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.

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.

Earth Day is a yearly event celebrated on April 22. Various activities    1    ( hold ) worldwide to show support for environmental protection. Here is a brief history of    2    event.

In the 1960s, Americans were becoming aware of the effects of pollution    3    the environment. In 1969, Senator (参议员) Gaylord Nelson,    4    ( consider )one of the leaders of the modern environmental movement, developed the idea of Earth Day. His idea really raised    5    (aware )about the environment. On April 22, 1970, over 20 million people turned up for the first Earth Day. They believed it was important    6    ( keep ) the planet safe.

In 1990, Earth Day went global, with 200 million people in over 140 nations     7    ( participate ). In 2000, Earth Day focused on clean energy and involved hundreds of millions of people in 184 countries and 5000 environmental    8    ( group ). Activities ranged from a traveling to a gathering of hundreds of thousands of people at the National Mall in Washington, D. C. Today, the holiday is a global celebration    9    is sometimes extended (延长) into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focusing on green living. In 2018, more than 1 billion people were involved in Earth Day activities, making it one of the    10    (large)events in the world.

The Great Wall was listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a dragon, it winds up and down across deserts, grasslands and mountains,    1    ( run) approximately 21,196 kilometers from east to west.

The    2    ( construct) of the Great Wall was not that easy,    3    drew heavily on the local resources for building materials. The walls were    4    ( origin) built in the Spring & Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Emperor Qin Shi Huang succeeded in his effort to have them joined together. Since then, the Great Wall    5    ( serve) as a monument of the Chinese nation throughout history.

With    6    history of about 2,700 years, some parts of the Great Wall are now       7    ruins or have disappeared. However, the Great Wall of China is still one of the most appealing    8    (attraction) all around the world owing to its historical significance. The best-known part of the Great Wall of China, Badaling ,    9    (locate) 43 miles northwest of Beijing, attracts thousands of national and foreign tourists every day.

Today, the Great Wall    10    (recognize) as one of the most important impressive architectural achievements in history.

One of China’s largest hanfu-themed     1     (event), the annual Hanfu Cultural Festival in Xitangancient town, East China’s Zhejiang Province.     2     (hold) from October 28 to 31 last year. According to statistics from the organizer, 157,326 visitors attended     3     festival, many of     4     were hanfu-wearing enthusiasts, called “tongpao”.

    5     (original) from the collection of ancient Chinese Poetry Book of Songs, the word tongpao is-now used to describe whoever appreciates     6     (tradition) Han Chinese clothing.     7     (forbid) during China’s last feudal (封建的) dynasty，the Qing Dynasty, hanfu clothing has been little known     8     the public for many decades.

Nowadays, hanfu is making a comeback.Tongpao has risen in number over the past 15 years     9     a worker in Central China’s Henan Province named Wang Letian made a hanfu-style suit and wore     10     in public in 2003.

6 . Lanzhou beef noodle is one of China’s most representative flour-made foods while pasta (意大利面食) is one famous Western fancy food. An event, “When Lanzhou beef noodle meets pasta,     1     (connect) city food cultures, was held at the Beijing Ritz-Carlton Hotel on October 11, 2017 to show the interaction.

Lanzhou beef noodle has a history of 102 years and is known for its     2     (taste) beef, soup and noodle. Lanzhou is also qualified as     3    hometown of Chinese beef noodle.     4    one major city along the ancient Silk Road, Lanzhou has witnessed the efforts of our ancestors and their achievement of developing the Silk Road, according to Zhang Hui, deputy director with the Publicity department of the CPC Committee of Lanzhou.

Lanzhou’s cooking culture     5     (develop)its own time-honored characteristics over the years. The event will make Lanzhou beef noodle smelled not only across Lanzhou,     6    across the world through the Belt and Road Initiative thanks to the     7     (participate)of the two countries’ noodle master. It will also improve cultural exchange, Zhang added. Lanzhou people would like to work with friends at home and abroad     8     (promote) the development of cooking and we     9     (sincere)hope more cultural exchanges of this kind     10     (hold) in Italy and Lanzhou in the future.