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If you’ve ever spent time in the UK, you must have had a nice cup of tea. There’s tea for

breakfast, tea during break time, tea when you visit a friend’s house and tea for    1     (relax) yourself. Tea even gets its very own special day in the UK, which falls on 21 April.

While drinking tea is    2    (certain) a centuries-old tradition in the UK, many countries also have their own strong    3    (culture) practices about tea. The nation which drinks most tea is Turkey. The people there have an average of ten cups a day! This is followed    4    Ireland and the UK comes third. Tea is also    5    popular drink in China and India, where most of the world’s tea    6    (produce).

Despite the fact that tea has been popular in the UK for hundreds of years, the question of when to add the milk is one that still    7    (lead) to many arguments! Most people first pour the tea into the cup, and then add the milk, but others disagree. It is said that this is a way for the rich    8    (show) off their wealth. The rich often use better cups, which can stand the temperature of very hot tea.

This means people    9    have lower-quality cups need to first pour the milk so that the cup won’t break. On 21 April, tea    10    (party) are held in cafes and tea rooms across the UK to encourage people to try different kinds of tea to enrich their lives.

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The celebrations of Chinese New Year, also     1     (call) Chinese Spring Festival, were born out of fear and myth (神话). Legend (传说) spoke of the wild beast Nian (which also is the word for “year”)     2     appeared at the end of each year,     3     (attack) villagers. Loud noises and bright lights were used     4     (frighten) the beast away, and the Chinese New Year celebrations were born. Today, the Spring Festival     5     (celebrate) with a week of vacation in China. Much like the Western New Year (January 1st), the biggest celebration is on the eve of the holiday.

The Chinese New Year’s Eve meal is the most important dinner of the year.     6     (typical), families gather at a designated (指定的) relative’s house for dinner, but these     7     (day), more and more families choose to hold New Year’s Eve dinner at a restaurant. Many restaurants require reservations (预订) months ahead.

There are also some families that hire ( 雇用) a professional chef to come cook at home. Chefs are often busy running from one home     8     another cooking dinners for different families on New Year’s Eve.

Chinese New Year is a 15-day celebration and each day, many families take turns to hold celebrations among homes of     9     (they) relatives. The festivities are day-long and sometimes, a family ends up cooking two meals for relatives, once at lunch     10     once at dinner.

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A significant part of daily life in China centers on tea. Tea and all its six primary     1     (category) — green, yellow, dark, white, oolong, and black — all originated in China. The earliest credible evidence comes from ancient plant remains     2     (find) in 2016 in Xi’an, indicating that tea was grown at least 2, 100 years ago.

Today, the country has over 2, 000 varieties of tea,     3     (differ) in taste, aroma, and purpose. According to     4     UN report, about 6 billion cups of tea are consumed every day. In comparison, only 2 billion cups of coffee are made per day.

Generation after generation of tea makers experimented     5     different brewing (冲泡) techniques, leaves, and ceremonies, resulting in today’s diverse tea culture. The inclusion of the country’s traditional tea-making process on the UNESCO list will     6     (obvious) generate practical benefits for tea makers in the country and across the world because more resources are provided     7     (protect) such millennia-old tea culture and technical practices. As additional attention     8     (bring) to this traditional technique, the Chinese tea industry will further boost its growth.

As one of China’s     9     (old) cultural practices, traditional tea processing techniques represent the spirit of modesty and harmony. No matter your preference for green and dark tea, with milk or without, Chinese tea isn’t just brews. Instead, it is a bridge     10     connects different cultures and peoples.

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Chinese Traditional Culture Museum held a fashion show,     1     (inspire) by the solar terms and ethnic (少数民族的) cultures in Beijing on May 21. The day was Grain Buds (小满), the eighth solar term on the     2     (tradition) Chinese calendar.

The clothes     3     (design) by Yang Jie after he went on a trip to a village in Guizhou province. It was during the trip that he     4     (get) the inspiration. He combined the patterns, sewing features and dye techniques of the Miao and Dong ethnic     5     (group) living there. The designer said the colors presented the changing shades of light and varying atmospheres     6     were connected with the several solar terms from early summer to early autumn.

Su Dan, director of the museum, said that it was worthwhile     7     (watch) the exhibition. In his opinion, costumes play     8     important part in our culture. The clothes that people wear carry rich information about the relations     9     people and nature, and how people define their social roles. The show was a     10     (celebrate) of history, culture and wisdom coming from people’s long-term interaction with the world.

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Educators and parents agree that cultural diversity adds significant value to any educational environment. It develops global     1     (aware). Teaching students to be positive global citizens (公民) can also influence their academic performance.

The value of cultural exchange in school is more fully realized when an effective international program is part of the school system. Learning diverse language skills is not the only benefit that can     2    (obtain). Students gain understanding of the differences and similarities of other cultures. By learning about others, they gain valuable insight about     3    (they) as well.

Most students have felt like an outsider at one time     4    another. With the school’s goal being to help all students “fit in”,     5    is important that an atmosphere of open-mindedness and acceptance     6    (exist) throughout the learning environment.

Building on global perspective, educators help students connect the dots between science, social studies, environmental issues and more. For example, if oceanography is a topic of interest, the class might view how science has made a positive impact on countries     7    cooperate on the issue, and how they are uniting their efforts to do good.

Parents can also     8     (active) contribute to class projects that promote global and cultural understanding. If their work involves a housing project, for instance, to improve living conditions in a country     9    (recover) from an earthquake, sharing their ideas with their child’s class can be very     10     (benefit).

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Porcelain is a material     1     (make) from well-chosen porcelain clay (黏土) through technological processes. Although porcelain developed from pottery (陶器), the two are different in material and firing temperature. Porcelain has a better quality and a     2     (beautiful) body than pottery. That’s why it slowly replaced pottery. It is called china in English because it was first made in China, which fully explains that the beautiful porcelain can be a symbol     3     China.

The earliest porcelain     4     (appear) during the Shang Dynasty, but the first real porcelain was not produced until the Eastern Han Dynasty. The techniques for     5     (create) porcelain developed in the Tang Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, people in Jingdezhen, China’s porcelain capital, produced blue and white porcelain     6     later became the representative of porcelain.

Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, porcelain has been exported (出口) worldwide. It     7     (strong) encourages economic and cultural exchange between China     8     the outside world. It also influences the     9     (tradition) culture and lifestyle of people from other     10     (country). Porcelain is the creative fruit of the working people of ancient China.

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Listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in 2006, Qinqiang Opera has gradually seen a return     1     popularity in recent years. The revival (复兴) of Qinqiang Opera     2    (attract) more young audience since then.

“Ten years ago, our audience     3     (be) mostly old people. We were afraid we would lose them one day. Now we have lots of young audience members     4     our performances are     5     (warm) welcomed,” said Hou Yanto China Daily.

The number of young     6     (performer) increased as well. The average age of Hou’s opera team is 30. “As we become more confident about our culture, more young people will like     7    (tradition) culture as a fashionable trend and become promoters (推广者) of     8     (they) own culture,” Hou said to China Daily.

The revival of Qinqiang Opera in the past decades has reflected the country’s cultural development,     9     surprises the public. Hou’s attitude to her career has also changed. “As an opera actor, I’m very confident in our culture. I couldn’t imagine it decades ago. So I consider it our duty     10     (make) it well received.”