Jack Ma is the founder and CEO of the alibaba.com,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} is the biggest e-commerce company in China. The website is an English-language site. It aims to offer suppliers and consumers{#blank#}2{#/blank#} direct means to communicate, and thereby save time and money {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (efficient). This model of business {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (refer) to as B2B (business to business), and it has attracted millions of users worldwide. On the back of this success. Jack Ma and his team developed Taobao in 2001. Today, alibaba.com is considered by many to be one of the best B2B{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (site), with over 7 million users{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (come) from more than 200 countries and religions. Jack Ma{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (become) the first Chinese businessman to appear on the cover of the famous magazine Forbes in the past 50 years. Jack Ma is respected by people not just because of his success, but also because of his{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (person). Although modest, Jack Ma is a very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (ambition) man. When asked about his future plan, he once said, 'I believe that in the next ten years, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the top three Internet companies in the world, one will be from China—and we want to be that company.'

    Traditional Chinese culture is beginning to capture the attention of the world. Kung fu,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (especial), has had a great effect {#blank#}2{#/blank#}the millions of people who first learned about China through it. From that, they may come to China and learn about some other {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(aspect) of this culture. Other Asian nations have long known about the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(great) of ancient Chinese culture. Their own cultures are {#blank#}5{#/blank#}mix of native ones and those Chinese characteristics. Korea and Japan long ago adopted Confucianism (孔子学说）, something that continues today even as it {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(challenge) by pop culture . This strength comes from the ideas {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (give) in the Four Books of Confucianism, which built upon the ideas of an even {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(much) ancient period codified (编纂) in the Five Classics . From them, the West learns {#blank#}9{#/blank#} is uniquely Chinese, for example, feng shui. So far China has taken steps {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(further) this spread of its culture by establishing Chinese Cultural Centers in such places as the United States and Europe.

    Paper-cutting was recognized as a national cultural heritage(遗产)in 2006. According to experts, paper-cutting conveys the culture shared between China {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the West to wish for family reunions and maintain links with loved ones, alive or dead.

    In the movie Coco, for instance, the 12-year-old Miguel and his family dance and sing to celebrate the Day of the Dead, a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (tradition)festival in Mexico, when colorful paper-cuts are hung on the street. Chinese people also cut images of small figures {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (call) back the spirits of the dead. The difference is that most Chinese paper-cuts are red, while those in other countries {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) often made in many other colors.

    Fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen liked to cut {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (character), such as princesses and angels, out of paper while {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (tell) stories to children. In China, female friends and family members used to chat and make paper-cuts together.

    “{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the patterns and colors may be different, paper-cuts share the same function of maintaining emotional ties among people, "says Yang Huizi, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} art teacher at Beijing Union.

    Yang {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (study) and performed the art for over a decade. Besides routine university courses, she also organizes nonprofit paper-cutting activities {#blank#}10{#/blank#}are open to the public in Beijing to promote basic knowledge of paper-cutting.

    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.

Cathy: Stan, do you have a minute?

Stan: Oh, hi, Cathy. What's up?

Cathy: Well, I am really {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (disappoint) with the situation in the office.

Stan: I am not in that very often. It is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} noisy that I can't work.

Cathy: Yeah. I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} have finished my papers yesterday, but Jack kept {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (ask) his students to come in and out.

Stan:  Has anybody spoken to him about it?

Cathy: No, not yet. So we should come up with an idea {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(stop) him doing that kind of things.

Stan: Yeah. I am not able to do my work and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} are you.

Cathy: Could we ask for a kind of meeting room? When teachers have to talk with their students, they could use the meeting room instead {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the office. You know, there is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} room down the hall.

Stan: You mean that little storage room? Oh, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} would be too small.

Cathy: Are you sure? With those things taken out, it might be {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (big) than it looks.

Stan: Good idea.