointly for exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, carry forward the Silk Road spirit and promote     3    (share) values for all mankind so as to allow the world to better understand Chinese culture and advance     4     progress of human civilization.

Stelios Virvidakis, president of the Steering Committee of the Center of Greek and Chinese Ancient Civilizations, said in a video speech that he hoped mutual learning and cooperation between Greece and China could     5    (strengthen) further and the study of each other’s languages, culture and history better promoted. He added Greek universities would have more Chinese language courses and Sinology classes     6     the near future.

Nobel     7    (win) Mo Yan highlighted writers’ roles in promoting Chinese culture to the world. For him, quality literary works transcend (超越) time and space, and the ultimate goal of     8    (author) and playwrights is to show human nature and shape vivid human images through stories and other artistic measures. “When a writer has composed a good work, its introduction to foreign readers will be a natural process,” he said.

More than 50 project agreements     9    (concern) publishing, film-making, scientific technology, cultural heritage and other cultural undertakings were signed during the two-day forum     10     began on Thursday.

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One of the largest research libraries in the world, the British Library has added 16 Chinese online novels to the collection.     1     (cover) themes of science fiction, history, reality and fantasy, these works are viewed     2     the classics of Chinese online literature from the past 20 years.

The library houses more than 170 million     3     (collection), the cultural relics of different civilizations from throughout history included. The library usually selects works     4     (base) on their popularity or by considering an item’s value. Readers can check the information about the 16 books on the library’s website     5     borrow printed copies.

As one of the current pillars of mass cultural consumption,     6     began with “fastfood” romances, fantasies and mysteries, the Chinese online literature industry     7     (mature) quickly during its fast development over the last two decades.

In 2019, 10 online novels, including Great Power, Heavy Industry,     8     (be) added to the collection of the shanghai Library.And between 2020 and 2022, 144 online novels like Battle Through the Heavens and Lord of Mysteries were entered into the collection of the National Library of China.

“It’s     9     (true) unexpected to me that online fiction can be added to the collection of     10     foreign library. It feels like the path of online novel writing is becoming ever wider,” Yi Qianchong adds.

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On the old Silk Road, Dunhuang was the gateway to and from ancient China, a place     1     East met West, and a green island in the middle of the desert. Its long and glorious history represents its significance     2     a center of cultural and commercial exchange.

Something really extraordinary happened in 1900, when a Taoist made one of the most important finds of the 20th century. In a sealed cave, now known as the famous Library Cave,     3     (be) thousands of paintings and scrolls, as well as silk embroideries(刺绣)     4     (date) back to 405 AD to 1002AD, these     5     (hide) treasures give us a picture of Dunhuang when it was at the very centre of the Silk Road trade. Thanks to this ancient library, we now know that goods arrived in Dunhuang from as far away as North-east Europe, and     6     goods were also exported from Dunhuang across Asia and Europe. The scrolls are so detailed that they     7     (vivid) describe camels carrying loads of goods and traders selling everything     8     (imagine) , such as medicine and fruit, to name just a few. The scrolls also reveal how many different communities lived side-by-side within this great city. However, the reason why the Library Cave was unknown all those years ago       9     (remain) a mystery.

In the Ming Dynasty, trade routes changed and Dunhuang gradually faded from memory. Fortunately, this century is bringing the Silk Road once more to life through the Belt and Road Initiative to promote cultural exchange and     10     (strength) mutual cooperation between the countries along the Silk Road. Today’s Dunhuang has once again become a global crossroads and a world-class tourist destination boasting sites with UNESCO-protected heritage status.

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The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone came to Joanne Kathleen Rowling in 1990. It took her seven years to finish writing it. During those seven years, she    1     do many other jobs to make a living.

Rowling sent the manuscript (手稿) to quite a few publishers, one of     2     finally bought it. She was very happy to sell her book because it was her life’s dream to be a writer. Before she sold her book, Rowling was living in a small flat with her daughter and was so poor    3     she could not afford heating in the winter.

Loved by both children and adults, the first Harry Potter book soon took off in England and went popular in many other places in the world. After her second and third books came out, the three Harry Potter books already    4     (publish) soon filled the top three places on many newspapers’ lists of bestsellers. Then the books were made into popular movies,     5     (follow) by four more books and five more installments in the movie series.

With all the success completely changing her life, Rowling     6     (earn) over 150 million pounds by the end of 2001. In 2004, Forbes named Rowling as the first person    7     (become) a US dollar billionaire by writing books and the second-richest female entertainer. In 2012, however, Forbes removed Rowling     8     their billionaire list, saying that her 160 million US dollars in charitable donations and the high tax rate in the UK meant she was no longer    9     .

As of July 2013, the Harry Potter books had sold between 400 and 450 million copies worldwide, making them one of    10     (popular) book series in history.

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Dream of the Red Chamber, written by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's four great classical novels. Long    1    (consider) a masterpiece of Chinese literature, the novel is generally acknowledged to be the peak(顶峰) of Chinese fiction.

The writer shows deep sympathy for the victims    2    feudal oppression(封建压迫). At the same time, he mercilessly exposes the true nature of the oppressors. The Jia family is a mirror     3    reflects feudal society's becoming rotten and going downhill.

The content and meaning of the novel are     4    rich and deep that a special kind of learning called"Red Studies" started    5     (short) after the novel was published, and has continued to this day, Various theories have been put forward about the, author's' family and friends, his reason for     6    (write)the novel and the true meaning of the novel. Many details of the story have been explained in     7    (differ)ways by scholars.

The novel has been translated into several other    8     (language)Perhaps no other novel, Chinese or foreign,     9     (enjoy) and discussed by so many people for so long. This fact proves the     10    (great) of the novel and the unique position it has in the long history of Chinese literature.

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When Jane Austen wrote her novels in England, she was writing about a world most of us wouldn’t recognize. But today Austen’s books are in greater demand than ever. In the last 10 years, five of her six novels     1     (make) into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be     2     (best-seller).

Richard Jenkyns,     3     university professor of English at Oxtord, argues that her novels still appeal     4     people because they focus on issues that are as relevant today as they were when she wrote     5     . Her novels are about women     6     (try) to find a perfect husband, but also explore issues surrounding marriage, friendships and the family. The stories are fairly timeless about human interaction     7     we are all familiar with.

The     8     (famous) book Austen wrote is Pride and Prejudice, a love story about Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy. They gradually fall in love with each other,     9     still have to overcome the opposition from the family.

All of Austen’s books,     10     (accept) widely all over the world, work on different levels so people can take what they need from them, making them popular with both children and adults.