The Lantern Festival is the first significant festival after Chinese New Year. It falls on the     1     (fifteen) day of the first month of the lunar year.

The main activity during the Lantern Festival is looking at lanterns. Most cities will organize lantern shows     2     the evening of the festival, which add to the festive atmosphere. Guessing riddles is also one of the most popular     3     (activity). Yuanxiao is the special food of the Lantern Festival. The round shape of Yuanxiao symbolizes reunion, harmony,     4     happiness.

The Lantern Festival,     5     (know) as Chinese Valentine’s Day, was especially attractive to the young in the past. In the old days, it was unusual that the girls     6     (allow) to leave their houses, except during the Lantern Festival when they could join the crowds, so the festival became a rare chance     7     only happened once a year for single people to find love while looking at lanterns. Chinese poets     8     (write) a lot of poems about the Lantern Festival since ancient times, which describe happy moments and also the stories of young lovers. However, in most parts of China today, the festival has lost these     9     (origin) meanings.

As a tradition a Chinese festival, now the Lantern Festival is celebrated both in China and abroad,     10     (enjoy) increasing popularity.

Recently, a novel coronavirus,    1     has great harm to people’s health, has attacked the world. Therefore, I would like to talk about how our immunity can     2     (improve). First of all, we must ensure that we have a     3     (health) diet, which will help our body get enough nutrition. In addition, a series of     4     (measure) can be taken to form good habits, such as drinking more water and doing more exercise. During this special period, we can do rope-skipping and do gymnastics at home     5     (regular). We cannot stay up late to focus on our cellphones, and what     6     (matter) most is self-discipline. Last but not least, it is crucial for us     7     (keep) a positive and optimistic attitude at any time. Don’t postpone     8     (go) to bed until ten o’clock. Believe that we can stay healthy, and then we really can! In     9     word, the whole society should pay more attention     10     how to keep healthy. Only in this way can we improve our immunity and keep away from diseases.

The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the whole year into 24 solar terms. “Cold Dew”, also     1     (know) as “Han Lu”in Chinese, falls on October 8 or October 9 each year. Temperatures are much lower and the dew (露水) is     2     (great) at this time.

Here are three things you should know about Cold Dew. Firstly,     3     (eat) pomegranates (石榴) and hawthorns (山楂) that are both ripe during Cold Dew is a tradition. Pomegranates     4     (treasure) for their health benefits while hawthorns are thought to improve blood flow. Besides, Chrysanthemum (菊花) is the symbolic flower of Cold Dew.     5     (prevent) autumn dryness, people in China have the custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine. This is also a tradition of the Double Ninth Festival,     6     often falls around Cold Dew. Finally, it is     7     great time for fishing.     8     the Cold Dew period, temperatures decrease quickly and sunshine doesn’t reach deep water entirely. So fish usually swim to the area where the water is not deep and the temperature is     9     (relative) high. That is why people always say that fishing in shallow water areas in autumn     10     (make) sense.

Sunzi was a general, military strategist and thinker in the Spring and Autumn period, a time of constant warfare. His ingenious military strategies were recorded in a book     1    (entitle) Sunzi Bingfa. Written more than 2,000 years ago, this masterpiece is the world’s earliest existing book on military strategies and still remains     2    (value) to us today.

In his book, Sunzi attached great importance     3     war, believing it was vital to a country, which would determine the rise and fall of the country as well as the life and death of its people. Meanwhile, Sunzi also argued leaders should think twice    4     starting a war, because war was costly and would result in loss of life and destruction of resources. Apart from these general guidelines on war, Sunzi put forward specific strategies for     5     (win) a war. For example, he argued that in order to win victories in war, people should know    6     (they) and their enemies well. Carrying out surprise attacks and making good use of such natural conditions     7     climate also played an important role in defeating enemies. Sunzi’s ideal of military strategy, however, was making enemies surrender without     8     (actual) fighting a war.

These military strategies are the fruits of ancient Chinese wisdom, with a far-reaching influence on China and the rest of the world,     9     goes beyond the military world to other areas like business and politics. Today, Sunzi Bingfa     10     (study) in military academies and business schools around the world, and it continues to guide us in various aspects of our lives.

The Richfield Museum of Fine Art is presenting a new exhibition, aiming     1     (display) the artistic genius of ancient China.

The highlight of the exhibition     2     (be) the painting Clearing After Snow on a Mountain Pass, one of the great works of Tang Yin. Born during the Ming Dynasty, Tang gained     3     (recognize) as one of the greatest artists China has ever known. This painting, showing high mountains, trees, and houses covered in snow, was made     4     extraordinary skill. Though over 500 years old, it looks as fresh and full of life as     5     day it was created.

Also, there are many fine     6     (example) of Tang Dynasty sculptures and most of them are of Buddhist origin. As Buddhism entered China and expanded, trade along the Silk Road boomed. Chinese sculpture thus found itself     7     (high) influenced by Buddhist art brought from India and Central Asia through the Silk Road. Initially these works of exceptional beauty and quality     8     (intend) to spread Buddhism.     9     (look) at the faces of the figures in these sculptures, one sees the faces of the past. History is brought to life.

This is just a small taste of     10     is in store in the exhibition, which will transport us across time and space with its amazing collection of works.

Dujiangyan is an ancient irrigation system,     1     (locate) in the Min River Valley, Sichuan Province, China. It     2     (build) by a governor named Li Bing and his son, who have been admired by Chinese for over 2,000 years.

The system consists of three main     3     (part): the Yuzui (Fish Mouth) levee (河堤), the Feishayan (Flying Sand Weir) , and the Baopingkou (Bottle-Neck Channel). The Yuzui redirects water away from the city of Chengdu while allowing sand and mud     4     (flow) through the main channel, preventing flooding. The Feishayan controls the flow of water and helps prevent gradual destruction, while the Baopingkou distributes the water     5     farmland.

Dujiangyan has been able to control the water flow without the use of dams or gates and is considered one of     6     greatest engineering projects in ancient China. It has also played a crucial role in irrigating the surrounding farmland, which     7     (make) the region one of the most fertile croplands in China.

In addition to its     8     (practice) uses, Dujiangyan is also a popular tourist attraction,     9     visitors come to admire the ancient architecture and learn about its history. In 2000, it was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its cultural and historical     10     (significant) .

On a spring day around 1,300 years ago, WangWei, a poet from the Tang Dynasty, was on his way to a border town in northwestern China. Impressed by the     1     (beautiful) of a desert beside the Yellow River, he stopped off and     2     (write) a timeless classic poem.

Most people think of Ningxia     3     a dry and remote place. This is true in some ways. However, what makes Ningxia unique is     4     it is both rough, like much of northern China, and also delicate, like southern China. The Yellow River provides Ningxia with wide plains and rich soil, which enables people     5     (grow) rice there. Unlike most northerners, rice is the     6     (big) crop in Ningxia.

Although Ningxia is old-fashioned and     7     (tradition) in many ways, it is also making new technological     8     (achievement) as well. For example, Ningxia is developing     9     (it) cloud computing industry. The city of Zhongwei is home     10     the Western Cloud Base. Poor transportation has limited Ningxia’s development for some time, as the area is landlocked. But that is starting to change as well. The three high-speed railways built in Ningxia connect the region with other provinces.