I have{#blank#}1{#/blank#} lot of friends．My best friend is Mai．She is 16{#blank#}2{#/blank#}old．She is 2 years older than me．We live in the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}town and we began to know each other{#blank#}4{#/blank#}we were very young．Now we are classmates．Mai is tall and thin{#blank#}5{#/blank#}long black hair．She has an oval face(椭圆的脸)with big eyes，a high nose and a small mouth．Mai is helpful(乐于助人的)．When her friends {#blank#}6{#/blank#} difficulties．she {#blank#}7{#/blank#} tries her best to help them．Mai is{#blank#}8{#/blank#}of the best students in our class．I like study with her．She always {#blank#}9{#/blank#} me with my studies．Although we have the same hobbies and interests．we also have some differences．I am outgoing and enjoy{#blank#}10{#/blank#}jokes．Mai，however is serious and quiet．We believe in each other．So we are good friends．I hope we can keep our friendship forever (永远).

    Known as "paper paintings" and "painted pictures", New Year paintings are also a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (specially) art form in Chinese folk culture. The paintings are {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (call) "New Year paintings" because they are mostly put up {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the New Year holiday for decoration.

    New Year paintings appeared around the Tang, Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, New ear paintings {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (create) on a small scale(规模). Year after year, there are more {#blank#}5{#/blank#}more New Year paintings.

    New Year paintings show people's best{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(wish) for the future.  Every Spring Festival, almost all Chinese families put up two New Year paintings on {#blank#}7{#/blank#} front door. New Year paintings show the changes in the history of China.

    Yangliuqing woodblock New Year paintings,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}ancient town in Tianjin, have a history of over 400 years. They show the characteristics(特征) of both wood {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (cut)  and Chinese painting. They are about {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(day) life and old stories. In the 2010 World Expo, Yangliuqing woodblock New Year paintings were shown to the whole world.