Over time, many flowering plants and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (they) animal pollinators(传粉昆虫) have evolved together. The plant needs the animal to pollinate it and the animal {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (reward) with food called nectar when it visits the flowers. Pollen becomes {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (attach) to the animal during its visit to a flower{#blank#}4{#/blank#} is then passed on to another plant's blossom on its next visit. So pollination takes place, therefore {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (increase) the chances of the survival of the plant species.

    The type of pollinator {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (depend) on the characteristics of the flower such {#blank#}7{#/blank#} its colour, shape, size and smell. For example, yellow flowers attract bees, while red flowers attract {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  (butterfly). The nectar in some flowers can only be reached by a bird {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a long bill or a long-tongued moth or butterfly. Flowers that attract bees often have a special way {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (guide) the bees to the nectar inside.

    Once there lived a rich man, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out {#blank#}2{#/blank#}they deserved his help.

    In the center of the main road into the town, he placed {#blank#}3{#/blank#} very large stone. Then he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

    “Who put this stone in the center of the road？” said the old man，but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone，{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (say) to himself: “The night will be very dark. Some {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (neighbor) will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

    Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (strong) to move it，only to find a bag of money under the stone. Imagine {#blank#}10{#/blank#} surprised he was!

    China has always been famous for being a “State of Etiquettes (礼仪)”. According to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (history) documents, as early as 2,600 years ago, this nation has already established a thorough set {#blank#}2{#/blank#} dining etiquettes. A famous 19th century Russian writer, Anton Chekhov, once invited a Chinese man {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (have) a drink in a bar. Chekhov said, “Before drinking from his cup, he held {#blank#}4{#/blank#} with his hands and presented to me and the bar owner and bar tenders, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (say) “qing (please).” This is the custom of China. They are not like us to finish it in one drink, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} prefer to drink by taking a small amount at a time. With every sip (一小口), he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (eat) some food. Afterwards he handed me some Chinese coins to show {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (grateful). This is a rather interestingly polite nationality. This was the most valuable opinion of a Chinese person {#blank#}9{#/blank#} was given by a foreigner two centuries ago. Chinese traditional dinner procedures used to be long and dealt seriously with. The {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (important) the occasion, the more complex the procedures were.

    Dragon Heads-raising Day, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} falls each year on the second day of the second lunar month, is one of the Chinese traditional {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (festival) as the proverb goes: “The dragon is awake, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (raise) his head.” On this day, dragons, a prominent totem (图腾) in Chinese culture, raise {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (they) heads with the sound of thunder. Around this time, the earth is bursting with life—grass and trees are beginning to shoot up. In ancient China, people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (pray) the dragon god beside a river or a lake for the precious spring rain to breed their crops.

{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (tradition), food eaten on this day was renamed after parts of the dragon. For instance, wontons (馄饨) were called “dragons' eyes”. The special foods usually eaten on this day include dragons' scales, popcorn and pigs' heads.

    In Shanxi, people get their hair {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (cut) in a symbolic move to remove the old and embrace the new. In {#blank#}8{#/blank#} countryside in Hebei Province, people would fetch water from a well {#blank#}9{#/blank#} dawn. It was believed {#blank#}10{#/blank#} on this day the well was full of dragon eggs which would bring the collectors good harvest.

    The Agricultural Feast {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (fall) after the Independence Day. It is not a worldwide celebration. Only Christians in Mexico look forward to its arrival for its {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (religion) origin.

    Long ago, man's ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word. So annoyed was God {#blank#}3{#/blank#} he turned up and drowned all their crops. Consequently, many people starved to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (die). In order to gain God's forgiveness, a woman poet set off {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (see) God, and made apologies, which moved God. With God's permission, human beings finally had good harvests again. Thus to wipe sadness and remind {#blank#}6{#/blank#} of the belief in God, people celebrate the festival. On the festival, people gather in the open air, such as playgrounds and parking lots, and have fun with each other energetically all night long, as though they were never tired. When a beauty {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (dress) in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} poet, everyone holds his breath. Then, it is the custom that the bone of a rooster head is given to her {#blank#}9{#/blank#} an award.

    Obviously, the story may not be true, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the festival is interesting.

    No trip would be complete without experiencing the local food culture. Actually, China has various kinds of delicious food, including a wide variety of local snacks.

    For most of the foreigners I contacted, and myself {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (include), Peking Duck, Mongolian Hot Pot are the favourite Chinese dishes. China is a place {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the food is not only delicious, but the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(cheap) I've ever found.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} my last night in Beijing before {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (return) to the States, I went to a Peking Duck restaurant that had been suggested for me to try. What a beautiful place! Splendid woodblock prints on the walls, fresh flowers in the vases,  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(attract) silverware (银餐具) and beautiful chopsticks. I was handed {#blank#}7{#/blank#} menu and found most of the prices were especially low for the high quality of the food. The lucky came in whole or half, along with all the little decorations - a little tortilla (玉米粉圆饼) to put the sliced cluck and vegetables in, chopped onion and sauce.

    Anyway, I ordered a whole duck, thinking I'd just take the rest back to my hotel {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(eat) later if I couldn't finish it.{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(believable), in the end there was none of the whole duck {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(leave) on the plate.