1 . Though chopsticks are used in many Asian countries，they have their beginnings in China. Chinese______says that China had chopsticks as far back as the Xia Dynasty(朝代)．In the Spring and Autumn Period copper and iron chopsticks appeared. Then in the Han Dynasty lacquered(涂漆) chopsticks came. Gold and silver chopsticks followed later. Today we have chopsticks______of plastic. The most expensive ones are made of tusks of elephants and hard green stones.

Chopsticks tell Chinese tradition in their way. In ancient times the rich used gold chopsticks______their wealth. In history many kings used silver chopsticks to take their food to see______it was poisonous(有毒的)．It was said that if it was，the silver chopsticks would______color. Chopsticks are traditionally given to a daughter when she marries to show that they should have a son very soon，for “chopstick” in Chinese is pronounced______“quick a son”！

Tianzhu chopsticks from Hangzhou，wooden chopsticks from Shanyang of Shanxi Province，and Beijing's chopsticks are______．

Many westerners，businessmen，and tourists______their knives and forks in favor of(喜欢；喜爱) chopsticks in China.

Chopsticks appeared in the old Chinese story：An old man______his sons a lesson by showing how he can easily break a single chopstick but not a number of them. In China chopsticks are______good luck. So on the Chinese New Year's Eve many families will lay out new chopsticks at dinners as a way of making requests for good luck.

“Where is the university?” This is a question that many visitors to Cambridge ask. But no one can give them a _______ answer, for there is no wall to be found _______ the university. The university is the city. You can find classroom buildings, _______, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and ________ of the thirty-one colleges.

Cambridge was already a _______ town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago. It grew up by the river Granta, and the river was once ______ the Cam. A ______ was built over the river as early as 875. So the town got its name “Cambridge”.

In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings. The town grew much________ in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a _______ in 1951 and now it has a population of over 100,000. Many young students in other countries ________ to study at Cambridge. Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town. It has become a famous place all around the world.