The 850-year-old France’s Notre-Dame cathedral(巴黎圣母院), which     1     (damage) in April after a big fire, was     2     most visited historic monument in Europe. Since the fire, Chinese and French authorities have been     3     touch with each other about cooperation on repairing     4    . “China has a great deal of experience in restoring ancient buildings     5     (affect) by fire, especially the ones made of wood,” said Chai Xiaoming, director of the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage, in an interview with state-run China Daily. “This     6     (mean) we could offer suggestions on how     7     (carry) out the restoration of the roof on Notre Dame Cathedral,” he said. It was reported     8     the two countries had signed a document during President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Beijing. China and France will     9     (effective) cooperate on the theme and select Chinese expert     10     (candidate) for the cooperative restoration work in 2020.

Qingming Festival-it is also called tomb-sweeping day. It     1    (fall) on April 4th or 5th. That is a special day for the living     2    show) love and respect to their dead friends or relatives. More importantly,   it is a period to honour and pay respect to one's deceased ancestors and family members. The Qingming Festival is a major    3    (tradition) Chinese festival. The major custom in Qingming Festival is tomb, sweeping. Not only is it a day in memory of the dead, it is also a festival for people to enjoy    4     (they) such as taking a spring outing, flying kites.

Mrs. John B Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of     1    “Father’s Day” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day     2    (honor) her father William, whose wife died while     3    (give) birth to their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in     4    (east) Washington state.    5    was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and     6     (selfless) her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent. The first Father’s Day     7    (observe) on June 19,1910 in Washington. And it was in 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson     8    (official)declared the 3rd Sunday of June as Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all     9     act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all honored     10    Father’s Day.

Hakka Earth Building is a bright pearl of Chinese civilization. It is praised as a magnificent architectural work of village houses in     1     world for its long history, unique style, smart structure and magnificent scale, which is     2     (close) related to the history of Hakka people in the mountainous areas in Fujian.

Earthen houses are made     3     earth, stone, bamboo and wood, all readily available materials which are used     4     (form) walls up to 6 feet thick. The end result is a windproof, quake-proof building that is warmer in winter and cooler in summer     5     others. The top has gun holes for defensive purposes. In addition to the unique function of defending against the     6     (enemy), the earth building also has the characteristics of fire prevention, guarding against wild animals and good lighting. What is amazing about these earth buildings     7     (be) the fact that some of them are over 700 years old, surviving through natural elements, including earthquakes.

In 2008, a total of 46 Fujiantulou sites     8     (list) as World Heritage Site by UNESCO. They’re exceptional examples of a building tradition and function     9     (represent) a particular type of group living and defensive organization in a     10     (harmony) relationship with their environment.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Moon Festival or the Moon cake Festival. It has a long history     1     (date) back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It     2     (traditional) falls on the 15th day of the     3    (eight) month of the lunar calendar. Since ancient times, customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival     4     (include) appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes     5     drinking wine. The full moon on Mid-Autumn night symbolizes family reunion     6     Chinese culture because the moon is round and the     7     (bright) of the year on this day. With the full moon hanging above in     8     sky, people     9     are far away from their     10    (hometown) might miss families while looking at the beautiful moonlight.

The International Day of Families, which was started by the United Nations in 1993,     1     (hold) on May 15 every year. The day celebrates the     2     (important) of families. It aims to deepen people’s understanding of issue     3    are related to families. With a different theme each year, the day is observed with a wide range of events that are organized at local, national and international     4     (level).

7 . During last year's two sessions （两会）, Shan Jixiang, director of the Palace Museum,     1     （push） for major renovations （修复） inside the palace museum. And during this year's two sessions, he proposed adopting     2     new set of regulations on how to best protect and preserve the historic complex.

"The Regulation of the Preservation of the Great Wall     3     （adopt） over the past years, and it has proved very effective, so this year we've drafted an outline for new regulations and we hope to pass the cultural relics of the Palace Museum on to many generations     4     （come）. " Shan said.

The Palace Museum faces serious pressures. An increasing number of     5     （tour） want to see the palace's treasures, but overcrowding could harm preservation efforts. And     6     urbanization （城市化） progressing in Beijing, construction around the Palace Museum may end up damaging     7     （it） ancient buildings.

The Forbidden City's image as a museum has grown     8     Shan's last measures were approved in 2012. To make more room for more visitors, Shan has proposed moving 750 employees,     9     （rough） half the museum's staff, to offices outside the complex. He has also called for transforming an archaeological site which     10     （be） unearthed in 2016 into a new public archaeological museum for the public to enjoy.

Traditional earthen buildings

Listed as a World Cultural Heritage in 2008, tulou or earthen buildings are unique rural dwellings ( 住宅) in the     1     (mountain) area in east China's Fujian Province. The buildings     2     (appear) in the Song and Yuan dynasties, and took     3     (they) current shapes in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Some of the Hakka and Hoklo people still live in the tulou. The buildings were     4     (original) for Hakka families to live together and defend     5    the invaders. They evolved from local mountain camps, most of     6     took a circular structure. Most of the earthen buildings have been developed since it was   put on the List, and the number of tourists     7     (rise)dramatically. Lin Jianwen is currently the sixth generation owner of Zhencheng Building     8     (build) in 1912. Lin went back home and inherited the building, turning it into a homestay hotel. In peak time, there are 200 people from 27 families     9     (live) in it. He runs     10    business with his family and takes good care of the visitors. Welcoming tourists from all over the world makes Lin's life more colorful in the village.

Chopsticks, or kuaizi in Chinese, are a pair of small equal-length sticks, usually made of wood, used for eating. We Chinese eat    1    chopsticks. It is believed the first chopsticks    2    (develop) over 5,000 years ago in China. Excavated (出土) from the Ruins of Yin near Anyang, Henan province, dating back to roughly 1,200 BC was the    3    (early) evidence of a pair of chopsticks made out of bronze. Chopsticks,    4    are roughly uniform in size throughout China, can be made of a variety of    5    (material), including bamboo, wood, plastic, silver and gold.

Chopsticks play    6    important role in Chinese food culture. Chinese chopsticks are usually 9 to 10 inches long. They are round on the eating end which symbolizes heaven, and the other end is square which symbolizes earth. This is because    7    (maintain) an enough food supply is the greatest concern between heaven and earth.

There is an old Chinese custom making chopsticks part, of a girl's dowry (嫁妆) since the    8    (pronounce) of kuaizi is similar to the words for “quick” and “son”.

Chopsticks are     9    (frequent) used in daily life. They have become more than a kind of tableware and have established a set of etiquette (礼仪) and customs of    10    (they) own.

The traditional Chinese name chop (名章) or seal has been used for thousands of years.     1     is quite likely that people began using name chops because Chinese characters are so complex and few people in ancient times    2    (be) able to read and write. In addition, chops date back to a time    3    there was no other form of    4    (identify) such as ID cards.

A chop also served as a valid signature. All official    5    (document) in China needed a chop to be valid. Today, most Chinese are educated, but the tradition    6    (keep) alive in China.

If you spend any length of time in China, you will almost     7    (certain) need to have a chop. If you’re staying a short time, a chop makes a(n)     8     (amaze) souvenir. A chop can be made quickly, but first you will need to have your name    9     (translate) into Chinese characters.

There are many different sizes and styles of chops. Inexpensive small chops can be carved     10    wood or plastic — upmarket chops are made from ivory, jade, marble or steel. Only a special type of slow-drying red ink is used for a name chop, so if you buy a chop in China, get an inkpad (印泥盒) too.