Du Fu: China’s Greatest Poet, a BBC one-hour documentary, was launched on April 6 this year. It was the first time that Du’s life    1     (put) in a global context.

For the Chinese, Du,     2    style of poetry is called realism, is more than a poet; he has been the guardian of the moral of the nation. The BBC gave great    3     (recognise) to the works of Du for his unique     4     (way) to express his concern for his country and people.

To explore his life and discover what the poet means to China and the Chinese people, the film crew had an     5     (extreme) tough time tracking the footsteps of the eighth-century poet.

    6    Du’s poems were mostly written in plain and simple language, they are not an easy watch for many foreigners. To help overseas audiences make sense of the poet’s great achievements in literature, Du is compared     7    Shakespeare in this documentary. Also, the program invited McKellen,     8    screen actor who played Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings movies,     9     (read) 15 of Du’s poems that had been translated into English. With all these efforts     10     (make), foreigners can better understand what makes Du’s works so special.

An organization has taken measures     1     (add) chopsticks to the Shanghai Intangible Cultural Heritage List recently. Xu Hualong, chairman of the organization, says chopsticks are     2     (increasing) ignored in modern China despite the fact that they are unique Chinese items. August 4th     3     (set) aside as Chopstick Day by China’s neighbor Japan already.

Chopstick culture in Shanghai     4     (date) back to the Tang Dynasty, when these items     5     (make) in the City God Temple area, enjoyed widespread popularity.

After opening as a commercial port, Shanghai is proud of     6     (have) the first mechanized(机械化的) production line for chopsticks,     7     are not only supplied to Zhongnanhai and Diaoyutai State Guesthouse but also presented to foreign friends     8     gifts.

At present, at least 1.8 billion people use chopsticks worldwide. Chopsticks, though small, serve as     9     means to pass down Chinese civilization. It’s believed that recognizing the cultural value of the custom matters in the     10     (promote) of Chinese traditions.

    1     the most prosperous and powerful dynasty in the history of China’s feudal (封建的) society, the Tang Empire (618-907) was so famous in the world that foreigners call the overseas Chinese people “the Tang people”, the areas     2     they live “Chinatowns” and the clothes they wear “Tangzhuang” (Tang suit) .

    3    (refer) to as “Tangzhuang”, the Tang suit has two     4    (various) in Chinese culture. One is the authentic (真正的) Tang-era clothes developing from hanfu,     5    (give) a free, easy and elegant impression;     6     other is the Manchu male’s jacket developing from magua of the Qing Dynasty. A typical design of a Tang suit     7    (use) the Chinese characters, such as Fu (meaning happiness in Chinese) and Shou (meaning long life in Chinese) to express good fortune and best wishes, which are     8    (extreme) popular among Chinese people because of the cultural connotation (涵义).

The Tang suit is an important part of traditional Chinese culture. Nowadays, an increasing number of young Chinese people tend     9    (have) Tang suits on their big days. Moreover, Tang suits     10    (wear) by overseas Chinese people during the Spring Festival each year, attracting many foreigners to wear them out of curiosity.

As I worked as a sports journalist for my first 10 years with China Daily, I have     1     (close) followed how China has grown from a minor player in the international sports arena into a global sports power.

    2     it had a huge population, China was not much of a global force in sports until the1980s. However, it was very good at table tennis at that time. The first major international breakthrough for China came in 1981     3     its women’s volleyball team won the Women’s Volleyball World Cup. Understandably, sports fans went crazy. Parades celebrating the victory     4     (hold) on many university campuses     5     some students shouting slogans such as “revitalizing (振兴) China”, which has since become the goal of the nation.

    6     (motivate) by the victory, China invested more of the limited resources in training athletes. The investment paid off, as China got     7     (it) first Olympic gold medal in shooting in 1984. In all, Chinese athletes won 15 gold medals in the Los Angeles Olympics,    8     (set) the course to becoming a global sports power. In     9     past decade, Chinese athletes have been winning about 120 gold medals in international sports games every year.

As China invests more resources in the sports sector thanks to the fast-paced economic development and winning world titles becoming normal for Chinese athletes, the government started encouraging ordinary     10     (citizen) to play sports.

The best time to see beautiful lanterns is during the Lantern Festival (元宵节),     1    falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Last year it was on Feb.8th, marking the end of Spring Festival. However, because of the COVID-19 (新型冠状病毒), we had to stay     2     home last year.

As is known to us,     3     (watch) lanterns is a great activity. Lanterns are in different kinds of sizes and shapes, from animals to plants and flowers.     4     (make) it more fun, people paste riddles (贴谜语) on the lanterns. In some     5     (place), people like “releasing sky” lanterns (放天灯), which     6     (call) Kongming Lanterns. A sky lantern is a small hot-air balloon made of paper with an opening at the bottom where there is a small fire source. When the bright lights fly high in the sky, people can bless members     7    make wishes. In old times, the Lantern Festival was also     8     (interest). At that time, young girls were not allowed to go out very often except during certain festivals. Therefore, looking at lanterns gave young people a chance to meet each other. A line from Xin Qiji,     9     poet during the Song Dynasty, shows this: “Restless, I searched for her in thousands, hundreds of ways.     10     (sudden) I turned, and there she was in the receding light.”

In Ningbo city, a young woman has made the bamboo product brand (品牌) of her family’s company famous around the world,     1     (help) a number of bamboo farmers increase their Income (收入).

Wang Xiaoqing, born in the 1990s,     2     (find) that in the US. Chinese bamboo products were popular among customers,     3     many of them carried foreign brands. She decided to return to China and build a bamboo product brand after finishing her     4     (educate) abroad in 2013.

In 2018, a bamboo table     5     (produce) by the company of Wang’s family shined at the first Global Bamboo Congress. “What attracts westerners is the Chinese bamboo culture and its long history.     6     provides a solid foundation for the global development of China’s bamboo industry.” Wang said. Her company is     7     (current) engaged in the design, manufacturing and sales of bamboo products. It produces over 10 million bamboo products each year, 85 percent of which     8     (sell) in the global market.

Working     9     vice president of the Entrepreneurship Promotion Association for returned overseas students in Ningbo city, Wang plans to contribute more to rural vitalization (乡村振兴). “I hope that we can turn villages into more beautiful places and make villagers get     10     (rich).” Wang said.