1 . I was raised in a village where people lived in harmony with the natural environment. Throughout the year we would have numerous ______where all the villagers would ______and celebrate. The entire village was like one big______.

However, within less than a decade my village was no longer the______village that I grew up in. Due to rapid modernization, everything______. The rich cultural traditions that once held the village together were ______. Everyone in the village was______in making money and had no time to participate in traditional celebrations. No one favored such a change, but they somehow______it as they felt that it was unavoidable.

It made me feel______that some ancient traditions had stopped to exist, so I______I had to do something. I ______the Cultural Heritage Studies Program, which enabled me to gain a better understanding of cultural heritage______.

Then I involved myself in protecting cultural heritage sites in my hometown. With the knowledge I______in the Cultural Heritage Studies Program, I was trying my best to help make the process of modernization run more______ for cultural heritage sites with heritage protection as a focus point.

I would say the success of the preservation work is the most______aspect of my job.

When it comes to the Mid-Autamn Festival, Chinese people will     1     (certain) mention the Jade Rabbit. The Jade Rabbit lived on the moon. In ancient China, the moon     2     (consider) the most sacred (神圣的) and powerful natural force. The Jade Rabbit was said to be the pet of the Moon Goddess Change’s. She loved the Jade Rabbit and often     3     (keep) it company in the Moon Palace. The rabbit was so smart and kind     4     it was able to solve any problem that Chang’e faced. This story of the Jade Rabbit and the Moon Godddess Chang’e has been passed down for     5     (generation).

Today, the Jade Rabbit can be seen everywhere from toys     6     clothing. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, children can be seen climbing up hills with paper rabbit lanterns (灯笼)     7     (enjoy) the moon’s beauty and express their     8     (admire) for the Jade Rabbit. It has even become a popular topic on social media, with people     9    (share) photos of themselves with the Jade Rabbit. We can see that the Jade Rabbit remains a beloved system of the beauty and power of the moon     10     continues to play a central role in the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations.

Many foreigners first learn about Chinese culture through numerous Chinese restaurants     1    (find) all over the world. The second impression of Chinese culture is often Peking Opera,     2    masks are now almost symbolic of China. Many countries design posters     3     (use) Peking Opera masks to signal a “Year of Chinese Culture”.

    4     impresses people most is the artistic beauty of Peking Opera masks, which serve two purposes. One is to indicate the identity and character of the role. For example, a red face means that the person is loyal and brave     5     a white face identifies the person as foxy and evil. The other purpose is to express people’s     6     (assess) of the roles from a moral and aesthetic (美学的) point of view, such as respectable, hateful or noble etc.

Zhang Fei, a heroic character from Three Kingdoms Period (220-280), has a     7     (face) design in the shape of a butterfly —     8     perfect combination of personality and artistic design. The beauty of the color and design of Peking Opera masks adds to the attractive performance     9     stage. Therefore, Peking Opera masks     10     (adopt) as a source element in designing many Chinese folk handicrafts, posters, and fashions.

As a costume drama A Dream of Splendor     1    (draw) many audiences this summer, the way the heroine Zhao Pan’er makes tea in the drama also attracted much attention. Heytea, a Chinese boutique teahouse chain, recently launched new flavored tea drinks     2    (base) on the recipe from the TV show.

It is well known that China is not only the home of most of the world’s tea,     3    has a series of customs concerning tea making and tea choice according to the seasons. In summer, green tea is highly recommended, for     4    (it) character is “cold” in traditional Chinese medical theories, suitable     5    (calm) the restlessness caused by hot summer.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty, loose leaf green tea     6    (drink) in China. It is said that Emperor Qianlong from the Qing Dynasty was a tea lover and often enjoyed Longjing, the most well-known Chinese green tea produced in Zhejiang province, during his     7    (day) life in summer.     8    Longjing, Chinese green tea has many family members with beautiful and poetic names, such as Yunwu,     9    literally means cloud and mist. When you feel hot and restless, have Chinese green tea and enjoy     10    mouthful of “cool summer”.

9 . If you travel to nearly any Chinese city in the summertime, you will see people, mostly men wearing T-shirts, sitting out on the sidewalks on low chairs in the shade, playing a game with large round disks of wood.     1     Xiangqi dates back as early as the Warring States period. While experts have different opinions as to who created Xiangqi and how it is linked to Western chess, there is no doubt that by the Tang Dynasty Xiangqi was a popular game in China.     2     And in the 20th century both Sun Yat-sen and Zhou Enlai were big fans of the game.

And, though it may look quite a bit different than Western chess, Xiangqi is actually quite similar in what the pieces can do and how the game is played. Like Western chess, the object of the game is to capture the other player’s “king”.     3    

Unlike Western chess, instead of placing the pieces in squares, the pieces are placed on the intersections of lines. Another big difference between Western chess and Xiangqi is that there is a large empty space in the middle of the board, which the elephants cannot cross.     4     This space refers to an area in China where Liu Bang and Xiang Yu had a life-or-death war. The war was so influential that “the Chu River and the Han Boundary” has become a metaphor(隐喻)referring to any boundary between two opposing armies. When the Chinese people today see this name on the board, the battle scenes come to their mind, as though they are surrounded by thick smoke, able to hear the beating of war drums.     5