Scotland is a country in Great Britain, to the north of England. Edinburgh is the capital and Glasgow is     1     largest city. Scotland has    2     (rough) 800 islands, but people only live on some of them.

In the north of Scotland it is light until 11：30 p.m. In summer and in winter you can sometimes see the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis,     3     are spectacular (壮观的) lights in the sky. Energy from the sun turns the Earth's sky green, red and other     4     (color)．

At public and     5     (culture) events you can often hear traditional Scottish music     6     (play) and see traditional Scottish dancing. Pipers play music on bagpipes, a Celtic wind instrument with pipes（管子） and a bag. Pipers and dancers usually wear kilts（短褶裙）, a traditional skirt     7     (wear) by men and women. Scots enjoy all types of music from folk     8     rock and pop, and festivals like “The Edinburgh Festival” or concerts like “T in the Park” are very popular.

The most popular sport in Scotland is football. Another popular game, golf     9     (invent) in Scotland in the Middle Ages. The famous Scottish Highland Games are a     10     (combine) of culture and sport and Highland Games are celebrated all over the world.

Jingdezhen porcelain(瓷器)is Chinese porcelain produced in or near Jingdezhen in southern China. Jingdezhen has produced porcelain     1     (century)ago. And the town     2    was named Jingdezhen by Emperor Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty became a major kiln(窑)site around 1004.During the period, the     3    (produce)of porcelain in this area first became     4    (know).By the 14th century it had become the largest centre of producing Chinese porcelain, which remained in the following times. In the Ming Dynasty, official kilns in Jingdezhen     5    (control)by the emperor, making quality porcelain in large quantities for the emperor to give abroad as gifts. As a result, the town was     6    (close)linked to the world.

Although being a remote town in a hilly area, Jingdezhen is near the quality porcelain stone and forests which can provide plenty of wood for the kilns. It also has     7    river flowing from north to south,     8    (benefit)the transport of the fragile objects.

Jingdezhen has produced a great variety of     9     (value) porcelain. As a result, the town is famous     10     the “Porcelain Capital”. One type of its well-known high quality porcelain object is the blue and white porcelain from the 1330s.