The TV show China in the Classics(《典籍里的中国》) has been very popular since it first ________ on CCTV on the first day of the Chinese New Year 2021. Not only has it made people learn a lot about classic Chinese books, but it has aroused (激发) their ________ in reading these classic books. On Douban, China’s most active media review website, it got 9 ________ out of the total 10.

The TV show ________ 11 parts and each part is about one classic Chinese book. It meets people’s needs for ________ at a deep level. The first part ________ Shangshu, or The Book of Documents. It is one of the most ________ classic Chinese books of ancient times. Through the TV show, people can know ________ it is about and how it has been passed down from one generation(一代人) to another.

A man named Fu Sheng (260 BC-161 BC) made a great contribution to ________ and passing down the book. He took the risk of losing his life to ________ it in the wall of an old house during the Qin Dynasty. He didn’t take it out until the Han Dynasty was ________ in 202 BC. Thanks to Fu Sheng’s hard work, people today can still ________ this book, though some parts were lost at that time. He will ________ be forgotten. Many people in ________ times, especially young people, know little about the book Shangshu. From the TV show, they can learn a lot about the events which happened more than twenty-two ________ ago.

It’s true that most students like to watch TV. But most parents don’t ______ their children to do like this. In their opinion, students should read books, and only reading is _______.

As a student, you _______ be one of them who like watching TV. What kind of TV show do you like? In fact, students often have a _______ about TV shows before or after class. Lin Ming, a sports lover, thinks it helpful to watch sports shows.

He likes the famous player Kobe Bryant best. Every time when Bryant’s team wins, he would tell the exciting _______ to his classmates. But most girls in the class can’t _______ it. Girls only love soap operas. They would like to _______ together and talk about the story that _______ in it. Simon, one of the boys who takes an interest in animals doesn’t like soap operas at all. He believes that watching a soap opera is so _______, because it lasts too long. He thinks he really has no time to follow the story. Many boys like him would enjoy cartoons. The ________ why they like cartoon movies best is they are always so funny.