These days we can often see students doing morning exercises to keep    1    (health). Most of you probably do the same kind of exercises. But my school exercises have gained popularity because of their local and special    2    (design).

Students at a middle school in Mianyang, Sichuan Province combine Sichuan Opera with their exercise. Shen Junhua,    3    is in charge of organizing the school’s exercises, said, “Sichuan Opera is    4    local opera, but now it is facing a problem. The reason is    5    few young want to learn it. So we invited local artists    6    (create) a simple and easy-to-learn Sichuan Opera exercise. The students    7     (practice) the new type of exercise since 2017 and it is now popular among students. Learning the exercise is not easy, so new students have to spend weeks practicing it until they can do it well. Some students have also joined the school’s Sichuan Opera club due    8    their own interest, though they had hardly heard of Sichuan Opera before. They found    9    very difficult but meaningful to learn Sichuan Opera.”

By combining opera with daily exercise, the activity allows students to take part in, the development of Sichuan Opera’s culture.    10    (hope), the seed of traditional culture can be spread in this way.

Beijing Opera,     1    (know) as China’s national opera, also called Peking Opera, which originated in the late 18th century, is a combination of music, dance, art and acrobatics (杂技). It is the most influential and representative of all operas in China. It is called Beijing Opera because it is formed in Beijing. Beijing Opera has    2     history of 200 years and its origin can    3    (dated) back to old local operas, especially Anhui Opera,    4    was very popular in northern China in the 18th century. In 1790，the first Anhui Opera performance     5    (hold) in Beijing to celebrate the Emperor’s birthday.

Later, some other Anhui Opera troupes (班子) continue performing in Beijing. Anhui Opera was easy    6    (move) and good at absorbing the acting styles of other types of operas. Beijing accumulated many local operas,     7    (make) Anhui Opera improve quickly.

    8    the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, after the marriage for 10 years, Beijing Opera finally formed, and became the    9     (big)of all Operas in China. We can    10    (honest) say that Beijing Opera is the most important opera in China.

In 1972, UNESCO started a program to protect the world’s cultural and     1     (nature) heritage. Since then, a large number of cultural sites     2    (add) to the World Heritage List. The Taj Mahal in India and the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China    3     (be) two of the best known examples.

The Taj Mahal, one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, is a masterpiece(杰作) of architecture.     4     took more than 20,000 workers and 1,000 elephants to complete the project, and the stones came from as far away as China.

    5    makes the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties unique is that they bring together architecture and philosophy.      6     (build) between 1368 and 1915, the tombs represent(代表) Chinese cultural and historical     7      (value) that have been handed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.

Human life lasts only a short time     8    art and culture last forever. The program attempts     9     (protect) and preserve the best of human history. Masterpieces such as the Taj Mahal and the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties remind us      10     the things we can achieve at our finest, and inspire us to live up to our great past in the future.

Tyler Thompson is an unlikely star in the world of Peking Opera.    1     15-year-old from Oakland has fascinated audiences in the US and China with his ability     2    (sing) pitch-perfect Mandarin(普通话) and perform the ancient Chinese art form.The teen,     3     is black and only speaks some basic Chinese,has been praised by teachers since he       4     (pick) up the music as a kindergartener.“As soon as he opens       5     (he) mouth and sings in Chinese,the Chinese are very surprised and they feel very proud of him,” said his music teacher.“When he puts on the costume,and all the acting,you can see that he is pretty good.”

Tyler has learned to sing several well-known pieces of Peking Opera,a centuries-old form of musical theatre       6     (know) for its highly structured costumes,changing gongs(锣) and cymbals(钹),wide-ranging voices and highly stylized     7     (move).Tyler got       8     (stand) cheers when he performed       9     Justice Bao,a famous Song Dynasty judge who fought corruption,from the Chinese classic BaoQingTian.“The music is very beautiful,and it’s very passionate,” said Tyler.“It’s made me want     10     (know) more about the world outside of America or California or Oakland.”

How to make museums and their lifeless collections more attractive     1    (be) a tough question worth attaching importance to. National Treasure, a TV program     2     began to air on Dec.3, 2017, throws light on ways to inspire interest in museums and their collections.

Aiming to make ancient relics (遗迹) to come alive, the program presents treasures through different artistic methods     3    (include) lots of dramatic performances and storytelling. They explain the history behind each cultural relic     4    (complete), so that audiences can not only understand how to appreciate the     5    (beautiful) of cultural relics, but also know the civilization and the spirit of Chinese culture. In fact, such programs that promote traditional ancient relics     6    (become) popular in recent years.

For example,     7     2016 documentary (纪录片), featuring the Forbidden City’s cultural relics and their restorers strongly advised lots of college students     8    (apply) to work as volunteers there.     9     is universally accepted that National Treasure has been successful     10     encouraging more people to visit museums by touching their hearts.

Acting was, is and always will be the first love of the National Peking Opera Company’s new vice-president, Tian Lei, Chen Nan reports.

Huguosi Street was one of Beijing’s     1     (busy) commercial roads in the olden days. It also     2     (house) the residence of Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang (1894-1961). Not far from Mei’s address, the first theater for Peking Opera     3    (perform) was created in 1954, five years after the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

The neighborhood     4     (change) over the decades, but the theater still stands tall and is     5    (current) managed by the National Peking Opera Company. Tian Lei treasures the hours he spends there, training and rehearsing (排练). Wearing a costume and     6     (arm) with a prop spear (道具长矛), the 42-year -old walks confidently across the stage,     7     (practise) a variety of martial art movements, before ending the drill with a liangxiang (striking a pose on the stage).

Tian has been working with the opera company for 10 years. Its premises (处所) are     8     10 -minute drive from the theater and his colleagues train there. He, however, prefers the historic stage. “I come to the theater almost every day because I enjoy the peace and emptiness this building offers. Rehearsing here helps me feel closer     9    the Peking Opera masters     10     once graced the stage,” he says.