We    1    (eat)out for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years, and we have enjoyed it no    2    (little) than eating at home. I don't understand why some people refuse    3    (embrace) the change.

Can't they admit that the    4    (prepare) for the dinner are hard work? I really don't think it's worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour    5    (clean) up the mess after it's over. We work all year, so why can't one day be about spending time with family and relaxing?

Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do    6    loss of traditions. We still have the dinner with the same people, just in    7    different place. The occasion is more enjoyable without all that    8    (tired) cooking, and the dishes taste better!

In my opinion, what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn't matter. Eating out may change the form of this tradition,    9    the love between the family members sitting around the table together    10    (remain) the same.

Have you ever tasted or perhaps heard of sugar painting? As fewer people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a    1    (distance) memory in some ways. However, a 38-year-old craftsman, Li Jiangzhong, is devoted to     2     (keep) the art of sugar painting alive.

Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After the mine closed down, Li turned     3     housing decoration until he     4     (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had     5     interest in.

Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by     6    (he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could make     7     (vary) of sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made with     8            (melt) brown or white sugar. Craftsman     9    (basic) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup (糖浆). When the sugar cools down,     10    appears is a piece of sugar art.

Cave No.12 of the Yungang Grottoes (石窟), the 1,500-year-old masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist art, has been recently “moved” to the Zhejiang University Museum of Art and Archaeology by 3D printing technology,     1     (bring)the grottoes to the wider world.

Cave No.12,14 meters deep,11 meters wide and 9 meters high, also known     2     the Music Cave, was carved with rich images of heavenly figures and     3     (music)instruments from home and abroad. These figures represented the     4     (early) royal symphony orchestra (乐团) in ancient China.

The researchers     5     (overcome)many difficulties since August 2016.First,the project team spent three months laser-scanning (激光扫描) the cave and took 55,680.     6     (photo) of it.     7     (ensure) successful printing, a special 3D printer was tailored for the project. Then,     8     came after 3D printing was the coloring process, during which the images in the cave     9     (expect) to be covered with proper materials and colors. After eight months of coloring, the staff finally completed the replica cave. Experts believe that the completion of the project marked technical breakthroughs and     10     very important step forward in digital protection and inheritance of cultural heritages.

China, which     1     (recognize) widely as the hometown of tea, gains a big reputation of tea planting, strict tea etiquette (礼节) and unique tea drinking     2     (habit). Tea drinking in China has a history of more than 5,000 years,     3     (date) back to the Shennong era. Tea ceremony has been into    4     (exist) since ancient times. It is the     5     (early) traditional etiquette of the Han nationality in China to offer tea    6    guests. Until now, a cup of tea is always made for guests when they come. A tea party is not only simple and money-saving, but also elegant and formal. The saying “gentleman’s friendship is as light as water”,     7    water refers to tea, indicates a kind of deep friendship. The Han people also have various customs of giving tea as a gift. Every summer in ancient Hangzhou,     8     capital city of the Southern Song Dynasty, each family cooked a new tea called Qijia tea,     9     (primary) together with fine fruits of various colors. Then the tea would be presented to relatives and friends. This custom is putting two green fruits in the tea cup, namely olives or kumquats,     10     (show) the meaning of good luck and happiness.

An engagement (订婚) ring represents formal agreement to future     1     (marry). It’s a ring indicating that the person     2     (wear) it has promised to marry his/her partner. Conventionally (通常), a ring     3     (use) as an engagement gift when a man proposes (求婚) to his girlfriend. How does a man propose? A man commonly proposes to his girlfriend by asking, “Will you marry me?” or “Will you be my wife?”

In Western countries, engagement rings are worn mostly by women. Yet     4     many other cultures, women and men wear matching rings. It’s     5     custom for people to wear the ring on the middle finger of the left hand,     6     (especial) in Western countries. But in the Indian tradition, people wear it on the middle finger of the right hand.

The ring is usually decorated with pretty diamonds,     7     stand for pure and long-lasting love. Before 1900s, the diamond engagement ring     8     (be) quite rare. Today it is still quite expensive. At present, it often takes a young man about three months     9     (find) a perfect diamond engagement ring, and it’ll probably take him much     10     (long) to pay it off.

Traditional Chinese Medicine is one of the great herbal systems of the world, which    1    （date) back to the third century BC. Yet throughout    2    (it) history it has continually developed in response to changing clinical conditions, and has been developed by research into every aspect of usage. Chinese herbal medicines are very safe when instructed    3    （correct). Over thousands of years, experienced doctors have compiled (编译）detailed information about the prescription and placed great emphasis on the protection of the patient. Allergic type reactions are rare, and will result    4    no lasting damage if    5    (treat) is stopped as soon as undesired symptoms appear. The primary difference between Chinese and Western medicine can be described as Chinese treats the Yang and Western treats the Yin. Everything in the universe can be described in terms of Yin    6    Yang. It's found that when    7    (apply) to medicine in general, Western medicine acts upon the Yin of the body, the substance (物质）of the body, the actual cells and chemicals. Traditional Chinese Medicine works more on the energy    8    motivates those cells. It's widely recognized that Traditional Chinese Medicine helps created a    9    (healthy) world. Today, it is not unusual    10    （see) Traditional Chinese Medicine being used around the world.

In many Asian countries, masks     1     (wear) on many occasions in daily life, such as doing housework or visiting patients in the hospital. They can give people the comfort of being protected. Young people in Japan even choose masks as their fashion statement,     2     (express) their personal style through unique designs and patterns.

In fact, wearing a mask is also an outward expression of group-oriented (集体倾向的) values. With one's face     3     (cover), one becomes part of a giant whole.     4    ,   western countries would argue that individual values are far     5     (importance).   As     6     citizen,     7    is one's duty to prevent the spread of illness by following hygienic (卫生的) procedures (步骤), such as washing one's hands and limiting one's contact with others. A face mask is only suitable     8     those showing symptoms (症状) of illness.

Whether from the East or the West, what matters is to respect others'     9     (opinion), no matter     10     different they are.

Culture conflicts can occur anytime you travel, but every once in a while they happen in some truly unexpected ways. From shopping with many coins to     1     (light) up a cigarette outdoors, these are strange and embarrassing travel mistakes     2     (travel) would do their best to avoid. For example,           3     is illegal to feed pigeons on the streets of San Francisco. The city     4     (know) for the Golden Gate Bridge blames the common birds for spreading disease and damaging property. Anyone           5     is caught providing food to San Francisco's pigeons could face a heavy fine. Moreover, citizens           6     (encourage) to report pigeon feeders to the city's police department. For another example, you'd better think twice before you smoke in Singapore. Singapore has     7     (serious) smoking penalty（处罚）in the world. Smoking in public will earn a tough fine. More     8     (surprise), if you' re shopping in Canada, don't expect cashiers     9     (accept) many coins as your sole method of payment. According to Canada's Currency Act, stores can legally refuse excessive amounts     10     coins. With pennies, for example, customers' payments may be rejected if they try to use more than 25 one-cent coins at a time.

The Chinese government stresses the    1    (important) of protecting ancient cultural relics. The reason     2     these relics are protected is     3     it can reflect the ancient Chinese civilization. In the past, there was a time     4     China and Japan were     5     war with each other. As a result, a lot of     6     (value) relics were destroyed or robbed of. The Japanese aggressive     7     (behave) deserved to be punished severely. Anyone who was brought up in China should have a sense of     8     (responsible) to protect and respect these cultural relics. In     9     (conclude), we should spare no efforts     10    (save) them from disappearing.

Twenty teammates dig the paddles into the water and then pull back in a quick,     1     (power) motion (动作). A drummer (鼓手) keeps time for     2    (they) from the front of the boat while another person controls and directs from the back. Together, these 22 people race a boat     3    (decorate) with the head and tail of a dragon. It is a scene     4     has been part of the Dragon Boat Festival in China for thousands of years. But over the last 40 years, this scene     5    (become) common on lakes and rivers around the globe.

The world outside Asia was formally introduced to dragon boating in 1976. That year the Hong Kong Tourist Association had a plan     6    (attract) tourists. Their first step was inviting a Japanese team to compete in the first Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races. The media (新闻媒体) sent pictures around the world,     7    (increase) international interest in the sport. Their next step was sending dragon boats to     8    (city) in North America and Europe.     9     their plan helped tourism or not, it did give rise to dragon boat clubs in many countries. When the International Dragon Boat Federation was founded in 1991, dragon boating had truly become     10     international sport.