【推荐1】Usually when another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not news. Rather, it is an ordinary ________. Such discoveries are so ________ these days that hardly anybody ________ them. ________, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was ________. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of ________ showing how people lived thousands of years ago, most of which were about people ________ animals, such as wild cats or dogs. Other images picture animals, ________ horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images by far ________ all other animals.

Early artists drawing these pictures finished a difficult but ________ task. They did not limit themselves to the easily ________ walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing high walls or going into narrow ________ in the Lascaux complex. ________, the paintings have been ________ to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily ________ the images. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images ________.

Although they are not out ________, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images are in bad condition and are ________ recognizable. Therefore, the place was closed to ________ in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered, to prevent further ________.

【推荐3】Many of China's ancient architectural treasures crumbled to dust before Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng began documenting them in the 1930s. The husband and wife team were by far the best-known __ to operate in China.Their __ have since inspired generations of people to speak out for architecture threatened by the rush toward development.

Becoming China's first architectural historians was no easy____.The buildings they wanted to___ were centuries old, often in shambles and located in distant parts of the country. In many cases, they had to journey through ___conditions in the Chinese countryside to reach them.     

___China's outlying areas during the 1930s meant traveling muddy, poorly maintained roads by mule, or on foot.This was a(n)____undertaking both for Liang,who walked with a bad limp(跛）after a motorcycle accident as a young man, and Lin,who had a lung disease for years. Inns were often unimaginably dirty,food could be tainted(污染的），and there was always __ of violence from rebels,soldiers and bandits.

Their greatest discovery came on an expedition in 1937 when they dated and extremely____catalogued Foguang Si, or the Temple of Buddha's Light, in Wutai County,Shanxi Province. The breathtaking wooden temple was____in 857 A.D.,making it the oldest building known in China at the time. (It is now the fourth-oldest known).

Liang and Lin crawled into the temple's most____areas to determine its age, including one aerie inhabited by thousands of bats and millions of bedbugs, covered in dust and littered with dead bats. Liang wrote of the____in an account included in "Liang and Lin:Partners in Exploring China's Architectural Past," the English-language story of their lives written by Wilma Fairbank,their close friend and correspondent.

＂In complete darkness and amid the___smell, hardly breathing, with thick masks covering our noses and mouths,we measured,drew,and photographed with flashlights for several hours,"Liang wrote."When ___we came out to take a breath of fresh air, we found hundreds of bedbugs in our backpack.We ourselves had been badly bitten.Yet the____and unexpectedness of our find made those the happiest hours of my years hunting for ancient architecture."

【推荐2】Trees have always held much attraction for people. They are the _____ and biggest life-forms on our planet and one of the most beautiful. As a direct _____with thousands of years of history, trees appear in many religions and have ____ artists over the years.

When I was a child I ______a science fiction story that made me think about trees in a new way. In the story, _____ from an advanced civilization come to our planet and their spaceship _____in the middle of a forest. The aliens (外星人) have a long _____with the trees of the forest and then leave, _____to think that the inhabitants (居民)   of Earth are noble, intelligent and peaceful.

Trees ______a lot about being part of a community and how cooperation is better for a society than ____. Scientists are only just beginning to understand how it all ______, but we now know that trees growing together share all of the available resources (资源) with each other. So, strong trees in a good _____ will share food and water with ______ trees that receive less sunlight. By ______, a community of trees makes itself stronger. The ______of giant redwood trees, for example, grow together under the ground. It’s as if they are ______hands. This means that they are ______stronger when there are heavy winds or floods.

We all acknowledge that trees are _____ for the environment and the survival of our ______. Perhaps they have even more to _____ us in the future.

【推荐3】Everyone hates to wait in lines. But our behavior when waiting is only partly defined by the length of the wait. “Often the psychology of queuing is more important than the statistics of the wait itself,” notes the MIT researcher Richard Larson, an expert on waiting lines.

Some people are _____to camp outside Apple stores for an entire night just to get their hands on the latest product. But waiting 10 minutes in a grocery store just to buy a drink? Forget it.

One apparent aspect of queuing psychology is that we get ____when we wait in line. This issue is tackled ( 处 理 )in many ways, from magazines in hospital waiting rooms to mirrors in elevators so that we can check our ____ . But we really hate it when we expect a short wait and then get a (n)_____one. But studies show that we are much more patient when we are given a(n) _____of how long we'll be waiting.

Scientists have invited 200 people to do a simple experiment. While a group of 100 people are given an exact time of waiting, another group people are left ____. It turns out that more people from the first group than the second one refuse to ____ .

Walt Disney Co. knows this better than anyone else. It ____ waiting times for attractions in its theme parks. But according to Larson, these times are overestimated so that visitors get to the front of the queue more ___ than they expect. It keeps them happy.

Another big influence on our feelings about waiting in a line has to do with our perception of fairness. When it comes to queues, the universally acknowledged ______is first come,first served. Any deviation (背离)from this is regarded as _____and can lead to violent queue rage.

Sometimes, however, we are willing to make ____ . In hospitals,____ ,priority ( 优先权)is given to those with a more critical condition-we can also understand that.

Waiting is inevitable in life, but a better understanding of the ____ of waiting can help make it a bit more bearable. When all else fails, bring a book or a smartphone will also ____ .

【推荐1】When we visit museums, we see cultural artifacts—from everyday household items to precious carvings and statues, which give us glimpses into the diverse cultures and communities from around the world. _______ , controversy surrounds these artifacts and whether or not countries should return these pieces of culture if they were stolen or forcefully taken during colonization.

On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, the Dutch advisory committee officially released a national report _______ to the return of cultural artifacts that were stolen from its previous colonies such as Indonesia, Suriname, and islands on the Caribbean. Through these actions, the Dutch government acknowledges the unfair treatment the colonies had previously experienced and _______ respect for the culture of these countries.

Let’s look at the issue and the two sides of the _______ .

Stolen Artifacts

By the 18th and 19th centuries, European countries had colonized many African and Asian countries. During their _______ , they either seized artifacts or took them as spoils of wars, and brought them to their own countries where they are now displayed in museums.

In 2017, the Government of Benin in West Africa negotiated with the British Museum in London to return their renowned Benin Bronzes, a collection of thousands of metal sculptures and plaques, which were _______ hung in the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin.

The debate regarding this issue _______ in 2018 when under President Emmanuel Macron, a report was released that directed that all heritage objects brought to French museums (without the permission of their original countries) be restored. With the official release of this report, museums all across Europe began to _______ their previous policies on colonial treasures.

In France, twenty-seven artifacts had been identified for restoration, but only one—a traditional sword belonging to Senegal, has been _______ . Then, on Tuesday, October 6, 2020, France’s National Assembly officially passed a bill __________ the return of these heritage artifacts, twenty-six of which alone belonged to Benin, but didn’t arrange a certain date.

The Debate

Those who propose returning these objects to their original homes __________ that with technology enabling virtual museum tours, returning these artifacts to their homeland does not take away the opportunity to learn about them. __________ , the country of origin will receive a significant part of their heritage back, and these artifacts will be given a chance to be truly appreciated under proper historical context.

Those against the restoration claim that culture is a __________ treasure and the artifacts are in fact “cultural ambassadors” that promote tolerance and understanding. They believe that while stealing them was __________ , history is full of “good” and “bad” actors. Moreover, they feel that keeping the cultural objects in the current museums have kept millions of artifacts __________ disfiguration and damage.

China’s “Cultural and Natural Heritage Day" falls on the second Saturday of June every year. Many celebrations are held, and all cultural relic protection sites are _______ to open free to the public on the day. There is no_________ that various celebrating activities across the country will arouse public _________of the importance of cultural heritage protection and _________the young people to love the fine_________ culture of the motherland.

China faces a heavy task in protecting and rescuing its cultural_______. We need to seriously consider the _________ of the lack of awareness about cultural heritage protection. Thus, Heritage Education is one of our main approaches. People cannot _________ value cultural heritage if they do not know why it is important or how to protect it. Over the past seven years, CHP has _________ over a hundred educational __________ to various groups, such as schools, government offices, and the general public. Many people have attended CHP seminars. Typically, each seminar lasts two or three hours and __________ of an informative presentation, __________by a longer question-and-answer session and discussion. Attendees with __________ knowledge of cultural heritage __________ it to be just the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. People often think that the duty only __________ to the government. So “Cultural and Natural Heritage Day” will be a welcome opportunity to educate the public on world heritage conservation.