Walking into Wei Lamei's home in Xi'an, one can hardly imagine that the room belongs to a 74-year-old granny, with all kinds of dolls     1    (fill) every corner. She     2    (make) at least 700 large cartoon dolls and countless small ones over the past 26 years.

Wei developed a    3     (fascinate) for making dolls at the age of eight     4    she saw a Russian girl with a blond doll in her arms."After retirement, I began to think about following my childhood dream," said Wei.

    5    (drive) by the dream, in her late 50s, Wei headed to Beijing on her own     6    (seek) better opportunities. After 13 years of hard work in Beijing, she developed her unique design concept and     7    (remark) sewing(缝纫)skills.

In 2010, she returned to Xi'an and turned her home into a workshop.She has ten pairs of glasses and keeps them in different places in the house,so she can browse fashion applications on her smartphone anytime. At     8    same time, she often draws inspiration from Xi'an, the ancient city with a long history, and adds traditional cultural elements to her works. She also     9    (active) participates in live-streaming activities, sharing her daily work and attracting many young fans.

There is no certain way to live our lives. The most important thing is     10    we can do what we love.

China will support the entrepreneurship and innovation( 创业与创新) of college students     1    renewed efforts, according to     2     set of guidelines released by the General Office of the State Council.

Hailing college students as a vibrant force for entrepreneurship and innovation, the guidelines called for measures    3    (create) a more favorable environment for business startups and innovative projects    4     (launch) by college students.

Relevant departments should enhance intellectual property protection for such innovative projects, the guidelines    5    (say). They also stressed the    6     (important) of improving financial support for college entrepreneurs and innovators by exploring new funding channels and    7    (introduce) favorable financial    8    (policy).

The guidelines also noted the need to improve entrepreneurship and innovation education,     9    urged colleges to devote     10    (much) attention to these areas in their curriculums.

Liu Cong, a 34-year-old illustrator (插画师), attracted by one particular aspect of the splendid city, the hutong,     1     (live) in Beijing since 2012. She enjoys     2     (ride) a bicycle and wandering through hutong neighborhoods. These narrow alleys consisting of trees, small shops and gray-walled courtyards, or siheyuan, contribute to a sense     3     community and offer a glance of a fast-disappearing way of life.

Last year, Liu moved to a courtyard in Chaodou hutong,     4     her friend, architect Jie Xiaofeng, had stayed for many years. There, Liu started a series of illustrations. With those 23 illustrations being displayed at the Shijia Hutong Museum now, in an     5     (exhibit) titled Wandering, Liu is popular among illustrators.

“Each of the     6     (yard) hidden in the hutong, as is known to people,     7     (be) different and full of the wisdom of the enthusiastic residents, who     8     (full) use the limited space     9     (create) comfortable and convenient surroundings for their families,” says architect Jie. What she loves about living in the hutong is     10     it offers a kind of close connection with her neighbors.

The Tibetan antelopes experienced a tough time during 1980s and 1990s. On one hand, their population has greatly decreased due to frequent hunting. On the other hand, their     1     (live) environment was shrinking under the construction of new roads and railways. In order to save this species from     2     (extinct), the Chinese government decided to put it under the national protection. Zhaxi,     3    is a villager as well as a volunteer in Changtang, kept a careful watch over these antelopes day and night. Moreover, bridges and gates were used for their free movement and safe environment.

The French author Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once wrote, “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,”     1     means “You are what you eat.” Chinese cuisine is a case in point. In conclusion, through food, Chinese people everywhere show their culture as well as their friendship and     2     (kind). So what we can say is that culture and cuisine go hand     3     hand, and if you do not experience one, you can never really know the other.

There are many scenic spots in the world. Some are the best form of architecture ever built and seen. The Great Wall, Taj Mahal, the Pyramids of Egypt and Petra     1     (actual) prove the point that architecture is an age old art and profession.

Not many people know the only piece of construction that can     2     (see) from the moon is the Great Wall of China,     3     total length built in all dynasties is 21,196.18 kilometers. It is the world’s longest man made structure.

Taj Mahal is a beautiful piece of architecture of all times, which was constructed by     4     (use) materials from all over India and Asia.     5     is believed that over 1,000 elephants were used to transport building materials. It     6     (take) the efforts of 22,000 laborers, painters, artists and stonecutters to shape Taj Mahal.

One of the best     7     (place) to experience traditional architecture is Egypt. The Pyramids of Egypt make us extremely amazed at how     8     (create) the architects in ancient times were and what efforts were made by ancient people.

Petra is another place     9     (visit) great structures. This ancient city was the capital of the Arab kingdom of the Nabateans,     10     trade center. The city is famous for water tunnels and stone structures carved in the rock.

Each morning, amateur    1     (cycle) Cui Yue rides his bicycle along the Tanglai Canal in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui. Autonomous Region, to enjoy the picturesque natural scenery. Born and    2    (raise) in the city, 68-year-old Cui said cycling along the canal allows him to experience the city’s improving ecology after several waterfront parks were built in recent years.

The over-2,000-year-old canal that Cui     3    (frequent) was built during tne Han Dynasty, aimed at bringing the Yellow River water to present day Ningxia    4    helping him the region with vast deserts into farmland. The canal    5    (include）in the World Heritage Irrigation Structures in 2017. Through the ages, it is still functioning     6    an ecological corridor and is the largest    7     (natural) flowing trunk canal in the Yellow River irrigation area.

Along the canal’s 75-km section    8    (run) through urban Yinchuan, several parks have been built with walking and cycling routes, contributing to the city’s expanding green space mapped out for public leisure. In the city’s rural areas, the canal is a water source for farms and wetlands,playing a role in    9    (agriculture) development and ecological protection. It is also one of the water sources for wetlands and a large artificial lake,    10     have become habitats for hundreds of migratory bird species.

When two cultures come together, the words of     1     (they) languages compete for survival (存在). We can see this taking place early on in the history of English, following the Danish invasions (入侵) of Britain. The Danes spoke a language known     2     Old Norse, and this had many words     3     had a related (相关的) form in Old English. What would people end up     4     (say)? Would the Danish settlers use the Old English words? Or would the Anglo-Saxons use the Old Norse ones?

    5     (actual), the Old English and Old Norse words both survived, because people gave them     6     (difference) meanings. This is what happened to skirt and shirt.

Shirt is found sometimes in late Old English (spelled scyrte), with the meaning of a short garment (衣服) worn by both men     7     women. Skirt, from Old Norse, is known from the 1300s, and seems to have been used mainly for a woman’s garment — the lower part of a dress. But the word could also     8     (use) for the lower part of a man’s robe or coat too.

During the Middle English period, shirt     9     (become) increasingly used only for a man’s garment, and skirt for a woman’s. Today, women’s clothes include shirts, and skirts are normal wear for men in many     10     (country). Clothing such as the T-shirt is gender-neutral (不分性别的).

Nowadays feeling stressed from time to time is extremely common in society. On many occasions your doctor said he could not find anything wrong with you. Perhaps you were advised to go to the hospital again and again, but all the fancy equipment there still     1     (show) there was nothing wrong with you and you were often puzzled at the conclusion. Then probably you might be in a state of sub-health. Sub-health, also     2     (call) the third state or the grey state, is referred to     3     a borderline between health and disease. The reason why people catch such kind of disease is not that clear.

According to     4     investigation by the National Health Organization, over 45 percent of sub-healthy people are middle-aged or elderly. The percentage among people     5     work in important management positions is even     6     (high) than that of the students around the exam time, due to     7     (they) heightened exposure to stress. The key to preventing and     8     (recover) from sub-health, according to some medical experts, is to form good habits, alternate work with rest, exercise     9     (regular) and take an active part in open-air activities. As for meals, they should eat more fresh vegetables, fruits and fish which are rich in nutritional     10     (element)—that are significant to the body.

During the upcoming National Day holidays, hundreds of young content creators who are fond of traditional culture and Chinese fashion are scheduled     1     (gather) together in East China’s Jiangsu Province for a cultural event. At Guofeng Dadian 2022, these young content creators will bring participants back to ancient     2     (dynasty) so visitors can experience the life of their ancestors through interesting activities.

These content creators are part of the huge number of young people in China who eagerly produce works such as videos about ancient China’s charm to share their     3     (enthusiastic) with domestic and overseas audiences. Some top vloggers in     4     (they) 20s, such as Zhu Tiexiong and Chu Qi, have gained millions of followers on social media both at home and abroad. Additionally, as more young people show     5     interest in traditional culture, more attractive parts of culture have a chance to become known to a wider audience,     6     in turn can strengthen the country’s national confidence.

Besides Zhu and Chu, many other vloggers in a diverse range of traditional fields get huge support. Yang Liu, a 25-year-old vlogger grew up     7     (learn) duzhupiao, or “bamboo-drifting.” The skill     8     (originate) along the Chishui River in Southwest China’s Guizhou Province centuries ago. What she posted on the social media attracted many viewers     9     let more people know about the skill.

“Currently, the trend of returning to tradition is intensifying among Chinese young people as the younger generations’ confidence in Chinese culture has been     10     the rise,” said Zhang Yiwu, a Peking University professor.