Guzheng is a musical instrument that     1     (beautiful) represents Chinese culture. In Sydney, Australia, Zhou Yunan founded a guzheng school     2     the aim of promoting traditional Chinese music.

After obtaining a master’s degree in guzheng, Zhou immigrated to Australia with her family. She noticed that many overseas Chinese are eager to get their children     3     (expose) to Chinese traditional culture, but lack the opportunities to do so,     4     inspired her to promote guzheng culture and found a guzheng school in Sydney in 2017.

“It’s not easy to promote traditional Chinese musical instruments overseas. On one hand, there is a     5     (short) of professional guzheng teachers,” Zhou said. “On the other hand, guzheng isn’t a mainstream instrument in Sydney, so establishing the school’s reputation was     6     (challenge).”

Gladly, now guzheng     7     (choose) by many of her students when applying for scholarships. Some even select it as     8     music exam subject for the college entrance examination.

“In my view, guzheng serves as a bridge that connects overseas Chinese with their homeland,     9     (allow) performers to convey their longing for home to the audience,” Zhou said. In recent years, an increasing number of overseas Chinese     10     (participate) in promoting traditional Chinese culture, sparking a surge in Chinese style and trends in Sydney.

The tomato is     1     (original) from Mexico. The word “tomato” comes from the Spanish tomate. Spanish explorers     2     went to South America about 500 years ago, brought back tomatoes to Europe. The French called them love apples while the British called them apples of gold.

The first people in Europe     3     (taste) tomatoes were Italians. As far back as 500 years ago, the joy of     4     (eat) fried tomatoes with salt and pepper was known to them. They discovered that tomatoes made a very good companion to pasta and cheese dishes.

In other     5     (country) like England, tomatoes were thought to have poison in them. That is because tomatoes were related to poisonous plants     6     (call) the belladonna (颠茄). But people grew them in their gardens because of their attractive color and look. They even thought that tomatoes caused diseases. But they soon got     7     their fear.

It     8     (believe) that the British brought tomatoes to India about 300 years ago. Gradually, the people of Bengal started discovering that tomatoes gave a good flavor to     9     (they) curries (咖喱). Today, the whole world is crazy about tomatoes,     10     it is in the form of ketchup, soup or curry flavor.