chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2022-09-18 10:58

Air raid sirens echoed through the city of Shenyang, Liaoning province, at 9:18 am on Sunday     1     (remember) the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression 91 years ago.

More than 300 people from all walks of life, including veterans, students and local residents, participated in the commemoration in front of the square of Shenyang 9.18 Historical Museum.

The bell rang 14 times,    2     (represent) the 14 years during     3     the Chinese people fought the invaders. The period has been referred as the     4     (dark) days of modern China.

“The alarm of bell and siren is to salute the brave struggle of that year and warn     5     (we) to remember the history. We bear the future of our motherland, and should cherish the peaceful life,” said Wang Qiming, a local high school student.

On Sept 18, 1931, members of the Japanese Kwantung Army     6     (station) in northeastern China blew up a section of the railway near Liutiaohu and     7     (false ) accused the Chinese military of doing it. Using the incident as a pretext, the Japanese bombarded Shenyang and launched its     8     (invade) of China.

The museum     9     (build) in 1991 to mark the 60th anniversary of the 918 Incident. At present, it houses more than 1,000 precious historical photos and more than 3,000 sets of historical relics.     10     1995, Shenyang has been sounding an air defense alarm every year on this date.

It was Sunday December 7, 1941. It looked like it would be a normal day     1     board the ship. Suddenly, with a huge crashing sound from above, hundreds of Japanese planes dropped bombs on Pearl Harbor. In great horror, Russell     2     (suffer) serious burns and watched many of his friends die. After receiving the order to abandon ship, Louis still saved more men from the water,     3     (drag) them into the lifeboat. Because of his     4     (remark) actions, Louis was acknowledged as a hero, but he thought the ones giving their lives that day were real heroes.     5     (fortune), Russel survived after the treatment in hospital, but he was     6     (willing) to talk about the attack, describing it simply as “hell”.

The terrible scene of the attack, which was hatched by Japan and caused great loss, left a deep impression on Louis Russell. In response to the surprise attack and the famous address     7     (deliver) by President Roosevelt, the United States joined the Second World War.

Today, the USS Arizona lies     8     it sank: in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. A memorial shaped like a bridge     9     (cross) the ship’s sunken remains. Each year, more than two million people visit the memorial in memory of those victims and pray for world peace. Although almost eight decades has passed, the attack on Pearl Harbor, one of the     10     (dark) episodes in American history, will never be forgotten.

While most westerners know the story of Hua Mulan through an animated film, she     1     (be) a popular character of Chinese legend (传说) for over a thousand year. One of the most famous stories about her is     2     1917 Beijing Opera, Mulan Joins the Army.

Traditionally, no women     3     (allow) to perform in operas, so men played all the roles. Though women were no longer prohibited by the time Mulan, Joins the Army was first performed,     4     was still common for men to perform female roles, so the part of Hua Mulan was most famously played by the male actor, Mei Lanfang (1894—1961).

In short, the story is about a girl, Hua Mulan,     5     father is called up to war. As Hua Mulan worries that her father is too elderly to fight, she decides to dress as a man and go     6     his place. After many years of war, she is offered a reward for her service, but     7     (turn) it down so she can go home. It is only much     8     (late) that the friends she made during the war discover she is not a man.

Hua Mulan is a symbol to many Chinese people because she strongly illustrates values that they appreciate. A loyal daughter, she fights first for her family, and then for her country,     9     (show) bravery and complete selflessness in her actions, winning praise and     10     (admire) from others, and bringing great honor to her family.