To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention (《世界遗产公约》), Beijing held    1     event titled “The Next 50 Years: World Heritage Where Challenges and Development Coexist”, during which experts discussed how    2       (make) the sites more accessible and sustainable for future generations.

Since joining the World Heritage Convention in 1985, the number of world heritage sites in China    3     (grow) to 56, including the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and the Grand Canal,    4     (allow) the nation to rank second in the world. And over the past decade, China has added 15 new world heritage sites, six of    5     have been included in the relevant lists of intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产).

Chinese experts said that the 56 listed world heritage sites reflect the country’s    6     (abundance) heritage and that China’s cultural heritage achievements over the past 10 years can be seen in many aspects.

For example, in 2013, the Tianshan Mountains    7     (list) on the World Heritage List. The beauty of Tianshan lies    8     its snow-capped mountains and glacier-capped peaks. It is really an outstanding example of a mountain ecosystem with a    9     (diverse) of landform features and ecosystems.

Experts said that the world heritage application is just a means to perform better protection. We should behave more    10     (responsible) to conserve the heritage of all humanity.

China     1     (launch) the Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship, sending three astronauts to     2     (it) space station combination for a five-month mission on May 30th.

According to the China Manned Space Agency, about 10 minutes after the launch, the Shenzhou-16 separated     3     the rocket and entered its designed orbit. The crew members are in good shape and the launch is a complete     4     (succeed).

The crew consists of Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao. They will witness the dockings (对接) of the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft     5     the Shenzhou-17 manned spaceship, as well as the departures of the Shenzhou-15 manned spaceship and Tianzhou-5.

    6     an important moment in the history of China space station!     7     we can see, Shenzhou-16 crew are now entering the Tianhe core module, while Shenzhou-15 crew are now waiting     8     (welcome) them on the other side.

After the swift automated rendezvous, the Shenzhou-16 spaceship docked on the Tianhe core module from below. The whole space station consists of six spacecraft,     9     (include) two lab modules, two     10     (man) spaceships and the Tianhe core module and the Tianzhou-6 cargo ship.

Jean-Michel Basquiat was a(n)     1     (extreme) talented Neo-Expressionist painter in the 1980s. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 22, 1960. With a Haitian-American father     2    a Puerto Rican mother, Basquiat’s     3     (culture) background was one of his many sources of    4     (inspire).

A self-taught artist, Basquiat began drawing at an early age on sheets of paper his father, an accountant, brought home     5     the office. As he moved deeper into his creative side, his mother strongly encouraged him    6     (follow) his artistic talents.

Jean-Michel Basquiat first attracted attention to his drawing under the name “SAMO” in New York City. He sold sweatshirts and postcards     7     (feature) his artwork on the streets to make ends meet before his painting career took off.

His work and style     8     (receive) public praise for the use of words, symbols, stick figures, and animals. Soon, his paintings     9     (love) by an art-loving public that had no problem paying as much as $50,000 for a Basquiat original.

He worked with Andy Warhol in the mid-1980s,     10    resulted in a show of their work. Basquiat died on August 12, 1988, in New York City.

Figure skating (花样滑冰) is known for its graceful moves. There is one     1    (call) the “quad Axel,” or “4A,” that is     2    (wide) considered to be the hardest jump in figure skating. It is a type of “edge jump”,     3    (mean) skaters have to skate on one side of the blade (刀片) when a lifting of the ice.

Although no one skater     4    (conquer) the move so far at any competitions, the world’s top Japanese skater Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生结弦) gave it the closest go during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. At 53 kilograms, he’s thin. But Hanyu is very strong and able to perfectly perform     5    (jump) and moves on the ice that others can only attempt. He noted that it’s very nice to compete in such     6     atmosphere with love and welcome from Chinese. He sometimes looks more like a ballet dancer     7     a figure skater. When people watch Hanyu perform, it’s immediately clear how much he enjoys     8    (he), and the audiences love him in return. The little boy     9     started out at his neighborhood rink (溜冰场) is now     10    (love) by people from around the globe.

On Saturday, an activity to experience farming culture     1     (hold) in Temple of Agriculture in Beijing.

As     2     important ritual architectural complex near the central axis (中心轴) of Beijing, the temple used to be a place for emperors of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911)     3     (dynasty) to perform sacrifices in the hope for good harvests, and     4     (have) become a witness of China’s farming civilization.

    5     (organize) by the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum, the activity this time included a ceremony to start harvest, scholars’     6     (introduce) of 24 solar terms and Temple of Agriculture, and an experience activity in     7     people were invited to reap crops with their own hands.

The activity aims to make more people understand the humanistic spirit of     8     (respect) and valuing agriculture, revering nature and seeking harmonious coexistence     9     human and nature, and feel the profoundness of traditional Chinese farming culture and the wisdom and hard work of the Chinese people.

The activity helps people     10     (well) understand traditional farming culture in China.

People in Bangladesh and India are struggling as they face serious flooding caused by early heavy rains. The floods     1     (cover)roads, bridges, and entire villages so far.     2     (million)of people have been left helpless by the floodwaters. The flooding in Bangladesh is the     3     (bad)in nearly 20 years. The United Nations(UN)says that the flooding has affected at least 4 million people in Bangladesh. The floods have hit the districts of Sylhet and Sunamganj     4     (especial)hard. In these areas, about 2 million people were left cut off from areas nearby.

The flooding     5     (cause)by heavy rains. Two rivers     6     run near Bangladesh’s border with India, the Surma and the Kushiara, hit the highest water levels ever recorded. The government has made the     7     (decide)to close almost 600 schools. Some are to be closed because of flooding. Others will be turned     8     emergency shelters. Bangladesh is a low-lying country, and often has floods.     9     same is true for parts of India. But normally, most flooding happens later in the year. Scientists say that because of the climate crisis, extreme weather     10     (include)heat waves, severe storms, heavy rains, and flooding is becoming far more common.

Liu Wenwen is the first suona player to study for a doctor’s degree in China. On social media platforms, Liu’s name is often followed by a video of her    1    (perform) at a concert in Sydney. The audience    2    (impress) by the unfamiliar instrument and the music.

Both of Liu’s parents’ families     3    (play) suona for generations. But it takes time and hard work    4    (become) a musician. “To avoid disturbing the neighbors, my parents would take me to a park to practice at 4 a.m. everyday.” Her primary school classmates laughed at her,    5    (say) her whole family was engaged only in “weddings and funerals”. These are the two major     6    (occasion) where the instrument is played in China.

She found suona music beautiful    7    the first time in 2008, when entering Shanghai Conservatory of Music to learn the instrument systematically from Professor Liu Ying,    8    top player. “The music played by Professor Liu was amazing,    9    was quite different from what I’d heard before,” she said.

Speaking of the popular video, Liu said, “I felt my hard work paid off. I trained for over 20 years,    10    (probable) just to win cheers for traditional Chinese music on the international stage.”

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Traditional Fitness Qigong Wins Hearts of Young Chinese

No one could have expected that slow-moving Qigong    1    (become) popular among Chinese young people in the past several years. Short videos of young Chinese doing traditional fitness Qigong have flooded video websites, among     2    a video of Baduanjin has been played for more than 10 million times and received over 6, 000 comments on a video sharing platform targeting young people.

Baduanjin is one of the oldest fitness     3    (method) to stay healthy in China, originally created over 800 years ago during the Song Dynasty. The name refers    4    how the eight individual movements provide a soft quality for the movement of the body.

Compared with more    5    (physical) demanding sports such as the ball games or swimming, Baduanjin is slow and usually accompanied by restful music, so it used to be considered as the sport    6    (intend) for the elders. However, not requiring much space, equipment or time, it’s perfect for office workers, as they often suffer from back and neck pain caused by    7    (sit) in front of computers for hours.

“I’ve been doing Baduanjin for a couple of months, which makes     8    (I) sleep well and get strong,”     9    young netizen commented below the video. “I owe big thanks to Baduanjin as it offers a much    10    (good) lifestyle.”

Screen time for children and teens is a battlefront that many parents know well. But one Chicago zoo says it’s a problem for a teenage gorilla (大猩猩), too.

A 16-year-old, 415-pound gorilla named Amare is developing a(n)     1    (addict) to the smartphone screens held up by visitors at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois, the zoo says.

    2     growing number of people noticed that Amare enjoyed looking at photos and videos on     3    cell phones. As the visitors held up their screens, the gorilla spent more and more time approaching the glass to get a     4    (close) look.

Amare lives with three other teenage male gorillas .Once,     5     (glue) to a screen when another gorilla charged towards him, Amare didn’t notice    6     had happened. Although Amare is fine after that normal show of aggression (争斗) between young males, continued distraction(分心) could weaken Amare’s social standing in the group and result     7     severe developmental consequences.

So far, too much screen time among human teens     8     (tie) to physical and mental health risks. The reasons to limit screen time for human and gorilla teens are not     9     (terrible) different. Now, staff members at the Lincoln Park Zoo have put up a rope line     10    (keep) visitors and their screens a bit farther away from the teenage gorilla.

One day a farmer went out for a walk     1    his little son. The farmer wore a pair of wrong shoes. One had thick shoe (厚鞋底)    2    the other didn’t. He    3     （begin) to walk and then his    4    (foot) hurt. When he was just out of the house, he turned to his son and said, “Why is one of my legs    5    long) than the other today?”

The son looked at his father’s legs     6    (careful) as he was walking and then laughed, “Oh, no, Daddy. Your legs are all right. You are wearing the wrong shoes.” The farmer was very happy to hear that and said to himself, “    7     a clever son!” Then he asked     8     (he) son to go back and got the other pair of shoes for him. The farmer had only two pairs of shoes.

When the son ran back to the house, he     9     (find) that the other pair was also a wrong pair. He had to return to his father with nothing in his hands and said, “It’s no use     10     (change) them, Daddy! The shoes at home are not a pair, either!”