Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) originated in ancient China. It     1    (include) acupuncture (针灸), Chinese herbal medicine, tai chi, qigong, tuina, guasha, cupping and so on.

Acupuncture was one of the first TCM       2    (method) that were accepted by the healthcare system in the USA. It was first introduced to the USA in 1971 by a New York Times reporter, James Reston, in an article     3    (title) “Now, about my operation in Peking”.

In 1997. acupuncture was     4    (official) accepted by the National Institutes of Health of the US, and in a statement in 2002, the World Health Organization recognized acupuncture as an     5    (effect) treatment for more than 43 common ailments (小病). TCM focuses     6     not only the disease treatment, but also the disease prevention and     7    (improve) of overall health.

Today, TCM is primarily used as an alternative for people     8    (maintain) a healthy state in the US. It is widely practiced in more than 180 countries and regions around the globe; among them, 103 countries have approved     9     use of acupuncture, 29 have established some forms of laws and regulations for TCM, 18 have included acupuncture into their national health insurance systems,     10     more than 30 have colleges and universities that teach students in TCM.

The Confucian Analects or The Analects (论语) is a collection of the sayings and teachings of Confucius and his disciples (门徒). It     1    (compile) in the early Warring States Period, over 70 years after the death of Confucius, from the notes that his disciples took according to the answers    2    their questions.

The present-day Analects is based on the Lu version compiled during the Han Dynasty and embodies,    3    Confucian concept of ren or humanity or benevolence. Ren is rich in content, and varied in form.

The core of the concept is “The benevolent love of others” or universal love,     4     is the basic virtue of a gentleman of noble character. Confucius believes that being benevolent does not mean     5    (be)without principles. One should be clear about what    6    (love) or hate. Ren comes from learning and self-cultivation: it can be seen from a person’s appearance. To be sure, li or rites and yue or music are important.     7    , ren is the No. 1 principle of being a decent man. It is actually the essence of li and yue. Without ren, li or yue would be    8    (meaning).

Apart from ren, Confucius put forward another concept, which is yi or righteousness. Yi is the codes of conduct under the     9    (guide) of ren. “The virtuous man cherishes a respect for the law,    10    the vile (邪恶的) man cherishes generous treatment. ”

In recent years, shared vegetable plots (地块) have been appearing in Shanghai’s suburban districts as more white-collar workers turn to farming to relax and escape the pressures of city life.

Among these individuals     1    (be) Yang Rui, who, on weekends, drives his family from their home in downtown to the All-Happy City,     2     shared ecological farm in Minhang, where he has rented a 20-square-meter vegetable plot for 1,600 yuan per year. The family tends carrots, lettuce and other vegetables they have planted. When they aren’t around during the week,     3    (professional) take over the work and perform whatever chores     4    (need).

This farm has about 200 members, some of     5     even raise chickens and ducks that wander in the fields.

    6    (found) by Chen Yougui in October, the shared farm has an area of 13.33 hectares     7     comes with shared vegetable plots and leisure areas. According to Chen, the monitoring system     8    (cover) the entire farmland allows members to view their vegetables and fields remotely through their phones. The farm also uses technology to ensure that the chickens and ducks raised     9     customers don’t go missing or end up in someone else’s plot — each animal comes with its own QR code.

Chen notes that many of his customers are parents who rent plots     10    (primary) to teach their kids about science and nature and how farming works.

The city of Zibo has never seen so many visitors.

As the sun begins to set, the aroma of sizzling meat falls the air and draws in more     1     (hunger) customers. On each street, queues stretch outside restaurants for more than a hundred meters. Some restaurants even run out of key ingredients as early as 7p.m.     2     the night. All hotels are also operating at full capacity.

The city was barely known by outsiders     3     it went viral on Chinese social media platforms recently. Most visitors are young people, who share their experience of traveling to Zibo to experience the city’s barbecue culture on social platforms,     4     (attract) even more visitors.

Zibo- style barbecue’s classic three-piece set contains roast lamb, green onions, and nan bread, which,     5     (combine), make a mouth-watering combo (组合). The fame of Zibo barbecue used to be limited to just Shandong Province.     6     (previous), barbecue in Northeast China was much more popular across the country.

Behind Zibo’s sudden fame     7     (be) the efforts and services of the local government, as well as a good reputation of local businesses,     8     receive favorable reviews from visitors who share their experiences online.

To promote Zibo-style barbecue, Zibo has launched two dozen “special barbecue trains,” where local tourism officials would serve tourists     9     (they). At the city’s train station, shuttle buses transport tourists to various barbecue stalls directly. Netizens joke that the high-speed trains     10     (pack) with visiting tourists and that the air onboard is filled with cumin.

Housed in a small container and measuring just 0.5cm long, the weevil (象鼻虫) doesn’t look very     1    (frighten). Yet this species is the UK’s latest hope in a new wave of biological ways       2     (control) invasive species rather than using chemical and mechanical methods. The South American creature’s target is a floating plant     3     blocks rivers, cutting water oxygen levels and outcompeting native plants. As well as     4     (potential) threatening biodiversity, the invasive species have a big economic impact on Great Britain,     5     (estimate) ￡1.7 billion a year. Those are the reasons why the weevil is at the forefront of a new wave of biological agents used in the UK after many relative tests have been carried out.

The weevil I saw in     6     lab near London belonging to the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International will eat the invasive plant’s     7    (leaf) and its larvae (幼虫) will eat the stalks (茎) from the inside out.

The weevils were first used in the wild in the UK last winter. Now more will       8    (release) in various areas this year to deal     9     the invasive species. The next problems will be whether the weevils can establish       10    (them) in the wild and be effective against the plant.

Chinese culture is full of wonders. The reason why human culture can be exchanged and spread is       1     the civilization itself has deep value.

On October 12, 2022,     2     Italian astronaut released photos of China from space with sentences from Lantingji Xu, a famous article     3     (write) by Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher from the Eastern Jin Dynasty in China. The post received a lot of praise for the beauty of classical Chinese literature. But this is not the first time that it       4     (be) a focus of attention outside China.

In the 19th century, missionary Angelo Zottoli included the article in his Cursus Litteraturae Sinicae and considered it an       5     (essence) piece.

The prophet(先知) Muhammad is known for a saying     6     (wide) circulated in many parts of the Middle East: “Seek knowledge even if you have to go as far as China.” This expresses the desire of the Arab people     7     ( seek) knowledge from China.

British writer Oscar Wilde, in an article, shared his insights about Chuang Tzu(庄子369B.C.－286B.C.), “ He is one of the Darwinians     8     Darwin(达尔文1809－1882): He traces man from the germ, and sees his unity with nature.”

Some Turkish sinologists(汉学家) say that The Art of War contains Chinese wisdom; some Kazakhstan sinologists say they have a special     9     (fond) for Confucian wisdom; some Russian sinologists say they love translating Chinese poetry. From the moment they began to “re-examine” Chinese philosophy, everything was just a matter of       10     (reveal) the mysterious veil(面纱).