President Xi Jinping     1    (sign) a presidential order on Tuesday to award four people national medals and honorary titles for their outstanding contributions     2    fighting the COVID-19 pandemic(流行病). Zhong Nanshan, 84, an excellent disease expert, was awarded the Medal of the Republic, the     3    (high) national honor, for his outstanding work in fighting COVID-19 in China. Three others were also awarded the “People’s Hero” national honorary title for helping fight against the novel coronavirus(新冠病毒). They are Zhang Boli, a     4    (tradition) Chinese medicine expert; Zhang Dingyu, head of Wuhan’s Jinyintan Hospital;     5    Chen Wei, a medical scientist who made major achievements in COVID-19-related basic research.

Zhong also has long been devoted to the research, prevention and    6    (treat) of major infectious and chronic respiratory diseases(慢性呼吸病), and has a variety of     7     (achievement). He was a major figure in the fight against the severe acute respiratory syndrome(综合症状) outbreak in 2003 in China. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the Chinese government encouraged the country    8    (control) the disease in Wuhan, Hubei province, after the city was locked down in late January. More than 42,000 medical workers from across the country     9    (send) to Hubei to fight the disease. The pandemic has been     10    (effective) placed under control on the Chinese mainland since early March.

Expressing wishes to elderly people has been    1    important part of Chinese traditions. It is an opportunity to practice this tradition during the Chong yang Festival, which    2    (celebrate) on the ninth day of the ninth lunar(农历) month. A    3    (various) of events to cheer up the elderly group will be held to help them prepare     4    the coming winter.

This year, the Chong yang Festival    5    (fall) on October 4 during the National Day. China Traditional Cultural Museum held a series of public programs    6    (fill) people’s holiday. Artists showed lots of traditional skills    7    (relate) to the lives of old people. They performed the process of making cloth shoes in the old style,    8    remained a favorite for walking among the elderly. And a lecture was also given on how Tai Chi benefited     9    (they) health. The museum hoped these     10    (activity) not only lit up the life of old people but also passed on the positive beliefs to the younger generations.

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“Traveling to China seems like traveling to another world. Its many famous scenic attractions impressed me     1     (great),”an American said. The following is     2     he wrote on his website.

My friends and I had a family visit in Xi’an,     3     old city with a long history in China. The hosts were retired or stayed at home without a job, and they were friendly to     4     (visit) from different countries coming their homes.

We     5     (taste) the true home-cooked dishes in the home of the family that we visited. For in-homing dinner, the host would prepare a list of menus in advance (提前). Our tour guide asked     6     (we) for advice about the food, so the host would try to cook what we wanted     7     (eat) at his home. We just enjoyed the locally cooked dishes. It was quite a different and exciting experience.

Many foreigners enjoy     8     (learn) how to make Chinese dumplings. We were also     9     (offer) a general cooking class in the local family. The host taught us to make dumplings step by step with lots of patience. And we didn’t need to pay any money     10     this. Travel China Guide offers this kind of service free of charge.

The family visit in Xi’an was a good chance for us to get to know Chinese people’s daily life.

Young Chinese are fighting against society through a simple act of resistance: lying down. Examples of the “tangping”, or “lying flat”, way of life     1     (include) not getting married, not having children, and refusing to work extra hours or to hold a job at all. “I stay at home and sleep and watch television series.” said Zhang, who described herself as “lying flat” for the last two weeks     2     leaving her job in the film industry in Wuxi.

“Tangping”     3     (emerge) over the last few months. Some compare them to the 1950s Beat Generation in the United States.     4     (other) call their behavior a form of nonviolent resistance. “People realize there is no upward mobility,” said Yicheng Wang, a PhD student in political science at Boston University. The term developed after     5     April post on the Tieba forum, whose author, unemployed for the last two years, described a low-effort, low-cost lifestyle consisting of just a few months’ work out of the year.

“Lying flat is my movement,” he     6     (write), referring to the Greek philosopher Diogenes, who was known for living in a large container. He posted a picture of himself lying in bed in the middle of the day with the curtains     7     (draw).

But as “tangping” gained     8     (popular), it also brought a level of dishonor. Nanfang Daily called the philosophy “shameful”. Global Times made light of it describing “lying flat” as “not a serious philosophy”.

For Zhang in Wuxi, lying flat is not about giving up or withdrawing from society. “Many people want to lie down because 996 is too     9     (tire), ” she said, referring to the constant hours common in tech industry,     10     the staff are expected to work from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. , six days a week. The philosophy is also about giving oneself a break.

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has left a deep     1     (impress)on people across the globe. At Beijing 2022, a total of 2,877 athletes from 91 countries and regions     2     (compete)for 109 gold medals. “Athletes competed     3     (brave)to exceed limits, setting a number of new world records and Olympic records. This is     4     vivid representation of the Olympic motto-Faster, Higher, Stronger , Together,” said Cai Qi, president of the Beijing organizing committee.

Beijing is the first city     5     (host)both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. Besides the competitions, the unique charm of Beijing and the thoughtful services which the city offered to all participants     6     (value). As the first global multi-sport event held as scheduled during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beijing Winter Games attached great importance     7     the health and safety of all participants. “Our COVID-19 policy has been     8     (effect), setting a successful example for other major international events held during the pandemic,” Cai said.

The Beijing Games     9     theme is Together for a shared future have also left the city with rich legacies(遗产),     10     (include)engaging 346 million people in ice and snow sports as well as hosting the Games in a more sustainable way.