Yungang Grottoes(石窟)in Datong, Shanxi Province, are a world cultural heritage site with a history that goes back more than 1,500 years. In Yungang’s 45 big grottoes and more than 200 small grottoes,     1    (rough) 59,000 figures of the Buddha     2    (be) a priceless treasure of human culture.

    3     because of the effects of climate change and natural disasters, the grottoes face damage year after year. Thanks to     4    (advance) digital technology, researchers are busy “duplicating (复制)” the Yungang Grottoes in an attempt     5    (preserve) the precious cultural relics.     6    (employ) 3D laser scanning technology, the researchers digitally record the shapes, colors and other fine details of the grottoes and later reproduce them by using 3D printing technology.

    7     new technology could enable more people to have access to the cultural relics     8     the distance. In June, 2020, the Zhejiang University Cultural Relics Research Institute and Yungang Grottoes Research Institute together “copied and pasted” Cave No. 12 of the Yungang Grottoes for exhibition in Hangzhou. There, people could see the world’s first 3D-printed l: l “copy” of a grotto.

The Yungang     9    (researcher)attempt is a good example of technology helping to preserve cultural heritage. It is hoped     10     the new digitized technologies will facilitate the “rebirth” of the cultural relics, and bring them to more places worldwide.

What comes to mind when you think of kung fu?     1     your mind is filled with images of Shaolin monks or Bruce Lee, you wouldn’t be wrong. But for Laurence J. Brahm, an American documentary filmmaker, the first thing that springs to mind     2    (be) the concept of non-violence.

“Wushu, the official Chinese name for kung fu,     3    (translate) into ‘martial arts’ in English for a long time. Martial means military,” Brahm told a roomful of people     4    (attend) the premiere (首映式) of his latest work, Searching for Kung Fu.

As Brahm explained, if you break down the character “wu”, it consists of two     5    (character): one is “ge”, meaning dagger-axe; the other is “zhi”, meaning to stop. So, the meaning of martial arts in Chinese is not the “art of fighting”, a concept that many people take for granted.    6    the contrary, he said, kung fu is the art of stopping fighting, the art of non-violence.

In the movie, Brahm takes the audience on a kind of pilgrimage (朝圣), inviting them     7    (accompany) him as he travels to a host of     8    (historical) important locations in search of     9     origins of kung fu.

Beyond that, Brahm studies the principles and values in this Chinese cultural legacy (遗产),     10     dates back thousands of years but keeps its enormous influence and attraction to this day.

Beijing Opera,    1    (know) as China's national opera, also called Peking Opera, which originated in the late 18th century, is a combination of music, dance, art and acrobatics (杂技). It is the most influential and representative of all operas in China. It is called Beijing Opera because it is formed in Beijing. Beijing Opera has    2    history of 200 years and its origin can date back to old local operas, especially Anhui Opera,     3    was very popular in northern China in the 18th century. In 1790, the first Anhui Opera performance    4     (hold) in Beijing to celebrate the Emperor's birthday.

Later, some other Anhui Opera troupes (班子)     5     (continue) performing in Beijing. Anhui Opera was easy    6     (move) and good at absorbing the acting styles of other types of operas. Beijing accumulated many local operas,     7     (make) Anhui Opera improve quickly.

    8    the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, after the marriage for 10 years, Beijing Opera finally formed, and became the    9     (big) of all Operas in China. We can    10     (honest) say that Beijing Opera is the most important opera in China.

7 . Football is a popular sport with fans all over the world. There is, however, an indoor version of the game     1     (know) as “table football”. It was invented in 1921 and people     2     (get) great pleasure from it since then. The game is played on a special table. Players control their “team” by turning sticks, to which the “players” are attached. As in real football,     3     (point) will be awarded when putting the ball in the other players’ goal. Table football requires using hands and eyes together excellently, which is really exciting.

You can possibly see cats roaming around     1     you visit the Palace Museum. Now, the museum is reaching out to cat lovers. On Nov 4, the museum     2    (begin) selling cat-themed cartoon books which tell stories about the cats on the palace grounds as well as cultural and creative    3    (produce) featuring the so-called "royal cats."

Now the Palace Museum has about 200 royal cats, most of     4     are descendants (后代) of the royal families’ pets. With the ending of the Qing Dynasty, many lost their owners and escaped     5     separate areas of the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City has     6     (mass) and well-preserved wooden buildings. To prevent these relics from     7     (damage) by rats, staff in the Palace Museum helped bring these cats back out of hiding and provided them with food. Wandering around the empty lanes of the palace at night, they keep the buildings     8     (protect) from rats and mice.

"    9     is the natural mascots (吉祥物) for the Palace Museum, especially for millennials (千禧一代) that play an important role in interacting with young people and promoting the museum,”    10     person working there said.

Calligraphy, the art of writing, was the visual art form prized above all others in traditional China. Painting was contemporary with calligraphy, sharing     1     same tools—namely, brush and ink. Yet calligraphy was regarded     2     a fine art long before painting.

The status of calligraphy reflects the importance of the word in China.     3     makes the written words distinctive is its visual form. However, despite its abstract     4     (appear), calligraphy is not an abstract form. Chinese characters are dynamic, closely connected with the forces of nature and the kinesthetic (运动) energies of the human body.

How can a simple character convey all this? The use of brush and ink     5     (have) much to do with it. A calligrapher can control the     6     (thick) of the ink by varying both the amount of water and the solid ink. Once he starts writing, by loading the brush sometimes with     7     (much) ink or sometimes with less, he creates characters that resemble a shower of rocks here and a drop of dew (露珠) there.

The Chinese written language     8     (begin) to develop more than 3,000 years ago and     9     (eventual) evolved into five basic script types. Over the centuries, calligraphers were free to write in any of them,     10     ( depend) on the text’s function. The calligraphic tradition remains alive today.

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.