Munao Zongge is the biggest festival of the year of Jingpo people. Munao Zongge means dancing together in the Jinpo language and     1     (celebrate) around the Lantern Festival, lasting for three to seven days. It was listed as     2     national intangible（非物质）cultural heritage in 2006．

In ancient times, it was said that only the children of the Sun could dance in the     3     (tradition) Munao Carnival. According to the legend, the king of the Sun once     4     (invite) all of the Earth’s creatures to the festival in the Sun Palace. All the birds flew to join the festival, and on their way home they came     5     a forest, where they found all kinds of beautiful fruit on the trees.

To share the fresh fruit among each other, the birds held the First Birds’ Munao Carnival. Two     6     (human) joined the festival and they were absorbed in     7     (happy). According to the legend, that was how the Munao Carnival started.

It is said that after these two learned the Munao Zongge dance, they became     8     (health) and luckier. To this day, whenever the Jingpo people are     9     (remove) bad spirits or pray for a better harvest, they perform the Munao Zongge dance.

Munao Zongge used to be celebrated only by Jingpo people     10     recent years have brought different people from all over the world to join in on this grand festival and dance together.

Chinese cultural elements commemorating (纪念) Tang Xianzu,     1     is known as “the Shakespeare of Asia,” add an international character to Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare’s hometown.

Tang and Shakespeare were contemporaries and both died in 1616. Although they could never have met, there are common     2     (theme) in their works, said Paul Edmondson, head of research for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. “Some of the things that Tang was writing about     3     (be) also Shakespeare’s concerns. I happen to know that Tang’s play The Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》) is similar in some ways     4     Romeo and Juliet.”

A statue commemorating Shakespeare and Tang was put up at Shakespeare’s Birthplace Garden in 2017. Two years later, a six-meter-tall pavilion,     5     (inspire)by The Peony Pavilion,     6     (build)at the Firs Garden, just ten minutes’ walk from Shakespeare’s birthplace.

Those cultural elements have increased Stratford’s international     7     (visible), said Edmondson, adding that visitors walking through the Birthplace Garden were often amazed     8     (find)the connection between the two great writers.

    9     (recall)watching a Chinese opera version of Shakespeare’s play Richard III in Shanghai and meeting Chinese actors who came to Stratford a few years ago to perform parts of The Peony Pavilion, Edmondson said, “It was very exciting to hear the Chinese language     10     see how Tang’s play was being performed.”

Layue is regarded as a preparatory phase for the upcoming Spring Festival. It is the     1     (twelve) month of the traditional Chinese calendar.

    2     (fall) on January 18 this year, Laba Festival was traditionally     3     occasion to honor their ancestors, and pray to deities, heaven, and earth for a good harvest and good luck. The last lunar month is called “la” in Chinese, and “eight’’ is pronounced “ba” in Chinese. This is     4     the name of the festival comes from. The custom     5     this day is to eat Laba porridge, cooked with a mix of eight ingredients, as eight is a     6     (fortune) number in Chinese culture.     7     (it) recipe varies across China depending on regional availability. Nowadays,     8     (boil) with sugar for at least four hours, Laba Porridge is regarded as a nutritious food. Distribution of Laba porridge at Yonghe Lamasery (雍和宫) in Beijing is one of the most famous activities. Today, waiting     9     (eager) in queues at the temples, people     10     (expect) to not just share a bowl of porridge, but be a part of the tradition and share the joys and expectations of the coming year.

China has made all the preparations for further space     1     (explore) since space hero Yang Liwei     2     (realize) Chinese people’s dream to travel to outer space in 2003.

    3     (traditional), China’s astronauts are selected from among fighter plane pilots with rich flying experience,     4     can control the machine and stay calm in an emergency. However, among the three astronauts     5     board Shenzhou XVI, is Gui Haichao,     6     professor from Beihang University. He is the first non-military astronaut in China     7     (send) into space. Gui and his fellows will stay inside the Tiangong space station for around five months,     8     (conduct) space science experiments.

Sending civilians into space     9     (consider)good news for China’s astronautics field, as it shows that the nation is confident enough, making     10     possible for ordinary people to buy a ticket for a trip into space.

David Beckham, an English footballer, was born in London in 1975,     1     has played for Manchester United and Real Madrid, as well as representing his country 100 times. He moved to the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007     2     (increase) the influence of football in America.

His talent was obvious from an early age and he signed with Manchester Union     3     his fourteenth birthday. He helped his team achieve     4     (consider) success in his eleven seasons with them. Beckham has been runner-up twice as world football best player. He won many championships with Manchester Union. The club, Real Madrid     5     (captain) by him, was popular with football fans at that time. In 2003, Beckham received     6     honour for services to football from Britain’s Queen.

Beckham has many interests off the soccer field and     7     (be) rarely out of headlines, especially concerning his     8     (marry) and children. He has established football     9     (academy) in Los Angeles and London. In 2006, he     10     (name) a judge for the British Book Awards. He is also a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.

Milk tea stores have mushroomed not only in China but also in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam     1     Thailand, with Chinese brands     2     (enjoy) a boom in the regions. On Nov. 11, Singles Day, the domestic milk tea brand CHAGEE learned that its products were selling     3     (surprising) fast in Malaysia. Peng Xianggui, head of the company’s overseas business, said, “At each of our outlets in Malaysia, dozens of motorcycle riders waited     4     (make) deliveries. We offered no discount, but our 26 stores     5     (sell) more than 30, 000 cups of takeout milk tea.”

The growing influence of Chinese tea culture is likely the key     6     the success of the nation’s milk tea brands. Nomadic people(游牧民族) in China first created the concept of milk tea. In the 17th century, the drink     7     (bring) to India and also to Western countries through the ancient Silk Road. The     8     (develop) of milk tea is evidence of the trade globalization process,     9     originated from the Silk Road.

Tea culture is a bridge connecting countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative. It shows that historical     10     (city) along the Silk Road had two main functions—trade and cultural exchange.

Have you bought blind boxes? Blind boxes     1     (make) fortunes for toymakers in 2020. Many young Chinese     2     (hook) on it are cray about     3     (endless) purchasing the toy to complete its whole “rang”.

The blind box market was worth 7. 4 billion yuan in 2019, according to market research firm Qianzhan Intelligence,     4     added that could increase to 30 billion yuan by 2024.

The craze (狂热) has not escaped criticism, with state media earlier this year     5     (compare) the trend to gambling and warming that the products become     6     (addict).

In a commentary in January, Xinhua called for more regulation of the sector and said the boxes should not     7     (sell) “blindly” to consumers.

“One of the reasons behind the success of blind boxes is that they divide their products     8     different categories of rareness.     9     brings a sense of competition is that they set a barrier—not everyone can get the     10     (special) boxes.