Liu Ruying,     1     grandfather is a huge fan of Peking Opera, has been interested in Peking Opera for much of her young life. Her grandfather is a great influence     2     her. At the age of 8, she     3    (begin) to practice the classic art. It wasn’t easy for a little girl     4    (experience) the difficult training, as performances combine martial arts, dancing and acrobatics(杂技).

“Sometimes I was tired,“ she said. ”I had to balance my studies and other     5    (course) I was interested in, such as dance. But the great charm(魅力) of Peking Opera made me always practice it.”

When Liu got the news that her region would have a cultural exchange with other countries, she had the idea of     6    (introduce) Peking Opera to the world in English. With     7     help of her mother, she took part in the activity after several months of practice.

“I     8    (extreme) love traditional Chinese culture,” she said. “Peking Opera has a long history of about 200 years and     9    (consider) a treasure of our nation. We should let     10    (we) make great efforts to carry forward our culture and protect the cultural diversity of the world.”

At his studio in Beijing, artist Zhang Xiaodong piles hundreds of sheets of thin top of one another until they form a complete image. When there is a slight air, the pages flow, giving life to the book     1     (it).This dragon scale bookbinding(装订),     2    (stretch)back more than 1,000 years to the Tang dynasty.

With few of the books     3     (survive)to the present day, the bookbinding technique was     4     the risk of disappearing before Zhang decided to research and bring it back to life. After half a year’s study, he finally learned     5     the ancient bookbinding worked.     6     (source)materials traditionally used in bookbinding Zhang also visited old towns and heritage (遗址)sites. Then came the     7     (crucial)-and difficult-part of the binding process: controlling the placement of each page. In order to create a complete picture, each sheet needs to be placed in     8     (exact)the right place. Zhang said that an error of just     9     hundredth of a centimeter can produce a huge, visible error when a book’s hundreds of pages are displayed together.

Zhang’s     10     (prepare)that went into producing this particular work shows the very modern way that the artist tries to understand the subject matter.

Yesang village is regarded as the birthplace of Tibetan woodblock art, a tradition that     1     (pass) down for more than 340 years.

The village,     2     (locate) in Polo township of Joda county in Tibet, has more than 60 woodblock artists. It lies in a remote valley far from the county’s downtown.     3     takes more than three hours of driving on the mountainous roads to get there, and the journey requires both     4     (drive) skill and courage.

Yesang is near a historical printing house of Tibetan Buddhism scriptures. More than 80 percent of the printing house’s woodblocks were produced in Yesang, according to     5    (villager).

“Three-hundred years ago, a great master called Kolha Lugye     6     (begin) the tradition of woodblock art in our village, after     7     the tradition has been passed on for generations. Therefore, our village has contributed     8    (great) to Tibetan cultural preservation,” said Tashi Tsephel, an instructor of the Woodblock art in Yesang.

Tsultrim Darje, another woodblock artist in the village, works     9     average of 11 hours a day. Each year, he works more than eight months on the woodblocks. “I earn about 40,000 yuan ($5,800) every year from working on the woodblocks,” Tsultrim Darje said.

“Every woodblock costs between 400 yuan and 800 yuan based     10     its quality, and I can finish four per month.”

The Chinese people are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea. We attach great importance     1     tea in Chinese culture.

While records of tea in Chinese literature go back to about 5,000 years ago, the beginning of tea’s use as     2     kind of drink is unclear. At first, tea was valued for its medical qualities. It has long been known that tea helps digestion (消化),     3     is why many Chinese would like     4     (drink) it after their meal. The rising of tea drinking to an art form     5     (begin) in the 8th century, with the publication of Lu Yu’s The Classic of Tea. His work contained several useful tips for     6     (produce) tea, many of which are still in use today. In the centuries following the publication of Lu Yu’s work, tea’s popularity spread     7     (rapid) throughout China.

Not only did tea drinking become a fitting subject for books and poems, but the rich presented tea as     8     (gift) to friends and guests. Later, teahouses started to spread all over the country. While the Chinese have never developed an     9     (office) ceremony (礼仪) surrounding tea drinking like the Japanese tea ceremony, they have respect for     10     (it) role in their daily lives.

It is a big challenge    1    (find) and keep the right balance between progress and the protection of cultural sites. However, big challenges can sometimes lead to great solutions. When the Egyptian government suggested    2    (build) the Aswan Dam, they were faced with various problems,     3    (include) destroying an important part of Egypt’s cultural heritage. As a result, the government turned     4    the United Nations in 1959. A committee    5    (establish) to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the    6    (lose) of cultural relics. Finally, a document was signed and the work began in 1960. Temples and other cultural sites were taken down piece by piece, and then moved and put back together in a safe place. Eventually, the project was completed    7     (succeed)．

Not only     8     the countries found a path to the future     9    did not run over the relics of the past, but they had also learnt that it was possible for countries to work together to build a better tomorrow. Therefore, if a problem seems too difficult for a single nation, the     10    (globe) community can sometimes provide a solution.