1 . Peking Opera is being introduced to primary and middle school students in an effort     1     (promote) the traditional art to the younger generation in our country. Textbooks about Peking Opera were firstly compiled and published by People’s Education Press in 2015. The textbooks for     2     (option) courses have been put on trial use in junior middle schools in the Fengtai district and     3     (use) in middle schools across the city in the future. The textbooks     4     primary schools also will be rolled out.

Since 2008, Beijing     5     (start) a program to provide opera training at dozens of primary schools. Peking Opera arose during     6     rule of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. It flourished for decades in China and     7     its fame spread, it drew audiences in other countries,     8     (include) the United States and Japan. Yet over the years, its     9     (popular) faded away. While a significant number of people listened to radio productions of Peking Opera before the 1980s, generations     10     (bear) after that pursued pop culture over the traditional arts.