More than 2,000 tourism exhibitors from home and abroad gathered at the 2nd China (Wuhan) Culture and Tourism Expo,     1     opened in Wuhan on Saturday this April, the capital of central China’s Hubei Province. Some Chinese leaders     2     (attend) the opening ceremony. Often supported by the national and local government, the exhibition     3     (hold) in Wuhan every other year.

The three-day event was aimed     4     (show) new technologies and products in fields of culture and tourism to promote tourism consumption and inspire the recovery and    5     (develop) of China’s culture and tourism industry. It attracted famous authorities from many foreign countries, including France, Germany and Portugal,     6     international tourism organizations.

The show,       7     (cover) an exhibition area of about 80,000 square meters, has combined various technological     8     (element) like VR intelligent clothing and robotic music performances into the overall masterpieces, providing visitors with an interactive experience.     9     (actual), the ongoing exhibition also serves     10     a platform for emerging(新兴的) tourism activities like recreational vehicle (RV) travel, camping, fishing and skiing. It is bringing more of China’s ecological technology and characteristic culture to the world.

Rice wine has been a part of Chinese culture for thousands of years. It is also     1     (wide) known as yellow wine. Drinking rice wine in China offers the chance     2     (experience) China’s rich culture.

Perhaps one of the most interesting     3     (tale) of rice wine’s heritage was that of Du Kang, who became an important     4     (rule) during the Xia Dynasty. His special wine     5     (love) throughout the land. He was so good at making wine     6     it was said that a man who spent the night     7     (drink) his wine could stay drunk for three years.

It is important to note that although rice is the main ingredient (原料), other grains like wheat are sometimes used to make rice wine. The wine making process varies greatly depending on the methods     8     (use) and the ingredients.

Shaoxing Wine is one popular type of rice wine. It is named for its birthplace: Shaoxing, which is located     9     Zhejiang province. It is aged in the famous Shaoxing wine pots for extended periods of time and featuring     10     unique herb mixture that gives it a distinct flavor.

As night fell, the summer heat faded away. On the playground of an elementary school in Zunyi, Guizhou province, nearly 200 children and teachers    1    (sit) on their stools (凳子) to watch the movie 1921,     2    gives an account of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

In front of them was a large white projector (放映机) screen    3    (tie) to two bamboo poles. For most of the children, it was the first time in their lives that they    4    (watch) a movie on such a“giant” screen,as there is no cinema in the village.

Xu Longsheng, a 21-year-old from Beijing Normal University,and four of     5     (he) fellow students worked as projectionists. Although the story is set against a complex background containing many historical figures,most of the children were still    6    (attract) to it, asking the college students a lot of questions.

The event is part of a project, “Taking Movies to the Countryside”, which was    7     (recent) launched by Beijing Normal University and the China Film Archive.The university is scheduled    8    (send)12 teams of students and teachers to around50 rural areas, with Zunyi being the first stop and Ganzhou in Jiangxi province as the next destination. The project aims to improve aesthetic (美学的) education    9    rural areas, as well as providing the students majoring in education with    10    opportunity to get a taste of their future career.

The World Cup is an international football competition that takes place every four years. It is the most     1    (watch) sporting event on the planet, so it’s not surprising     2     there is always a huge amount of prize money to be won at the tournament. This year, in 2022, the host country is the State of Qatar. There are 32 national teams     3    (participate) in the World Cup.

During the last few days, fans from all over the world     4    (gather) in squares in downtown Doha to sing, chant and wave their national flags, creating     5     fantastic atmosphere.

Though the Chinese national football team failed to qualify     6     the Cup finals, Chinese fans and companies remain enthusiastic about the Qatar World Cup.

The 80,000-seat Lusail Stadium,     7     is scheduled to host the eye-catching final game, was designed and built by China Railway International Group with advanced energy-saving technologies and     8    (sustain) materials.

Chinese companies led by four official FIFA sponsors (赞助商) — Wanda Group, Hisense Group, smartphone manufacturer Vivo and dairy brand Mengniu — have provided     9    (much) sponsorship revenue (赞助额) than companies from any other nation, with nearly $1.4 billion in total     10    (invest), according to Global Data.

URUMQI-After packing some naan bread and    1     dented water bottle, Shan Zhizheng and his wife start up their motorcycle and head off to a cultural relic site,     2     (break) the silence that envelops the valley.

It’s a round trip of around 150 kilometers and    3     (they) starting point is the pastoral and farming landscape of Wenquan county in Bortala,Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region(维吾尔自治区).

    4     (know) as “a museum without walls”, Wenquan county is home to nearly 260 cultural relic sites under    5     (variety) levels of protection, including tombs, cliff paintings and    6     (ruin),    7     provide materials for researching the history of ancient northern nomads and tribes, according to the county cultural relic protection bureau.

Shan and his wife, Yuan Qin, are responsible for protecting one particular relic site that    8     (cover) about eight square kilometers. Once a week, the couple patrols more than 200 ancient tombs dating back     9     between the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) and the Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220).

Their relic protection routine usually includes walking around the site to look for footprints and motorcycle tracks, keeping records of the tombs,     10     updating the local cultural relic authorities in a timely manner.

Walking into the Palace Museum, visitors can see an architectural complex with many characteristics of Chinese culture. But    1    can’t be seen is the science and technology behind it. The Palace Museum combines traditional restoration techniques with modern science and technology, thus    2    (enhance) its capacity for cultural exhibition, communication, tourism services and heritage protection.

The Palace Museum,     3     (equip) with a cultural heritage protection and research team with China’s most complete variety, has developed and integrated 14 types of special monitoring devices    4    independent intellectual property rights (IPR).The    5    (history) risk data is used to study and compile (编译) safety risk assessment index system, risk judgment and early warning systems, and preventive measures. With the introduction of AI, big data and cloud computing, the museum has also established a unique monitoring and response system and     6    emergency platform for immovable cultural relics.

Additionally, digital technologies     7     (apply) by the Palace Museum to protect cultural relics. It has introduced 1.86 million pieces of cultural relic information, 850,000 pieces/sets of images, 1,500 three-dimensional models and high-precision panoramic images (全景图) of all open areas, bringing cultural resources to life and offering    8    (good) digital services for internet users. The Palace Museum is     9    (true) an amazing example of applying the    10    (combine) of modern and traditional technologies to the restoration and preservation of more of the cultural relics.