Are you familiar with pop star Jay Chou’s Blue &White Porcelain? Its original lines, just     1     the composer Fang Wenshan described, were inspired by Ru porcelain (汝瓷).

Ranked best among famous kinds during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Ru porcelain is known for its unique pale blue glaze (釉). Oceans     2     Ru porcelain flooded onto the market around the year of 1100, but the     3     (exist) of Ru ware now is actually rare. Thanks to the efforts of Ru porcelain inheritors, people can now appreciate it     4     (close) at hand than before.

Born in Ruzhou, Henan province, Li Chao has spent a decade     5     (better) crafting skills. Ru porcelain goes through 72 steps, the    6     (one) of which is knead (揉) mud. Any small errors could lead to disaster, said the 41-year-old inheritor. He then stressed that a Ru porcelain inheritor must be patient enough. Every item of artwork     7     (full) deserves our admiration.

Techniques of making Ru porcelain will     8     (lose) with senior inheritors gradually passing away. So,     9     Li spares no effort in doing is introducing it to wider masses.     10     (achieve) this goal, he creatively uses Ru porcelain in making daily ware popular among young people. Now he’s aiming to expand the market by introducing it to the whole world.

If you are really interested in music, you’ve probably heard of the Bestival Music Festival. It     1     (take) place every September on the Isle of Wight, the UK. As it is at the end of summer, people think it’s their last chance     2     (have) fun before going back to boring work.

In order to get to the campsite of the Bestival, you have to take a boat called ferry,     3     is always crowded with happy festival lovers. After you arrive at the campsite, you can put     4     your tent. There people talk with each other     5     (open).

The festival lasts four days. During that time, you forget all your     6     (worry) and problems, just like living in a dream. And you’ll find     7     really hard to come back to “reality” after that.

I took part in the Bestival with my friends last year. It was so exciting and we all lost     8     (we) in the beautiful music. We Are Family     9     (sing) by Sister Sledge was my favorite. I’m really looking forward to     10     (join) in it for a second time.

On Xiaohongshu, a lifestyle-focused social media platform in China, a search for “new Chinese style” could produce over 4 million results,     1     (most) user posts. That number becomes important when you find out it is double     2     number of results for a similar search for European and US styles that     3     (be) popular in China once upon a time. For the younger generation, at a time when traditional culture is becoming popular, the “new Chinese style” is similar to a national symbol — worth     4     (discover), worn proudly, and encouraged.

Whether it is fashion, home furniture, architecture, coffee     5     weddings, every possible field is now being enriched by “Chinese style” — a reflection of growing     6     (confident) in local culture. The origin of the “new Chinese style” is the younger generation’s fascination and love for     7     (tradition) culture. Because of young people’s unique understanding and brave imagination of Chinese culture, “China-Chic” (中国时尚) is now a trend that has gone global. The new wave of Oriental aesthetics (东方美学)     8     (sweep) the world nowadays.

    9     addition, the ability of the increasingly mature younger generation in China     10     (use) online media has helped more people hear their views and understand the stories of the new era represented by the new Chinese style.

A video of college students in northeastern China wearing military style cotton coats to class     1    (go) viral on social media platforms recently.

Down jackets(羽绒服) have been a    2    (necessary) for many Chinese people all the time. To seek more profit in the booming market, many brands have started to move towards high-end development,    3    (result)in a more significant increase in demand for high-quality materials like white goose down. Thus, the price has increased.

With the price of down jackets increasing, college students in China have picked up military coats    4    (defend) themselves from the winter cold. Thanks     5     their low cost and high quality, cotton coats have made a major comeback this winter and stormed college campuses.

The general thinking among students is     6    it isn’t about whether they can afford a down jacket or not, but that cotton coats     7    (simple)provide better quality at a much lower price. The cheapest military style cotton coat costs less than 100 yuan and they have become the most     8    (fashion)winter wear for college students in northern China. A single person wearing one of these coats is noticeable, and a couple might     9    (laugh)at. But when a group wears them, it’s     10    latest fashion.

The British love their gardens. British men and women spend hours and hours every week trying to make their garden look as     1    (beauty) as possible, competing     2    (produce) the flattest, greenest lawns in the neighbourhood.

So     3     can you find in a typical British garden? The average garden has a lawn and a flower bed. Others may have vegetable patches (小块土地). Another typical     4    (add) is the pond. The ponds are small areas of water that     5    (design) to look like real rock pools, with running water, fish, and vegetation.

One of the most unusual objects to be found in a garden is the shed. This is a sacred place,     6    (particular) for British men. Sheds are little wooden or plastic constructions    7    (pack) with gardening tools, and the junk     8     finds its way there. The shed is a place where British men are truly at home. It’s a place far away from the hard reality of the outside world, and a place where     9    (hobby) can be pursued in peace.

So what do the British do in their gardens? Most time is devoted     10     hard gardening work. But the garden is also a place for entertainment. The British love to organise barbecue parties in their gardens.