A small village in Yunnan Province is     1     (wide) known as the Dai paper factory. There are nets for     2     (dry) paper all over the village and inside villagers’ houses. Dai paper     3     (make) for over 800 years there up to now.

One of the best papermakers is Yan, who was already interested in Dai paper at an early age.     4     the guidance of his grandparents at 16, Yan was quickly able to complete     5     production independently.

Unlike ordinary papermaking where trees need to be cut down, Dai paper is environmentally friendly. This is     6    its raw material is the recyclable bark of a kind of trees unique to the area. Dai paper’ production process is still used today. In a workshop, Yan demonstrated 11 different papermaking     7     (process) to us.

Although Dai paper carries the culture and     8     (believe) of the Dai people, the crafting of it is faced with great challenges.     9     (address) the problems, Yan improved Dai’s papermaking technology, thus saving production time and reducing labor costs. And then he     10     (start) teaching the villagers his new papermaking process for free.

Normally, my two-year old cat, Tiger, hates it when I use my tablet (平板电脑) because it takes my attention away from him. July last year, I had    1     terrible fall from the ladder(梯) at home and was on the floor for six     2    (hour). During this time, I was     3    (able) to move and couldn’t get to the phone to call for help. Tiger stayed by my side until he    4    (disappear) suddenly under my bed. “What’s he up to?” I wondered.     5    my surprise, he started to push something towards me. It was my tablet,     6     had fallen off the bed and onto the floor. Tiger     7    (probable) didn’t know what it was,     8    he knew it would make me happy.

Thanks to Tiger, I was able to contact a friend of     9    (I), who then called emergency(急救) services. It took me the next eight days in hospital     10    (recover). When I returned home, I bought Tiger a big fish to thank him.

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.

Scientists usually have to do thousands of     1    (experiment)in order to prove something new or true. They often fail,     2     they never give up.

My neighbour     3    (be)a scientist. He studies chemistry. He is always working alone in     4    (he)lab, trying to figure out all the mysteries that make him     5    (puzzle). One day, when I met him, he had just come back     6     work. Tired as he was, he     7    (sound)so excited. Then I noticed that he was wearing shoes     8     did not match. He must have been working too hard to notice that!

Now I have come to realize that it’s good for you     9    (do)a job that interests you. You will be absorbed in it, and push yourself hard with it     10    (happy).

Visiting the city can be really     1     (challenge) when you are six months pregnant (怀孕的) and have a 3-year-old girl. One spring afternoon, we went to a store nearby to buy some food. There was no sign of rain    2     the store was just around the comer, so we went there without     3     umbrella. However, when we were about     4     (leave) the store, the rain started to pour down and the streets    5     (cover) with water within minutes. I noticed a young Chinese couple    6     (stare) at us when we came to a crossroad and were waiting for the light to change    7     (anxious). I figured they were probably wondering     8     a pregnant foreigner was taking her little kid out through the rain. But as we crossed the street, the woman offered me her umbrella. I refused, but she handed it to me and hurried off with her husband.

Though    9     (catch) in the rain unexpectedly, we still treasure the memory and will remember the warmth and    10     (kind) of the Chinese couple forever.

Once, there lived a poor man in a small village. He was very clever but didn’t want     1     (work) at all. He lived on     2     the villagers gave him every day. One day, he got a basket of eggs     3     a kind lady. He began to think that he would save the eggs until they were in short supply. Then he could earn a small amount of money by     4     (sell) them at a very good price. And then he would buy a couple of goats. Very soon, he would have     5     large group of goats. The goat milk would bring him much more money. With the money, he would buy a cow.     6     (it) milk would bring him a lot of money. He would become much    7     (rich): build a big house and marry a pretty woman. They would have a lot of    8     (child). While he was lost in thought,     9     (luck), he fell over a stone and all the eggs dropped onto the ground. He was very sad. That    10     (bring) an end to the man’s beautiful dream.