For the public, cultural activities are gradually becoming necessities of     1     (they) lives. For Liu Ziqi,     2     eight-year-old museum lover in Beijing, this winter vacation has proved a rather busy one, as she made a to-go list for newly opened exhibitions in the Chinese capital. The museums are changing their forms these days     3     (attract) more people.

During the seven-day Spring Festival holiday     4     (start) from Jan. 21, museums in Beijing received 1.01 million visits, up 34 percent year on year. Like Liu, more and more young people, some not     5     (necessary) big fans of museums, chose to spend some of their leisure time in a museum.

“There were more special exhibitions and more joint exhibitions, especially the one     6     the National Museum and the Palace Museum,” Liu said,     7     she was asked about the most notable change during her latest museum visit.

A     8     (profession) museum tour guide for over 10 years, Bai Xuesong observed that more visitors were expecting specialized introductions to the ins and outs behind the cultural relics. “Visitors     9     (begin) asking questions, and sometimes we couldn’t give an answer,” Bai said, adding that this indicated a change in the relationship between tour     10     (guide) and visitors — from “teaching” to communication and learning.

Qian Jiaqi, 39, who took up cycling in Beijing as a hobby when he was a teenager, has seen a well-known route he often takes afterwork become    1    (increasing) crowded with fellow cyclists during evenings and weekends.

According to business insiders and    2    (experience) cyclists such as Qian, cycling in urban areas     3     (become) more and more popular over the past two years in China,    4     was known as the “Kingdom of Bicycles” in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Chang’an Avenue is arguably the most popular route for cyclists in Beijing,     5    its two cycle lanes positioned alongside those for motor vehicles. Motorcycles    6     (ban) from the cycle lanes on May 9 last year, providing a safer    7    smoother experience for those turning the pedals. Chinese scholar trees    8     (plant)alongside the bike lanes shade cyclists from the summer heat.

The avenue is also the perfect place    9    (observe) different types of leisure cyclists. Those such as Qian always attempt to improve their times, so it’s easy to sense their frustration when they have to stop at red lights. Others prefer to ride at a slower pace, never missing the opportunity to take    10     (photo) of Tian’anmen Square at sunset on their phones.