Celebrity giant panda He Ye, who     1     (believe) to be male after it was born in July 2020, is in fact female, according to a recent post from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.

“When He Ye was born, her gender     2     (characteristic) leaned toward being male, such as high urination (排尿), lively personality, and tall figure. However, as He Ye grew up, her male features did not develop     3     (according)” a keeper named Tan said.

Hearing the news, Chinese netizens expressed surprise and heatedly discussed the     4     (complex) of identifying the gender of a giant panda. Some called on researchers to conduct similar investigations into other giant pandas. Some others felt happy and had fun     5     (get) creative with photos of the girl.

In fact, it is not the first time a giant panda     6     (have) its gender misidentified. Tan, the keeper who has been taking care     7     He Ye, explained: “because the gender of the panda is a little bit complicated, and there have been cases in the past     8     the gender of the panda was mistaken.” Out of many large mammals, giant pandas are     9     (challenging) to distinguish between males and females. It is difficult to determine their gender without     10     DNA test. This is mainly because young giant pandas do not exhibit obvious secondary sexual features.

The first-ever Doraemon drone (无人机) show in the world will take place over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour on July 25,2024.

Hong Kong fans of Doraemon are in for a treat as the city will stage the world’s first drone show dedicated to the blue-and-white cat.     1     display will feature 1,000 drones that will take the form of imagery     2     (associate) with the beloved character. The last time an official Doraemon show     3     (come) to Hong Kong was in 2012, when 100 models of the fictional cat were put     4     display outside Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui.

The organizers of the event say     5     (good) spot to view the 15-minute show will be the Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui,     6     (specific) near Salisbury Garden. They also caution viewers against     7    (watch) the display near the Hong Kong Cultural Center    8     the Hong Kong Museum of Art as these areas will have limited visibility.

The drone show is a preview to the 100% DORAEMON & FRIENDS tour in HongKong — one of the world’s largest Doraemon     9     (exhibition), which have 135 large-scale models of the popular Japanese cartoon character pop up across the city. There will be free-entry zones and ticketed areas, all of     10     will celebrate the 90th anniversary of   Doraemon creator Fujiko F Fujio.

Qingtuan, or sweet green rice balls, is     1     typical and popular Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day ) food in China’s eastern provinces.

Qingtuan     2     (make) of a mixture of glutinous (黏的) rice flour and green plant juice, and stuffed with sweetened bean paste. A green plant called mugwort, or “Ai Cao” in Chinese, is     3     brings the color to the delicacy. This time of year is when the plant has just jumped out of the earth and is at its     4     (fine).

With some soda     5     (add) to the water, the plant is boiled into a state of paste. Normal rice flour is mixed into glutinous rice flour to make the rice ball sticky,     6     not too soft to be shaped. Next, the liquid is poured into the powder. This rice dough is then kneaded (揉) into little green balls.

The green rice balls can have various fillings, most traditionally being sesame (芝麻) or bean paste. But nowadays some people also make     7     (one) filled with pork meat, pickled vegetables and bamboo shoots.

    8     (date) back to the Tang dynasty, the sweet green rice balls have been around for some 1000 years.     9     (original) a food to sacrifice to ancestors, they have gradually become a dish of the season. For people who leave their hometowns for work elsewhere, the sweet green rice balls are a delicacy reminding them     10     home.

Harbin has witnessed a significant boom that has caused it to trend on social media this winter. By December 20, 2023, the city airport’s annual passenger throughput (接待人数)     1     (go) beyond 20 million. According to a news report, during the three-day New Year holiday, Harbin received 3.05 million tourists and made     2     income of 5.91 billion yuan, both of     3     reached record high.

Harbin, which is also known     4     China’s “ice city”, is famous for its ice and snow culture. For more than 60 years, the city has had a tradition of holding an annual ice lantern exhibition,     5     (present) the creativity and skill of its artists. Recently, the Ice and Snow World,     6     (recognize) by the Guinness World Records as the largest ice and snow park, is just one of many     7     (attraction) in the city. It features     8     (amaze) ice and snow sculptures, including replicas (复制品) of famous landmarks, animals, and cartoon characters.

“For individual travelers, a city’s infrastructure and public services form the foundation of tourism competitiveness. It is only when tourists feel the     9     (warm) of the city and the goodwill of its citizens     10     they blend into the lives of a travel destination,” said Dai Bin, president of China Tourism Academy.

CCTV’s Sports Channel uses the slogan “sport is power”, and these words proved true when China     1    (host) the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, Sichuan province, from July 28 to Aug 8.

Nothing is     2    (powerful) than letting thousands of foreign athletes, team members and visitors from around the world     3    (witness)and experience the energy of China. The games successfully showed China’s achievements to the world.

Chinese media should capitalize on the success of the games by producing more     4    (video) that highlight the amazing and touching aspects of the games     5    sharing them on social media platforms. This will help spread China’s success stories around the world.

For China the games will facilitate the     6    (grow) of university sports in the nation,     7     is crucial for improving the physical health of its students. It is most fitting that China     8    (take) Aug 8 as National Sports Day ever since.

It is only natural     9     the nation to work hard to host more international sports events, as these provide the perfect platform to showcase China’s successes. There are already other upcoming opportunities. China might also aim to host a FIFA World Cup,     10    (regard) as the most spectacular international sporting event.

A Yunnan snub-nosed monkey named Bailian, or White Face, was a superstar within his troop in Xiangguqing village, Yunnan province. Local people have many     1     (appeal) anecdotes about him.

The primate lived for 30 years,       2     is almost 90 human years. However, in October, Bailian was found dead in the wild.

In his prime (盛年),     3    a commanding male, he had a large family with four     4    (wife) and three offspring. However, in 2012, he was challenged and defeated by a younger, stronger monkey.

He     5     (replace) as one of the troop leaders, and all his family members left him,with one     6     (except). A female monkey, 10 years older than Bailian, stayed with him, and     7     male monkey took good care of her until she died in 2016.

Overwhelmed by grief, Bailian groomed her fur as usual and carried her body with him     8    he moved with the other monkeys in the troop. When forest rangers removed the decaying body, Bailian tried    9     (stop) them — baring his teeth and howling as if in great pain.

In 2019, he formed his second family, this time with a 6-year-old female, and     10     (father) an infant the following year.

However, his happiness was short-lived. In October 2020, Bailian broke his legs in a fight and lost his family once again. Rescued by forest rangers, he resumed his nomadic lifestyle until his death.

Three Chinese astronauts aboard the Shenzhou-14 manned spaceship returned to Earth safely on Sunday and were loudly cheered in     1    (recognize) of their outstanding performance and commitment. They were reported     2    (accomplish) many “firsts” during their six-month space station mission.

The three astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe were all in good physical condition, and the Shenzhou-14 manned mission was     3    complete success, the China Manned Space Agency announced. The spacecraft was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 5, since     4    the crew have stayed in the Tiangong space station.     5    (orbit) 400 kilometers above the Earth for several months, they completed multiple tasks during their mission.

The Shenzhou-14 astronauts helped accomplish many “firsts” in China’s space history, including the first rendezvous and docking between two 20-tonne-level spacecraft and the first in-orbit transposition of a space station module.

They are the first crew     6    (enter) the space station’s two lab modules, and they set a record of making three spacewalks on a single flight mission. “It is the success in conducting spacewalks by using a new hatch (舱门) and a new small robotic arm that has us walking     7    air, lost in the glory of the moment.” Liu Yang said     8    (excite).

The trio conducted an in-orbit rotation (对接) with the Shenzhou-15 crew, a     9    (history) gathering that added the workforce at the in-orbit space station to six for the first time. Previously, there     10    (be) at most three Chinese astronauts in space at a time.