The 78th United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution (决议) on Friday, officially     1     (announce) the Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, as a UN floating holiday. Experts said the move shows the     2     (significance) influence of Chinese culture and will contribute     3     the promotion of the Global Civilization Initiative.

The Lunar New Year not only bears the ideas of peace and harmony     4     (value) by Chinese civilization but also carries the common values of humanity such as family harmony and harmonious coexistence between humans     5     nature.

The reason why the Lunar New Year can pass national borders and is increasingly welcomed by many countries     6     (lie) mainly in the rich cultural heritage of China and the driving force of globalization. As the world’s second-largest economy, China’s cultural elements have spread alongside its economic influence. In the trend of globalization, people’s interest in diverse cultures is     7     (gradual) increasing, and the Lunar New Year has become a major means for people     8     (communicate) and connect.

Therefore, the official     9     (recognize) of the Chinese New Year as a UN holiday fully reflects an emphasis on the inheritance and innovation of civilization,     10     will promote exchanges and mutual learning among diverse world cultures and actively embody the UN’s values of diverse and inclusive cultural ideals.

On June 29, 2021, Zhang Guimei     1     (award) the highest honour of the Communist Party of China — the July 1 Medal for her     2     (value) contribution to rural education.

After her husband passed away because of cancer, she moved to Huaping county in Lijiang. Seeing the poverty in the mountains and the tragedies     3     had happened to young girls, she was     4     (determine) to find an effective method to help them out. She figured out the major problem was education. Thus, she wanted to set up     5     free girls-only high school. At first, she was questioned by the people there but she never gave up and began to raise money. She even begged for funds to establish the school.     6     (fortunate), her story was known to the authorities in Huaping and Lijiang who later funded the construction of the school.

    7     (set) up China’s first free senior high school for girls, Zhang has helped many local girls from impoverished (rural families achieve their dreams. She never hesitates     8     (aid) her students even though she suffers     9     more than 20 diseases due to years of heavy work and stress.

After years of hard work, the school has made great     10     (achievement). In the past fifteen years, as many as 2,000 poor girls from the school have entered universities or colleges. As a result, their life has been changed.

Qi Baishi is a world-famous art master in China.

He was born in     1     poor family from Xiangtan, Hunan province. He was at school for less than a year because     2     illnesses. One day, he found a Chinese painting guide book — Jieziyuan Huapu. The book inspired his interests in painting     3     (picture). He decided     4     (learn) by himself and later became a master of art through his hard work. In 1902, he     5     (start) to travel around China. He visited famous places, met many people and saw different kinds of art pieces. These experiences helped him become one of the     6    (good) artists of all time.

    7     (He) paintings are generally about the small things of the world, such as fish, shrimps (虾) and frogs. “Mouse and Cat with Lamp” is one of them. In the picture, a mouse is standing on the top of a long pole (杆子). Under the pole is a cat. They are so lively     8     it looks like they would jump out of the paper to fight.

All the works     9     (create) by Qi Baishi in a fresh way, which expressed his love for nature and life. His talents and skills amazed the whole world a lot. He is    10     (real) a master of art and the pride of Xiangtan.

During the Spring and Autumn Period (770 — 476 BC), there was a musician,     1     lived alone in a forest where he played the guqin, and his name was Yu Boya. One day, a passing woodcutter     2    (name) Zhong Ziqi was intrigued (陶醉于) by the sounds of the musical instrument, and Mr. Zhong Ziqi     3    (he) listened with full attention. Yu     4    (sincere) played the guqin, causing various pictures in Zhong’s imagination, such as flowing clouds and plunging waterfalls. Such was the     5    (connect) between performing and listening. They became bosom friends (挚友). After many years, when the woodcutter died, Yu decided     6    (smash) his instrument and never to play again since he was sure that he would never again have someone like Zhong to so intuitively understand his music.

Indeed, the guqin — the favored instrument of Confucius — was     7     essential musical instrument of ancient China’s educated elite (精英). It     8    (add) to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2008.

In April, when President Xi Jinping     9    (meet) with French President Emmanuel Macron, a classic guqin piece, High Mountain and Flowing Water, was played to celebrate the friendship and mutual understanding     10     the two countries.

    1     (locate) in the west part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区), Baise neighbors Guizhou, Yunnan and Vietnam (越南). It is     2     connection point of the three provinces Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan.

The Qing government set Baise City in 1730,     3     the name of the city appeared in the history. In 1929, Deng Xiaoping and other great leaders started Baise Rebellion (百色起义). They     4     (create)Youjiang Revolutionary Base (右江革命根据地) here. And in 2002, it was approved to be under the direct control     5     Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Most places of Baise are set in mountain areas. The moderate temperature and pleasant climate make     6     enjoyable to visit Baise at any time of a year. Baise has not only    7    (beauty) scenery, but also profound revolutionary history. As the place of Deng Xiaoping’s Baise Rebellion and Youjiang Revolutionary Base, it is one of the 12 red tourism     8     (spot) in China. In addition, Baise is a place where there are many ethnic minority groups     9     (live) together, whose colorful cultures add much     10     (interesting) to the charm of the city.