Peking Opera has a history of more than 200 years. It _____________ as a form of intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in 2010.

Peking Opera mixes different art forms, including singing, dancing , acrobatics (杂技) and martial arts (武术). All these art forms are put into one performance. Facial painting is one of _____________ signs of Peking Opera.

Peking Opera is a kind of ancient Chinese art. _____________ few of today’s young people know much about it. Famous Peking Opera artist Wang Peiyu wants more young people to fall in love with the art.

Wang once hosted _____________ weekly talk show called The Wang Peiyu Peking Opera Show. It started to show on iqiyi ___________ March 27, 2020.

On the show, Wang explained Peking Opera through different subjects, such as how to prepare for a show, or _____________ about the art. She explained how to put on clothing and make up. Artists often spend so much money on _____________ clothing. It’s said that a set of clothing _____________ was worn by Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang once cost about 70,000 silver dollars. This would be 3.5 million yuan in today’s money.

_____________ everything easy to understand, she used simple language. She tried to introduce Peking Opera in modern ways, such as freestyle and zihei, or zichao.

Wang’s show has become popular. After watching the show, a fan thought that it __________ a simple starting point for all, whether you knew Peking Opera or not.

On July 25, my classmates and I went hiking. It was almost thirty kilometers. At the beginning, we all felt very ________, we talked to each other and sang songs happily.

About two hours later, we became so thirsty and tired that we almost wanted to ________. But we still wanted to challenge ourselves. The sun was _______ like a fire and it was ________ hot. Each step seemed to become ________, but no one stopped. We just walked and walked, heading for our destination(目的地).

At noon, we made it, we couldn’t ________ shouting and laughing. After one hour, we started to head back home. Again, the journey seemed difficult to finish because it was quite a long way for us, but we kept doing.

When there was only 1, 500 meters left, a pain ________ through my whole body. At that moment, I really wanted to stop. But my classmates encouraged me and gave me their full _________. With their help, I finally _________ the end. You couldn’t imagine how excited I was!

Through this hiking ________, I felt energetic and more confident to meet challenges in the future. Although the difficulties we met on our journey scared us, we still had a brave heart and a strong will. There was no doubt that we could surely overcome anything difficult.