With the International Conference on Food Loss and Waste closed on Saturday in Jinan, Shandong Province, the country has sent a signal to     1     world that China will deal with issues concerning food security by reducing loss and waste in agriculture. With the theme of reducing food loss and food waste and promoting     2     (globe) food security, the three-day event     3     (hold) both online and offline attracted more than 300 participants.

The current world grain production is about 2.8 billion tons a year. Therefore, the loss of only one percentage     4     (be) equal to the loss of 28 million tons of food. This can feed about 70 million people.

In recent years, China     5     (make) great progress in controlling loss and waste in food, with main efforts including upgrading facilities and     6     (equip). In Shandong Province, China’s major grain producer, the Sinograin (中粮集团) grain storage site is equipped with 4,500 high-definition cameras and 280,000 temperature sensors     7     (ensure) that the stock (储备) is in the best condition. Data shows that during China’s 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020) , about 13 million tons of food had been saved     8     (year) after production.

We cannot end hunger     9     we do not deal with the high levels of food loss and waste. Cooperation and innovations (创新) in business models, technologies and digital solutions could all contribute     10     reducing food loss and waste.

Luosifen(螺蛳粉) became the most popular Chinese New Year’s snack this year on Tmall and Taobao, as Chinese people prepare for a stay-at-home holiday due     1     the COVID-19 pandemic(流行病).

    2     the traditional Laba Festival, which fell on January 20 this year, Tmall and Taobao     3    (start) a one-month-long “2021 Online Chinese New Year’s Goods Festival”     4    (help) people across the country easily buy some seasonal specials.

    5    (tradition), dried fruits, sweets, and pastries are a must-buy “three-piece set” snacks for the Chinese New Year.     6     this year, Luoshifen took their place. According to Tmall and Taobao, on the first day of the online festival they sold Luosifen 15 times more than last year, with the number of buyers     7    （grow）nine times year on year. The     8    (large) group of buyers was the post-90s.

Self-heating hot pots was only second to Luosifen on the most popular goods list by Tmall and Taobao. On Wednesday, nearly 200,000 buyers placed orders for these pots,     9    （compare）to less than 20,000 last year.

People celebrate the Spring Festival by buying New Year’s goods, getting together and sending greetings,     10     may raise the risk of spreading the coronavirus. So the online Chinese New Year’s Goods Festival helps people spend a happy Spring Festival at home.

On 30th September, the war epic The Battle at Lake Chang jin came to     1    (screen). As one of     2    (expensive) films ever made in China, it quickly shot to the top of the week-long National Day holiday box office,     3    (motivate) the domestic market to recover from the poor state for more than two months.

With well-known directors and all-star cast, the 176-minute-long film follows Chinese People's Volunteers who joined the battle, which turned     4     tide of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953). The movie recreates the violent     5     cruel conflict on the Korean Peninsula during the extremely cold winter of 1950, when temperatures dropped     6     (sharp) to the lowest level in 50 years.

In 1950, Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) Army     7    (enter) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to help to resist U.S. aggression. The heroic CPV soldiers and officers, together with the Korean people and     8    (arm)forces, risked their lives and fought hard to achieve     9    (they) ultimate victory in the war.

The Battle at Lake Chang jin has generated strong scores with Chinese film goers——9.5 on Maoyan and 7.6 on Dou ban,     10     should assure that it keeps its front runner position throughout the long holiday.

The Silk Road derives (获得） its name from the profit-making trade in silk that     1     (carry) out along its length beginning during the Han Dynasty in China. The Silk Road trade played a significant role in the development of Eastern and Western civilizations, opening long-distance political and economic relations.

Though silk was the major item     2     (trade) from China, many other goods and ideas were exchanged, including religions, philosophies, scientific discoveries in astronomy and mathematics, and technologies like paper-making, printing and gunpowder.     3    , the Silk Road was a route not only for culture as well as economic trade among the civilizations that used it. Many artistic influences were also spread via the Silk Road, particularly through Central Asia,     4    Hellenistic (希腊风格的），Iranian, Indian and Chinese influences could intermix. Buddhist art represents one of the most vivid examples of this interaction. The     5     (mix) of Greek and Indian elements can be found in later Buddhist art in China and throughout countries on the Silk Road.

In     6     present day, trade takes places on the Silk Road on land and on its sea routes. There are several projects under the name of “New Silk Road”     7     (expand) the transport infrastructure in the area of the historic trade routes. The best known is     8    (probable) the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. In June 2014,UNESCO listed the Chang'an-Tianshan corridor (走廊） of the Silk Road     9     a World Heritage Site. The UNWTO has been working since 1993 to develop     10     （sustain) international tourism along the route with the goal of promoting peace and understanding.

All around the world, families celebrate special days together. Traditions for these days     1    (be) very different. Some of them may surprise you.

Families in most countries have a special day to celebrate mothers. In Serbia, this day is on     2     second Sunday before Christmas. On that day, children sneak（溜）into their     3    (mother) bedroom and tie her feet with ribbon（丝带）so that she can’t get out of bed. Then they shout, “Mother’s Day, Mother’s Day! What will you pay     4    (get) away?” Then the mother gives them small     5    (treat) and presents as payment so that the kids “free” her.

In China, they say that babies are one year old when they are born. After that, all children celebrate their birthday on New Year’s Day because that’s when they grow a year     6    (old). Actual birthdays     7    (celebrate) with a big family meal. The tradition is that the “birthday boy” or “birthday girl” should fill their mouth     8     as many long noodles as they can     9     then eat them. This is     10     in Chinese culture, long noodles are a symbol that people will live long.