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Beijing, a traditional and modern city, features profound culture. Before tall buildings sprung up     1     mushrooms, hutongs dominated this city in the past and cultivated the unique and long- lasting culture. To adapt them to modern need, the Beijing municipal government has carried     2     a series of supportive policies to renovate the city’s ancient blocks and streets in recent years.

Yangmeizhu Xiejie is a key project in Beijing’s Dashilan Renewal Plan.     3     (locate) in Dashilan, a cultural and commercial landmark since the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the time-honored street is a traditional Beijing hutong alley lined by single-story residences. For centuries, the 496-meter- long street     4     (know) for its good-natured atmosphere,     5     writers and artists can cooperate and perfect their crafts. According to the plan, 792 out of 1,700 households were relocated,     6     the old hutong preserving Beijing’s traditional lifestyle remains protected.

Compared to the previous one, now the street features    7     (attractive) local shops with a perfect combination of traditional craftsmanship and modern style. The Old Beijing Rabbit Figurine store is a     8     (shine) example. Opened by a fifth-generation heir to the art of creating clay rabbit sculptures, it marks     9     symbol of happiness and good luck in the city and conveys a sense of joy to     10     (visitor). They say that in Yangmeizhu Xiejie, an open market atmosphere and a sensational ambience(气氛)of literature coexist.

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An exhibition that portrays the cultural and ethnic     1     (diverse) of Northwest China’s Gansu province     2     (begin) in the Austrian capital last Sunday.

Visitors to the exhibition,     3     will run until Nov 6, can marvel at 10 thangka paintings (a type of Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting), and 60 photographs     4     (show) Gansu province’s ethnic cultures, folk customs and landscapes.

Guo Jinshi, director of the information office of the Gansu provincial government, said in     5     video speech at the exhibition’s opening ceremony     6     he expected the event to serve     7     a window for visitors to appreciate the culture of     8     (west) China and to help promote cultural     9     (exchange) and friendship between China and Austria.

The exhibition     10     (co-host) by the information office of the Gansu provincial government and the China International Communications Group.

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Bridges made out of living roots of trees have been put forward for UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

The root bridges are in the Meghalaya region of northeast India. The region gets    1    lot of rainfall and is one of the    2     (wet) areas on Earth, which creates lots of lakes rivers and waterfalls,    3    (make) it difficult to build roads. However, for hundreds of years the local Khasi people have been trying    4     (they) best to grow root bridges across rivers and streams to make it easier for them to move around the area.

The bridges    5     (build) by stretching the roots of living trees over the river and winding them around bamboo structures to guide them in the right    6     (direct). The roots can take up to 20 years    7     (grow) into a complete bridge.

The India government has suggested Meghalaya’s root bridges should be added     8    the UNESCO World Heritage List. This means they will get special recognition-just like Egypt’s pyramids or the Great Barrier Reef in Australia-    9    should attract more tourist and money to the area.

Morningstar Khongthaw from Meghalaya said, “We want to spread this knowledge so that future    10     (generation) will benefit.”

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The traditional Chinese craft of turning thick bamboo into delicate slices achieves fame on overseas short video platform TikTok, receiving more than 10 million     1     (view) and hundreds of thousands of likes. The skilled bamboo craftsmen are recording the daily detailed production process of their handicrafts on social media,     2     are regarded as a “    3     (mystery) Chinese power” in the eyes of foreign netizens.

Anne,     4     TikTok talent from Omaha, USA, filmed a reaction video to the artistry and posted     5     online. While witnessing the process of bamboo gradually turning into bamboo silk and pot brushes, she couldn’t contain her     6     (surprise) expression. “A real craftsman,” she said in the video.

    7     fancy tools, these bamboo craftsmen make amazing works of art     8     (simple) using their own bare hands. Pan Yunfeng, 51, from Lin’an, Zhejiang, started learning bamboo weaving at an early age and by now with over 5 million followers on Douyin, he     9     (become) a genuine influencer for netizens home and abroad.

Bamboo weaving art,     10     (originate) from the Warring States Period 2,000 years ago, has become an essential part of Chinese traditional culture. Now, the popularity of bamboo art on TikTok has opened a window for foreign netizens to better understand Chinese culture.

9 . In the traditional religions of Africa, life doesn’t end with death.     1     Some African groups believe these spirits dwell (栖居) underground in a world much like that of the living—but upside down. Other groups believe the sky is the permanent resting place of the dead. For instance, the Bushmen of southern Africa believe that the spirits of the dead go up to the sky and become stars.

Among the spirits, the ancestors comprise a special category of their own.     2     To become an ancestor is the best that one can hope for after death. However, not everyone who dies will turn into an ancestor. For one to become an ancestor, there are conditions to be fulfilled while the person is alive—living an upright life and fulfilling all social and religious duties, for example.

Many African groups believe that the spirits of ancestors remain near their living descendants as guardians of the family and their traditions.     3     But they punish people if certain ceremonies have not been performed properly or if there are some violations of community laws.

    4     For example, the people of Buganda in present-day Uganda say that their first ancestor was Kintu, who came from the land of the gods and married Nambe, daughter of the king of heaven. Another example is the Dinkas of Sudan, who believe they are descended from Garang and Abuk, the first man and woman created by God as tiny clay figures in a pot.     5    

A．As ancestors, they have some extra powers.

B．After death, humans continue to live on as spirits.

C．Ancestors have an indispensable significance for some Africans.

D．Some of the dead will become spiritual ancestors living in their descendants’ hearts.

E．Ancestor worship also plays a very significant role in the mythologies of some African peoples.

F．They help in times of trouble as long as their descendants perform proper rituals and pay them due respect.

G．For these Africans, the honored dead have become not only objects of worship but also subjects of tales and legends.

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The Perfect Christmas Tree

In our house in Middle Cove, Newfoundland, the tradition was to find the perfect tree before Christmas Eve. And this year, my brother Gilbert and I were being trusted to do it entirely on our own. And we took the challenge very seriously. So, axe in Gilbert’s hand, saw in mine, we set out for all the spots we imagined we might find a magnificent fir (冷杉树).

We were young, but we knew the rules. Trees could not be taken from personal land and not near any road.

We started out with the best of intentions. We were on Pine River Lane, and looking at the firs in the fields, but none of them looked quite good enough. It was getting dark but we still had no luck. On the way home, it was Gilbert who stopped, grabbed my arm and said, “I see it!”

“You see what?” I said.

“Right there, look. It’s perfect.”

And he was right. It was a young tree, two metres tall, standing alone. It was the classic Christmas tree. In all my years, I had never seen such a perfect one.

Perfect except for one small problem. The tree was pretty close to the road. Also, it was behind a fence, so the tree was in someone’s yard. And not just any someone. It was in the yard of Timmy Green, my best friend.

        However, the chances of our finding another one like it were slim to none.

“You stand guard,” Gilbert said. And with that, we were over the fence and on our bellies crawling toward the target. I lay in the snow and put the Greens’ house under surveillance (监视). I was to whistle or cough if I saw anyone coming.

Within a few minutes, it fell.

“Grab the end,” Gilbert said, and we lifted it over the fence. Now we were on the road.

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1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

Suddenly Gilbert’s eyes widened. “Our footprints!” he said.

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So it shocked me when I found Mr. Green in our house with my parents, drinking tea on Christmas Eve.

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