Peking Opera was listed into UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity List in 2010. Peking Opera     1     (consider) as a national treasure of China, which dates back to 200 years ago. The late Qing Dynasty saw the great     2     (develop) of this opera. Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty had 22    3     interest in the local opera.     4     (celebrate) his eightieth birthday, he asked opera troupes (演出团)    5     (come) from different places to perform for him in Beijing so the four big Hui Opera troupes entered the capital one after another.     6     (gradual), they combined with other operas, and formed the present Peking Opera.

Peking Opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre     7     combines music, performance, and dance. Full of Chinese cultural facts, the opera presents the audience     8     an encyclopedia (百科全书) of Chinese culture, as well as unfolding stories, beautiful paintings, wonderful costumes, graceful gestures and martial arts. Besides, the kinds of facial make-up, especially concerning the colour,     9     (be) the most particular art in Peking Opera. There is no doubt     10     it is really the treasure of Chinese culture.

It was Mother’s Day morning last year. My son, a five-year-old boy     1    ( name) Tom, and I were leaving the supermarket after shopping. Suddenly an old woman    2    (fall)over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground.Her husband was with her,but the woman was    3    (serious) hurt and shaking with pain.

At the front of the supermarket a charity group was selling some beautiful     4    (flower)to raise funds. Tom wanted    5    (buy)the lady a flower. “It will make her feel better” he said. I was    6    (surprise)that he’d come up with such a sweet idea. So we went to the flower seller to buy a flower    7    the lady. By now rescuers had arrived,and they were    8    (take) care of the injured woman. As we walked up to her,my son became scared by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to her.

Instead I gave the flower to the woman’s husband    9    told him,“ My son was very upset for your wife and bought her this flower to cheer her up. ”At that moment,the old man was moved and said,“Thank you so much,you have     10    good son. Happy Mother’s Day to you. ”

The man then gave his wife the flower,telling her who it was from. Although badly hurt,the old lady looked up at Tenyson with thanks in her eyes and gave him a little smile.

The Duanwu Festival, also     1     (name) the Dragon Boat Festival, was established    2     memory of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet of the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475—221BC).

Qu Yuan,     3     died by committing suicide in the Miluo River, was known as a great patriot. Shortly after he died, the local people     4     (throw) food into the water to stop the fish from eating Qu Yuan’s body. They also sat on long, narrow paddle boats, known as dragon boats, making sound     5     (scare) away the fish.

    6     (tradition) celebrations of the Dragon Boat Festival include eating zongzi, drinking realgar (雄黄) wine, and     7     (race) dragon boats.

You don’t have to live in China long to know that     8     country’s most popular foods usually have a good story behind them. That’s     9     (particular) true of festival foods such as zongzi, the pyramid-shaped steamed rice packages in bamboo or reed leaves that have been associated with the Dragon Boat Festival for more than a thousand     10     (year).

Whether it is a child, a teenager, a middle-aged person or an old person, everybody needs good friends. During childhood, friendship helps us understand and develop the habit of sharing and caring. Small kids develop friendship     1     (fast) than adults and they enjoy the company of their friends. They play and learn together. Friends are important for their proper growth and     2     (develop).

As teenagers, friends become more important for us. We go through many changes during our teenage life. Many of the problems     3     (face) during this age cannot be discussed with our parents and other family members.     4    , we are quite comfortable communicating with our friends. Having good friends     5     can listen to our problems and offer us support and guidance is indeed a lucky thing during this age.

More and more people these days are     6     (suffer) from mid-life crisis (中年危机). Their family, job, kids and almost everyone and everything around begin to appear as     7     burden to them at this age.     8     (have) good friends around at this time can help a lot.

Friends are     9     (equal) important for old people. If they have friends around,their life remains joyful and     10     (interest).

Paddington (帕丁熊) is one of the most famous    1    (bear) in the world. He first came onto the British scene in 1958 in a children’s book A Bear Called Paddington    2     was written by British writer Michael Bond. In the story, Paddington is kind and humorous. He is also polite and always calls people “Mr”, “Mrs” and “Miss”, rarely using    3    (they)first names.

Such a cute bear caught people’s hearts    4    (immediate). He first came out on TV in 1975. He’s also been made into toys with different costumes. Many children would have a Paddington bear toy    5    their first gift.

Paddington is so loved that it’s common    6    (find) plates and tea towels with Paddington patterns in British homes. He has a special facial expression. He is    7    (know) for giving a hard stare whenever he meets somebody he doesn’t like. Therefore, when someone    8    (give) a hard stare, you could say that they are making a “Paddington Bear face”.

Today, this classic children’s character has grown into an    9    (importance) part of British culture.     10    you want a taste of British culture, Paddington’s stories are a great way.

In the field of sports there are some famous living legends, such as Lang Ping, and Michael Jordan.

As a player, Lang Ping brought not only honour but also glory to     1     (she) country. As     2     coach, she led the China Women’s volleyball team to medals at world championships as well as the Olympic Games. As a person, she is     3     (love) by fans at home and abroad. Before the 2015 World Cup, she     4     (face) a great challenge — two important     5     (player) had to leave because of health problems. However, Lang Ping didn’t lose heart and she led her volleyball team     6     (win) the championship.

Known as “Air Jordan”, Michael Jordan changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. Jordan’s skills were impressive but the mental strength     7     (make) him unique. The secret to his success is learning     8     his failures. In life, Jordan has learnt to share his     9     (succeed) with others. The Boys and Girls Club     10     he started in Chicago has been helping young people since 1996.

When Beethoven was only four, his father decided to make him a musician. Beethoven was made to practice     1     (play) different musical instruments hour after hour. Whenever he did not put his heart into his practice, his father would be strict     2     him.

    3     (fortune), the boy loved music very much and learnt so fast that he was able to go around and give     4     (concert) when he was only 11. When he was 17, he received high praise from Mozart,     5     great Austrian composer. A few years later, Beethoven went to Vienna     6     ( study) under Haydn, another great Austrian composer. Then he     7     (write) a great deal of music, even at his most difficult time. But after one illness, he suddenly found     8     (him) deaf at the age of 31.

However, this didn’t stop Beethoven. During his life, he composed about 30 pieces of music. It is     9     (amaze) that he wrote some of his best pieces after he became deaf, many of     10     are well known and loved all over the world.

As Dr Lin Qiaozhi said, “To a person nothing is     1    (precious) than their life…” These words of her give us a look into the heart of this amazing woman, and     2     carried her through a life of hard choices.

At age 18, she chose to study medicine instead of following the traditional path of     3    (marry) like the majority of girls. At age 26, she was hired as     4     resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital     5    (immediate) after she graduated. Within six months, she was assigned to a higher position     6     usually took four years to achieve. After working for a few years, she was sent to study abroad, where she     7    (reject) the offer from her foreign colleagues. She wanted to serve the women and children at home.

In 1941, she became the first Chinese woman ever     8    (appoint) director of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital, but later, the department was closed because of the war. So she opened a private clinic to help the people in need and charged very low     9    (fee) and often reduced costs for poor patients.

The new People’s Republic of China saw Dr Lin Qiaozhi playing a key role. Though Lin Qiaozhi never married, she was known as the “mother of ten thousand babies”,     10    (deliver) over 50,000 babies in her lifetime.