As night falls, the sound of drums fills the air as an 8-meter fish-shaped lantern swims through the streets of Wangmantian village, Huangshan, in East China’s Anhui province.

Within the crowd, Wang Lijun — a 27-year-old villager who serves     1     the “head fish” — leads the procession, sometimes cheering on those behind her. Traditionally     2     (hold) by respected elders, the position of “head fish” has attracted younger participants to take on the role     3     (voluntary).

Every year between     4     13th and 16th of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, villagers hold fish-shaped lantern     5     (parade). In old times, the mountain village,     6     (consist) of a lot of wooden structures, faced the risk of frequent fires. Therefore, villagers used to gather to parade with fish-shaped lanterns,     7     symbolic meaning is “water overcoming fire”.

With a history of over 600 years, the fish-shaped lantern     8     (recognize) as a provincial-level intangible cultural heritage in 2022. Villagers in Wangmantian have established     9     (profession) fish lantern performance teams. These teams have gone to cities such as Shanghai and Nanjing, Jiangsu province     10     (give) performances.

As fish-shaped lanterns continue to benefit local tourism and related industries, the future looks brighter than ever.

When Lauren Schroeder, a high school student,     1     (show) up to a community food drive last year, she saw what people there got — just a lot of     2     (can) goods. She decided to become the change she wanted to see. Schroeder grew 7,000 pounds of produce and gave it all away to food banks. Her work drew the attention of Future Farmers of America, which gave her some money for     3     (supply) and seeds. Her goal is     4     (donate) 20,000 pounds of vegetables by the time she graduates.

At the moment, AI tools provide results that are not always correct or appropriate. That’s     1     companies are looking for people to help train AI programs. These people are called prompt engineers, who     2     (pay) six-figure salaries. Anna Bernstein, a prompt engineer, writes prompts and feeds them     3     AI tools. This helps the AI generate text with accurate information. She thinks prompt engineering is now one of the hottest tech jobs and she loves her job.

Have you ever heard of the Ring of Fire? It might sound like something straight out of science fiction,     1     it is a real place. The Ring of Fire is the name used by scientists to describe an area     2     frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquakes take place. In fact, most of the world’s volcanoes are located there. The Ring of Fire is an arc-shaped region that     3     (run) along the coast of North and South America, along the eastern edge of Asia, across Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, and along the coast of New Zealand.

Focused on guaranteeing the five major areas of organizing, participating, watching,     1     (safe) and demonstration of the Winter Olympics, a key specialized project called “high-tech Winter Games”     2     (lead) by the Ministry of Science and Technology back in 2017 was established. Among 80 special research projects attached to the key project, 212 technologies were     3     (eventual) applied,     4     (provide) strong support for the “simple, safe and wonderful” 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

The visual technologies such as 8K stereo broadcasting system provide good visual experience for     5     (that) watching the competitions on the screen.“Green” is also one of the themes for the “high-tech Winter Games”: the torch is made of carbon-fiber materials     6     is light and resistant to high temperatures, and     7     (fuel) by hydrogen; the eco-friendly ice rinks use the world's     8     (large) trans-critical CO2 direct cooling system which improves the energy efficiency     9     more than 20 percent.

The hydrogen-powered buses employed in Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, and the biodegradable tableware being used at the Games also use the high technology.

Behind all the high technology in this Winter Olympics is a display of Beijing's scientific and technological innovation. Chinese people not only celebrate the athletes,     10     celebrate the advances in technology that connect us and make our lives better.

In the city of Nanjing, 300 captive-bred (圈养的) Chinese sturgeon (鲟), along with other rare fish, were released into the     1     (long) river in the country.

It marked the first time the first-class state-protected animal had been released in the Nanjing section of the Yangtze River. Some 4,000 mullets (鲻鱼), a species under second-class state protection, were released     2     the same time.

These released sturgeon, which     3     (raise) through artificial breeding (人工养殖), are generally 15 months old,     4     (measure) between 50 cm to 80 cm. Each of these sturgeon is equipped with a harmless transponder (应答器) to track their whereabouts.

Nicknamed “aquatic (水栖的) pandas”, Chinese sturgeon     5     (exist) for more than 140 million years. However, the population of the species in the Yangtze fell     6     (sharp) in the late 20th century due to human activities.

Releasing artificially bred sturgeon is     7     (benefit) to the reproduction and recovery of the species’ wild population in the Yangtze River. Since a 10-year fishing ban took effect in the waters of the Yangtze River in 2021, the population of rare aquatic     8     (creature) has increased. For example, a scientific investigation,     9     was conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2022, showed that     10     number of Yangtze finless porpoises (江豚) had passed 1,200, up 23.42 percent from five years ago.

In 2002, during renovation of the Forbidden City, a special mounting paper was discovered at the back of a landscape painting.     1    (base) on the remaining paper samples, the restorers found the paper was made of mulberry (桑树) bar k which is extremely tough and full of strength.

    2     (originate) in the Han Dynasty, mulberry paper was more than 300 years earlier than Cai Lun’s improved paper making technology,     3     was also a messenger on the ancient Silk Road. It has become an important     4     (carry) of exchanges between the ancient Central Plains and surrounding areas, China and Asian and European countries.

    5     the emergence of modern paper industry products, mulberry paper has gradually withdrawn from people’s daily life due to     6     (it) pure hand-made and low output. However, the renovation of the Forbidden City made artists become aware that the role of mulberry paper in traditional painting and calligraphy creation     7    restoration could not be replaced by modern machine products. In 2006, the production technology of Uygur mulberry paper     8     (list) in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List, and the scientific value, humanistic value and     9     (history) research value of mulberry paper were valued. Nowadays, more young people are coming back to their hometowns     10     (learn) the art of making mulberry paper and to pass on this craft.

Chinese cultural elements commemorating (纪念) Tang Xianzu,     1     is known as “the Shakespeare of Asia,” add an international character to Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare’s hometown.

Tang and Shakespeare were contemporaries and both died in 1616. Although they could never have met, there are common     2     (theme) in their works, said Paul Edmondson, head of research for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. “Some of the things that Tang was writing about     3     (be)also Shakespeare’s concerns. I happen to know that Tang’s play The Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》) is similar in some ways     4     Romeo and Juliet.”

A statue commemorating Shakespeare and Tang was put up at Shakespeare’s Birthplace Garden in 2017. Two years later, a six-meter-tall pavilion,     5     (inspire)by The Peony Pavilion,     6     (build)at the Firs Garden, just ten minutes’ walk from Shakespeare’s birthplace.

Those cultural elements have increased Stratford’s international     7     (visible), said Edmondson, adding that visitors walking through the Birthplace Garden were often amazed     8     (find)the connection between the two great writers.

    9     (recall)watching a Chinese opera version of Shakespeare’s play Richard III in Shanghai and meeting Chinese actors who came to Stratford a few years ago to perform parts of The Peony Pavilion, Edmondson said, “It was very exciting to hear the Chinese language     10     see how Tang’s play was being performed.”