Papercutting     1    (recognize) as the national cultural heritage (遗产)in 2006. According to experts, paper-cutting conveys the culture shared     2     China and the West to wish for family reunions and maintain links with loved ones, alive or dead.

In the movie Coco, for instance, the 12-year-old Miguel and his family dance and sing     3    (celebrate) the Day of the Dead, a     4    (tradition) festival in Mexico, when colorful paper-cuts are hung on the street. Chinese people also cut images of small figures to call back the spirits of     5     dead. The difference is that most Chinese paper-cuts are red, while those in other countries are often made in many other colors.

Fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen liked to cut     6    (character), such as princesses and angels, out of paper while     7    (tell) stories to children. In China, female friends and family members used to chat and make paper-cuts together.

“    8     the patterns and colors may be different, paper-cuts share the same function of maintaining emotional ties among people.” says Yang Huizi, an art teacher at Beijing Union University.

Yang     9    (study) and performed the art for over a decade. Besides routine university courses, she also organizes nonprofit paper-cutting activities     10     are open to the public in Beijing to promote basic knowledge of papercutting.

The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. The Awakening of Insects (惊蛰) falls on March 6     1     ends on March 20 this year.

The Awakening of Insects signals     2     rise in temperature and increased rain fall. As the third solar term in the lunar year,     3     (it) name suggests the fact that animals sleeping in winter are awakened by spring thunder and that the earth begins to come back     4     life. It is the key time for spring agricultural activities. It is also a good time for people     5    (enjoy) fun outdoors, especially for people living in the city. Driving to the suburbs,     6     (fish) in a lake or enjoying the singing bird will make for a perfect weekend in spring. The most popular fruit in this season     7     (be) pears.

The custom of eating pears is     8     (wide) practiced around the Awakening of Insects. As the weather gets warmer and the air becomes     9     (dry), people tend to feel their mouths and tongues are dry,     10     can cause colds or coughs. A pear is sweet, juicy and cold, moistening (湿润) the lungs to arrest a cough. Therefore, pears are recommended during the Awakening of Insects.

Figure skating(花样滑冰), as we know, got its start in the mid-19th century, when an American     1    (name) Jackson Haines combined dancing and skating for the first time. Americans did   not accept his technique, so he moved to Vienna, Austria,     2     he was an immediate success.

Figure skating became an Olympic sport before there were Winter Games. Events for pairs and singles first     3     (appear) at the London 1908 Summer Games. In singles, each skater performs a short routine(一套动作) of required steps, jumps, spins, and combinations, as well as a longer free-skating routine. The pairs event     4     (follow) the same format (形式), but with one male and one female     5     (perform) together.

Ice dance is performed by one male and one female, too. But     6     (like) pairs, ice dance does not include overhead lifts and jumps. An ice dance     7     (compete) is made up of two parts now: one is set to music which has a certain rhythm, and the other is set to whatever music the ice dancers choose.

A group of nine judges scores the quality of each figure skating performance,     8     only seven out of nine scores are used. Skaters are given a grade for each step, jump, spin, or any other element that is part of their routine. They also receive     9     "overall" score for each performance. The person or team with the     10     (high) total score is the winner.

Many actions have been taken to fight food waste, but one young man is making a big difference with technology.

Liu Jichen, 23,     1     student from Tsinghua University, has developed a WeChat mini-program    2     (call) “Clear Your Plate”. After a meal, users can open the mini-program and take a picture of     3     (they)empty plates. Once the image     4     (recognize) by the AI, students can collect points and use them to buy gifts or meals     5     children in poor areas.

Liu and his team, together with other     6    (organization), started the “Clear Your Plate" movement in November for the third year,     7     has swept over 1,017 universities across the country.

The one-month movement attracted almost 1.6 million people and     8     (reduce) food waste by 862 tons in total, The China Youth Daily reported.

Thanks to his creative actions on social issues, Liu was awarded(授奖) by the UN Office of the Secretary General's Envoy on Youth in September, 2020. “Through the movement, we hope to encourage everyone     9     (take) action against food waste and to offer Chinese     10     (wise) and solutions to global food challenges,” he said.

Most of us say we don't have time for exercise. However, many experts say that exercise plays an important role in making our body healthy.     1     (do) exercise can bring us many advantages. It can reduce weight and the risk of heart disease. Exercise also brings good effects mentally(精神上).It can make us feel     2    (relax)and happy. Actually, exercise can be done in many simple    3     (way). For example, we can take the stairs rather than the lift. Also we can play sports with friends in our free time.

One day, Jack’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire（退休） the next week after working for forty years and that they were going to have a party for him. Jack loved his Grandpa and wanted to do something special for him. He remembered the business card his grandpa had given him two years before. He     1     (know) that his grandpa would no longer have the position on that card, so he decided     2     (build) a new one for his grandpa. When     3     big day came, Jack was ready.     4     he didn’t want to put his gift together with others’. When all the other people left, he took his grandpa’s hand and gave him the gift. His grandpa smiled, “Well, it must be a beautiful gift. May I open it now? ” “Sure!” Jack said     5     (happy). As Grandpa opened the gift,     6     (tear) came into his eyes. Jack gave him the     7     (great) gift he had ever got! It was a business card,     8     read “FULL-TIME GRANDPA! ”“Well, how much do I get paid? ” his grandpa asked,     9     (smile). “As many hugs（拥抱）as you want! ”     10     these words, Jack gave Grandpa a hug. “Well, I guess that means I’m the richest man in the world! ” said Grandpa.

This is the first time I have spent the Naadam Festival with my friend Burin in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region this year. The festival     1    (represent) by horse racing, wrestling and archery (射箭) falls on the fourth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar,     2     lasts for three days.

Of the three events, two have left a deep impression     3    me: wrestling and horse racing. Mongolian wrestling is different from the wrestling in the Olympic Games. There are no     4    (round), and wrestlers are not separated by weight. The     5    (wrestle) loses if any part of his body above his knee touches the ground. As for horse racing, it was     6     (amaze) to see that the riders were boys and girls. That is because children are     7    (light) and the horses can run faster and farther. There is no need to worry about their safety, for they     8    (ride) horses all their lives. It is no wonder that people say “Horses are at     9    heart of Mongolian culture”.

Though I am tired now, celebrating Naadam with my friend was     10     (total) worth it.

The art of paper-cutting in China may date back to the second century, since paper    1    (invent)by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. As paper became more affordable, paper0cutting became one of the most important    2    (type) of Chinese folk art. Later,    3     different regions adopting their own cultural styles, this art form spread to other parts of the world.    4     (usual), the artworks are made of red paper, as red is associated with    5    (happy) in Chinese culture, but other colors are also used.

With    6    (it) long history, paper-cutting,    7    originated in China, has been very popular among the ordinary Chinese people. People put up papercuts on walls, windows and doors at wedding ceremonies or festivals     8    (strengthen) the cheerful atmosphere.

Chinese papercuts are rich in content. The auspicious（吉祥的）designs symbolize good luck and the avoidance of evil. The child, lotus and bat designs suggest a family with    9    large number of children and grandchildren. Birds, livestock, fruit, fish and worms are also familiar objects    10    (accept) by Chinese farmers. In a word, papercuts used in different occasions have different meanings.