1 . Many of China's ancient architectural treasures crumbled to dust before Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng began documenting them in the 1930s. The husband and wife team were by far the best-known __ to operate in China.Their __ have since inspired generations of people to speak out for architecture threatened by the rush toward development.

Becoming China's first architectural historians was no easy____.The buildings they wanted to___ were centuries old, often in shambles and located in distant parts of the country. In many cases, they had to journey through ___conditions in the Chinese countryside to reach them.     

___China's outlying areas during the 1930s meant traveling muddy, poorly maintained roads by mule, or on foot.This was a(n)____undertaking both for Liang,who walked with a bad limp(跛）after a motorcycle accident as a young man, and Lin,who had a lung disease for years. Inns were often unimaginably dirty,food could be tainted(污染的），and there was always __ of violence from rebels,soldiers and bandits.

Their greatest discovery came on an expedition in 1937 when they dated and extremely____catalogued Foguang Si, or the Temple of Buddha's Light, in Wutai County,Shanxi Province. The breathtaking wooden temple was____in 857 A.D.,making it the oldest building known in China at the time. (It is now the fourth-oldest known).

Liang and Lin crawled into the temple's most____areas to determine its age, including one aerie inhabited by thousands of bats and millions of bedbugs, covered in dust and littered with dead bats. Liang wrote of the____in an account included in "Liang and Lin:Partners in Exploring China's Architectural Past," the English-language story of their lives written by Wilma Fairbank,their close friend and correspondent.

＂In complete darkness and amid the___smell, hardly breathing, with thick masks covering our noses and mouths,we measured,drew,and photographed with flashlights for several hours,"Liang wrote."When ___we came out to take a breath of fresh air, we found hundreds of bedbugs in our backpack.We ourselves had been badly bitten.Yet the____and unexpectedness of our find made those the happiest hours of my years hunting for ancient architecture."

2 . The American dream _______ new meaning in photographer Eliot Dudik’s series Paradise Road through the images. Dudik takes the _______ on a journey across the U.S., all along different roads named Paradise Road. Each photograph _______ a different view of a potential paradise through expansive landscapes and portraits of people he meets along the way.

The ongoing project _______ in 2013, when Dudik set out with a question of what _______ and the American dream really look like, five years after millions of Americans lost their jobs, homes and savings in the 2008 financial _______. Dudik was in the process of leaving a job. Not sure of what was coming next, he felt overwhelmed by the _______. He wondered Were others trying to achieve their own _______ of the American dream, as he was?

Dudik’s numerous carefully mapped out _______ across the U. S., one of which covered 17, 000 miles, have ________ him to encounter a diversity of landscapes and people. By keeping the project ________ only on roads named Paradise, he constructed it as a rough survey of the ________ America. “Roads tend to be rural, and many of them took me ________ far from any trace of civilization,” he says.

On each road he visits, Dudik takes time to explore the ________ that he finds, considering how that particular location might unveil some sense of paradise ________ he takes one 8-by-10-inch film photograph. As the project progressed, he got a deeper feel for each area on the way and found a more human ________ by spending many hours with people he met and even being ________ to eat and sleep in people’s homes.

Dudik continues to explore how the ________ swings affect the average Americans dreams after the 2008 recession. “In many ways, the United States is a(n)________ landscape since then; but in far too many ways, it hasn’t changed at all. It’s critical to hold onto the steady ________ of the American Dream: hope and rebirth.” he says.

3 . With their visas in hand and their bags packed, students may feel prepared for their study abroad experiences. _______ once they set foot in foreign lands, some students realize that they don’t have the skills to communicate their thoughts and feelings in their _______ culture.

Guo Yichen, a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, observed a (an) _______ of poor communication during her time abroad.

When Guo first got to the US, she stayed in the house of a 63-year-old lady, with another Chinese girl. Guo and her housemate were _______ to take turns tidying up the bathroom. But the housemate never _______, because she didn’t know how. Her mother had always cleaned the bathroom for her back home. And when the landlord asked about it, the housemate _______ replied, “I never needed to do housework back home, and I won’t do it here _______.”

“I was shocked by how _______ her answer was,” said Guo. “She could have explained it in a better way.” It was _______ surprise that the girl was asked to move out almost immediately.

In fact, “difficulty in ________” is among the three major psychological problems that ZMN Education, an agency on overseas education, ________ among Chinese students studying abroad, the other two being “fear of class discussion” and “fear of homework based on critical thinking”.

A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, once told the agency that many of his Chinese students only came to see him when they got __________ scores. They should have talked to him after each class to get a better grade __________, he said.

According to the agency, studying abroad itself may trigger (引发) certain mental problems because it is a “________ and stressful shift to new environments and ________”. It has been found that students are 23 times more likely to ________ a mental health condition than business travelers headed abroad.

And during this period of major life transitions (过渡), ________ better communication skills is particularly vital. It helps you get assistance and solve problems.

Students need to understand the value of empathy—the effective awareness of the emotions of others—as well as ________ themselves clearly, especially in cross-cultural communications. It would be better if students participate in a(an) __________ abroad program during vacations before trying year-long overseas study. That way, they could have __________ coping with a strange world independently.

4 . Today was Mother’s Day. The young woman was feeling a little ______ because she was 800 miles away from her parents.

In the morning she called her mother to ______ her a happy Mother’s Day and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs (丁香花) in their garden.

Later that day, she told her husband how she ______ those lilacs in her parents’ garden. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the ______ and come on.” So off they went, ______ down the country roads. There on a small hill were a lot of colorful lilacs. The young woman ______ over and buried her face in the flowers, ______ and enjoying them. Carefully she ______ a few and went back to the car.

On the way home the woman held her flowers, ______ all the way. When they were passing a ______, the young woman saw an old granny sitting alone in a wheelchair at the gate.“______!” she said to her husband. Getting off the car, she quickly walked up to the granny and put the ______ in her hands. As their car pulled away, the old granny ______ with a smile and held the lilacs tightly (紧紧地).

When the young mother sat back to the car, her kids asked her ______, “Who is that old granny? Why did you give her ______ flowers?” “I don’t know her. It is Mother’s Day, and she seems so ______ while I have all of you. I believe those flowers ______ much to her.” The kids nodded with ______, looking rather happy.

Now, every Mother’s Day my kids will go to that small ______ and pick some lilacs for me and that old granny. I’m glad that my small act of ______ has a good effect on my kids.

5 . I’d never been to a Day of the Dead festival before. As my dad and I looked around for seats, I _______ Marco, my best friend, hurrying toward us. “Hi, Mr. O’kane,” he _______ my dad. Then he turned to me. “Nate! Will you help me?"

“Whatever you need,” I said.

Marco threw me parts of a _______ : Mexican sandals（凉鞋）, a straw hat, a cane(手杖), a gray wig, and an“ old man” mask（面具）. “My cousin couldn’t_______ !” Marco’s voice rang with worry.

“It’s part of a traditional dance” he said.

“You expect me to dance? ” I _______ . “I don’t dance!”

Marco smiled. “It’ll be fun. And hurry! We’re _______ late.”

“ We’re going to do a lot of stomping(跺脚). Slow at first. Keep one hand _______ on your back, like an old man with an ache.” added Marco.

The speakers _______ : “Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for The Dance of the Little Old Men!”

“Be quick,” Marco _______ to me to follow his lead.

We all began stomping slowly to music. I could only see ________ the small holes of the mask. I continued to stomp, trying to ________ what to do. I leaned on my cane and kept a hand low on my back. After a few minutes of dancing like that, my back ________ started to ache.

The music ________ . And we stomped quickly. Performing with Mexican sandals was ________ . People laughed as we hopped and kicked, but after a moment the laughter turned into cheers.

Marco gave me a thumbs-up. As the audience clapped for our group, I said to him happily, “You were right. That was ________ .”

6 . Once a year in the town of Wuzhen all the tourists can be audience members.

Picture an entire town turned into one grand immersive （沉浸式）_______: huge marionettes walking through a narrow, flagstone -paved lane, mother and daughter sitting _______ in a " paper boat that _______ along a river, young couples whispering under a night sky _______ up by bloomed kites.

No matter where you go in the town of Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, during its_______ theater festival you are likely to_______ performances --- and some in the unlikeliest of places, such as at the _______of an otherwise quiet square, under the roofs of a moss-carpeted dock, and even on rowing boats.

Even tourists_______of the festival will find themselves_______in plays, dance and music, everybody being ________ to wander the 1,300-year-old town's alleys, riverbanks and theater venues.

They can, for example, step into the “home” of the Italian director Eugenio Barba as he throws a "dinner party”. "This is a very________way of thinking theater, that the audience are my ________ to share a dinner, and food are sounds, ________ , words, poetry,” said Barba pleasingly, founder of the Odin Teatret of Denmark.

But those who wanted to watch The Tree were________to hand in their phones before performances. When the show began they sat ________ one another quietly, professionals and ________ alike, not knowing what the evening would bring.

What gradually________were various stories with a tree at their center. The performance immersed its audience in an overwhelming auditory（听觉的）and________head trip, or,________one viewer commented on the ________ site Douban, “the best nightmare I have ever had”.

7 . I just marked my first Mid-Autumn Festival celebration in China._______a week after arriving for my graduate studies, I was kind of homesick—memories of past _______ back in Serbia with family and friends exchanging scenes in my mind. On the morning of Friday, September 13rd, the _______ on the campus was very cheerful. Chinese students explained to us the importance of the day as gifts of mooncakes were _______ . Then came the night. The full moon appeared: huge, _______ball high above the campus, and eyes looked at it with _______. Unlike previous nights, a cool breeze swept through the campus.With Serbian music playing on my headphones, I danced my way, _______ in the wind, and forgetting myself for a moment.

As I _______ back into my room, I was fascinated by the festival’s idea. My _______ mind pushed me online where I came across the poem Prelude (前奏) to Water Melody, by the well-known Chinese writer Su Dongpo. This poem concisely(精确地) seized what I was ________ . The message and the tone both resonated (共鸣) with my feelings. Writing to his family, Su wondered what time it was back at home. ________ the time differences between China and Serbia, I was constantly trying to ________ what time it was back at home.

Eventually, Su asked his family to join him in ________ the timeless perfection of a full moon in a ________ night.What a way to finish! I, too, was hoping that all was well with my family. Despite the distance and ________ that comes with not seeing or hearing from a loved one, we were all flourishing (繁盛的) under the watch of the ________ moon.

And while we may go away from home, as happens from time to time; the family remains the most important ________ to our productive existence. As the Chinese used the holiday to ________ with the loved ones, the Serbian community also got together, shared a meal and walked on the streets under the neon (霓虹灯) lights.

As I write this, a day after the Festival, I cannot help but look forward to the next. Thank my Chinese friends, whose________ made me and a crowd of other foreign students experience an ________Mid-Autumn Festival.

8 . Among 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam, the Bouyei occupies the smallest with about 3, 000 people living in a few small villages._______the fact that the Bouyei has the smallest population, Bouyei people still_______their typical customs and culture. Boayei people live mainly on_______farms. Up to now, the husband has been the only one who can_______everything in family. In each family, three or four_______are living under the same roof.

On_______day the younger sister of the groom will ride a beautiful_______to fetch the bride_______the groom is not allowed to go to bring the bride home.Sons don't cut the hair of their father and daughters don't comb the hair of their mother. Only when their parents_______are they allowed to comb their parents' hair. During 3 years of mourning their parent, sons don't__________wine, daughters don't wear jewellery and neither of them are__________to get married.

Annually, Bouyei people__________four main festivals including Lunar New Year, the 1st lunar month of the year, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month's festival of killing insects and New Rice Festival. During each festival, they__________ steamed glutinous rice(糯米)and cakes made of glutinous rice for worshipping their ancestors(祖先)and__________for health, good weather, and a good harvest. At family events and festivals Bouyei people sing their__________songs which are said to be divided into some styles of welcome, congratulations, and weddings.

Bouyei people__________wear navy blue shirts, the button of which is on the right side. Women's costumes are more eye-catching with colorful__________. Women wear shirts,__________dresses , and headscarves.

Currently, Ha Giang Province's government has supported Bouyei people in__________their culture and customs by creating a project to protect the folk songs of Bouyei people: documenting songs and__________old people to teach the songs to young people.

9 . Dongba，literally meaning "wise man"，plays a major role in Nakhi people's lives and culture. They are intellectuals with wide _______, covering fields like music, dance, classics, writing, history, painting, medicine and fortunetelling.

Li Xiuhua learned Dongba papermaking from his father He Zhiben, a famous master of Dongba culture after marrying He Yonghong at 22, and became the only female inheritor (继承人) of the national-level intangible _______ heritage. Dongba paper, which is used to _______ Dongba scriptures (经文) and draw pictures for the Nakhi people, is a kind of _______, ethnic handmade paper. The material for making the paper is _______ resistant to insects, so Dongba paper is bug-proof (防虫的) and can be _______ for a very long time.

He and Li couple make about 7,000 pieces of paper each year in their spare time, _______ work on the farm and in the house that keeps them busy, and part-time tour guide work. They _______ less than 20,000 yuan from papermaking each year, almost enough for the tuition fees for their two kids _______ in the town, but far from the whole household expenses.

__________ papermaking doesn't bring in much money, His family __________ the tradition and keeps making the most __________ Dongba paper totally by hand. They take __________ in teaching other villagers and visitors everything about Dongba culture, from papermaking to Dongba characters.

Li and He have long dreamed of __________ a private Dongba culture museum but they __________ have enough money to do so.

Li won't give up her dream of __________ Dongba culture. Many people try to __________ her to use the modern way to make paper. Li knows it can cut __________. However, as a member of a Dongba family, Li will never __________ their tradition for money. Li will try her best to set up their museum. Li knows it's hard，but she's __________ in the future.

10 . I never thought a misunderstanding over strawberries would send my mother-in-law out to the hills at dusk, just to pick an entire basket for me, an English.

It happened in May many years ago. I lived with my in-laws （公婆）in their _______. One day at the dinner time. I thought I had _______ somebody say miaozi., the term for strawberries in the local _______ . They were my favorite fruit in _______ . so I didn't wait to ask if there were some in the house.

It turned out that I was _______ ,but that didn't stop my Chinese in-laws from regarding my _______ as a veiled （含蓄的）request. Then. my father-in-law, _______ my mother-in-law to go into the hills and _______ some for me.

I was so _______ and I begged her not to do this. ________ she just smiled and disappeared into the kitchen for a while. Just as we prepared to ________ the table after the meal, she appeared in the dining room, carrying a basket of the very fruit.

Although I ________ my head for that was not my intention. I also ________ it for what it really was—another way to show how much she ________ me.

My Chinese in-laws have ________ told me "I love you." nor have they ever ________ or kissed me like my parents do. But I've felt that same care and regard in ________ ways.

While all this has meant learning a ________ language of love. I've come to appreciate just how ________ Chinese families will go to show their affection—even into a hillside in such a rural ( 农村的）village at __________   looking for strawberries.