A few days ago, the Palace Museum and the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe signed a cooperation agreement on promotion of the Kunqu Opera. The cooperation has created     1     effective way to promote traditional culture

The Palace Museum is one of the     2     (large) museums of ancient Chinese culture and art in China. It used to be the Forbidden City,     3     the emperors of China’s Ming and Qing dynasties lived and conducted state     4    (affair), and was turned into a museum later.

The Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest types of opera in China.     5     (feature) mild and emotional melodies, poetic lines and graceful gestures, it can best represent the traditional Chinese arts. The Kunqu Opera     6    (be) under state protection since the PRC was founded.

The cooperation     7     the Palace Museum and the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe is a good attempt to preserve this opera, which is     8    (real) worth encouraging.

According to the Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe, this cooperative project is “a dream coming true after three years. We aim to bring to life the opera relics     9    (house) in the Palace Museum.”

Some traditional plays recorded and kept in the Palace Museum will be selected and put on show. In addition, the Troupe will also recover a series of plays and perform     10    (they).

March 14 is right around the comer, and math learners know     1     that means. It’s Pi Day, a holiday honoring one of math’s most famous constants (常量): pi.

The number pi, or π, is equal to the circumference (圆周长) of a circle     2     (divide) by the circle’s diameter (直径). That comes out to about 3.14159. This is true for circles of all sizes, from     3     (penny) to pizzas to planets. Pi’s value is often rounded to 3.14. That’s why Pi Day     4     (celebrate) on March 14. It’s also why one Earth-sized planet orbiting another star every 3.14 days is nicknamed “Pi Earth.”

But the exact value of pi is     5     (actual) impossible to write out. Last year, a     6     (power) computer calculated pi to record-breaking 62.8 trillion (万亿) figures. And in 2005, one 23-year-old used clever mental tricks to recite nearly 68,000 of those figures from memory. No one, though, will ever get to     7     end of pi.

Historians aren’t sure when people first     8     (discover) the concept of pi. But it’s been known in some form     9     almost 4,000 years. Ancient Greeks and Babylonians knew estimates of it. The Egyptians may have used pi     10     (build) the pyramids. And still today, pi is used in just about all math involving circles.

Running for more than 20,000 kilometers, the Great Wall is a historical landmark of unparalleled glory, but climbing     1     is hard work. Not everyone has the strength or     2     (determine)to climb its tall steps and steep slopes (斜坡), while only a handful may have the special skills to     3     (physical) participate in the restoration of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

However, a recently     4    (launch) WeChat miniprogram is allowing every history enthusiast to be a hero in a virtual world,     5     one not just climbs the Great Wall, but also protects it. Great Wall E-tour, co-produced by the China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation and internet giant Tencent, among others,     6     (go) online on June 11 to mark the annual     7     (nation) Cultural and Natural Heritage Day. Offering an almost simulated (模拟的) experience of climbing the Wall and helping in preservation work, the program has created a lot of enthusiastic     8     (response) in recent weeks and won a large fan base.

Thanks     9    cutting-edge digital technology, the virtual model is “detailed to millimeters”. Around 50,000 high-definition pictures have been used     10    (offer) users the remarkable experience.

The documentary film The Magical Craftsmanship of Suzhou, featuring Chinese intangible cultural heritages, was launched in Australia and New Zealand on July 28, 2022. Before launching, it was released in North America in June,     1     stimulated a wide discussion on the eastern aesthetics(美学)and the intangible cultural heritages. It gave the     2     (local) a close up look at how ancient handicrafts continue to color modern Chinese life.

The film,     3     (joint) produced by Suzhou Broadcasting Cooperation and Suzhou Protection and Management Office of Intangible Cultural Heritage, aims     4     (present) an elegant and fresh Chinese culture to overseas audiences. It mainly focuses     5     nine handicrafts with long-lasting lineages in Suzhou city and     6     (share) the story about Chinese artists, conveying the eastern manufacturing concepts and craftsmanship spirits.

Caitlin Nugent, a 26-year-old teacher from Sydney, attended one of the documentary’s screenings. She said she     7     (draw) by the process behind silk brocades(锦缎)and the film added to her dream of     8     (make) the trip to China that she had never been to. Peter Hannam,     9     writer, said the film gave an insight into the importance of passing     10     (tradition) skills from generation to generation.

Celebrating Chinese New Year overseas is a completely different experience. Chinese New Year was     1     of the things I missed most about Singapore—the reunion of family     2     (member) whom we hadn’t seen for the last 364 days, the exchanging of gifts, the various colours and sounds that we so     3     (close) connect with this most Chinese of festivals.

This year, I helped my mother hang up an attractive     4     (decorate) of a giant dragon along the staircase. We wiped down the entire house together-the kitchen, the living room, light fittings, the entire lot. Aunts, uncles, cousins came around,     5     (enjoy) a massive meal and lazed in front of the TV for a couple of hours while the Chinese New Year variety shows were playing. We visited the temple on New Year’s morning to pay respects     6     our ancestors. We worked very hard in the weeks     7     (lead) up to the event.

This morning, a     8     (cheer) lion dance troupe (剧团) drove slowly past my local wet market. Old folks and their grandchildren stuck out their heads from windows,     9     (watch) the performance. It is this community spirit     10     makes Chinese New Year what it is.

9 . During the Lantern Festival, long lines of customers are waiting outside Daoxiangcun stores in the capital city Beijing. "I feel I'm missing something     1     I don't eat yuanxiao during the Lantern Festival. Getting up early in the morning,     2     (put) on warm clothes and waiting in a long line outside a Daoxiangcun store to buy newly-made yuanxiao is a sort of private ceremony for me and ensures I will have another sweet year." Dong Shanshan,    3     35-year-old Beijinger said. For many people like Dong, eating Daoxiangcun, yuanxiao     4     (be) an essential Lantern Festival tradition.

The Beijing Daoxiangcun Food Company,     5     owns the brand and stores, recently staged an event to mark the official launch of yuanxiao being made at some of its     6     (factory). Shi Yan, the company's representative manager, said, “All     7     (we) yuanxiao are handmade, because it is the only way to maintain the traditional flavor.”

    8     (meet) local demand, the company will demonstrate how yuanxiao are made at some of its stores in Beijing. "This will     9     (hopeful) bring a festive atmosphere to the city and its residents," Shi said. "Young people can learn how the traditional food is made and the culture surrounding this food can     10     (carry) forward and expanded.^”