Located on a huge rock in the forests of central Sri Lanka, Sigiriya is an     1     (attract) sight now as it must have been when it was first built by a great king in the     2     (five) century A. D. Meaning “lion’s rock”, Sigiriya is entered by way of passageways cut into the rock face.

The castle was later covered by the forest, and only familiar to local villagers. Outsiders used knowledge of its past, mentioned in Buddhist texts, to search     3     the ancient site. In1827, a Scottish officer, Jonathan Forbes, on     4     (hear) local stories about the castle, decided     5     (look) for it. In 1831, he set off to where locals told him and found the remains of the ancient city.

Sigiriya     6     (build) by Kashyapa I, the king     7     ruled the native Sinhalese dynasty, the Moriya. The impressive castle was     8     capital of the Sinhalese kingdom until Kashyapa was defeated (击败) in A. D. 495.

After Kashyapa, dynasties rose and fell, their fortunes shaped by internal (内部的) power struggles and conflicts between native Sinhalese and outside forces from India.

Various     9     (city) held the status (地位) of capital after Sigiriya, such as Polonnaruwa. By the 12th century, however, overall control of Sri Lanka progressively weakened. Sinhalese power retreated (撤退) to the southwest of the island, and the former administrative (行政的) centres, including Sigiriya,     10     (start) to fall into disuse.

Suona performer Xue Tianlong and his night class courses recently made     1     (headline) as the classes gained popularity among young people in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. His courses,     2     (hold)   at the Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center, surprisingly have 491 people signed up for a limited 16 slots. Most of the students are     3     their 20s and 30s, all with great enthusiasm and affection for the traditional instrument.

The suona was first introduced to China from Arabia via the ancient Silk Road as early as the     4     (three) century. The instrument first appeared in written records during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) , and was used as     5     horn to inspire soldiers in the battle. Over the years, the suona     6     (become) widely popular and is commonly used at traditional ceremonies in rural China such as weddings and funerals, in combination with gongs and drums.

With its     7     (extreme) loud and distinctively expressive sounds, the suona is often hailed as the “king of Chinese folk instruments.” In recent years, more suona performers have been working with musicians of different music genres, such as jazz and bossa nova,     8     (give) the suona a contemporary twist. Young suona players     9     (see) actively promoting the instrument on social media platforms,     10     has helped the instrument to experience a revival.

The farming-themed program, Become a Farmer, stands out as one of the most widely discussed and popular Chinese reality     1     (show) in the past year.

The program truthfully records 10 young men in their 20s     2     spent 190 days diligently sowing, irrigating (灌溉), fertilizing, and harvesting on 142 acres of land. Before the show, the 10 young men     3     (work) in the entertainment industry. It is not the fake experience of farming under the camera,     4     the fact that they farmed the land for half     5     year, sowing, planting, and breeding throughout the process.

Before starting their rural lives, the production unit conducted training classes for these young men     6     (learn) some basic skills. Moreover, they     7     (require) to learn how to operate agricultural machinery (器械), including tractors and rice harvesters.

The production unit attracted audience to     8     (active) get involved by hosting regular livestreams (直播). The first season of the show included over 100 livestreams, having a total viewership over 170 million on Sina Weibo and Douyin. Many netizens took part     9     these livestreams by leaving comments to express     10     (they) concern about the participants’ working process.