The Two Tree Coffee, located in the Liyukou Village of Huyi District in the city of Xi’an, quickly went viral (走红) on social media.

The popularity of the cafe is     1    (large) due to the boom (暴涨) in cultural and ecological tourism in recent years,     2    (combine) with the government’s efforts at environmental preservation.

In recent years, the Chinese government     3    (strengthen) the long-term protection project, and adopted     4    (measure) such as the establishment of the five-level forest chief system. More and more urban residents, especially those     5     Xi’an, are attracted to the mountain villages for slow-paced vacations.

Wang visited many places before     6    (decide) to build the cafe here. “Cafes are among the favorite businesses of young people, and they provide     7     strong sense of uniqueness when they appear in the countryside,” she said. “People come here not only to consume coffee,     8    to ‘pay’ for the green ecology and the pastoral (田园的) environment.”

In front of the cafe is a tourism highway,     9    connects the store with many artistic villages along the mountain range. Art helps the villages to become     10    (fashionable) and livable, while retaining their natural beauty, than before.

Heatable Brick Beds Warm NE China Homes

In northeast China’s chilly winter, getting into a warm bed is made possible by an ancient heatable brick bed that could date back more than two thousand years     1     is still widely used today. These beds not only bring warmth to local residents, but also continue the folk culture of northeast China.

The bed is made of bricks or other forms of fired clay with     2    width of about1.7 m to 2.3 m and a length that can be determined according to the length of the bedroom. It uses a ducted heating system similar to the Roman hypocaust,     3    (compose) of a stove, a bed and a chimney. The stove     4    (use) to burn firewood. Smoke and heat generated by burning firewood pass through an internal hollow and curved flue system to heat the bed above. Smoke is eventually discharged outward through the chimney. The bed retains heat well,     5    enables people     6    (have) a comfortable sleeping environment in the cold winter. In addition,     7    (sleep) on the heatable brick bed for a prolonged period is good for the blood     8    (circulate) and metabolism of the body, and can relieve some diseases such as arthritis and waist and leg pain.

The heatable brick bed is not only used as a bed, but also a living area for the family. People     9    (routine) have their meals and family     10    (gathering) on the bed in cold winters. The bed is a symbol of home that embodies the emotion and love they feel towards their families.

China Media Group (CMG) announced the official theme and logo (标识) for the 2024 Spring Festival Gala (春晚) on Saturday ahead of the upcoming Year of the Drago n in February 2024.

The logo of the Spring Festival Gala, which gets tons of attention annually,     1    (use) the character “議”, meaning “the soaring of the dragons,”     2    the main visual symbol. The chosen character     3    (vivid) shows the thriving 1.4 billion Chinese people, as the dragon has developed into a     4    (spirit) symbol for the Chinese people over thousands of years.

    5    (Inspire) by an ancient Chinese calligraphy style, seal script (篆书), the design is serious, balanced and upright,     6    (highlight) a cultural atmosphere that is grand and energetic.

Created by Gu Yongjiang, the logo     7     (design) for China’s lunar exploration program, the logo for the gala is also styled with a metallic, golden color which looks like a chip — bridging     8    past and the present to the future from an ancient Chinese character to cutting edge modern technology.

The Spring Festival Gala, the forms of     9    performances involve songs, dances, crosstalks, operas and folk arts, etc,     10     (be) an essential part of the many Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations since 1983.

I have lived in Herne, Canterbury for 23 years. I     1     (bear) here and moved away to Guildford later, but Canterbury is one of the most beautiful, popular and historic cities in England.

People who live in Canterbury are welcoming and     2     (extreme) passionate about their city. We have a strong sense of community. It is     3     honor and privilege to work in such a beautiful     4     (locate). The Franciscan Gardens, the heart of the city, change so much throughout the seasons     5     there is always something incredible to see. Located beside the River Stour, the Franciscan Gardens are the site of the first settlement of the Franciscan Friars, sent over in 1224 by St Francis     6     (spread) the word and work for the poor. We have two amazing gardeners, Robert and Tracey, who take care     7     this wonderful setting. The gardens are the lungs of Canterbury, hidden behind the busy high street -- a place of peacefulness, full of history. As soon as you enter the gardens, the Friar’s Path takes you to the beautiful Wisteria Walk. Following on from this, is the stunning rose wall. We grow many vegetables and     8     (cut) flowers and medicinal plants, which are given to the patients in the Eastbridge Hospital next door. It is next to Greyfriars Chapel, the only     9     (remain)of the Franciscan Friary     10     most parts were destroyed by Henry Ⅷ during the dissolution.

China launched a remote-sensing satellite, the Gaofen 12D, for Earth observation. The Gaofen 12D,     1     successfully arrived in its orbit at last,     2     (carry) by a Long March 4C rocket that lifted off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gobi Desert.

Remote-sensing satellites refer to those     3     (task) with observing, surveying and measuring objects on land or at sea as well as monitoring weather. Developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, the Gaofen 12D is equipped with microwave payloads and its data will be used     4     (help) with land mapping, urban planning, agricultural yield forecasting, and disaster prevention.

China launched the Gaofen program ten years ago and listed it     5     one of the 16 national important projects in science and technology. By now, the program     6     (establish) a massive space-based system with more than 30 satellites in active service. Images and data from the Gaofen satellites have been     7     (wide) used at thousands of research bodies and enterprises in dozens of industries across China and have helped reduce the country’s     8     (dependent) on foreign remote-sensing products.

The Long March 4C rocket, also     9     product of the Shanghai academy, is capable of     10     (transport) satellites with a combined weight of 3 metric tons to a typical sun-synchronous orbit 700 kilometers above the earth.

Hutongs are the many little alleys that connect the courtyards of     1     (tradition) houses. They are a feature of ancient Chinese architecture. Nowadays, hutongs also refer to the courtyards and the communities there. Most of Beijing’s hutongs were built between the 13^th and 19^th    2     (century). The Emperors during these periods built hutongs to help keep control over the city. They were then able to place guards at the entrances of the     3     (vary) of hutongs, making it easier to keep     4     eye on people’s movements. People’s houses     5     (build) facing each other around courtyards,    6     people supported each other, and shared the joy and sorrow, and played together. Towards the end of the Qing Dynasty, hutongs were built     7     (house) the increasing population, but they were     8     (poor) made. After the People’s Republic of China was founded, the government undertook the preservation of many hutongs. Hutongs,    9     (show) that Beijing is truly ancient     10     modern, are important and are loved by the tourists.

Porcelain is a material     1     (make) from well-chosen porcelain clay (黏土) through technological processes. Although porcelain developed from pottery (陶器), the two are different in material and firing temperature. Porcelain has a better quality and a     2     (beautiful) body than pottery. That’s why it slowly replaced pottery. It is called china in English because it was first made in China, which fully explains that the beautiful porcelain can be a symbol     3     China.

The earliest porcelain     4     (appear) during the Shang Dynasty, but the first real porcelain was not produced until the Eastern Han Dynasty. The techniques for     5     (create) porcelain developed in the Tang Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, people in Jingdezhen, China’s porcelain capital, produced blue and white porcelain     6     later became the representative of porcelain.

Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, porcelain has been exported (出口) worldwide. It     7     (strong) encourages economic and cultural exchange between China     8     the outside world. It also influences the     9     (tradition) culture and lifestyle of people from other     10     (country). Porcelain is the creative fruit of the working people of ancient China.

China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket on Thursday afternoon to transport an experimental satellite into space,     1    (complete) the busiest year 2022 for the country’s space industry in terms of launches.

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation’s leading space contractor, said in     2     press conference that the rocket blasted off at 12:43 p.m. from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province and later deployed the Shiyan 10-02 experimental satellite into its orbit.

The satellite     3    (task) with demonstrating new technologies     4     would be used for monitoring the environment in space and other purposes.

China launched its first carrier rocket in April 1970     5    (deploy) its first satellite, Dongfanghong 1, into space. With the success of that mission, China became the     6    (five) country in the world capable     7     building and launching its own carrier rocket to Earth’s orbit. Since then, the country     8    (develop) and launched nearly 30 types of carrier rockets, most of which are part of the Long March series.

    9    (current), there are 22 models of the carrier rockets in     10    (serve) in China, 16 of which are in the Long March family.

Five outstanding researchers received this year’s L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award at a ceremony in Paris, France     1     Friday evening for their pioneering research in the life sciences. One of the     2     (receive) was Chinese ancient vertebrates (脊椎动物) scientist Zhang Miman.

82-year-old Zhang, also     3    (know) as Meemann Chang, is a palaeontologist (古生物学 家) at the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology (IVPP). Many species, such as the extinct fish Meemannia, have been named in honor of her. In 2016, Zhang     4     (give) the Romer-Simpson Lifetime Achievement Award,     5     is the highest prize in vertebrate palaeontology.

“She was appointed for her pioneering work on fossil (化石) records     6     (lead) to a clear understanding of how oceanic vertebrates adapted to life on land.” UNESCO said in a statement. Zhang is the     7     (five) Chinese female scientist to win the award. The other four winners     8    (be) from South Africa, the UK, Argentinaand Canada.

As     9     result of a partnership between French company L’Oreal and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science foundation was founded in 1998     10     (encourage) equality in science. Each winner will be awarded $100, 000 as part of their prize.

Texas, the second most populous US state, embraced Lunar New Year celebrations last month,     1     were more fabulously than ever before, in places ranging     2     public libraries to children’s museums, local bars and Asian restaurants in both big cities and some small towns.

Post Houston, a downtown entertainment and cultural center in the state’s largest city,     3    (host) a massive Lunar New Year festival on Sunday with eye-catching performances, a carnival-like Asian pop-up market    4    (feature) food vendors, games, crafts and other cultural activities, as well as a grand party in the night. Lion and dragon dances,     5     (accompany) by the booming, rhythmic beating of drums and gongs, whipped up a festive atmosphere, gaining thunderous applause and cheers from     6     crowd of more than 1, 000 spectators.

“We didn’t have a lot of activities in the past. But     7     (thankful), times are changing” said Brooks. “It is a great representation of the culture. . . It’s just a great way for people to accept it, respect it,     8     also embrace it.” Getting into the spirit of Lunar New Year, the woman said her hope for the Year of the Rabbit is “health, happiness, prosperity and peace for everyone, and     9    (equal) for everybody and every culture. It’s what everybody deserves     10    (have) in this world, in America and everywhere.”