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About 5,000 years ago, to escape the cold weather, the ancestors of the Liangzhu people settled around the Taihu region     1     they built a city, making     2     both the center of their culture and spiritual belief.

The Liangzhu ancient city was composed of the palace zone, the inner city and the outer city, and there     3     (exist) the City Wall serving as a boundary between the inner and the outer. It had nine gates, with one for pedestrians and the     4     (remain) eight water gates for travelers from the canal.

A complex multi-functional water management system was constructed on the northwest outskirts of the ancient city. Taking advantage of the natural terrain (地势), the system connected numerous valleys,     5     (adjust) river levels, dredging floods and providing security for the ancient city, its water transportation and daily water needs.

Jade (玉)     6     (refer) to as a significant material embodiment (具体化) of the Liangzhu Culture. There were different patterns and styles of jade, with abundant meanings     7     (symbolic) attached to them, such as distinguishing identities and showing social statuses.

In 1936, the remains of the Liangzhu ancient City were found     8     chance and the City was gradually brought to light. Now the unearthed ruins have gained the global     9     (recognize) and workers on the Liangzhu site are committed to combining modern technology with novel cultural creativity     10     (reconstruct) the ancient Liangzhu Culture.

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    1     (create) in 2010, Chinese Language Day was designated to celebrate multilingualism and cultural    2     (diverse), and promote the equal use of the six official languages within the United Nations.

The Confucius Institute at Ljubljana University in Slovenia held an event Thursday     3     (mark) the 14th annual Chinese Language Day. Nearly 300 people participated in the event, teachers, students, lovers of the Chinese language and culture, and overseas Chinese visitors     4     (include).

“The Chinese language is increasingly becoming the very bond     5     links friendly relations between China and the world,     6     (particular) Slovenia, and promotes mutual understanding and trust between Chinese and Slovenian people,” Chinese Ambassador to Slovenia Wang Shunqing said.

The Confucius Institute also     7     (organize) workshops, such as calligraphy, painting, tea art, cultural     8     (perform) and food tasting, to showcase traditional Chinese culture in an all-round way and to build a platform for people-to-people and cultural exchanges between China and Slovenia.

    9     the end of 2021, more than 180 countries and regions around the world had offered education in Chinese language, more than 70 countries had included Chinese in their national education systems, and     10     number of people studying and using Chinese in countries other than China had reached 200 million, according to the United Nations statistics.

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The Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province,     1     UNESCO World Heritage Site, have 45 major caves and more than 59,000 Buddha statues, with a grotto complex about 1 km long from east to west.

    2     (current), a giant 3D printing reproduction of Cave No. 3 at the Yungang Grottoes is on display at the Yungang Grottoes Art Museum in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. This is the first time in the world that 3D printing technology     3     (use) to reproduce such a large-scale cultural relic.

The identical reproduction strictly matches the appearance and scale of the original. The copy of the cave     4     (measure) 17.9 meters tall by 13.6 meters wide, while the main Buddha stands at 9.93 meters tall.

During the replication process, 3D technicians first collected some 10,000 images of the cave and the Buddha to build up a digital model,     5     was then divided into 842 parts to be printed with multiple 3D     6     (printer). The final installation(安装) and coloring stages took the team three months     7     (complete).

The reproduction not only allows people to get much     8     (close) to the precious heritage items     9     damaging the original objects, but also helps to enhance the research, documentation, digitalization and preservation of the relics     10     (they).

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If time travel was possible, woodworkers from the Middle Ages would be surprised to see their woodworking methods       1     (use) to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral (巴黎圣母院) today

The famous religious center in Paris, France started being built more than 800 years ago in 1163. It     2     (complete) in1345. A fire in April 2019 caused extensive damage to the roof

Now, modern-day woodworkers are working with hand tools like workers from the Middle Ages     3     (put) together the new roof. It has given them a new     4     (appreciate) of woodworking methods first used in the 13th century.

The use of hand tools to rebuild the roof was     5     choice, especially since power tools would have done the work more quickly. The aim is to remember the skills of the cathedral’s builders and to ensure that the centuries-old art of woodworking     6     hand lives on.

With the goal to reopen the cathedral by December 2024, workers are also using computer designs and other modern     7     (technology) to quicken the rebuilding. Computers were used in the drawings of detailed plans for woodworkers to help ensure that their hand-made wood pieces fit together     8     (perfect).

Remi Fromont,     9     created detailed drawings of the original frame (框架)in 2012 said the aim was to create the wooden frame structure that disappeared during the fire of April 15,2019.

“The rebuilt frame     10     (be) the same wooden frame structure of the 13th century,” he added. “We have exactly the same material: oak. We have the same tools. We have the same know-how. And soon, it will return to its same place.”

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Traditional Fitness Qigong Wins Hearts of Young Chinese

No one could have expected that slow-moving Qigong    1    (become) popular among Chinese young people in the past several years. Short videos of young Chinese doing traditional fitness Qigong have flooded video websites, among     2    a video of Baduanjin has been played for more than 10 million times and received over 6, 000 comments on a video sharing platform targeting young people.

Baduanjin is one of the oldest fitness     3    (method) to stay healthy in China, originally created over 800 years ago during the Song Dynasty. The name refers    4    how the eight individual movements provide a soft quality for the movement of the body.

Compared with more    5    (physical) demanding sports such as the ball games or swimming, Baduanjin is slow and usually accompanied by restful music, so it used to be considered as the sport    6    (intend) for the elders. However, not requiring much space, equipment or time, it’s perfect for office workers, as they often suffer from back and neck pain caused by    7    (sit) in front of computers for hours.

“I’ve been doing Baduanjin for a couple of months, which makes     8    (I) sleep well and get strong,”     9    young netizen commented below the video. “I owe big thanks to Baduanjin as it offers a much    10    (good) lifestyle.”

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A Chinese vase     1    (date) from the 18th-century Qianlong dynasty has sold at auction (拍卖) for a world record $70 million in London. It was described     2     a masterpiece. Its     3    (exception) rarity and beauty has been generating much excitement in the antiques’ world. But none of the experts assembled in London thought the vase would sell for anything like the price it did. The huge sum is matched by the extraordinary story of the vase. It     4    (discover) in a bungalow (平房) in Pinner in North West London during a house clearance. Ivan Macquisten, the editor of the Antiques Trade Gazette, said the owners had no idea     5     valuable it was.

“    6    (original) they, I don’t think they even knew that they were handling a special at all. This is around to have been in the family since the 1920s. It probably came out of China around by the 1860s,     7     the palaces were overrun. Yet Chinese art is the biggest bull market in the art world now. Five, even five years ago, it wouldn’t have made anything like this price.”

The huge sum is believed     8    (pay) by a buyer from the Chinese mainland. Experts said the price reflects the intense desire of     9     small number of very wealthy individuals to secure the finest Chinese works of art.

There were     10    (celebration) at Bainbridges, the small auction house in Ruislip in West London, where the sale took place. The auctioneers themselves received several millions in fees.

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The Aral Sea,     1    ( locate ) between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan , was once the world’s fourth-largest inland waterbody. It has shrunk(缩小)    2    ( remarkable ) since 1960, with     3     ( it ) surface area reducing from 67,000 square kilometers in 1960 to just 6,000 square kilometers in 2020.

Most findings considered farmland    4    ( expand ) as the main cause behind the reduction of the Aral Sea，    5     the farmland in the Aral Sea basin     6     ( stop ) expanding since 2000. The latest research showed that rising temperatures , a lack of water-saving technology in farmlands , and wetland extension had all speeded up the reduction of the Aral Sea in the past two decades. The dried shores produce salt dust ,    7    ( pose ) a serious threat to the local ecological environment and people’s health.

Scientists from China and Uzbekistan put    8     a roadmap for the ecological restoration of the dried lake areas. They divided the Aral Sea into various sections , which will     9     ( treat ) with tailored measures.

They said that water-saving technology is one of the important ways to solve ecological difficulties in Central Asian countries. Efficient water-saving technologies can save 8 to 10 billion cubic meters of water for Uzbekistan each year ,     10    can be used for the restoration of the Aral Sea.

8 . Long after fire and ash ________(come) for the people of Pompeii, the remains of their beautiful city survive to remind us that human lives burn bright and short. (用所给词的适当形式填空)

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In 1998, an eco-museum was established in Suojia Miao, Yi and Hui Township, China’s Guizhou Province. Consisting of 12 villages, including Gaoxing Village, the eco-museum is different from traditional ones. It isn’t enclosed by walls and    1     it showcases is more than various collections.

Xiong Shaozhen, a 77-year-old resident of Gaoxing Village, weaves every day with a loom (织布机) in a wooden house, her daughter-in-law busy    2    ( learn )the craft from her．“The costumes, language, music and even the way of production of the local community are all living     3    (significance) exhibits,” said Luo Gang, head of the museum.

A decade ago,Gaoxing Village    4    (list) in a traditional Chinese villages catalog (目录).However,Luo found there were few looms left in the village.He    5    (apply) for a budget from relevant departments and invited professional craftsmen to produce looms for the villagers. He asked each villager that received the machine    6    (use)it and train an inheritor (继承者) of the local weaving technique. In addition, most of the old folk houses with their    7    (roof) made of straw needed regular replacement and Luo had their original appearance     8    (restore).

There are 25 such eco-museums in the province, which are in line     9     sustainable development principles. Not only do they guide villagers to perform independent-management and activate their passion for preserving their traditional cultures, but they create more jobs and give     10    boost to local tourism.

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Li Wen, a paper-cutting artist from Lingbi county, east China’s An hui Province, has devoted     1     (her) to the artform for 17 years.

In 2005, Li     2     (study) oil painting at school when she saw wedding paper-cutting works posted on the windows of her neighbor’s house and was     3     (immediate) impressed by the craft (手艺), as well as the lifelike images on them. Since then, Li     4     (throw) herself into learning the craft wholeheartedly.

Li always brings scissors and paper with her whenever she goes, and has created paper-cutting works covering     5     wide range of themes. In addition to exploring     6     (tradition) patterns of paper-cutting works and learning various expressive techniques, Li has also improved her skills by frequently learning the craft from skilled     7     (artist). Li pays attention     8     every detail when she makes her paper-cutting works, and puts great passion and energy into all of them. As a result, she makes very few mistakes when     9     (create) paper-cutting works.

Li’s passion for the art has helped her go far. She has been awarded several titles, such as “Master in Arts and Crafts” of Suzhou city,     10     is a great honour for her.