There was a state     1     (call) Zhou (周) in the Chinese history. One day, the king of Zhou asked his officials for advice on     2     (deal) with prisoners of war. An official said, “If you love someone, you     3     (suppose) to love even the crows on the roof of his house. The prisoners of war are enemies fighting     4     us. In my opinion, we’d better kill them all.”

But the king didn’t agree with him. “I think we should treat the prisoners of war     5     (different) by differing them into those     6     are guilty or not. The guilty ones will be sentenced to death in order to avoid future disasters.”

Then another one said, “Your majesty, I think all the prisoners should be set free and sent back home to work in the fields and support     7     (them) by their own labor.     8     , you should keep strictly the rules for reward and     9     (punish). The people are sure to believe in you if you govern our country by morals and laws.”

The king thought the official’s proposal was quite reasonable so he accepted and followed it. As a result,     10     domestic situation soon settled down and gradually the country became stronger.

Language Days at the United Nations seek to celebrate multilingualism (多语言) and cultural diversity as well as    1    (promote) equal use of all six official languages throughout the Organization.

The date for the Chinese day was selected from Guyu, which is the    2    (six) of 24 solar terms (二十四节气) in the traditional East Asian calendars. In the Gregorian calendar (公历), it    3    (usual) begins around April 20.

Chinese was established as an official language of the United Nations in 1946. However, in early    4    (year), Chinese was not commonly used in the work of the United Nations.    5    situation was improved after the People’s Republic of China regained the lawful rights (权利) in the United Nations in 1971. In 1973, the General Assembly (联合国大会)    6    (include) Chinese as a working language,    7    was followed by the Security Council in 1974. More and more UN offices and staff members work with Chinese language.

In    8    (celebrate) of United Nations Chinese Language Day 2021, UNSRC Chinese Book Club is organizing three events under the theme “Highlighting Pictographs (象形文字)”. The three events focus    9    three types of pictographs    10    (associate) with three cultures and three UNESCO World Heritage sites. All three events will be conducted live.

Videos of 77-year-old Xu Xiuzhen, who speaks different languages with foreigners while working at a scenic spot selling water, postcards and headdress flowers, have brought her instant fame.

Xu’s village is located at the base of Moon Hill,     1    popular tourist destination famous for a moon-shaped hole at the summit. She     2    (work) as a tour guide and vendor(小贩)in Yangshuo since 1998,     3    the area became popular with foreign backpackers and organized tours.

Xu said she would change words in any language into Chinese characters     4    (base) on their pronunciations and then memorize them. She added that she would repeat the words in her head     5    going to bed and after waking up, because it has given her     6    (fluent) in basic conversations with foreigners.

Over the past two decades, Xu has taught     7    (she) 11 foreign languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. In addition to making her     8    (incredible)popular, her great linguistic skill has made it easier for her     9    (communicate) with foreign tourists.

Xu has also become one of the busiest tour guides in Yangshuo,     10    (attract) a large crowd of tourists every day, especially foreign visitors, who come to meet the multilingual guide out of admiration.

Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty felt interested in the local drama during his tour of Southern China.     1     (celebrate) his 80h birthday in 1790, he gathered opera troupe (剧团) from different areas around China to perform for him in Beijing. When the celebration came to     2     end, four famous troupes from Anhui Province     3     (ask) to stay, for audiences were particularly satisfied with their great performances,     4     (color) clothes and interesting facial make-up.

    5     (gradual), it replaced Kunqu Opera that had been popular in the palace and among the upper ranks in Beijing Later, some troupes from Hubei Province came to Beijing and often performed together with the Anhui troupes. The two types of singing combined on the same stage and finally gave birth to a new type     6     was known as Beijing Opera.

Beijing Opera absorbed various     7     (characteristic) of is forerunners (祖先) such as singing and dancing. and adapted itself in language and style of singing     8     Beijing audiences' tastes. As time goes by its     9     (popular) has spread all over the country, with it     10     (become) the favorite drama in China.