If you are looking to find out why China is called China, you could go to Jingdezhen to find out the answer. Its relationship with ceramics (制陶艺术) dates     1     the Han dynasty and it got famous during the Song dynasty. The culture of ceramics has lived on for more than 2,000 years.

Today Jingdezhen is a popular destination attracting     2    (visitor) from home and abroad for     3     taste of its cultural charms (魅力). The first stop in Jingdezhen should be the Ancient Kiln and Folk Customs Museum. The     4    (beautiful) landscaped (风景优美的) places offer basic ideas about the ancient porcelain(瓷器) history and culture in Jingdezhen.

In the northeast of Jingdezhen City lies Yaoli Ancient town, which     5    (surround) by beautiful mountains and rivers. And it is an ancient town     6    (build) in the late West Han dynasty. The town is rich in kaolin, a special type of soil (土壤) for porcelain production,     7    (make) it the famous birthplace of Jingdezhen ceramics. Here is a place of historic interest     8     you can find something about ancient times.

Porcelain is very important in Jingdezhen, but there is no lack of     9    (nature) beauty in the city. You’ll lose     10    (you) in the land of great beauty—the thick forests, splendid waterfalls and quiet paths.

What can make a museum attractive? By “attractive” I mean being able to do a lot of things. One of the most     1    (fascinate) museums is Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. It is set in a beautiful place by the sea and this is a museum in     2     shop you can buy nice souvenirs. Most of all, the rooms in the museum building are specially designed     3     (match) the paintings and other things presented there. Even     4     (spend) a whole day there will never make one feel bored. Experimentarium     5     (base) on the idea of experiment is another attractive museum. Visitors     6     (simple) have to touch and move the     7     (object) because it is the best way to understand many difficult processes and how different things work.

Finally, one of my favorite places is the Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels. Visitors     8     (provide) a set of headphones when they buy a ticket.     9     moment they' re getting close to any instrument, they can hear it play in their headphones. And this is also     10     I call “attractive”!

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It has been     1     seems like six long years since I have been back here in the Capital of China. Beijing! I am very excited about my life adventure! The Olympic Games definitely has given Beijing a face lift and the city looks     2    (total) different.

I came back right on the coming of the     3    (China) Lunar New Year. The streets were lined with red lanterns and trees     4    (decorate) with colorful lights from root to tip. The Christmas holiday has definitely become both     5     economic activity and a welcome mat to many foreigners.     6    (shine) Chinese characters, large and colored, boldly mark the roof tops of high rises and glass sky scrapers. Beijing in the winter is known to be one of the     7    (cold) places and amazingly I have adapted     8     the cold very quickly that most times I never notice it.

China is definitely pushing forward to make     9    (it) mark on the world and to obtain the highest position it can achieve. With business on an all-time height in the newest Economic Power, there are many new     10    (opportunity) for people from all over the world.

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Chinese architecture is a style that has taken shape in East Asia over many centuries. The structural principles of Chinese architecture have remained largely     1     (change), the main changes being only the decorative details. Since the Tang Dynasty, Chinese architecture has     2     (have) a major influence     3     the architectural styles of Korea, Vietnam, and Japan.

The architecture of China is as old as Chinese civilization. From every source of information, there is strong     4     (evident) that the Chinese have always enjoyed a native system of construction that has kept its principal characteristics from old times to the present day. Over the large area from Chinese Turkistan (突厥) to Japan, the same system of construction is popular and this is the area of Chinese cultural influence.

Throughout     5     20th century, western-trained Chinese architects have tried     6     (combine) traditional Chinese designs into modern architecture, with great success. Moreover, the pressure for urban development throughout contemporary China required higher speed of construction and higher floor area ratio (容积率),     7     means that in the great cities the demand for traditional Chinese     8     (build) has declined in favor of modern architecture.     9    , the traditional skills of Chinese architecture,     10     (include) major and minor carpentry (木工), and masonry (石工), are still applied to the construction of vernacular architecture in the large rural area in China.

Sichuan has long been known as the "Province of Abundance"．     1     （history） speaking， Sichuan was the home of the ancient    2    （state） of Ba and Shu． Their conquest by Qin     3    （strength） it and paved the way for the First Emperor's unification（统一） of China under the Qin Dynasty． During the Three Kingdoms era， Liu Bei's Shu    4    （base） in Sichuan． The area became one of China's     5    （productive） areas by the 19th century． The people of Sichuan speak     6     unique form of Mandarin， which took shape during the area's repopulation     7     the rule of the Ming Dynasty． The family of dialects is now spoken by about 120 million people， which would make    8     the 10th most spoken language in the world if counted separately． The area's warm damp climate long caused local people     9    （advocate） spicy dishes． The native Sichuan pepper was supplemented by Mexican chilis during the Columbian Exchange to form modern Sichuan cuisine，    10     Dishes--including Kung Pao Chicken and Mapo Tofu--have become famous around the world．