Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival for Chinese people.They always spend several days     1     (prepare) much food for family reunion dinner and buying sweets and fruits to entertain guests.During the holiday,they visit     2     (relative) and friends.The festival lasts till the     3     (fifteen) of the first lunar month.

    4     the development of economy and technology,Spring Festival has changed a lot.Many people complain the festival atmosphere is fading.Some say Lunar New Year’s Eve dinner is not so     5     (attract) as before.

Some of Spring Festival customs have been changed.In the past,elders     6     (give) younger generations “red envelopes” to express their best wishes.But now,it is common     7     (send) virtual red envelopes via smartphones.Though it’s more convenient and     8     (fun),there seems to be something missing.In the past,most Chinese people gathered together at home,watching the New Year’s Gala on Lunar New Year’s Eve.Today,     9     great many young people turn to smartphone screens and other electronic products instead of the television programmes.

No matter how Spring Festival customs change,the significance of Spring Festival for the Chinese people     10     (remain) unchanged.Their wishes for family reunion and happy life are also unchanged.

Guan Yu, an ancient general known for his loyalty and bravery in battles, has been widely worshipped (敬奉). The Temple of Guan Yu in Xiezhou, North China’s Shanxi Province, is the     1    (large) one among countless temples worshipping the general across the country and also a major historical and cultural site protected at the national level.

In 2020, a research institute     2     studied the culture behind this folk belief in Guan Yu was founded in Xiezhou, and eight graduate students were hired. This summer, researchers of     3     institute are compiling chronicles (编年史) for the temple, and studying the fine elements of traditional culture contained in the temple.

Across the country, historical and cultural heritage sites are protected and studied to discover and learn about traditional Chinese culture, amid the nation’s efforts     4    (build) a modern Chinese civilization.     5     total, there are 5,058 major historical and cultural sites protected at the national level. “    6    (witness) the long history and splendid culture of the Chinese nation in the past years, the historical and cultural sites offer     7    (we) rich ‘spiritual nutrients’ in the midst of building a modern Chinese civilization,” said Gao Jiangtao, a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

In Shanxi, with local protection work     8    (trouble) due to understaffing, a project was started in 2022 to enroll a total of 600 students for a span of five years,     9    (specific) for 117 localities across the province in need of protection professionals. These students will     10    (offer) general education on relics protection during college.

Poetry    1     (communicate) in words. To do that    2     (successful), it must have something important to say, expressing it in a unique way. Whether you are writing poetry yourself or analysing (分析) poems     3     (write) by someone else, you should be thinking about these two broad categories: what is being said, and how it is being expressed.

What is being said may be something unforgettable or something funny, something deeply emotional or something that has just made the writer stop and think. Whatever it is, the theme of the poem will be something worth     4     (say). If you are writing a poem yourself and are not very    5     (experience), it’s best to choose a topic you feel deeply about. Writing a poem     6     begins with ‘I remember’ is a good way to focus your attention       7     something really memorable.

However, two poems could easily have     8     same theme and yet be completely different. What makes     9     (they) different? How they are expressed is the key. It is the way the poet writes that you need to analyse if you are writing about a poem, and if you are writing one yourself, you must choose the form and the words which suit what you want     10     (express).

Lemon duck is a special dish in Wuming, Nanning, Guangxi. And it     1    (belong) to Guangxi cuisine and is one of the top ten classic dishes in Guangxi.

Wuming lemon duck, also known as Gaofeng lemon duck, originated in Wuming District, Nanning. Lemon duck first     2    (appear) in the early 1980s. There was a small shop beside the boundary marker on Yongwu road in Nanning,     3     provided dishes for drivers all year round. After continuous development, this famous dish came into being.

The     4    (finish) lemon duck looks golden and attractive with oil juice, and the lemon and duck meat smell     5    (especial) delicious. Duck meat with lemon and sour pepper is suitable for a sour    6     spicy taste, fragrant (香的) but not greasy (油腻的). It is an appetizer. And the duck is crispy, with a special aroma of lemon.

The special flavor of lemon duck is not just credited to lemon. In fact, sour pepper, sour Chinese onions, sour ginger, mashed garlic and so on should be added when frying. Before coming out of the pot, add salted lemon and purple perilla (紫苏)    7    (leaf), and the salted lemon can only be put in after being seeded. Otherwise, it will become bitter after    8    (cook) for a long time, and the fragrance will be lost.

The Gaofeng lemon duck was listed in the     9    (seven) batch of representative projects of intangible cultural heritage in Nanning and it was rated     10     one of the top ten classic dishes in Guangxi as “Chinese cuisine”.

Flames in kilns (窑) around China    1     (burn) since the Xia and Shang dynasties. Along the way, porcelain (瓷器) was born.

Porcelain is made by heating raw materials, often a mix between China stone     2     clay, in a kiln at a temperature as high as 1,200 degree Celsius. Temperature is key    3     making porcelain. Going through the fire of reinvention at a high temperature bestows (给予) porcelain with greater strength and a feast of colors.

Celadon produced in Longquan, Zhejiang province, a technique passed down for more than 1,600 years,    4     (be) a typical example of caftsmen’s pursuit of the perfect green glint (闪耀). It takes 72 steps    5     (produce) Longquan celadon’s jade-like green. Plum green and light green, or tianqing, are two colors of the best quality.

Porcelain has also been a carrier for cultural exchanges. Along with China’s silk and tea, porcelain was one of the commodities    6     (trade) worldwide. As it travelled around the globe through the ancient Maritime Silk Road, porcelain enjoyed great    7     (popular) among royal families and upper classes in Europe.

Porcelain began as a practical utensil and    8     (grow) into pieces of art. Even when shattered (打碎) into pieces and buried deep in mud,    9     (culture) values attached to porcelain would never dissipate.

As a memory    10     can be felt with both hands, porcelain is touchable history.

Applause (掌声) rang across Zhaxizom town last month. The air was filled     1     excitement as players sang and danced     2     (happy). The event marked the beginning of the town’s music and food festival. Zhaxizom is at an altitude of 4,200 meters at the foot of Mount Qomolangma, the world’s highest peak, which is known in English as Mount Everest.

“I planned     3     (head) straight to Mount Qomolangma Base Camp, but when I arrived in this small town, the     4     (amaze) festival caught my eye and I decided to stay for several more days to enjoy the music and food here before     5     (continue) my journey,” said one traveler Zhang, who is from Liaoning province.

Migmar Lhamo, a college student     6     lives in Zhaxizom, said, “The festival will allow people to learn about our town. It will become a new     7     (attract) for people.” Migmar Lhamo believes the festival will play     8     important role in improving the development of the local culture and tourism.

According to the county government, more activities such as live music shows, firework displays and food fairs     9     (organize) as part of future festivals to provide both locals and     10     (tourist) with an extremely impressive experience of local culture. “The music and food festival will help the growth of the local economy,” Zhu said.