Located in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province,     1     old Huizhou-style house is now known for its elegant cross-cultural design with a British garden, a fireplace and a bar counter.

The house     2     (own) by British citizen Edward Gawne and his wife Liao Minxin, a native of Jiangxi. “There are trees, bridges, flowing water and beautiful Huizhou-style houses in Wuyuan. This is     3     I imagined traditional Chinese culture would look like,” says Gawne.

When     4     (buy) in 2015, the 200-year-old house was out of repair. The couple determined to transform it into a bed-and-breakfast (B&B) (民宿). After nearly two years of renovation (翻修) with the help of international designers and architects, their Chinese-English-style B&B started operations.

“About 90 percent of our guests are foreigners,     5     can enjoy the beauty of Chinese traditional villages and learn about the culture and local customs,” Liao says.

So far Wuyuan County     6     (introduce) a considerable number of measures for managing the B&B industry. It     7     (regular) releases detailed information on the deserted historical buildings     8     (find) “adopters”. And the local housing department examines adopters’ renovation and decoration plans to protect the     9     (origin) style and structure of the buildings. “Apart from protecting old architecture, the lifestyles of people living in them in the past should also be kept,” says the director of the housing department.

Now in Wuyuan, there are over 800 high-quality B&Bs. The development in B&B construction has provided job     10     (opportunity) for more than 20,000 people and promoted the local tourism industry.

A classic branch of Chinese martial arts (武术)     1     (win) popularity overseas over the past decades, and foreign fans are growing from     2     (begin) to master.

Jake Lee Pinnick from the US called himself the 16th-generation successor of the Sanfeng school of Wudang martial arts, making it his duty     3     (spread) the kungfu and Wudang culture.

Pinnick teaches at a bilingual (双语) martial club at Wudang Mountain,     4     UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site and a well-known holy (神圣的) land of Taoism in Hubei Province, after studying there for more than 10 years.

As a teenager, he enjoyed watching Chinese kungfu films performed     5     actors such as Jackie Chan. By chance, he saw an internet video of a man named Yuan Shimao performing Wudang Baxian Sticks. He visited Yuan in 2010, after which he learned     6     (multiply) forms of kungfu, such as tai chi and qigong.

Now, as an instructor, he has tutored many martial arts enthusiasts from different countries. Every year, over 100,000 foreigners travel at Wudang Mountain, 5,000 of     7     learn martial arts.

Liu Jia, who also learned at the mountain, teaches Wudang martial arts for free with his partner Liu Huajin,     8     (attract) about 150 students. Chen Yixin, one of Liu’s oldest students, said tai chi     9     (true) brings peace of her mind and has taught her the importance of willpower.

The Wudang Martial Arts Association with over 10,000 members already has 10 branches     10     (build) in countries like the US, Canada and France.

    1     (build) about 2,600 years ago to stop enemies and floods, the Qi Wall, the oldest existing Great Wall in China, runs across Shandong Province for 641 kilometers.

In the 1970s, parts of the earth wall     2     (dig) out and used by farmers for their land. Since the early 1990s the government has taken measures to protect it.

In recent years, rapid development and     3     (construct) have brought many new challenges to the protection of the Qi Wall. To fix the problems, Shandong Province has passed a new rule,     4     calls for regional cooperation in the protection work. A     5     (power) system has been set up, using information platforms and other hi-tech means     6     (monitor) the Qi Wall and its surrounding environment.

So far Shandong     7     (increase) 860 patrol (巡逻) posts in seven cities along the Qi Wall, mainly employing farmers living nearby. Guo Jialian, one of the patrolmen, spends around two hours every day walking along a section of the Qi Wall and examining it     8     (close). “I need to check     9     there is any damage to the wall that is caused by people digging earth from it. We all know the wall is a cultural relic (遗迹) that is well worth     10     (protect)," says Guo, adding that he often sees tourists coming to visit the ancient structure.

When Lin Zhanxi first introduced mushroom cultivation(培育) to the Gobi Desert residents of Ningxia, he didn’t expect such a phenomenal success.     1     inventor of juncao, a method that uses grass cuttings as substrate (培养基) for growing eatable and medicinal mushrooms, has long been committed     2     expanding the method in poverty relief.

In the 1980s, as a professor at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin experimented with grass instead of logs to grow mushrooms because logs weren’t     3     (ready) available for many rural households while grass,     4     leaves and roots can be used for ecological management, is an essential multi-functional agricultural resource. In 1986,Lin made it, and soon his method     5     (adopt) by 51 counties in Fujian.

When juncao was made a key project in the pairing-off cooperation between Fujian and Ningxia in 1997, Lin advocated     6     (take) advantage of abandoned cave dwellings(窑洞) for growing mushrooms in Ningxia. The project doubled the farmers’ yearly income that year.

The success made juncao     7     (promote) in 506 China’s counties and it was then introduced to 106 developing countries. This world-famous innovation     8     (bring) welfare to millions of people so far. What touched Lin most during his journey to other countries to help develop juncao technology was that a foreign minister even named his daughter after juncao in honor of China’s     9    (assist).

“I feel I have a new mission     10     (shoulder), even after China wins its battle to reduce poverty. I can still foresee the importance of juncao in helping farmers better their situation and improving the ecology and the environment around us,” he said.

Dongying city in China’s Shandong Province has witnessed(目睹) ecological improvements in the Yellow River Delta, thanks to various    1    (effect) measures to improve wetland restoration and protection.

Years ago, the wetlands there    2    (threaten) due to less water from the river and other factors.    3    (protect) the wetlands ecosystem, the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve was established in 1992. Since then, the city    4    (carry) out several management projects and restored the biotic(生物) population in the zone.

Dongying has been adopting a comprehensive wetlands restoration model by giving high     5    (prior) to protecting the nature reserve and letting nature restore     6    (it). Over the past three years, it’s transferred(转运) 469 million cubic meters of water to the nature reserve,    7    has recovered the ecological functions of the wetlands there.

Last year, Dongying built a real-time monitoring network for bird species at the nature reserve, which helps ensure that birds are free    8    disturbance of human activity and puts the habitats of cranes and other species under key protection. As a result, the nature reserve has seen    9    obvious increase in the variety and number of bird species. Home to 371 bird species, it’s become an important stop, wintering ground and breeding place for migratory birds. Dongying is currently working to build the Yellow River Estuary National Park, which will cover 3,523 square kilometers,    10    (include) land area and sea area, to explore pathways for the protection of Delta ecology.

The fastest driverless train is running on the first smart high-speed railway in the world. It     1    (call)Fuxing, running on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway. It connects Beijing and Zhangjiakou—the two host     2    (city)of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The new high-speed railway was built along an old historic railway, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway. It was known     3    the first railway designed and built by Chinese people alone. It was completed in 1909 and was designed by Zhang Tianyou, the “Father of China’s Railway”.

The train on the railway is the first of its kind that is covered by China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System(北斗卫星导航系统). The train runs between stations all by     4    (it). It starts and stops, opens and closes doors, as well as deals with what happens     5    (sudden). What’s more, the train can be repaired by robots. All the stations along the railway have different robots to work for passengers(乘客), like     6    (carry)luggage and giving directions.

There are 10 stations along the 174-kilometer railway. The train can run     7    (quick) , and the travel time between the two cities is cut down     8    over 3 hours to 47 minutes.

Now China has     9    (excellent)high-speed railway system in the world. From 35 to 350 kilometers per hour, the both old and young railway is a witness(见证者)to the rapid     10    (develop)of China’s railway.

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.

Whenever celebrations or major events take place, people in Wenxi County, North China’s Shanxi Province take out huamo     1     (entertain)guests for promising outcomes in the future.

These flour (面粉) and flower-shaped buns, or huamo, can date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties,     2     (know) for its elegant design and innovative conception. It is     3     (close) related to local customs and widely used in festivals, weddings, birthdays and many other occasions. In addition, huamo     4     (make) its way to the high-end market     5     a business gift in the past decade, since it can be made into artwork that can last for seven or eight years.

Making huamo is     6     ancient cultural tradition in China. The way to make it is handed down from generation to generation. When making huamo, women concentrate on their artistic creation as they like, letting their rich     7     (imagine) run freely in the artistic world,     8     leave behind fantastic works of huamo, each with its own special characteristics.

Wenxi flower-shaped buns present various forms, and reflect Wenxi working women’s deep folk art knowledge in their     9     (day) life over the long course of history. With the development of the times, the art of huamo,     10     has always been the pride of local rural households, is increasingly popular across the whole country.

Although    1    (use) in many Asian countries, chopsticks have their beginning in China. Chinese chopsticks date back over 4,000 years to Xia Dynasty. It’s said that,    2    (save) time for controlling floods, Dayu, a great ruler in ancient China, ate hot food with sticks. By 500 AD, chopsticks had been adopted in many neighboring countries thanks    3    their lightness and convenience.

Chopsticks, with distinctive Chinese features,    4    (praise) by westerners as “China’s    5    (five) great invention”. One end of a chopstick is round and the other is square,    6    (represent) the round sky and square earth. Chopsticks are usually seven cun and six fen in length, which stands for people’s seven emotions and six desires. And Chinese people think chopsticks are    7    (good) than knives because in their eyes metal knives remind people of killing and violence while chopsticks symbolize gentleness and kindness. In a word, chopsticks reveal Chinese philosophy and values and reflect the basic characteristics of Chinese culture and civilization. That is    8    Chinese people have stuck to chopsticks for thousands of years.

Moreover, there is scientific    9    (prove) that using chopsticks does us a lot of good, like increasing finger flexibility, improving eyesight, helping us lose weight and making us smarter.

With China’s influence in the world growing    10    (rapid), more and more foreigners are becoming fond of using chopsticks or collecting elegantly-made chopsticks as artistic treasures. Chopsticks are going global.

In 2011, Amy Chua put out the book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, in which she describes the challenges of     1     (keep) to the strict upbringing (抚育) she knew as a child. Miscommunication about the purpose of the book     2     (arise) because many readers did not get the impression that Chua was trying to be humorous about her parenting methods.

In the book, Chua compares Western and Chinese beliefs and methods of parenting. In general, Chinese parents believe a child’s     3     (academy) success is directly linked to parenting skills. It is common for such parents to take severe measures to make their children do exactly what they say.     4     contrast, Western parents worry more about their children’s self-esteem (自尊). As a result, parenting methods have become less strict and children     5     (hold) to lower standards than they were in the past.

Interestingly, in the West, many people agree that Western parenting methods could use     6     (improve) because more and more children are not learning how to face and overcome challenges.     7    , experts also say that being too strict with children can cause rebellion (反叛), low self-esteem and poor parent-child relationships.

What everyone can agree on is that there is no perfect way     8     (parent). What’s more, a method that works with one child will not necessarily work with     9    . Parents are challenged with finding the best method     10     helps each child learn to be a responsible and confident person.