As Xiong Chuanfa, 34, blows a lifelike deer out of molten maltose(麦芽糖) in just minutes, kids gaze at him with    1    (astonish), thinking he is a magician.

Xiong     2    (work) on blowing sugar-figures, a Chinese traditional folk art with a history of over 600 years, for more than two    3    (decade). This traditional folk art has been listed as    4    state-level intangible cultural heritage(非物质文化遗产).

Every morning, Xiong prepares the molten syrup(糖浆)and drives to Nanchang    5    (start) his magic show. “Many people,    6    (particular) kids, are attracted by this sugar art”. Xiong said.

Xiong said that blowing sugar figures can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and    7    his family has passed down this cultural heritage for four generations. “My 6-year-old son often blows up a balloon-like sugar figure, just like I used to do as a child,” he said. Xiong’s wife Wang Li is an artist of the sugar painting,     8    is a form of traditional Chinese folk art.

In addition to showing their skills at fairs, the couple also stops by colleges to make youngsters get much     9    (close) to the traditional art and allow them to experience its charm. “We try to combine paper-cutting skills and modern elements modeling on the basis of traditional techniques,    10    (make) them agree with the current trend while achieving a balance between beauty and taste.” Xiong said.

Celebrate National Day

China’s National Day is celebrated on October 1st every year     1     (mark) the formation of the People’s Republic of China. It is also known as National Day and National Golden Week.

The founding ceremony of New China     2     (hold) in Tian’anmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 1,1949,    3    the Government declared October 1st as National Day every year from 1950 onward.

As a great day in China, it represents     4     (independent), strength, and national confidence. The military parade has been     5     important part of the National Day ceremony. From 1949     6     the present, there are a total of fifteen National Day parades held. The number of representatives of the army, navy, and air force on parade    7    (be) generally around 10,000.     8     (usual), there is also a mass parade behind the military parade. In 2019, more than 100,000 people from all walks of life took part in it. The entire parade is broadcast live on all major TV stations.

On National Day, the national flag rises at 6:10 am in Tian’anmen Square. There are always people     9    (travel) long distances to watch the ceremony. There are also some other     10     (activity) like firework displays, light shows, and flowerbed exhibitions.

The number of foreign readers of Chinese online literary works has been over 31.9 million, according to a report. Thanks    1    the government’s support, many Chinese online literature    2     (company) have been promoting their overseas(海外的) market in recent years.

Many overseas readers even start to write online novels. Logan,    3    young man living in Texas, is a big fan of China’s online literature.    4     (inspire) by Chinese online literary works, he began to write his own online novels.“My ideas for writing are    5    (main) from Chinese online novels. Classic Chinese literary works,    6     (include) Journey to the West, are also the sources of some of the characters in my novels,” he said.

“Human beings love stories, and some values of heroes in stories    7     (share) by people around the world,”   a leader of China Literature said, adding     8    heart- warming stories with ambitious characters and traditional Chinese culture are attractive to overseas readers.

While translation of mainstream(主流的) Chinese books may be    9     (struggle), English-language readers’ love encourages their own translations. For some Western readers, checking     10    (see) if the latest chapter of their favorite online serial(连载小说) has been translated from Chinese into English is the first thing they do in the morning.

This is a primary school in Finland. The students at the school are having a math class with their robot teacher. The “teacher” is     1     small, blue machine about 25cm high, Reuters reported. Whenever students have problems, it helps them very     2     (patient) and never gets bored.

“The robot can make students     3     (active) in class than usual. I see Elias as one of the     4     (tool) to get different kinds of practice and activities into the classroom,” a teacher told Reuters. So far the school     5     (introduce) four robot teachers, one of whom is a language teacher that can speak 23 languages and dance to music. “    6     is necessary to encourage kids to come up     7     new ways to make use of technology in school life,” the head of the school     8     (add) in the interview. The robot teachers are used     9     (help) improve learning. This doesn’t mean that human teachers will lose their jobs. The robots can teach well,     10     they are not able to keep class in order. The school still needs human teachers.

Needless to say, the trip to the Great Barrier Reef (大堡礁) was a great experience.

The first day     1     (begin) early at a dive (潜水) shop in Cairns.     2     took a few hours to get to the first reef, so we had a good chance     3     (meet) the people we’d be hanging out with.

Diving was great. Even from the surface of the water, I had a(n)     4     (wonder) view of the reef. Between the fish     5     the endless coral (珊瑚), there was something interesting and beautiful to look at in every     6     (direct). When the sun hit the reef, everything seemed even more bright and alive.

As we swam around, tons of colorful fish were diving in and out of the coral and I also saw starfish dancing in the waves as sharks swam past. I couldn’t believe how     7     (relax) I felt! Everything moved slowly. It was so enjoyable.

I still remembered that day     8     I dove deep into the Great Barrier Reef with great courage. Going diving for my last Australian adventure was the     9     (good) decision I made. If I had to describe the experience in one word, I’d say diving in the Great Barrier Reef was     10     (simple) unbelievable.

Every weekend, many bookworms gather in Liyuan Library in Jiaojiehe village, a book sanctuary surrounded by chestnut, walnut and peach trees     1     branches are used to decorate the building.

Deep in the heart of a rocky valley on the outskirts of Beijing, the wooden library sits seemingly in    2    middle of nowhere. It     3    (design) about 11 years ago by Professor Li Xiaodong, from the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University. Decorated with 40,000 firewood sticks outside, the bookstore features 10, 000 books    4    (range) from literature to history.

The library, which opened in 2012, draws     5    (hundred) of visitors every weekend, many of whom are attracted by the design. The main framework of the bookstore is made of steel bars and the outside wall and     6    (it) roof, glass. With space for just 40 people     7     a time, visitors line up       8    (enter) the library, which only opens on weekends. Bookshelves line the reading area, as readers stand or sit on the floor and platforms.

“We have now     9    (strict) banned taking pictures inside, as some people come here just to take pictures. They even come in costumes, and that’s really disturbing,” owner Pan Xi complained. “We still want to give those who really love reading a quiet and     10    (peace) environment. ”

Coriander（香菜）is a really divisive herb, very popular in Mexican and Indian cooking as well as a fantastic     1     (add) to Vietnamese Bahn mi rolls. But is this a suitable ingredient for ice cream?

A craze for coriander is now sweeping Shanghai after a new coriander-flavor sundae (圣代)     2     (release) by Mc Donald at its outlets early this year. Sales of the coriander sundae, which only cost 6.6 yuan started on Monday and will run     3     Friday.

The food sounds strange but actually tastes good. This new sundae with green jam and     4     (top) with shredded（切碎的）leaves of coriander is proving popular.

A netizen in Jinan said she crossed almost the whole city     5     (get)this sundae.     6     one in Beijing said she made calls to three McDonald’s outlets, two of     7     said it sold out on Monday and the third said it had only a few left—so she immediately rushed there and grabbed one.

Actually, it isn’t the first time that the dish     8     (attract) people . Back in April 2021, Subway, the popular sandwich chain also came up with coriander cookie.     9     these sure seem to grab attention, many were    10     (enthusiastic) but more astonished.

If you see someone collapse (失去意识), perhaps as a result of a heart attack, what can you do while you wait for an ambulance?

Chen Wenqiaochu set    1    example when he was 14. He performed CPR (心肺复苏术) on a cleaner at his school,    2    (save) the man’s life in 2013. Chen showed that knowing how to perform CPR can be    3    (benefit). According to medical experts, there is a “golden period”, the first four minutes of a heart attack,    4    CPR is most effective in saving the person’s life.

On Aug 24, a joint guideline    5    (issue) by the Ministry of Education and Red Cross Society of China. It asked all public schools nationwide    6    (provide) first-aid courses, including CPR training, as part of health education.    7    (fortunately), less than 1 percent of Chinese adults have mastered the skill of CPR, while many have never heard of    8    .

Nowadays, many countries have attached importance    9    the popularization of first-aid training, including CPR. In 1966, the American Heart Association requested that US police officers, firefighters, secondary school teachers and college instructors receive CPR training. Now in    10    (German), every citizen must be trained before getting their driver’s license, which means about 80 percent of the country has received first-aid training.

Hanfu is the     1     (old) of China's traditional clothes. The main characteristic of Hanfu is the collar, which     2     (tie) with rope instead of buttons, giving people the impression of free and easy. These characteristics are obviously different     3     other ethnic costumes.

According to legend, it     4     (date) back to over 4, 000 years ago, when Lei Zu, Huangdi's wife, used silk     5     (make) cloth. It was constantly improved throughout several     6     (dynasty). Until the Han Dynasty, the Hanfu was adopted by the ruling class. It then became the     7     (nation) clothing of the Han ethnic people.

The ancient Hanfu culture is an important part of the ancient traditional culture,     8     has lasted for more than 3, 000 years and has     9     glorious history until the Ming Dynasty. It also had a far-reaching influence on neighboring Asian countries, such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.

Nowadays, Hanfu is     10     (rare) worn except on special occasions, such as festivals and weddings, or when young girls want to show off or take photos.

It was an emotional moment for two women in China     1     the mother of the bridegroom discovered that her daughter-in-law was her biological daughter.

The reunion occurred at the wedding in Suzhou on March 31. According to Sohu News, the discovery     2     (make) after the mother noticed a birthmark on the bride’s hand, which looked strikingly similar     3     that of her long-lost child.

Determined to uncover the     4     (true), the woman gathered the courage     5     (ask)the bride’s parents whether she was adopted. After explaining her story and     6     same birthmark, the bride’s parents     7     (final) confirmed that their child had been adopted.

Indeed, the bride was the woman’s long-lost biological daughter. It turns out she went     8     (miss )as a child and was picked up by her adoptive parents on the roadside some two     9     (decade) ago.

The wedding would have been called off at this point, but the woman also revealed that her son was also adopted. The wedding proceeded as     10     (plan). The story of joys and sorrows moved all the people present. The ending of the story is, as the idiom goes, “As You Like It.”

Photos of the bride crying and hugging her long-lost mother spread on Chinese social media.