A     1     was     2     to     3     damage to the Egyptian buildings and     4     the     5     of cultural relics. The group asked for     6     from different     7     and raised     8    within the international community.

At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-    1     language. It dates back several thousand years to the use of longgu-animal     2     and shells on which     3     were     4     by ancient Chinese people.

Just like spoken language, body language     1     from culture to culture. The crucial thing is using body language in a way that is     2     to the culture you are in. For example, making eye contact—looking into someone’s eyes—in some countries is a way to display     3    . In other countries,     4     contrast, eye contact is not always approved     5    .

During the Middle Ages, the     1     of Western art was to teach people about Christianity. Thus, artists were not interested in painting     2     scenes. Their works were often     3     and two-dimensional, and the main characters were often made much     4     than everyone else to show their     5    .

A committee was established to     1     damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics. The group asked for     2     from different departments and raised funds     3     the international community. Experts investigated the issue,     4     several tests, and then made a proposal for     5     the buildings could be saved.

China is widely known     1     its ancient civilisation which has continued all the way through into modern times, despite the many ups and     2     in its history. There are many reasons     3     this has been possible, but one of the main     4     has been the Chinese writing system.

Just like spoken language, body language v    1     from culture to culture. The c    2     thing is using body language in a way that is a    3     to the culture you are in. For example, making eye contact — looking into someone’s eyes — in some countries is a way to display interest. In other countries, by c    4    , eye contact is not always approved of. For example, in many Middle Eastern countries, men and women are not socially permitted to make eye contact. In Japan, it may demonstrate r    5     to look down when talking to an older person.

The gesture for “OK” has different meanings in different c    6    . In Japan, someone who w    7     another person employing the gesture might think it means money. In France, a person encountering an i    8     gesture may interpret it as meaning zero. H    9    , you should avoid making this gesture in Brazil and Germany, as it is not considered p    10    .

Certainly, in many ways this seems to be true. Chinese cuisine is a case in point.     1    to coming to China, my only experience with Chinese cooking was in America, with Chinese food    2    had been changed to suit American tastes. For example, America’s most popular Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken, which     3    of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavoured with hot red     4    . This is probably not an authentic Chinese     5    , however, so it cannot tell us much about the Chinese.

Certainly, in many ways this seems to be true. Chinese c    1     is a case in point. P    2     to coming to China, my only e    3     with Chinese cooking was in America, with Chinese food that had been changed to suit American t    4    . For example, America’s most popular Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken, which c    5     of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavoured with hot red p    6    . This is probably not an authentic Chinese r    7    , however, so it cannot tell us much about the Chinese. On the other hand, it does tell us a lot about Americans. It tells us, for example, that Americans love bold, simple f    8    . And, since the dish was also i    9     recently, it tells us that Americans are not a    10     to try new foods.

A committee was     1     to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and     2    the loss of cultural relics. The group asked for     3     from different departments and raised    4     within the international community. Experts     5     the issue,     6     several tests, and then made a proposal for how the buildings could be saved. Finally, a     7     was signed, and the work began in 1960.