Two giant pandas, “Da Mao” and “Er Shun”, on Sunday arrived in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, after prematurely (过早地) finishing their stay at     1     Canadian zoo, as the COVID-19 pandemic cut off their bamboo supply. “Da Mao” and “Er Shun”     2    (send) to Chongqing Municipality for quarantine (隔离), according to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.

    3     average, each giant panda consumes about 40 kilograms of bamboo daily. The Calgary Zoo had been importing fresh bamboo from China, but struggled     4    (meet) the pandas needs when the 2019-nCoV stopped most flights in March. The zoo said staff worked with the San Diego Zoo and Suncoast Nursery to arrange     5    (week) shipments of fresh bamboo,     6     the process of finding the right bamboo has been expensive and time-consuming. In May, the zoo announced it would have to return the two animals four years     7     (early) than planned so that they could enjoy China’s enough supply of fresh bamboo instead. The zoo said on Friday that after “months and months of hard work” it had received international permits “to get our beloved pandas home to China”. Throughout     8     (them) trip home, each panda has about 100 kilograms of bamboo to consume along with pears, apples and biscuits. After     9    (spend) five years at the Toronto Zoo, the two moved to the Calgary Zoo in March 2018 with twin pandas, “Jia Panpan” and “Jia Yueyue”, which     10     (travel) home to China in January.

【推荐3】On a    1    (freeze) cold day, Mrs Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat    2    (leave) in the house.

    3    (consider) there was no better way, Mrs Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the    4    (follow) words: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she asked her dog to take it to the butcher’s. When the butcher recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting, he did as he    5    (ask) to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up immediately.

The next day, the dog came again exactly at midday.And as    6    (usually), it brought a piece of paper in the mouth.This time the butcher did not take a look at the paper,and just gave the dog its meat,for he had regarded the dog    7    one of his customers.

One day later, to the butcher’s more surprise, it came at six o’clock and brought    8    third piece of paper. Though     9    (surprise), the butcher gave him    10    he wanted. But what he didn’t know was, that there were not any words on the paper!

Qingming is the perfect time for Chinese people to pay respects to ancestors. Meanwhile, it allows us     1     (appreciate) the cultural connotation (内涵) of Qingming. Adventures on Qingming Festival 2023, aired on Henan TV and Elephant News on April 4, features     2     (celebrity) from the circles of music, dance, and culture. They take the audience on a magical springtime journey.

    3     (inspire) by The Creeping Grass, a famous poem from The Book of Songs, the dance Spring Riverside Beauty     4     (shoot) in March in Xiandu Scenic Resort, Lishui of Zhejiang. In this splendid performance, dancers flutter their broad sleeves and sway     5     (soft) with moves of classical Chinese dance, recreating the scene where women in ancient China joyfully began a springtime outing. The musical skit (音乐短剧) Adventure in Early Spring brings famous Song dynasty paintings into life. By organically weaving many elements together, the skit puts on a humorous show that suits both refined     6     popular tastes.

Since the Spring Festival Gala in 2021, Henan TV     7     (improve) its shows based on Chinese festivals, bringing out the cultural connotations of traditional festivals and innovating new ways of presentation, leaving the audience eagerly awaiting     8     comes next. Adventures on Qingming Festival 2023 showcases the art and culture of Qingming,     9     (tap) deeper into the dynamics and hope of Qingming and the emotional value that is unique to     10     festival through a multitude of songs, dances and instrumental performances.

In China, Tree Planting Day falls on March 12, but more often people plant trees during Qing Ming Festival in early April. Newly-planted trees can survive more     1     (easy) with a warmer climate and frequent spring rainfall at that time.

China set March 12     2     the National Tree-Planting Day in 1979     3     (honor) Sun Yat-sen, who died on March 12, 1925. Sun had called for planting trees.

Since 2013, Xi Jinping,     4     is the president of China, has joined Beijing citizens in tree planting activities for ten years in a row. President Xi called on     5     public to stick to the tradition of planting trees in spring. In 2017, he     6     (attend) a tree planting activity in Chaoyang district of Beijing and said, “Students should establish an     7     (aware) of protecting the environment and cherish the green plants”.

China has seen a     8     (remark) growth in forest resources and afforestation (造林) projects. Nationwide voluntary tree    9     (plant) campaigns in China over the past four decades have seen increased participation by members of the public and nearly 79 billion     10     (tree) have been planted. The campaign has made China the country with the largest increase in forest resources and the largest area of planted forests.