Paper-cutting was recognized as a national cultural heritage(遗产)in 2006.According to   experts，paper-cutting conveys the culture shared between China     1     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 to   celebrate the Day of the Dead，a       2     (tradition)festival in Mexico，when colorful paper-cuts are hung on the street.Chinese people also cut images of small figures     3     (call) back the spirits of the dead.The difference is that most Chinese paper-cuts are red，while those in other countries       4     (be)often made in many other colors.

Fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen liked to cut     5     (character)，such as princesses and angels，out of paper while     6     (tell)stories to children.In China，female friends and family members used to chat and make paper-cuts together.

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

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 paper-cutting.

Red is used in many American expressions. It can be used to show     1     (happy), as in “a red letter day. This is a day when something special happens. The expression is probably based on church customs.     2     almost six hundred years, church calendars have been marked with red to indicate special holy     3     (day).

The expression “a red-letter day” is often heard in daily life. A red-letter day is     4     day that people are feeling quite happy. You might tell your friends that yesterday was a red-letter day because you     5     (win) some money in the state lottery (彩票).

“Rolling a red carpet” is another     6     (common) heard expression,     7     represents a warm welcome. A city may “roll a red carpet” for     8     (it) baseball team when the team arrives home after winning the championship.

Red is also used in some expressions that     9     (be) not happy. “Red-handed” is an example. To be caught “red-handed” is to be found in an act of wrong doing. For example, a mother might say she caught her son red-handed,     10     (take) cookies out of the cookie jar.