China Oriental Performing Arts Group has launched its street dance group. Dating back to the 1950s, it is known for its grand dance performance,     1     (combine) singing and dancing shows of various styles. The company performs at home and abroad, which is of great     2     (significant) for impacting cultural exchanges.

The newly established dance group, in     3     members can exchange ideas to improve their skills, is advancing with great strides. Young people usually respond actively     4    Street Dance, including  breaking (霹雳舞), hip-hop, locking and popping. Over the past decades, young people     5     (attract) by street dance on various levels. There is     6     growing tendency among young generations and people can always find these street dance enthusiasts (爱好者)     7     (act) in every place, including schools, squares.

It is widely predicted that the     8     (origin) dance style will still attract many people. Li Jialong, president of the group, said that it took over a year to prepare the new street dance group, the first official group     9    (promote) street dance. The Staircase of art, a famous report     10     (publish) by Daniel, received great attention by illustrating the great process in dancing.

People have all turned to sad music to make     1     (they) feel better at some point in their lives, but why does the music with double sadness help drag people out of low spirits?

A new study throws light on what’s going on inside people’s brains when they match their music to their feelings, and it looks as if sad music can be enjoyable, rather than     2     (simple) depressing. Music of this sort can arouse positive memories in people’s life, thus     3     (lift) their mood.

Psychologist Adrian North from Curtin University in Australia says     4     exist two groups of possible explanations for why people enjoy listening     5     sad music—one from social psychology (心理学), and the other from cognitive neuroscience (神经学).

In terms of social psychology, one idea about this is that people will feel     6     (good) about themselves if they focus on someone who’s doing even worse. Everything’s going to be okay, because this person is having     7     even worse day than they are.

Another idea from social psychology is that people like to listen to the very music     8     shows their present life circumstances, because this kind of music makes them feel they are understood. With their emotions     9     (share), they definitely get a certain amount of comfort.

So sad music does cheer people up, and it     10     (work) far better than happy music, in most cases.

Oil paper umbrellas have a history of over 1,000 years in China. Once they     1    (be) everywhere. Nowadays people use the hand-made umbrellas     2     (little) in daily life than before. However, they are a symbol of Chinese     3     (tradition) culture.

Yuhang in Hangzhou is known for     4     (make) oil paper umbrellas for over 230 years. Umbrellas here take more than 70 steps to make, such as making bamboo ribs and pasting (糊) paper.     5     takes at least a week to make an umbrella. In 2007, this kind of umbrella was added to Zhejiang province’s intangible (无形的) cultural heritage (遗产) list.

In 2015, Liu Weixue left a well-paid job to learn     6     his grandfather the art. “I want to bring the art to life,” Liu said. "When it rains, someone uses the umbrella, that’s     7     I want to see.”

After Liu mastered the skills,     8     studio was started in Yuhang, where he gathered umbrella-making masters.     9     (sell) umbrellas, Liu opened an online shop in 2017. It now has more than 80,000 followers.

Liu hopes the art can be passed on. He goes to schools in Yuhang to teach students. He also shows up at     10     (event) and activities in different places to show more people about the art.

Throughout the history of mankind, people have been communicating with body languages. In many     1    (situation), the way you say something is far more important than what you say.    2    (communicate) better with others, you are expected to pay attention to eye contact. It can signal friendliness or unfriendliness, interest or boredom, and understanding or confusion.

In Western cultures, keeping eye contact in conversations is     3    (particular) important. As a matter    4     fact, a westerner might consider a lack of eye contact as a lack of interest. In Spain, Italy and Greece,    5    people stand close together talking to each other, eye contact is more frequent and lasts     6    (long).

In many Asian cultures, avoiding direct eye contact is one of the ways to show respect. It is done during the talk with anyone older. Habits like this can cause problems when people do not understand them. For example,    7     Asian might close his eyes in concentration or look down while     8     (listen) to a speaker. A Western speaker might think the man is not interested,

However, in both West and Fast, totally avoiding eye contact might be considered a lack of     9    (polite), but staring at others is also considered rude and should     10    (avoid).