1 . Be cautious of Friday the 13^th！Many people think the day is unlucky.    1    （fortune）, there's only one Friday the 13^th this year. As the legend goes，you should try not     2    （break）any mirrors，walk under a ladder，or even spill any salt. Why？Researchers say    3     is tough to find out how the tradition came into being. Many believe it has     4    （religion）origins. In the Christian faith，there were 13 guests at table for the Last Supper，which was held the day before the Friday    5    Jesus died. Now，Friday the 13h has become a cultural wonder. Many Americans avoid the number 13 all together，    6    （include）hotel rooms and airplane seat assignments. It even costs couples less to get married on the day. There are many other    7    （explain）behind the luckless day. Simon Bronner，a professor of American studies at Pennsylvania State. University，    8    （believe）Friday the 13h is a way for people to pin their bad luck to a certain cause:. The fact should be    9    there's nothing special about the number itself. After all，the number 13     10    （consider）to be lucky in some countries，like Italy

Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty fell interested in the local drama during his tour of Southern China.     1    (celebrate) his 80th birthday in 1790, he gathered opera troupes (剧团) from different areas around China to perform for him in Beijing.     2     the celebration came to an end, four famous troupes from Anhui Province     3    (ask) to stay, for audiences were particularly satisfied with their great performances,     4    (color) clothes and interesting facial makeup.

    5    (gradual), it replaced Kunqu Opera that had been popular in the palace and among the upper ranks in Beijing. Later, some troupes from Hubei Province came to Beijing and often performed together with the Anhui troupes. The two types of singing combined on     6     same stage and finally gave birth to a new type which was known as Beijing Opera.

Beijing Opera absorbed various     7    (characteristic) of its forerunners, such as singing and dancing, and adapted itself in language and style of singing to cater     8     Beijing audiences’ tastes. As time goes by, its     9    (popular) has spread all over the country, with it     10    (become) the most popular drama in China.

There are many different taboos (禁忌) around the world. A taboo is a social action that is not     1     (allow). Almost every culture in the world has     2     (it) own taboos. When you meet people from different cultures, it is important     3     (understand) what you can and cannot do. If we are not aware     4     these differences, some unusual     5     (thing) might happen. For instance, in China, it     6     (be) rude to put the chopsticks into a bowl of rice straight as it is often done for the dead. If you visit Nepal, you will find Nepalese often greet each other with the hands pressed together instead of shaking hands, while in North America and the UK, people greet one another by     7     (shake) hands. If you will do business with a South American, it seems     8     (impolitely) to be dressed in the light colors. What about Japanese? They     9    (like)   the lotus and do not give it as a gift to Japanese because they regard it as the mourning flower. While these different customs might seem strange to you, remember that     10     you consider normal probably seems just as unusual to others.

Cultural and creative products inspired by cultural relics preserved at China’s museums have brought ancient culture closer to the people.

Though the cultural relics     1     display to the public remain preserved in their glass cases, cultural and creative products of     2    (variety) kinds developed by museums are allowing people to carry a little piece of the cultural exhibitions back home.

In Central China’s Hunan province, the Hunan Museum has developed     3     series of health-related products, such as fragrance pouches(香袋), tea and pillows, based on several     4    (discovery) at the Mawangdui tombs of the Han Dynasty(206 BC—AD 220), according to a report in China Youth Daily.

In the northwestern province of Shaanxi, public transportation cards     5    (feature) cultural relics in the Shanxi History Museum, especially figurines of the Tang Dynasty(618—907),     6    (be) among the best-selling creative products.

Zhang Huiguo, coming from the Shanxi Museum, said that greater efforts are being made by museums     7    (meet) the demand for better cultural and creative products,     8     have evolved from replicas to products with deeper cultural meanings.

"The idea of cultural creativity is     9    (constant) expanding, and now every museum     10    (seek) ways to reach younger audiences," says Wu Ming, the chief of creative product development at Beijing’s Capital Museum.

The traditional Chinese Longtaitou Festival, also called Dragon Head Raising Festival,     1     (fall) on the second day of the second lunar month every year,       2     the rain-bringing Dragon King is said to awaken     3     his winter sleep. It's     4     (wide) believed that the second day of the second month on the Chinese lunar calendar means the start of spring and farming.

The festival is a     5     (reflect) of the ancient agrarian (耕作的)culture. Nowadays, although some of the old ways     6     (celebrate) the festival are no longer in practice, some still keep on. Most of them are still identical to those practised in the ancient times,     7     (include) eating Chinese pancakes and noodles. The most famous     8     (tradition) practice on this day is to have a haircut.Some people believe that going to the barber's on the second day of the second month will get rid of bad luck, while     9     believe it is bad luck to get hair cut during the first month of the lunar calendar. Folk     10     (activity)like dragon dance are also held during the Longtaitou Festival across China.

A great fire has destroyed the medieval（中世纪的）cathedral(大教堂)of Notre-Dame in Paris, one of France's    1    (famous) landmarks. Thousands of people gathered in the streets around the cathedral, watching the flames in silence,some of    2    could be seen crying. Watching such a symbol of French culture burnt and its spire（尖项）destroyed is extremely    3    (shock) to any French person.

No other site represents France like Notre-Dame, which    4    (receive) almost 13 million visitors each year, more than the Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower, is a little more than a century old    5    Notre-Dame has stood tall above Paris    6    1200s. It has given its name to one of the country’s literal    7    (masterpiece). Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame（《钟楼怪人》）is known    8    me French simply as Notre-Dame de Paris（《巴黎圣母院》）．

The three large rose windows    9    (destroy) by the fire.    10    (fortunate),the main structure, including the two bell towers, has been saved. Also, the most valuable cultural relics have survived the fire. The last time the cathedral suffered major damage was during the French Revolution. It survived two world wars largely in good condition.

Fuchsia Dunlop decided to visit China after reading articles about the country for several months. The one-month backpacking trip exposed the English woman     1     a wide range of Chinese food. "The dishes and soups I had even in the cheapest and plain eateries were better than     2     I had in the U.K.,” Dunlop recalled.

The last stop of her trip was Chengdu,     3     capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Dunlop learned from friends that Sichuan food represents one of China's     4     (good) cuisines, and when the spicy flavor of Sichuan pepper exploded in her mouth, something inside her changed forever.

After she returned to London, Dunlop made the decision to study in China at Sichuan University. When she wrote down "studying Chinese     5     (policy) on ethnic groups" on the     6     (apply) form as the reason for a scholarship, what she really had in mind were Sichuan dishes.

Her journey eventually led her to become the most knowledgeable English person on Chinese food. She     7     (write) many books on Chinese cuisine since, including Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper, which was translated into Chinese in 2018.

According to Chen Xiaoqing,     8     (know) for directing the documentary of A Bite of China, Dunlop is the most insightful foreign writer who     9     (vivid) describes Chinese cuisine in an exciting and accurate way. What she presents to the readers is not just food, but also the profound traditions and tremendous changes     10     (occur) in the country behind the flavors.

Time flies,but the tracks of time remain in     1     (variety) artworks and architectural treasures. This is     2     made a recent tragedy in Paris even     3     (bad).

On April 15, 2019, Notre Dame cathedral, one of the greatest treasures of the Western world went up in flames, making it a sad day for     4     the architectural history and the world. It’s no wonder that people felt sad. The 850-year-old cathedral, home     5     a huge number of artworks, as well as one of the world’ s most famous tourist     6     (attract),is more than a house of worship but also a symbol of French culture, architecture and history.     7     (lucky),no one died in the fire and the world - famous stained glass rose windows also survived.

The cathedral became truly famous worldwide after the book “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,”     8     (write) by Victor Hugo,     9     (publish) in 1831. Hugo wrote the book to remind people     10       (protect) the beautiful old buildings of Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to reconstruct the historic building in a public speech following the fire.

When meeting people at the airport, most people smile and shake hands with people they meet. We know that a smile is usually a sign that people feel friendly and happy,     1    what if we don’t know who the new person is? What if we are not     2    (introduce) by a friend? Sometimes people are dangerous and humans have to find ways to protect     3     (themself). We have to make sure we can trust people we do not know, and we have to show that we are not dangerous, showing our hands means that we are not armed. In many cultures today, the Western custom of    4     (shake) hands is used. We use our right hand, which is usually     5     (strong) than the left one. If we are using our hand this way, it cannot be holding a knife or a gun.   It shows that we can trust each other.

Not all cultures use the handshake, and people in many Asian cultures do not always touch another person. Japanese people might cover one hand with     6     other hand, depending on     7    they are greeting, bow     8    (slight) or quite low. A Muslim will touch his heart, mouth and forehead     9     (show) respect. They are all keeping their hands busy. In almost all cultures, to smile and show an open right hand     10     (mean). "Welcome, you are safe with me."

Paper cutting is a folk culture with so long a history. When Chinese Lunar New Year is coming, it is a custom     1     northern people to paste the paper cutting on the window. Gradually, it develops into an art form, one of the     2    (popular) traditional decoration arts. It is recorded that there were decorations made by gold and silver foil, leather and silk products in 1600 BC. We can say that paper cutting came from these art forms.

In the early time,people made images of humans and subjects by hemp paper(麻纸)     3    (bury) together with the body in the tomb or to burn on the funerals(葬礼). With the special symbolization meaning, paper cutting     4    (use) as decorations on sacrificing ceremonies. In 105AD, Cai Lun improved the paper making technique and     5     large amount of paper was produced,     6     laid a foundation for the spread of paper cutting. Beautiful patterns were created and gradually, the patterns were     7    (wide) used in other fields later.

There were more records of paper cutting after 960 AD(Song dynasty). Professional paper cutting artists appeared,     8    (specialize) in different patterns. Some were good at cutting flowers     9     others were expert at characters' cutting. Thus the patterns were abundant(丰富的) and colorful. One of the most important     10    (contribution) of paper cutting in the Song dynasty was that patterns were used on the china.