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Northwest China’s Tianshui spicy hot pot goes viral on social media

Tianshui malatang, a version of a spicy hot pot in northwest China’s Gansu Province, has recently gone viral on Chinese media,     1    (attract) many tourists from all over the country to taste the dish.

Malatang,     2    means ”numbingly (使麻木地) spicy soup,“ is a one-pot noodle soup with hot pot flavor. It is a tongue-numbing spicy dish loved for its    3    (satisfy) flavor and the richness of colors. Different from Sichuan cuisine, another place in Southwest China famous for     4     (it) hot pot, the secrets for tickling the taste buds come from local specialty ingredients in Tianshui－Maiji peppercorns (胡椒) and Gangu chili peppers.

According to the China News Agency, а restaurant owner in Tianshui said he has been serving more than 400 customers a day, as people from other cities and    5     (province ) drive to the city to try the malatang.

”There     6    (be) a long queue outside my restaurant recently," one shop owner said. One customer posted on Chinese social media giant Sina Weibo that she had queued for six hours     7    (get) the dish.

Many malatang shops in Tianshui have even extended their business hours to satisfy the increasing number of customers from all over the country.

Nowadays, a Tianshui spicy hot pot restaurant is    8    must-go visit in the city.     9     the same time, the local authority     10    (provide) special bus lines for tourists to help them to experience the charm of local culture.

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Students always have lots of school work     1     (do), and then there are tests and exams     2     (worry) about. While it’s OK to worry a little, be careful not to worry too much. If you’re living with high levels of stress, you’re putting your health at risk. You should find time     3     (relax), but you should also pay attention to your ways of relaxation. One day, a student complained to me that her eyes often hurt. I asked her what she did every day, and she told me she studied during the day and then watched soap operas on her smartphone in the evening. Of course, I guessed immediately what the cause of the eye pain might be.

You see, during the daytime, she was using her eyes     4     (study) from books, and during the evening, she was using her eyes to watch soap operas on her smartphone. No wonder her eyes were hurting-she chose the wrong way to relax! When she relaxed by watching soap operas, she was able     5     (rest) her brain, but at the expense of her eyes.

Let me give you some tips:
A. Take a short break every 45 minutes to one hour. Get up from your seat, look into the distance, and try     6     (get) some fresh air. You will feel greatly refreshed.
B. Exercise for 30 minutes or more a day. Try a new sport, ride a bike to school, or walk a lot. It will take your mind off your daily worries and it’s healthy, too
C. Take up a hobby. Give yourself 20 minutes a day to do something you really like. Sing and dance. Play badminton or go     7    (bowl), paint. This will make you happier and help     8     (reduce) stress.

    9     (remember): All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. With these techniques, you should feel much more relaxed, allowing you     10     (perform) much better in your schoolwork.

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On Friday evening, the 33rd Qingdao International Beer Festival opened     1     Qingdao, Shandong province.

The coastal city’s Party Secretary Lu Zhiyuan announced the     2     (open) of the 24-dayevent and Mayor Zhao Haozhi opened the symbolic first barrel (桶) of beer during the ceremony.

The event, which runs until August 6 at the Golden Beach Beer City in the city’s West Coast New Area, has introduced more than 2, 000 varieties of beer from more than 40 countries and regions.     3    (help) visitors enrich their experience, the festival has organized more than 300 music and sports     4    (event) on the theme of beer.

This year the festival launched China’s first beer-themed show, a great experience     5    combined sound, light, fireworks and     6     (variety) performances.

The festival is also on     7     occasion of the 120th anniversary (周年) of well-known Tsingtao Brewery (啤酒厂), with celebrations organized during the event. The Qingdao-based brewery established two huge beer tents,     8    (cover) 4, 500 square meters, which     9     (offer) beer, food and fine view.

Started in 1991, the festival has become a major event in the calendar of the city and become one of the four     10     (large) beer festivals in the world, including Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany.

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Once upon a time, there were four seeds (种子) who were good friends. They travelled by wind and came to a forest. They hid     1     (they) in the ground, and hoped that they would be able to grow into big trees.

But when the first seed began to grow, they realized it would not be such     2     easy task. There lived a group of     3     (monkey), and the smaller ones loved throwing bananas at the plant     4     started to grow. They threw so many bananas at the first sprout (幼芽) that she was almost cut into two. When she told the other seeds     5     had happened, they thought that it would be better to wait until the monkeys went away.

They all agreed that, except the first seed. She     6     (think) she would at least try it. When she tried, she was harmed by bananas. The other seeds asked her     7     (stop) trying. However, she had made up her mind to become a tree. She tried again and again. The scars     8     (leave) by the bananas helped her grow stronger than the other seeds. Little by little, she had grown so strong that the monkeys couldn’t hurt her     9     (bad).

In the end, she grew into the     10     (big) tree in the forest. The other seeds still hid themselves in the ground, only hoping the monkeys would go away soon.

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I’m Lisa Osborne and I graduated     1     high school last June. Now, I’ll share my advice on high school with you .

       Orientation Day was    2     (actual) helpful. It’s a fantastic opportunity for new students     3     (get) to know the school and the other students. I even made some new friends ! Just keep     4     open mind and take part in     5     much as possible .
       I had a chemistry test right at the end of the first week . I was     6     (frighten) at the sight of the test paper. But then I     7     (figure) I’d better just go all out and see what happens. If you fail , no problem--- next time you can fail better !

As a member of the school volleyball team , I wasn’t selected for the end - of - year competition . At first I was very sad ,     8    I kept working hard to support my teammates during our training . There is always a way to be part of something you love , isn’t there ?

           9     (look) back on my high school life, I’d like to share these wonderful words from the writer Maya Angelou. She once said , “Be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud .” So give your friends a hand when they need     10    . And this will also make you feel good .

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Peter Pan , the leader of the lost boys on the island of Neverland,     1    (lose) his shadow when he broke into the Darlings’ home. When he came back to fetch his shadow, he was impressed     2     the kindness of Wendy, the eldest child in Darling family. He decided to take three children of the family to Neverland. There Pan had friends and enemies, the most famous of     3    was called James Hook. He wanted to revenge    4    Peter Pan because Pan cut off his hand and fed it to the crocodile. When he found Peter’s secret home, he intended     5     (kill) him and his friends with poisonous cakes. Luckily, Wendy recognized the tricks and saved them.

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       China’s top liquor maker Kweichow Moutai and domestic coffee chain Luckin Coffee have got     1     hit on their hands with a new baijiu-flavored latte released on Monday,     2     quickly sold out in Beijing.

The latte,     3     (decorate) with the iconic Moutai logo, contains less than 0.5 percent of 53 degree Moutai, and soon became one of the     4     (hot) topics on Chinese social media with people curious about how traditional Chinese liquor would taste with coffee.

       On the first day, all these special drinks     5     (purchase) before midday in some Luckin Coffee locations in Beijing. And many had to shut down their online ordering system     6     orders booming.
       People have been sharing their reactions after trying the latte on social media. Most of them give     7     (favor) comments, saying that the aroma of the baijiu is very strong. Some people said they even felt dizzy after drinking the coffee because of its alcohol content.
       Some also wondered     8     they would be allowed to drive after drinking the latte. In response, Luckin Coffee stated that underage people, pregnant women, drivers and those who are allergic to alcohol are recommended not     9     (order) the drink. On Monday, an officer from the Beijing Traffic Administration Bureau also asked people not to drive, no matter how much alcohol is actually in the latte.
       Moutai     10     (run) attractive marketing campaigns in recent years in its bid for younger customers, such as by rolling out Moutai ice cream, figurines, scented sachets, canvas bags and other cultural creative products.

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Liu Wenwen is the first suona player to study for a doctor’s degree in China. On social media platforms, Liu’s name is often followed by a video of her    1    (perform) at a concert in Sydney. The audience    2    (impress) by the unfamiliar instrument and the music.

Both of Liu’s parents’ families     3    (play) suona for generations. But it takes time and hard work    4    (become) a musician. “To avoid disturbing the neighbors, my parents would take me to a park to practice at 4 a.m. everyday.” Her primary school classmates laughed at her,    5    (say) her whole family was engaged only in “weddings and funerals”. These are the two major     6    (occasion) where the instrument is played in China.

She found suona music beautiful    7    the first time in 2008, when entering Shanghai Conservatory of Music to learn the instrument systematically from Professor Liu Ying,    8    top player. “The music played by Professor Liu was amazing,    9    was quite different from what I’d heard before,” she said.

Speaking of the popular video, Liu said, “I felt my hard work paid off. I trained for over 20 years,    10    (probable) just to win cheers for traditional Chinese music on the international stage.”

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About 200,000 students in the US are learning Chinese, starting “Mandarin Fever”.

“Chinese grammar is not difficult     1     (learn) and its word order is very similar     2     English. But the writing system and tones are the     3     (hard) part of the language”, said Adam Murray, an American who went regularly to Chinese lessons     4     only Mandarin was spoken. Kracke, whose Chinese name is Li Xiaoyu, learned from a Chinese teacher how to play guzheng, a Chinese stringed musical instrument,     5     (hope) that she could get to know more about the Chinese culture. Nicholas Goldring, a graduate of a university in Texas,     6     (make) it his life goal to master Chinese since he was a child.

During 2023 Chinese New Year, an event     7     (mean) to help foreigners understand and have     8     good grasp of Chinese language and culture attracted many foreign     9     (participate).

In today’s world, many issues cannot be avoided around China. This is     10     Mandarin is widely learned all over the world.

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Chinese green tea: A mouthful of cool summer

China, home of most of the world’s tea, also has a series of customs    1    (concern) tea making and tea choice according to the seasons.

In the summer, the most recommended one is green tea, for     2     character is “cold” in traditional Chinese medical theories, suitable    3     (relieve) the restlessness caused by hot summer. Below are just some examples of these green teas:

Biluochun

    4    (produce) in Wu county in East China’s Jiangsu province, the tea got its name for its curled     5     (leaf) that look like snail shells.

Lu’an Melon Seed

Different than other tea, leaves of Lu’an Melon Seed, without buds or stems, are picked    6     (separate) from each branch. Produced in Lu’an city in Anhui province, the tea has the fragrance of orchid flowers.

Taiping Houkui

In a popular TV-drama Treading on Thin Ice (Bu Bu Jing Xin), which     7     (air) in 2011, Taiping Houkui was often mentioned by the     8     (four) Prince who later became Emperor Yongzheng (1691-1731). In fact, the tea appeared in 1859, more than 100 years later after the emperor’s death. Grown in Anhui province, Taiping Houkui was one of the ten most well-known Chinese teas and was given     9     a gift to the 37th US President Richard Nixon     10    he visited China in 1972.