【推荐1】Many people think pizza comes from America, but some people think pizza is     1     (tradition) Italian food. In fact, pizza has a long history. The ancient Greeks first had the idea of putting vegetables on     2     (piece) of bread. Then people found “pizza ovens” in Roman cities.

Raffaele Esposito, a baker from Naples, didn’t begin to serve the first modern pizza until the 19th century. It was one day in the autumn in 1889. This baker went to Italy as a     3     (travel).

The Italian King and Queen asked him     4     (make) pizza. That was when the first pizza Margherita was made. It was named after the Queen. Pizza became a favorite dish in Italy. People often saw it on people’s     5     (plate). Parents often     6     (full) their children’s lunch boxes with pizza. But     7     (final) pizza really became an international dish after the Second World War.

These years we’ve seen a lot of costurne dramas(古装剧) that show common girls growing into princesses while falling in love with princes. Royal Feast(《尚食》) has a s    1     story, except that the girl, Yao Zijin, is also a skilled cook——this m    2     that all kinds of ancient cuisines (佳肴) are presented on screen.

The 40-episode drama series is now shown at home and a    3    , including North America, Europe and Southeast Asia. More than 1,000 traditional and creative dishes from the Ming Dynasty in it have become a big selling point for the series. Viewers across the world d    4     the dishes on social media. Some even joke that they might stop watching late at night to avoid getting hungry b    5     going to bed.

A food replica (复制品) of poet and artist Wang Wei’s (AD701-761) landscape painting Wang Chuan Tu(《辋川图》) has impressed viewers d    6    . A cook in the drama carves (雕刻) vegetables into mountains, buildings and clouds, recreating the painting in a mouthwatering way.

Most of the dishes are inspired by traditional Chinese culture, and they show our ancestors’(祖先的) knowledge of the harmonious (和谐的) r    7     between people and nature, according to the director Wang Wei. For example, a dish called “24 solar terms (节气) wonton” is based on the traditional Chinese lunar c    8    . The wontons have different fillings, which are made only from foods that are in season. Wang said he had a special team studying ancient cuisine from old books and historians. Then they i    9     20 cooks to make these special dishes for a month.

As the famous Chinese saying goes, “To the people, food is heaven.” Chinese people have taken food as an important part of traditional culture from ancient to m    10     times. Wang hopes this drama will help overseas viewers learn more about China’s cuisine culture.

Hotpot is popular in China today. Did ancient Chinese people have hotpot? Ancient Chinese people had hotpot as     1     /'ɜːli/ as the Shang Dynasty. At that time, people boiled foods and soups in bronze cauldrons (青铜锅). The cauldron had     2     parts—one was the pot to cook foods in soup, the other part was a layer or a space inside the cauldron to hold firewood. But at that time, the cauldron was only for a single     3     /'pɜ:sn/ to eat from.

During the Han Dynasty, people divided a pot into     4     /'sevrəl / parts to enjoy different flavors (口味).

During the Tang Dynasty,     5     (have) hotpot was a hot thing. When people held family feasts (宴席), they would prepare hotpot. People of the Song Dynasty had hotpot     6     welcome winter.

Huoguo, the Chinese name for hotpot was     7     (mention) by Yan Mei, a poet and foodie in the Qing Dynasty, in a book about all kinds of food. At that time, hotpot was very popular. People put all kinds of meats and     8     (vegetable) into pots made of different materials, such as copper (铜) and iron.

Hotpot also     9     (become) a famous royal (宫廷的) dish, called reguo. It’s said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty loved hotpot so much     10     he had it for almost every meal. He once held a big hotpot feast, inviting more than 5,000 people to enjoy about 1550 hotpots.

When it comes to recent hot news on the Internet, Zibo barbecue definitely tops the list. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country have reportedly been flocking to Zibo, breathing a sense of life to the     1     [həʊl] city.

Many people are curious about why only Zibo barbecue has become so popular throughout the country. Actually, behind this lies a story which dates back to May 2022 when the city of Jinan was suffering (折磨，受难) from a serious epidemic. Therefore, more than 12, 000 students from Shandong University were     2     (send) to neighboring Zibo for centralized isolation (集中隔离).

However, Zibo did not simply treat the isolation as a task, but took good care     3     the students. When the time came to say goodbye, locals felt sory for the students     4     had eaten boxed meals for more than 20 days. So they bought all the barbecues in the city and treated them to a big feast. They then made an     5     (agree) with the students that they would reunite in Zibo and have barbecue when the spring comes next year.

All the students were     6     (deep) touched when they suddenly enjoyed the long-lost barbecue. The love and kindness from the people in Zibo left a deep impression (印象) on the university students. They promised to     7     [rɪ 'tɜ:n] when spring comes and express their gratitude for the warm reception.

Time passed quickly and in March this year, the students, as promised,     8     (bring) their classmates and re-experienced that     9     ['speʃəl] barbecue with its unique taste. They took pictures, wrote blogs, and shared them on the Internet. Soon, “Zibobarbecue” attracted more people’s attention.

It is no exaggeration (夸张) to say the popularity of Zibo barbecue not only offers a chance for people who have been suffered by the epidemic for three years to unfold their souls,     10     reflects the kindness and hospitality of Shandong people.

【推荐2】Weifang in Shangdong Province is not a very big city. But Weifang is well-known as the birthplace of kites in China. It has a long history of     1     (make) kites.

According to a local     2     (art) , Weifang kite-making dates back to 2,000 years ago. At first, the army used kites to measure distances and send     3     (message). During the Ming Dynasty(1368—1644), kites became popular among ordinary people.

Kites are made from bamboo and decorated with     4     (tradition) Chinese paintings. Weifang kite-making was included in     5     national-level intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) list in 2006. Weifang     6     (hold) the International Kite Festival each year since 1984.

Yang Hongwei, 56, was born in a kite-making family in Weifang. After practicing the skill for 10 years, she set up her own shop in 1992. On her kites, people can see not only common patterns     7     butterflies and birds, but also some prints telling Chinese myths (神话), legends (传说) and history. Yang talked     8     details with experts and made lots of effort     9     (check) historical records.

In her free time, she travels to many countries, including Germany, Australia, the United States and New Zealand. She tells the stories of Chinese kites they made. “It is an important job of     10     (my) to spread our culture around.” she said.

Sakchai lives in Bangkok, which is the c    1     of Thailand. It’s a big c    2     with lots of new buildings as well as old temples.

Sakchai works in a car repair shop. He doesn’t m    3     a lot of money but he e    4     his life. The streets in Bangkok are usually full of traffic, so Sakchai comes to work on the Sky Train. It’s much faster than a car or a bus.

Sakchai lives with his parents and sister in a new f    5    , quite a long way from the city c    6    .

He s    7     his money on clothes and music. Bangkok is warm all year round, so he doesn’t need thick clothes.

When he has a holiday, he goes to the beach with his friends Thailand has long golden b    8     with palm trees along them. The sea is b    9     and warm. There are beautiful views over the sea. Tourists from all over the world like to v    10     Thailand’s beaches. It’s a good place for a holiday.