Mary likes Chinese cultural relics very much. She spends most of her spare time going everywhere in search of rare things designed or made by famous artists, such as     1     (value) wooden furniture, fancy hats and vases of all styles, which has survived for a long time. One day she visited her friend, John, in     2     house she was amazed to find some     3     (amaze) evidence that reflected the period when China was at war with Japan. There were some paintings     4     (draw) by a well-known painter, in one of which the local Chinese people were fighting hard with the invaders, some bombs exploded and many Chinese people     5     (kill). John told her that the paintings belonged to his grandfather and his parents used to decorate     6     house with them. Mary selected a few of them and in return gave John some china. In order to show respect     7     the Chinese culture, both Mary and John made up their minds     8     (offer) the paintings to China. But their parents didn’t agree with them. They debated for two hours, and at last their parents gave in. There is no doubt     9     their kindness will be     10     (high) thought of by the Chinese people.

Chopsticks and forks, as the two kinds of tableware best representing the eastern and western dietary cultures, deserve deeper comparison and     1     (discuss).

Lots of     2     (research) have been done on the origin of China’s chopsticks     3     (compare) to the knife and fork in the West. Some people say China was     4     agricultural society and relied on vegetables for food. Chopsticks were very convenient     5     eating. However, the knife and fork were more practical for the Westerners,    6     loved on meat. Others believe that China did not have much industry, and therefore people used chopsticks. The West was an industrial society, so their eating tools were made of metal. Whatever the reasons, it is a result of     7     (they) own cultures.

The appearance of chopsticks can probably date back to the Shang dynasty, more than 4,000 years ago. Their lasting popularity may     8     (actual) be linked to Chinese cooking methods: before stir-frying, the food is cut into tiny pieces,    9     (make) them easy to manipulate(操作) with a chopstick. In the west, it was not until the 10^th century that the fork     10     (become) a necessary item at the dinner table.