People say that the real culture of Beijing lies in the culture of hutong and siheyuan. The hutongs     1    (form) by lines of siheyuan, which is a type of residence     2     houses are purposely built to form squares or rectangles (长方形) in order to create a type of     3    (tradition) courtyard. In the mid 20th century, several hutongs in Beijing had been torn down     4    (pave) way for the development of infrastructure (基础设施).     5    , thanks to efforts designed to safeguard this significant aspect of the Chinese architectural culture, many hutongs have been preserved.

Because of the interlacement (交织) of the lanes, every house is connected to the other,     6    (make) it easy for local people to keep     7     touch with their neighbors. Therefore, once one enters any of the lanes, one can feel the deep and warm relationships among people, which are     8    (rare) found in this modern world.

In the twisted lanes one can experience the life of the locals. It is just like a community. These    9    (lane) have witnessed the development of Beijing. Where there is such a lane, there is a story. If one wants to explore the culture and experience Beijing hutong food and hutong shopping,     10     hutong tour should not be missed.

China has built a high-speed passenger rail network in recent     1     (year) and will continue to expand it. By the end of 2018, China’s high-speed railway mileage (总长度)     2     (reach) 29,000 kilometres. This accounted for 2/3 of the world’s total high-speed rail tracks,     3     (make) China’s high-speed rail system become the world’s     4     (large) high-speed rail network.

China’s high-speed trains are similar     5     those of France’s TGV, German’s ICE and Japan’s Shinkansen. The fast train     6     top speed is 250-350 km/h is called CRH, China Railway High-speed.

If you want to travel around China, the high-speed trains will be your ideal choice since they are clean, comfortable     7     modern. Unlike the old trains in the past in China, nobody is allowed     8     (smoke) on high-speed trains, not even between carriages.

The seats are as good as those on the plane or even better. Most high-speed rail tickets have corresponding (对应的) seats, and only     9     small number of standing tickets are sometimes sold on limited trains. The ticket prices for China’s high-speed trains are reasonable, and people can buy tickets     10     (convenient).

I wonder if you have received an invitation to spend a Moon Day,     1     is officially celebrated on July 20 every year. Moon Day     2     (mark) the first human landing on the moon successfully that occurred on July 20, 1969. Moon Day     3     (celebrate) in the US to mark one of the greatest achievements in human history ever since. So far, only a few     4     (astronaut) have landed on the moon.

Moon Day is not celebrated     5     (mere) by NASA, but also by space fans. One way to celebrate Moon Day is to make something about the moon like cutting paper moons. Children are made to bake cookies and cut them in the shape of the moon, apart from learning some facts about the moon on this occasion. That we explore the moon on Google Moon is a great idea to get familiar     6     our natural satellite.     7     is especially important that we celebrate Moon Day with children. In this way, children can learn about     8     happened on July 20, 1969, and understand the importance of this event. Many people have devoted all their lives to the research into the moon. As for young people, they must go to great     9     (long) to study hard for the future even     10     there is a long way to go!

A unique exhibition of paintings opened at the Shanghai Mental Health Center on Thursday—all the 49 paintings are created by three hospitalized artists with schizophrenia (精神分裂).

With the theme of “loud hailer”, the exhibition offers people with the mental disorder a chance to express themselves artistically and allows their voice     1    (hear) by the public, officials from the center said. This can arouse     2    (aware) and promote better understanding and support for people with mental diseases, they added.

“Loud hailer means two-way communication. These paintings are created by patients     3    have been hospitalized for a long time. They live in a     4    (relative) closed environment. So we want to use this exhibition to achieve communication between these hospitalized artists     5    the audience,” said Chen Mengyuan, the curator.

Dr Xie Bin from the Shanghai Mental Health Center said the exhibition also aims to remove the stigma (污名) attached       6     people with schizophrenia.

“We hope more people with mental disease will become     7    (scholar), artists and even great scientists like John Nash through medical treatment and a good     8    (society) environment.”

Nash was an American mathematician who     9    (award) the 1994 Nobel Prize for Economics and whose life as     10    schizophrenia patient was described in the movie A Beautiful Mind, based on his book of the same name.

With the rapid development of third-party mobile payment tools,     1    increasing number of consumers across China are using cashless payment methods.

Transactions(交易)    2    (involve) third-party mobile payments rose by 39. 1 percent in the first quarter of 2021 compared     3     the previous quarter to 74 trillion yuan. Although China has the most third-party payment accounts in the world, it is not the first country     4    (seek) a cashless society. Developed states like Sweden, Denmark and Singapore are also witnessing that increase.

However, the rapid development of cashless payments does not mean there are no challenges and criticisms. Alibaba’s Hema Fresh Store,     5     customers can shop, dine and order goods for delivery from their mobile phones via Alipay,     6    (come) into the spotlight recently. Media reports say that consumers can’t purchase goods with cash there, which would be considered     7    (legal).

Alipay and WeChat Pay, the nation’s two major third-party mobile payment tools, have also launched     8    (campaign) to encourage more merchants and customers to use cashless payment methods, which has caused concerns over     9     cash will soon disappear.

However, experts believe that a cashless society does not mean that cash will     10    (complete) disappear. As the economy grows, the circulation of cash is still very huge. In the long term, various payment methods will be used by consumers, and merchants should respect consumers’ payment habits.