With the six solar terms in spring arriving in order, everything wakes up from winter. Start of Spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, which     1    (consider) the beginning of spring. On this day, Chinese People have a custom       2    "biting spring, where they eat carrots or spring cakes to celebrate     3     (it) arrival. A shower of Rain Water awakens hibernating creatures. The spring thunder surges (涌动) after Insects Awaken and then Spring Equinox falls,     4    (mark) the true arrival of spring. What follows is Clear and Bright, when the ever-changing temperature makes many people not very       5     (comfort). However, after finishing dates with blooming flowers, Grain Rain arrives.It indicates the hot summer is coming.

Ancient Chinese agricultural production has long been guided by solar terms and     6     has tea production. Picking tea leaves has been one of important spring     7    (activity) in China. According to data of the National Bureau of Statistics, China's annual tea production has ranked first for years in a row. China     8     (be) a major tea producing country since ancient times. Tea culture covers     9    variety of fields and is rich in content, so it is of vital importance to get the Chinese tea culture    10    (know) to the world.

Decorating with Plants, Fruits and Flowers for Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is a     1     (celebrate) marking the end of the winter season and the beginning of spring. This is why decorating with plants, fruits and flowers     2     (carry) special significance. They represent the earth       3       (come) back to life and best wishes for new beginnings.

These are some of the most popular in many parts of the country:

Oranges: Orange trees are more     4     decoration; they are a symbol of good fortune and wealth. They make great gifts and you see them many times     5     (decorate) with red envelopes and messages of good fortune.

Bamboo: Chinese love their “Lucky Bamboo” plants and you will see them often in their homes and office.     6     (certain) during the holiday period, this plant is a must. Bamboo plants are associated     7     health, abundance and a happy home. They are easy     8     (care) for and make great presents.

Branches of Plum Blossoms (梅花): The     9     (beauty) long branches covered with pink-colored buds (蓓蕾) make fantastic decorations. The plum trees are     10       first to flower even as the snow is melting(融化). They represent the promise of spring and a renewal of life.

Kilns (窑) had to burn day and night in Jingdezhen, a city in Jiangxi province of southeastern China,     1     (meet) demand from around the globe.

Today, though demand is much     2     (low), people are making porcelain the same way they have for hundreds of years, with Jingdezhen’s old masters still     3     (pray) to the kiln gods.

Meanwhile, across town, creative new craftspeople are bringing new     4     (idea) into the art and new life to the once factories and villages. It’s fair to say that Jingdezhen people live and     5     (breath) porcelain, but they aren’t doing it alone.

“Jingdezhen is more than a historical town. The old and new are combined perfectly here.” Says Hu Chunxiao, a local artist     6     family has worked in the industry for generations. The traditional and modern exist in harmony, which makes     7     one of the most interesting towns in China for travel.

Despite being a center of porcelain for 1,700 years, Jingdezhen is never short     8     great natural scenes. The surrounding area is famous for abundant     9     (hide) landscape — mountains, streams, farms and forests. Artists who desire a peaceful life     10     (draw) here since the ancient times.

China’s Liangzhu Archaeological Site     1    (declare) on the list of World Heritage sites on Saturday by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee during its 43^rd session in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

The site,     2    is located in Yuhang District in Hangzhou City in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province, showcases the civilization of prehistoric rice agriculture between 3,300 B.C.     3     2,300 B.C. The ruins of ancient Liangzhu city were discovered in 2007, and then large dam sites     4    (surround) the Liangzhu ancient city were unearthed continuously after 2009. It was     5     (official) submitted to UNESCO in 2019, hoping to win     6     (recognize) as a World Cultural Heritage Site. The site     7     (include) archaeological remains and unearthed cultural relics of the Liangzhu Ancient City as well as a wetland that covers     8     area of 908. 89 hectares in a plain river network. It is also found that the Liangzhu ancestors started to use characters about 5 ,000 years ago, 1 ,000 years     9     (early) than previously thought, according to Colin Renfrew, a retired professor of archaeology at the University of Cambridge.

The World Heritage Committee added Liangzhu to the UNESCO list    10     (encourage) better protection of the site, considered to be of “outstanding universal value” to humanity.

Chinese New Year, also     1     (know) as the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is the grandest festival in China. As the most colorful annual event, the     2    tradition) Chinese New Year celebration lasts longer, up to two weeks, and the highlight    3     (arrive) around the Lunar New Year's Eve.

In 2020, the Chinese Spring Festival falls     4    Jan. 25th. Like Christmas in Western countries, Chinese Lunar New Year is     5     time to be home with family, chatting, drinking, cooking, and enjoying a hearty meal together. Home isthe focus of the Spring Festival; All Chinese people manage     6    (make) their way home by New Year's Eve, for a reunion dinner with the whole family and     7    (vary) kinds of meat, vegetable, and seafood are made into dishes with auspicious(吉祥的) meanings.     8     (definite), the CCTV Spring Festival Gala is China's most watched television special,     9     delightful songs and words act as a habitual background to a reunion dinner. Although the audience becomes more and more critical of the     10     (program) in the Gala, it never stops people turning on the TV on time.

Li Ziqi has made a name for herself in her videos that highlight a traditional Chinese way of life in the rural areas of Sichuan province. Her videos cover     1    (vary) crafts related to traditional culture, from making paper and ink to weaving cloth, from making a silk comforter to building her own bread kiln(窑) with blocks. Nothing seems impossible with Li’s hands as they work their magic to bring these things into     2    (exist).

Li, born in 1990,     3    （live）with her grandparents in Mianyang, Sichuan, since the age of 6 after her father died. Life was difficult for her during her youth as she and her grandparents had little to live    4    . Li herself said that she was     5    (financial) supported to continue schooling. She started to work in the city at 14 and would not have returned to her childhood home but for her grandmother     6    (fall) ill in 2012. After returning home, Li opened     7     online shop to sell mostly food products. To increase sales, she began making short films in 2016 about how these products     8    (create).

A Weibo user remarked, “ Li’s success lies in her passion for life.” Another Weibo user wrote, “Thank you for giving me an opportunity     9    (appreciate) the landscape in the countryside. ” Li is not without criticism. Some people have expressed skepticism because it is unbelievable     10     she looks so perfect after a long day of work in the fields.

Say thank you for simple things

    1    (express) gratitude is an important form of good manners.

Everyone likes to be praised and     2    (appreciate). Gratitude is one of the greatest virtues(美德),     3     let others smile and make the world more beautiful. You just need several minutes to write down a thank-you note,     4     it brings much joy to the receiver. Gratitude is also a kind of attitude in life.

Try to write a thank-you letter to your parents for working hard     5    (offer) you a happy life. Be grateful to your teachers because of their help with your studies and character building. Say thanks to your friends who shared both your happiness and     6    (sad). We are sure     7     will bring them much joy and add color into your own life as well.

We live in a society     8     we enjoy the different services of others. But none of them should be taken for granted. Up to now more and more people in China     9    (find) it’s high time to cultivate(培养) a     10    (thank) heart for the good others do.

8 . The Spring Festival, known     1     the Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on February 16^th this year and     2     (mark) the start of the Year of Dog in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Meanwhile, the Spring Festival travel season, known as Chunyun in Chinese, officially begins. It is     3     time for family reunions, so millions of Chinese people will return to their hometowns or travel around the country in     4     has become the largest human migration in the world.

Around 2.98 billion trips are expected to be made during the Spring Festival. Several years ago, some people had no     5     (choose) but to turn to ticket scalpers (黄牛党) for help. However, at present, unlike previous years, people find     6     much easier to get tickets. High-speed trains make trips home     7     (considerable) faster. China Railway Corp. has launched a series of     8     (service) for passengers which involve self-service counters, free smartphone apps and ubiquitous(随处可见的) travel notices, thus     9     (save) much time for the passengers. As for travel by road, the electronic toll collection system helps enhance the efficiency of travel with the system     10     (update).

Carnival today is an international experience, creating a     1     (relax) atmosphere. To understand     2     (it) origin and meaning, we need to look at the history of America. The     3    (arrive) of Europeans in America, and the opening of huge farms and plantations meant there was a need for labor force. This was how the slave trade began. For more than two hundred years, millions of black people were taken     4    force from Africa and shipped to the New World,     5     there were mainly British and French landowners.

    6     (Nature), the Europeans also imported their own festivals. So the slaves

    9     the slave trade was abolished in 1838 the former slaves look over the carnival, which became a celebration of freedom.

With the passing of lime, the white people began to participate in the carnival, too. And they were welcomed by their former slaves. Carnival became     10    way to unite different communities, and has become a celebration of life itself.

10 . Smile is a universal language, which     1     (use) throughout the world. However, the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and     2     (amuse), but it can also indicate embarrassment. The following examples show this point of view. In an attempt to be open and     3     (friend), people in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other and this nonverbal communication shows being polite in the United States. But in China, smiling is not only     4     expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid     5    (be) embarrassed. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassment. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer (嘲笑). For example: When a child falls off from a bike, the adults in China may smile,     6     is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.

The laugh is     7     (relate) to the smile. Also, different cultures have various     8     (meaning) about laugh. Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly (腹部) laugh that comes     9     the deepest emotions while most Chinese may think     10     silly to laugh that way.