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The Torres del Paine region of Southern Chile is one of the best     1    (place) on earth to see wild pumas (美洲狮) right now. As a result     2     a growing puma population and their strong level of familiarity with humans, visitors have     3     good chance of spotting the mysterious animals inside the Torres del Paine National Park or on privately owned farmland surrounding the park.

And now it’s about to get even     4     (easy) than before. Awasi Patagonia, a hotel     5    (lie) at the edge of Torres del Paine National Park, has     6     (recent) restarted its puma conservation (保护) program by renting a neighboring farm, with an aim     7     (create) a protected area for the endangered puma population and other native species. Besides, it has also forbidden puma hunting. Killing pumas is illegal in Chile, but still, it     8     (practise) on private land outside the national park from time to time, so this program will further protect the big cats that routinely wander outside park boundaries.

Starting in 2023, Awasi has offered tourists unique puma sighting trips     9     (lead) by experienced local trackers. Guests     10     come here can check camera traps, learn about conservation, and, of course, look for pumas.

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German-born pandas arrive in Chengdu

Four-year-old panda twins Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan, the first giant pandas born in Germany, arrived in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on December 17, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding said.

After a farewell ceremony at Zoo Berlin earlier this month     1    (attend) by visitors, the pandas were put on a flight to China on Saturday afternoon. Staff members from the German zoo accompanied the twins on the flight. "The birth of the first giant pandas in Germany was not only a     2     (personal) moving experience, but also a highlight in my     3    (profession) career     4    a zoo veterinarian and zoo director     5     nothing will easily eclipse（使...黯然失色）," said Andreas Knieriem, the head of Zoo Berlin.

Born on Aug 31, 2019, the panda twins had their fourth birthday this summer. In 2017, the twins' parents Meng Meng and Jiao Qing     6    (send) to Berlin from Chengdu, and were the only two giant pandas in Germany at     7     time. “The twins     8     (bring) Berliners and many tourists a lot of joy in recent years", said Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner at the farewell ceremony. "It's time to say goodbye."

The zoo also launched a campaign     9    (collect) paintings and illustrations of the twin pandas. Fans in Germany sent their     10     (submit) this month, which were supplied to China along with the twins. This year, at least 17 pandas have been returned to China from overseas countries, including the United States, France and Japan.

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A private museum,     1     （locate） over 700km west of Beijing, is transporting visitors more than 50 years back in time. The 800-square-meter building in Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region showcases nearly 1, 000 exhibits, including photos, letters, tools and everyday items.

“These old objects witnessed social changes and are     2     （value） souvenirs of the time,” said Hao Yingjie,     3     is in charge of the museum. He further expressed his hopes     4     theexhibits can inspire younger generations to work hard and shape     5     better future.

Hao holds a special interest in the     6     （possession） of ordinary families in the 1970s since they can recreate an accurate picture of people's life in that specific area. Borm and raised in a village in Ordos, Hao first     7     （establish） a company collecting cultural relics（物） and then went on     8     （create）a private museum in 2008, at the age of 27. “Through the exchibition, visitors can gain insight     9     China's progress over time and appreciate the long way the country has come,” he said.

The number of items Hao and his company have collected     10     （be） now over three million. They have been organized into 70 categories, including the modern history of China, farming culture and the Yellow River.

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Many people in China possess a personal name seal (印章). To them, seals are     1     art of deep cultural roots, which combines calligraphy (书法) with sculptural art.

It is believed that seals came out when our ancestors had private property. At that time, people were assumed to make marks on own possessions     2     (prevent) theft. When the first dynasty was established, the emperor began to use seals to show his emperorship. The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, had his “xi”     3     (make) out of the invaluable and beautiful jade “He Shi Bi”. Then     4     (follow) the local governments who needed seals for similar function. Thus, private seals were carved in different lucky characters and animal patterns. Gradually, the sphragistics (印章学) came into being. Now, many     5     (collector) favorites are of that kind.

The glory time of seal history was during the Ming and Qing     6     (dynasty). One noted seal sculptor was He Zhen of the late Ming dynasty,     7     works greatly influenced the sculptors of the Qing dynasty. He used the carving knife steadily and neatly, and the curves of each character were quite clear and harmonious.

Seal carving also requires choice materials like metal, jade, pottery, bamboo and stones. A good material should be smooth and cool at first     8     warm after a second. When cut, it should have certain     9     (flexible). There are various stones used for seal cutting, among     10     Qingtian stone, Tianhuang stone, and chicken-blood stone are all first-class.

5 . Then Needham began his lifelong research, ____________ ended up creating the greatest work-Science and Civilization in China. (用适当的词填空)

6 . This is the second school ________ I used to work at, and many students there still have contact with me. (用适当的词填空)

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April 30 is World Jianbing Day, an international     1     (celebrate) of one of China’s most beloved breakfast foods.

World Jianbing Day had never been officially a thing before 2019. But Shanghai-based food tour company UnTour was looking to change that. They’ve launched a Jianbing Map to try and link up vendors (摊贩)     2     (sell) jianbing worldwide. “It’s essential to make sure the surviving vendors have all the support from diners that might not know how to find     3     (they),” says UnTour CFO Kyle Long. “The world needs more jianbing     4    (enthusiastic)!”

Jianbing is a flour and egg-based crepe (薄煎饼) consumed for breakfast in China. After cooking the crepe fresh on a flat pan, jianbing chefs will add a variety of fillings     5     diners’ requests.

The downside is that outside of China, jianbing vendors are few and far between. Long says many of these restaurants     6     (locate) in major cities, like London and New York City. However, a few have expanded out of markets and food festivals, growing enough of an audience to open a brick-and-mortar shop. That’s     7     happened to Little Wu Jianbing in Canberra, Australia, opened by a husband-and-wife team. “Jianbing made by the Little Wu Jianbing attracts     8     wide range of diners and always hits the spot”, says Long.

    9     jianbing steadily creeps onto breakfast plates abroad, in China, shops that sell it could soon become something of a rarity (稀有物). Street food vendors have faced widespread closures. Long says, “We have been crying out for a top-down push     10     (preserve) some of the existing historical buildings so vendors can have a stable place to use”.

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The Yuan Dynasty witnessed the maturity of Chinese landscape painting. The techniques of ink and wash     1     (employ) in this period, which brought Chinese landscape painting     2     the peak of prosperity and splendor. The ink-and-wash landscape painters developed the idea     3     a stretch of landscape represents a stretch of one’s spiritual world.

Ni Yunlin, Wu Zhen, Huang Gongwang and Wang Meng were known as the “Four Masters of the Yuan”,     4     enjoyed the free clouds and green mountains of nature. Of them all Ni Yunlin is considered to be     5     typical.

In Ni’s The Rongxi Studio, colours are completely abandoned and “the level and distant” method is applied to the     6     (compose) of the painting, so as to achieve the effect of peace and detachment (超脱). The world     7    (create) here is the world in the artist’s mind: cold mountains and insignificant waters reveal the     8    (painter) desire to leave the earthly world. Withered (枯萎的) trees convey the artist’s pursuit of freedom, though it sometimes means     9     (pain) loneliness. The small pavilion under the trees is “Rongxi Studio,” the name meaning a studio big enough only     10     (hold) a knee-a reflection of a human being’s inferior position in the universe.

9 . Nowadays, having already been listed as Provincial Intangible Culture Heritage by the Sichuan Provincial Government, this art is engaging ________ (it) in the general public entertainment. (所给词的适当形式填空)

10 . According to some academic studies, sugar painting ________ (date) back to the Ming Dynasty when sugar animals and figures were made in moulds (模具) as part of a sacrifice in religious ceremonies. (所给词的适当形式填空)