Sleeping is of great importance to us. However, many people have experienced strange sleeping patterns, bad dreams,     1     a feeling of discomfort during their nights' sleep. So what can help you sleep well?

There are a lot of wrong beliefs related to sleep, some of     2     can be quite damaging for our health. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher     3     (famous) claimed that she only slept for five hours a night. But this is very bad     4     health. Likewise, sleeping in front of the TV is another thing     5     (avoid). The bright lights can stop you from entering deep sleep.

From a young age we     6     (tell) to count sheep to help us fall asleep. However, some     7     (expert) advise getting up and doing something mindless, like folding socks, to help us get in the mood to sleep.

Psychologist Seth Gillihan recommends walking to help out. He talks about a sleep study     8     (publish) in Sleep Health which suggests that those who walk more will experience     9     (good) quality and duration of sleep. Watching     10     you eat or drink can also improve your sleep.

The Qiaoxi Historical and Cultural Block in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, is perfect for visitors     1     (experience) China’s rich culture. The area is known     2     “Qiaoxi,” which means to the west of a bridge. Because its     3     (locate) is on the western side of Hangzhou’s famous Gongchen Bridge, an ancient structure     4     (lay) across the Grand Canal.

Once a busy market for local trade in ancient times and     5     industrial area in modern times, the Qiaoxi Block has now become a tourism district. Visitors can enjoy Chinese culture up close through a blend (混合) of     6     (tradition) business trade, scenic spots and residential areas. It is also a place     7     several museums meet together, including the China Knives, Scissors and Swords Museum, the China Umbrella Museum, and the China Fan Museum and so on.

    8     (walk) along the street, visitors can encounter street performances featuring local folk arts, or take their children to a Chinese medicine workshop,     9     try their hand at gaining cultural heritage skills at the Handicraft Dynamic Museum.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal     10     (list) on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014, where the two heritage sites of the Gongchen Bridge and the Qiaoxi Historical and Cultural Block were included in the project as well.

With the growing influence of Chinese traditional culture,     1     increasing number of foreigners are interested in the country’s rich heritage of traditional operas. Metaverse of Chinese Opera (《戏宇宙》), a show aired on Shandong Television,     2     (attract) many foreigners to show their gift for performing traditional Chinese operas so far. For example, the second season of Metaverse of Chinese Opera has introduced some gifted foreigners     3    are showing their Chinese opera performance skills.

The program     4    (make) up of 10 episodes and will end on Aug 12. Besides, it has trended on popular     5     (society) media platforms like Sina Weibo more than 380 times. The related short     6     (video) are viewed over 65 million times. In the second episode (集), several teams of foreigners showcased their traditional opera talents. The first team,     7     (know) as “Five Continents Orchestra”, started a journey to Huanggang in Hubei province, the birthplace of Huangmei Opera. They    8    (learn)   musical performance    9     local artists and improved their skills there.

The program uses new media techniques including a virtual (虚拟的) reality host and computer-generated animation (动画) technology to introduce traditional classic plays,     10    (provide) new ways for promoting traditional culture.

The French tourism industry hopes to see a strong boost as China, one of the world giant tourism     1    (market) before the pandemic, optimized (优化) its COVID-19 response and resumed outbound group tours earlier this year.

The European country hosted nearly 90 million international tourists in 2019,     2     (make) it the top destination in the world in terms of tourist arrivals.     3     the same time, more than 50 million tourists visited the Paris region and Chinese tourists made up the second     4     (large) number. They     5     (generate) more than 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in revenue.

Air connectivity has been     6     (gradual) increasing after China reopened to foreign tourists last month. More passenger flights     7     (operate) by airlines have been put into service between Chinese and French cities since January. Passenger capacities (乘客量) are expected     8    (rise) by the summer. Before the pandemic, more than 2 million Chinese tourists visited France each year and the Louvre Museum was     9     must-go site of Chinese tourists in Paris. Due to the absence of Chinese, the region starved for three years,     10     is extremely long and hard. Hopefully, they are going to start to travel again and it will be much more individual and much more upscale.

The Cheongsam,     1     is also known as Qipao or Chipao, is a traditional Chinese close-fitting dress for women,     2    (make)from satin brocade, silk, or cotton usually. Its main characteristics     3    (be) a mandarin collar, fitted waist, Chinese knotted buttons, hemmed slits on two sides, and a tailored form fit.

The Cheongsam has experienced     4     long history. It is recorded that the original Cheongsam was loose, long and wide. With time, the style of the Cheongsam began to change to     5    (close)fit people’s bodies. After 1949, Chinese no longer wore the Cheongsam in daily life. In recent years the Cheongsam     6    (begin) to be worn more by Chinese people as formal wear     7     important occasions.

During its     8    (develop), two different styles came into being, the Shanghai style and the Beijing style. The Shanghai style, taking in     9    (west)elements (元素), focuses on diverse styles and shows the wearer’s figure, while the Beijing style focuses on the traditional pattern with colorful decorations, displaying the beauty of the Cheongsam instead of the people wearing it. Of the two     10    (kind), Shanghai leads the fashion trends.

Five outstanding researchers received this year’s L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award at a ceremony in Paris, France     1     Friday evening for their pioneering research in the life sciences. One of the     2     (receive) was Chinese ancient vertebrates (脊椎动物) scientist Zhang Miman.

82-year-old Zhang, also     3    (know) as Meemann Chang, is a palaeontologist (古生物学 家) at the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology (IVPP). Many species, such as the extinct fish Meemannia, have been named in honor of her. In 2016, Zhang     4     (give) the Romer-Simpson Lifetime Achievement Award,     5     is the highest prize in vertebrate palaeontology.

“She was appointed for her pioneering work on fossil (化石) records     6     (lead) to a clear understanding of how oceanic vertebrates adapted to life on land.” UNESCO said in a statement. Zhang is the     7     (five) Chinese female scientist to win the award. The other four winners     8    (be) from South Africa, the UK, Argentinaand Canada.

As     9     result of a partnership between French company L’Oreal and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science foundation was founded in 1998     10     (encourage) equality in science. Each winner will be awarded $100, 000 as part of their prize.

The Chinese began to accept Western medicine as early as the beginning of this century,     1     Chinese medicine is still in doubt among Western people. To them, Chinese medicine, like ancient China, is mysterious and beyond     2    (believe).

Chinese medicines, most of     3    (they) being originally natural herbs, are made through having these materials simmered, roasted, or fried without having specific standards. This is the main reason for     4     they’re not recognized internationally. Chinese medicines usually appear in     5     form of pills, tablets and most commonly herb teas. They are used     6     account of their power in aid of recovery and they tend to produce long-term effects. They might be     7    (slow) in curing the patient of the disease, but they have less serious side effects even if     8    (take) frequently, for each medicinal herb is prescribed (开处方) for the benefit of the patient, causing no harm to the liver or the kidneys.

It is obvious that no matter how strange they may seem to Westerners, Chinese medicines     9    (use) for thousands of years, proving to be extremely effective. It’s simply up to us     10    (promote) the precious heritage.

It’s reported that about 10% of the global population do not have clean water. The water crisis has serious effects on people’s health, education, and     1     (finance) situation and on the stability of their community.

Water     2     (use) to keep clean and keeping clean is the key to good health. For example, a simple cut to a child’s leg can be treated by washing it, to avoid infections.     3     clean water, that simple cut can become a serious medical condition.

Children who spend a lot of time collecting water are less likely     4     (attend) full time education. Chances are that those students aren’t able to study to the level     5     (require) to go to college or university. The problem is     6     (particular) bad for girls, who tend to be the family’s members     7     (walk) a long way to collect water.

Low standards of education make     8     much more difficult for people to get jobs that are both well-paid and safe. If there is no money from     9     (employ), it’s difficult for communities to develop their water supply and sanitation (卫生).

Water is often a source of argument and even wars. The stability of a whole region or even a country can be in danger because of a shortage of clean water. To decrease the influence of the water crisis, the United Nations has a Sustainable Development Goal     10     specifically refers to water and sanitation.

When     1    (travel) in a train, a gentleman felt thirsty and got down at a station in search of water. No sooner had he reached the water tap than the engine whistled and started, so he missed the train.

It was getting    2    (dark) and he decided to find a place for a day’s stay. So he went to a small hut and asked the villager. The villager     3    (glad) agreed. With the villager’s     4     (permit), he could stay in his house for a day. That day the villager served the gentleman food and gave him a room to rest. Surprisingly, the villager neither asked nor expected anything     5    return.

At night, the gentleman heard a knock at the door. When the villager opened the door, the gentleman saw that a man     6    (dress) in rich clothes entered the hut and demanded the villager pay    7    (he) debts. The gentleman realized that the villager was in need of money. The next morning, he put a pocket on the table and     8    (leave). When the villager came to know about    9    pocket, he saw there was a note addressed to him, it read, “You helped me but did not expect anything from me. Yesterday I heard the conversation between you and the stranger and came to know that you were in need of money. This is       10    you need ”.

The Sanxingdui Ruins, in the city of Guanghan, is one of the     1     (important) ancient remains not only in China but all over the world. It is about 40 kilometers from Chengdu in Sichuan Province.

The Sanxingdui Ruins is best known for     2     (it) rich cultural content, large size, and the length of time it has been standing since it     3     (create). The Sanxingdui Ruins is made up    4     several large relic areas that are considered as the largest ancient Shu cultural relic sites in Sichuan Province,     5     (total) extending 12 square kilometers.

According to     6     the experts were able to find, the Sanxingdui Ruins housed actual life about 2,800 to 4,800 years ago, which means the people     7     (live) behind the mysterious Ruins were during the late Neolithic (新石器时代的) age. While you are visiting the Sanxingdui Ruins, the highlight (最精彩的部分) will be the very unique Sanxingdui Museum in the northeastern part of the Ruins. The museum     8     (cover) a total area of 200,000 square meters and has lots of modern equipment. The government spent over 30 million yuan on the     9     (construct) of the museum, creating     10     simple but very solemn (庄严) style.