Camping was so popular as to even become a fashion across China during the just-concluded National Day holiday, with some joking that “half of the friends     1     WeChat were camping. Outdoor camping sites were popular during the holiday and had to     2     (book) several days in advance.

According to research firm iiMedia Research, the core market size of China’s camping economy reached 74.75 billion yuan ($10.5 billion) in 2021,     3     was 62.5 percent up year-on-year.

More market-sensitive players are plowing into the industry. In 2021, more than 20,000 new camping-related enterprises sprang up in China,     4     over 5,000 have been set up this year, according to the information provider Tianyancha.

Huzhou,     5     popular tourist destination in East China’s Zhejiang province, hosted the first Camping Conference in the Yangtze River Delta in June. It also became one of the first to     6     (official) regulate the construction standards and     7     (safe) supervision (监管) of camping sites.     8     (follow) Huzhou, Beijing and Nanjing in Jiangsu province have also introduced related policies for the healthy development of the industry.

“Consumers’ demand for outdoor activities     9     (increase) in recent years. I believe     10     (many) people will join in camping and other outdoor activities in the long run,’’ said Liang Qidong, vice president of the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences.

Watching the stars while lying in a tent hotel    1    sitting under a large outdoor shade with a cup of coffee certainly sounds like an appealing treat. Chinese travelers are appreciating such    2    ( experience ), as glamping (豪华露营) has emerged as a new vacation trend.

During the recent holiday, Zhao Yue from Bejing joined her friends for a vacation in a camping site in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan.

Located at    3    average altitude (海拔) of 3 ,000 meters, a vast grassland there offers the perfect    4    ( relax) in nature. The site has a row of camping tents as well as steel-framed tents with Tibetan-style decorations and modern facilities， offering campers like Zhao a mix of tradition and luxury.

“The hotel is    5    fantastic nature meets modern luxury, and spending a night there, surrounded by mountains, is like living in the nature," Zhao said. Although a room cost 1 ,000 yuan, Zhao    6    ( treasure) the opportunity to relax in the natural environment.

Such tent hotels    7    ( build) in forests, valleys, on the grassland, or along rivers are gaining    8    ( rise ) popularity among Chinese tourists. Many travelers also prefer to set up their own tents on campgrounds by renting equipment.

Glamping, this absorbing new vacation trend，features camping with basic conveniences.     9     ( like) traditional camping, it is a different way    10    ( ease) the pressure of urban life with the adventure recreation.

Square dancing is a well-known recreational group activity in China. It     1     (start) to gain popularity in the mid-1990s when groups gathered at squares, parks, and other open spaces     2     (dance) in the mornings and evenings. Most of these     3     (individual) are senior citizens in search of new friends and activities to keep themselves     4     (occupy). It's about more than just dancing; it's a way about meeting new friends and sharing their life stories,     5     benefits them both mentally and physically.

Ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, when authorities launched the     6     (promote) of national fitness activities, square dancing became     7     (popular) than before. According to official statistics, there are presently over 120 million Chinese who regularly take part     8     this activity across the nation's squares. And most participants are happy with their current living conditions.

    9    , loud music played during square dancing was considered as terrible noises. In recent years, national standards and regulations     10     (introduce) to make the exercising more public-friendly and further ensure its sound development.

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.

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.

Although the modern picnic     1    (believe) to be a concept originating in Europe in the 1700s, China’s version of such excursions (短途旅行), commonly known     2    “spring outings” or “stepping on the green”, can be traced back to at     3    (little) the Wei and Jin dynasties (220-420) when people went on excursions or held banquets (宴会) by the water     4    (celebrate) the Shangsi Festival on the third day of the third lunar month. Scholars would drink and compose     5    (poem) by streams.

The activity became more common among women as well in the Tang dynasty (618-907). A special picnic for women, often daughters of officials and rich families,     6    (emerge). As recorded in the book A History of the Tang Under Emperor Xuanzong’s Reign, groups of ladies would compete on the value and beauty of the flowers they wrote     7    (normal) between the two spring solar terms “The Beginning of Spring” and “Rain Water”.

In the Song dynasty (960-1279), the Qingming Festival     8     Tomb Sweeping Festival included traditions of the Shangsi Festival and the Cold Food Festival,     9     cold food was eaten. At that time, people had a seven-day holiday for the festival, and would not only pay respect to     10     dead, but also enjoy scenery, food, and drinks on spring excursions.

A white winter in Beijing is nothing new. The city is    1    （frequent）enveloped in snow over the colder months. However, the snowfall last weekend led    2    a unique combination of the seasons and a contrast of colours.

Famous places, especially with unique    3    （nature）beauty, were blanketed with a layer of snow and visitors. Camera in hand and braving the cold, I headed off to two of my favourite scenic    4    （spot）.

My first stop was Jingshan Park. The artificial park    5    （build）in the Ming Dynasty offered remarkable views of the Forbidden City. The coating of snow, contrasting with the colours of the autumn leaves and ancient structures only added to    6    （it）elegance and mystery. It is a view I    7    （see）countless times over the past decade and remains one of my favourite in the city.

Next up was Xiangshan Park,    8    dates back to the Jin Dynasty. There was a significant increase in    9    number of visitors. People traveled from all over China    10    （witness）the tree-covered hillsides transforming from their rich summery greens into yellows and reds like a blanket of fire. This created a picture I wouldn't soon forget.

Last Sunday morning, my classmates and I participated in an orange-picking activity     1     a local farm.

Well known for its organic farming, the farm     2     (locate)at the foot of a hill 20 kilometers from our city. It is home to a     3     (vary)of fruit trees, whose branches were laden with lovely fruits. We got there at 8: 30 am and began to work as soon as we arrived. We wore gloves and carried baskets with us. Some put ladders against the trees to pick golden orange while others were busy     4     (deliver)oranges and packing them into boxes.

Bathed in the warm sunshine, we were talking and laughing     5     (happy)while working. At the break time, the farmer invited us     6     (taste)the lovely oranges we picked. They were the best fruits     7     we had ever eaten. At 11:30 pm we stopped working and     8     (head)back home.

We felt     9     (please)although all of us were tired when we got home.     10     provided us with a precious opportunity to get close to nature and learn how to harvest fruits. We also realized the value of labor.

Experts on child development agree that children learn and develop through everyday experiences. Because food and cooking are such fundamental components of our day-to-day lives,     1     (introduce) cooking to children at a young age is essential to their experiential learning.

Children like playing make-believe and enjoy inventing a variety of characters while    2    (absorb) in imaginative play. Cooking games are an excellent way to stimulate imaginative play. Children can act out real-life situations and behaviors through pretend play and improve     3    (they) in creativity. Furthermore, pretend play in the kitchen helps kids learn things like problem-solving, creative thinking, visual     4    (recognize), and so on.

Various cooking games for children that are available online     5    (be) more than just a fun pastime activity. They provide a number of educational benefits as well. Free online cooking games urge kids    6    (try) new things and think outside the box by letting them experiment    7    ingredients, recipes, and preparation methods.    8    (addition), many free cooking games online require kids to perform various kitchen tasks or read the recipes and then follow the instructive tips. When kids take the initiative and finish a task, they feel proud of     9    they have undertaken. Playing free cooking games online can also help kids learn essential skills, teach them    10     to be safe in the kitchen, and increase their general knowledge about the world.