As China is a country that pays great attention to good manners,the food culture is deeply rooted in its history. As a visitor or guest in either a Chinese home     1     restaurant,you will find that table manners are essential in our daily life!

It is really an     2    (admire) custom to respect others at table,the aged,teachers and guests     3       (include),and to take good care of children. Meanwhile,    4     practice of presenting the best food first to the senior members of the family has been observed for countless     5    (generation).

Although the hosts in China are all friendly,you should also show them respect. Before     6    (start) to eat dinner,the host may offer some words of greeting. Guests should not start to eat until the host says“ Everybody,please enjoy     7    (you)“ or something like that,otherwise it suggests disrespect and causes displeasure.

When hosts place dishes on the table,they     8    (arrange)the main courses at the center with the side dishes evenly placed around them. When the main dishes     9    (prepare) in a decorative form,they will be placed facing major guests and elder people at the table,    10     also represents virtue.

China is famous for its 5000-year-long civilization    1     has never been stopped. Among all the factors contributing to this is the Chinese writing system.

In the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language mostly    2     (carve) on animal bones and shells. By 1046 BCE, it had become a well-developed writing system. Over the centuries, it developed into different forms as people     3     (divide) geographically, leading   to many verities of different dialects and characters. However, this changed when Emperor Qin Shihuang united different     4     (country) into the whole country.

Since then, the unified written Chinese     5     (serve) as a role in uniting Chinese people and     6     (they) culture. The high regard for the Chinese writing system can be seen in the     7     (develop) of Chinese characters, an art form known     8     Calligraphy. Today, as China plays a     9     (great) role in global affairs than ever before,     10     increasing number of international students are beginning to appreciate China's culture and history through this amazing language.

Whether you see red， feel blue， or go green with envy may depend on what country you call home． And when they were given data on how     1       person associated colors with emotions， researchers could correctly predict where they     2    （ be） from． The scientists surveyed 711 people from China， Germany， Greece， and the United Kingdom．     3     （volunteer） read the word for 12 colors， such as "green" and "black．"     4    （them） then indicated what emotion the colors brought to mind， and how strongly the color was tied to the feeling． Across the board， the colors     5     inspired the most emotion were red， black， and pink， but brown and purple didn't have that strong associations． Black was associated with     6    （sad） across all countries， for example， and red with positive emotions     7     love and pleasure， along with negative feelings such as anger and hate． Still， there were some     8    （culture） differences． For instance， brown was a     9    （strong） association with disgust in Germany than in other countries． People from Greece were the only group to associate purple firstly with unhappiness． White     10    （consider） as more negative in China （people there traditionally wear white to funerals）， and yellow was positive in all countries except Greece．