For the majority of fans, the NBA means a series of exciting games{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(broadcast) on TV, but for some students in China, the world's top basketball league means something closer to real life.

    On June 6, NBA China and the Chinese Ministry of Education said that their partnership{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(take) further to improve fitness and basketball development in elementary, middle and high school across China.

    According to China Daily,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (begin) in September, the pilot program(试点计划) in 500 schools in 10 provinces will give students basketball training{#blank#}4{#/blank#}a basketball curriculum created by the Ministry of Education and the NBA.

    NBA China will also host five coaching classes in August{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(train) PE teachers from 500 schools using the newly-designed basketball curriculum. The teachers will then share their knowledge with students through{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(week) basketball classes in the new semester.

    In{#blank#}7{#/blank#}NBA China and the Ministry of Education will start a guiding committee made{#blank#}8{#/blank#}of basketball experts from China and the US to advise schools on basketball programs.

    The two parties will work{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(close) to run school basketball leagues and{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(compete) between classes. They will also share training videos and other programs online to develop basketball skills in elementary, middle and high schools.

    Qiang Shuping was so busy making cloth shoes {#blank#}1{#/blank#} she didn't even rest during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The woman from Baipu County, Jiangsu Province, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) shoes since she was 19 years old, and this year marks her 3lst year making cloth shoes.

    She spends the entire day in her tiny studio, which {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(measure) less than 10 square meters altogether, filled with cloth shoes in {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(variety) stages of completion.

    Nowadays, many stores make cloth shoes {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(use) machines, but Qiang sticks to the technique of making shoes entirely {#blank#}6{#/blank#} hand. She say the shoes {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(produce) by machine are not of the same quality as handmade ones. The handmade cloth shoes are more durable（耐用的）and comfortable, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (soft), and absorb sweat better.

    Some people buy cloth shoes out of nostalgia（怀旧）, while others trust {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(they) quality. Making shoes isn't a profitable job, but Qiang still insists as she wants to preserve the craft and pass it down to the younger generation.

    Handmade cloth shoes are also called qiancengdi (shoes with a thousand layers), {#blank#}10{#/blank#} can date back to the ancient Zhou Dynasty. In 2009, the making technique of qiancengdi was listed as the national intangible cultural heritage（非物质文化遗产）

    When we mention the most famous Chinese painting of the Northern Song Dynasty, the image coming into people's mind{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) Qingming Shangle Tu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival.

    This painting is important {#blank#}2{#/blank#} several reasons. First, up till that time, almost all Chinese paintings were landscapes, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (contain) no or only a few images of people. Second, this is the first scroll（卷轴）painting {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (describe) both Chinese urban and suburban life during the period in the capital, Bianjing (now Kaifeng in Henan Province). Third, the painting is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (high) detailed and features shops of all kinds and different economic {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (activity) in and out of the city. People are able to see the Chinese technologies of the time, which helps them {#blank#}7{#/blank#} great deal in understanding {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the Chinese lived.

    The Beijing Palace Museum keeps the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (origin) Song painting and one of its famous copies-the Qing version {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hold) in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.

There are two main sets of Games—the Winter and the Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years on a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} basis. The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be {#blank#}2{#/blank#} as competitors.

    Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honor of winning. No other countries could join in, nor {#blank#}3{#/blank#} slaves or women!

    It's no surprise that smartwatches are so popular nowadays— {#blank#}1{#/blank#} seems that everyone wants to buy one! There's just one big problem: smartwatches are unprotected and can {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (damage) easily. Since you are wearing it on your wrist there's no room {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (place) a shatterproof protective case on your smartwatch like you would on your mobile phone. In the course of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (live) your life and wearing a smartwatch it's only a matter of time before it gets bumped, cracked, or smashed. That means paying a high fee to get your smartwatch {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (repair).

    Owing {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the new breakthrough military technology, there's a new type of smartwatch that's super robust (nearly shatterproof) and yet very stylish!

The T-Watch Tactical Watch {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) ready for the "combat" of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (day) life. Demanding physical job? Extreme workouts and outdoor sports? No problem, this smartwatch can get through without so many as nicks (刻痕) or {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (scratch). What's more, this smartwatch, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} can withstand the toughest situations with no problems at all, is also dust and waterproof.