What do the five Olympic signs on the flag represent?     1     is widely believed that the five-riing Olympic symbol was created by Frenchman Pierre De Coubertin in 1913. As the founder of the modern Olympic Games, he wanted     2    (celebrate) the 20the anniversary(周年纪念) of the Games and chose a design of five rings,     3     represented the five continents(洲) taking part in the Games. The rings     4    (become) the official Olympic symbol at the 1920 Games in Belgium.

Pierre de Coubertin thought that the five interlocking rings meant the five continents     5    (compete) in the Games and the meeting of their athletes at the Olympic games.     6    (actual) every part of the modern Olympic symbol and flag shows the main purpose of the Games in a particular way. The Olympic flag, with its familiar rings, is used as     7     international symbol of peace, unity and     8    (agree). The white background of the flag stands     9     peace and truth.

At the end of each Olympic Games, the mayor(市长) of the hosting city passes the Olympic fag to the mayor of the city where the next Olympics     10    (hold) for years later. The flag remains there until the next Olympics.

Organized by Beijing Normal University, an     1    （importance） forum （论坛）on the spirit of the Chinese women’s volleyball team was held on Saturday in Beijing. Around 500 people from different fields     2    （attend） the forum.

Professors and experts gave significant speeches, sharing their     3    （opinion） on the spirit of women’s volleyball and on     4     building of sports power. Lang Ping, chief coach of women’s volleyball team, also shared her views,     5    （make） all the audience deeply impressed.

Cheng Jianping, the Party chief of Beijing Normal University, said in his speech women’s volleyball has influenced people     6    （great）, and encouraged them     7    （struggle） for their aspirations （抱负）.The spirit of women’s volleyball has not only showed patriotism （爱国主义）but also brought confidence and courage to people     8     are facing new challenges. So far, China     9    （enter） a new era （时代），and it should continue to carry forward this spirit. Meanwhile, this spirit should be closely linked     10     patriotism education, Cheng said.

Shijing, also The Book of Songs or Shih Ching, is the     1     (early) collection of Chinese poetry. It     2     (make) up of 311 poems dating from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle stage of the Spring and Autumn Period. Nowadays, Confucius is generally believed to be the     3     (edit) of the book.

Shijing is rich in content,     4     (describe) love and labour, war and slavery, customs and marriage, ancestor worship and special events. It is called a mirror of social life.

Poems included in Shijing fall into three sections-poems that come from villages belong to Feng; those written to persuade or praise the rulers belong to Ya; those used at religious     5     (ceremony) belong to Song. Ya and Song are flowery and serious in language.     6    , Feng is relatively inspiring and full of passion.

The opening poem of Shijing, “Cooing and Wooing” (《关雌》), is about love,     7     reads:

By riverside are cooing, a pair of turtledoves;

A good young man is wooing, a fair maiden he loves.

It is vivid that the man is longing     8     (win) over the girl.

Shijing enables people to have a better understanding of Chinese civilization and is also     9     beginning of ancient Chinese poetry. Additionally, it is also frequently quoted in other Chinese texts and has always been referred to     10     moral truth and lessons.

Waking up at 7 in the morning, 25-year-old Fan Yupei cleans up,     1     (water) flowers in the courtyard, and then opens the door of her Jun porcelain (钧瓷) production studio, ready for a new day’s business.

Life in her hometown, Shenhou town, in Yuzhou City, is much     2     (happy) for Fan. She started her own studio with her husband,     3     quit his job in Beijing. Jun porcelain is one of the top five Chinese porcelains,     4     (date) back to the Song Dynasty. It is famous for     5     (it) change of colors when heated in kilns (窑). In 2008, it     6    (list) as a state-level intangible culture heritage (非物质文化遗产).

Shenhou town is home     7     Jun porcelains. Recently, the local government of Yuzhou city has taken a series of measures     8     (promote) such production. Now Fan’s husband is in charge of Jun porcelain making while she is responsible for sales. Her recent goal is to own     9     shop where they can sell their own production. With more and more tourists visiting Shenhou every day, Fan has the     10     (confident) that Jun porcelain will gain greater popularity in the future.