The Qingming Festival by the Riverside, which     1     (measure) 24.8 by 528 cm, is now in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. It portrays street scenes of Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty (960—1127). The work was created by Zhang Zeduan, a native of Shandong Province,     2     studied painting in his early years. Later, Zhang became a painter for the Imperial Painting Academy of the Northern Song Dynasty.     3     the fact that there aren’t many historical records about Zhang, his name is remembered     4     (simple) due to this masterpiece.

The painting features magnificent and complex scenes with a rigorous structure, which can     5     (divide) into three parts: scenes of the suburbs, Bian River and city streets. Some interesting scenes are presented     6     great detail. In the suburban scene, farmers are working in the fields and     7     (wealth) people are returning home. The street is crowded with people on horseback, wheel carts and sedan chairs. The scene of the Bian River is the most magnificent: The arched bridge stands like a rainbow over the river with streams of people     8     (move) about. Under the bridge are many boats competing for the right of way. All such elements reveal the     9     (painter) supreme painting skills and his careful     10     (observe) of life.

The English Channel crossing, one of the most famous global swimming challenges,     1     (refer) to as the peak of endurance swimming.

A relay team of winter swimming     2     (enthusiasm) from Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, swam the English Channel in less than 12 hours on Friday. They     3     (choose) to swim the shortest route across the channel, the 33.8 kilometers from Dover in the UK to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near Calais in France.

In fact, the team took exactly 11 hours and 54 minutes to make the crossing,     4     (swim) more than 50 km to avoid obstacles and strong currents. During the team’s crossing, each team member swam     5     at least an hour before alternating until they reached France.

Xie Derong, a member of the team, said that although the relay went     6     (smooth) for the most part, the final 6 km proved to be an enormous test of     7     (they) endurance. “We encountered counter currents that caused us     8     (slow) down.”

    9     idea of crossing the English Channel first came to them in 2019. Training started several weeks before Friday’s swim in the Sanqi Reservoir in Wencheng county,     10     the water temperature was similar to the English Channel.