The Yingge dance is a combination of opera, dance and wushu. Typically, the dance     1     (perform) during festivals and celebrations, with dancers wearing colorful costumes and carrying masks, snakes, spears and drums. Its rich history and cultural     2     (significant) have earned it the distinction of being classified as a national intangible cultural heritage (遗产) in China.

On Chinese New Year, a Yingge team     3     (consist) of 16 dancers from the Chaoshan region of Guangdong Province gave a wonderful performance in London. The event provided     4     unique opportunity for UK residents to experience the richness and diversity of Chinese culture.

The dance team’s commitment     5     their craft was evident in their preparation. For over a month, they devoted     6     (they) to perfecting their performance, ensuring every step, every gesture, and every beat was in harmony. The dancers, many of     7     had more than 15 years of performance experience, showed their devotion to preserving this ancient art form.

So far, the Yingge dance     8     (cross) borders, attracting audiences in foreign countries such as Thailand. The celebration of the Spring Festival has become a global phenomenon, with “Spring Festival Parades”     9     (hold) in several countries each year. Nearly one-fifth of the world’s population now celebrates the Chinese New Year in     10     (vary) styles, reflecting the growing influence of Chinese culture worldwide.

Any visitor to the Chinese Culture Week at the University of Tehran would be amazed by the tea, food, Chinese knots (中国结) and traditional paper-cutting artworks     1    display, all produced by Iranian students of Chinese language.

“Chinese knots     2     (believe) to bring good luck and act as charms (护身符) that protect people against evil spirits,” said Zeinab Ghafourian, a 19-year-old student     3     (study) Chinese at the Confucius Institute of the University of Tehran, on Nov. 28.

Chinese Culture Week,     4     was held at the hall of the institute from Nov. 25 to 29, seeks     5    (introduce) Chinese culture to more Iranians. Ghafourian said that one of the reasons why she chose to study Chinese was that she had been interested in East Asian cultures since childhood. “In     6    (add), Chinese films have become more popular. The people of both countries enjoy many cultural commonalities, as they were culturally and     7     (economic) connected via the Silk Road in the past,” she said.

More importantly, given Iran’s good ties with China, mastering Chinese offers relatively competitive employment prospects on the Iranian job market     8     (compare) with other languages.

“Each of the students here is     9    window onto China, helping the Iranians have a more realistic picture of the country     10    improving relations between the two countries,” said Hamed Vafaei, the Iranian director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Tehran.

Tim always looked for the easy way to do something. When his mother told him     1     (take) out the rubbish, he told his little sister to do it. When his father     2     (ask) him for help, Tim said he was     3     (tire).

For English class, Tim    4     (recent) had to write a short article about an animal. He went online, chose an article about     5     (tiger), and copied it. With a big smile     6     his face, he gave it to his teacher.

But Tim wasn’t so     7     (luck). His teacher read     8     same article online! Tim received zero points for     9     (he) homework. As punishment, he had to write not one,     10     two new articles.

Tim learned his lesson. Cheating is wrong, and it always leads to trouble.

A     1     (remark) image of the Andromeda Galaxy, located over 2 million light-years from Earth, has been released after the use of the most powerful wide-field telescope in the Northern Hemisphere, demonstrating its capability.

China’s Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST)     2     (put) into operation on Sunday in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, developed by the University of Science and Technology of China and the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The telescope,     3     is also known as the Mozi surveying telescope, will be     4     (extreme) useful for enhancing China’s capabilities in time-domain astronomical (天文的) research, according to CAS. Mozi was an ancient Chinese philosopher who is said to be the first in history     5     (conduct) optical (光学的) experiments.

According to CAS, the WFST boasts an optical telescope of 2.5 meters in diameter and a 765-million-pixel camera, equipping it     6     the strong surveying ability that allows it to survey the entire northern sky every three nights.

The Andromeda Galaxy is     7     closest large spiral (旋涡) galaxy to the Milky Way and     8     (have) a similar structure and metallicity, making it an ideal research object for exploring the formation and evolution of the Milky Way and similar galaxies. The WFST has both a large field of view     9     high-resolution imaging capabilities, enabling it to take multicolor images of the Andromeda Galaxy and its outlying regions. The telescope generated the image using 150 photos     10     (take) on multiple nights of observation.

Shanxi Party chief has owed the    1    (remark) achievements in socioeconomic development the northern province has made over the past decade to its     2    (apply) of instructions from central authorities, and to its adaptation of those instructions to the actual conditions of the province.

The past decade has marked a watershed (分水岭) in the province’s development, as its coal-based economy—still a key driver and accounting for 29.2 percent of national coal production last year—becomes increasingly powered by different economic engines, including industries such as the manufacture of    3    (advance) equipment, semiconductors and new materials, as well as big data and green industry. 

    4     the huge impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shanxi’s GDP increased by 9.1 percent last year,    5    (make) it the third-fastest of all provincial-level regions. Only 2 percentage points of that growth was coal-related.

By making improvements to     6    (it) business environment and governmental services, Shanxi has been able to attract 365 high-tech enterprises, start three national-level research platforms and encourage some 1,400 researchers and professionals     7    (settle) there since last year. 

At present, Shanxi produces 34.46 percent of its electricity from wind, solar energy and other non-fossil sources, and     8    quality of its air and water has markedly improved. These changes were key in attracting 39.9 million tourist visits to the province’s well-protected historical sites last year, at a time     9     national tourism    10    (hit) hard by outbreaks of COVID-19.

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said     1     I faced disappointment. “     2     you can carry on, one day something good will happen.”  

After graduating from college, I decided to try for a job in a radio station     3     work my way up to a sports announcer. I went to Chicago, knocked on the door of every station,     4     got turned down every time. 

In one studio, a kind lady advised me to go to the countryside and find a small station,     5     big stations couldn’t risk hiring an inexperienced person. I returned to my hometown,     6     I was turned down even when I applied for a job in a sports department of a store. It wasn’t long     7     I decided to try my luck again in another city. In Davenport, Iowa, the program director of a company got me beside a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game.  

    8     I began to work in the company, I’ve always thought of my mother’s words: “Keep on trying     9     some day you succeed. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous failure.”     10     job I later have done, I always think about what my mother once taught me, which acts as my guideline in life.