Lin Qiaozhi is a great woman,     1     was known as “the mother of 10,000 babies”,     2     (deliver) over 50,000 babies in her life. She thought life was p    3     (珍贵的). And she chose to study medicine at age eighteen rather than find a good husband like the     4     (major) of girls. After great efforts, she made it and became the first woman ever     5     (hire) as a resident physician in the PUMC hospital.

We all     6     (承认) San Francisco is a famous city, which is     7     the west coast of America. The city rebuilt itself after the earthquake that     8     (occur) in 1906, which     9     (claim) over 3000 lives. During the gold rush, countless people from all over the world came here to     10     (寻找) their fortune.

Every year for over a millennium, fishermen have braved the subzero temperatures, biting winds and deep snow to search for     1     underwater fortune at Chagan Lake — one of the biggest freshwater lakes in our country.

Chagan is the only place in China     2     you can still find fishermen using a Mongolian fishing method that dates back centuries and has     3     (bare) changed over time. Holes are drilled in the ice     4     (lower) a 2-kilometer-long net into position underwater. Once it fills up with fish, the net is pulled out of the water using a giant wheel     5     (turn) by Mongolian horses. The largest fish in the     6     (season) first catch is believed to be lucky, and will go to the highest bidder at the auction (拍卖).

To ensure that this tradition can continue     7     damaging the lake’s ecology, fishermen keep nature in mind throughout the process.     8     (avoid) the use of modern vehicles helps reduce the chance of polluting the lake water, and the number of fish that can     9     (catch) is capped to ensure that there will be fish for years to come.

Also, over the past few years, the money from the auction has been invested into protecting the lake and surrounding environment. And during the summer, private fishing without     10     (permit) is strictly prohibited. These preservative measures have kept the tradition alive for thousands of years and certainly will be passed on to future generations.

Now, you can travel back 3,000 years to see what life was like in a capital city of the Shang Dynasty at the new building of the Yinxu Museum in Anyang, Henan province.     1     (feature) incredible artifacts, the new museum is open to the public. With     2     exhibition space of 22,000 square meters, the expanded museum is the first national major archaeological museum     3     (present) the comprehensive Shang civilization.

Nearly 4,000 items or sets of cultural relics are on display in the museum, about three-fourths of which have never been publicly exhibited before. The Yinxu Ruins, listed     4     a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006, are of earthshaking     5     (significant). For example, the oracle bone inscriptions (甲骨文)     6     (discover) at the site helped to extend recorded Chinese history to nearly 1,000 years earlier than     7     (previous) believed.

    8     catches your eyes most in the museum is Ya Zhang Niu Zun, a life-like buffalo-shaped exhibit piece. Also on display     9     (be) the oracle bones called “The Prince’s Diary”, which record the life of a prince in the Shang Dynasty. “Through this diary, we can see his life is relatable to today’s teenagers. Some cultural elements rooted in daily life have remained unchanged. This cultural continuity is inherited (继承), and the     10     (spirit) core of a nation remains constant,” said archaeological researcher Yu Chenglong.

Chinese netizens recently expressed     1     (amaze) at a map online clearly marking the country’s historic relics (文物). The map     2     (make) by Wu Yunjie, who was born in the 1990s.     3     (interest) in history, Wu would often spend his spare time travelling around the country, when he was in college, and     4     (explore) ancient sites.

In 2020, he started collecting information on cultural relics and uploaded the data to the mapping software. As many historical sites in rural areas cannot be located     5     (specific) , Wu did a lot of field research. “The job is rather difficult     6     I have much joy in it．I’m happy to make people more aware of the huge and rich historical heritage (遗产) from China’s long history,” he said.

Now, the map     7     (include) nearly 10,000 relics or museums. Many valuable temples, bridges and towers     8     have been lost in the country are also shown on the map. One post online said “The ancient tower around my house on the map! I can’t wait to visit     9    .”

However, in Wu’s eyes, the map is just     10     step forward, as it records a very small part of the cultural relics in the country, and he still has a long way to go.

The year 2023 witnessed the significant protection plan released for Beijing’s Central Axis (轴线),     1    (stretch) for 7.8 kilometers through the Chinese capital. World-famous landmarks like the Forbidden City, Tian’anmen Square, the Temple of Heaven are located along the central axis,     2     construction began in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), and     3    (last) until the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The protection plan for Beijing’s Central Axis from 2022 to 2035 was released in January of 2023, marking     4     new stage in its conservation, sustainable development and application as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The plan is said to be one of the necessary steps for UNESCO World Heritage status, and     5    (it) release and implementation (实施) will play an important role in the protection and     6    (manage) of the capital’s central axis.

Alongside regulations on the protection of the Central Axis     7    (carry) out earlier, the plan is in line     8     the requirements of World Heritage conservation and provides an     9    (effect) strategy for the conservation.

The 21 member countries of the World Heritage Committee will decide on whether Beijing’s Central Axis can     10    (add) to the World Heritage List at the committee’s 46th annual conference in 2024. If the application succeeds, it will reinforce Beijing’s top position among cities worldwide by number of World Heritage Sites.

The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications (防御工事) built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China.

In 221 BC, Emperor Qin Shihuang     1     (order) the walls of the Qin, Zhao and Yan kingdoms in the north to be joined after he united China. The new wall stretched (延伸) from Lintao to Liaodong, with a total     2     (long) of over 20, 000 li.

With the rise of the Tang Dynasty, the Great Wall lost     3     (important) as a fortification. During the Song Dynasty, the Chinese     4       (force) to withdraw (撤退) under threat from the Liao and Jin peoples in the north,     5     took over many areas on both sides of the Great Wall. The powerful Yuan Dynasty     6       (establish) by Genghis Khan finally controlled all of China.

The Great Wall became again a military fortification for Mongolians. It was during the Ming Dynasty that the Wall took on     7     (it) present form. At that time, it stretched some 6, 300 kilometers from the Yalujiang River in the east to Jiayuguan Pass in the west, and is known     8     the Ten Thousand Li Wall.

Today, the Great Wall is     9       (general) recognized as one of the most impressive     10       (wonder) in the world. It is the only man-made structure that is visible from space.