China is a big old country，{#blank#}1{#/blank#} has a history of more than five thousand years. We are proud of {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(it) culture and part of the culture even influences the world {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (great), for example, the thought of Confucius(孔子). As Chinese economy develops very fast and plays {#blank#}4{#/blank#} important role in the world, more and more {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (foreign) learn Mandarin (普通话) in Confucius institutions. The Chinese traditional culture can be tested by the time. It unites the whole nation and no matter {#blank#}6{#/blank#} kind of disaster comes, we will fight together for the country's future. Today, many young people lose faith in traditional culture and they are crazy {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the western culture. They follow the western fashion, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (think) we are the old style. But some day, they {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(realize) they are wrong {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(ignore) traditional culture.

    Since the United Nations declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga in 2014，many cities in China {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (start)hosting international yoga festivals. Last year，for example，{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate)the festival，hundreds of yoga enthusiasts from India and China gathered on the Great Wall in Beijing. It {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (certain)seems China's enthusiasm for yoga isn't going to cool down anytime soon. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} addition to large-scale(大规模的)yoga festivals，smaller events are held in different communities，parks and also online across the nation.

    There are many differences between China and India when it comes to how yoga {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (practise). {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people focus on are meditation (冥想)and breathing exercises in India，but in China most of the time people just focus on physical exercise. Locations {#blank#}7{#/blank#} practice takes place tend to be different as well，since Indian people tend to practise yoga outside in the mornings while most Chinese practise inside gyms and studios. Indians start practising yoga at a very young age，so their bodies are even {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (strong).But in China，people start at an older age，so they should pay more attention to safety. Like many athletic {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (activity)，yoga comes with some risk. As {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (it)popularity has gradually risen，so has the number of yoga—related injuries.

    The Silk Road is in fact a relatively recent term. These ancient roads had no particular name until in the mid-19th century, a European {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (name)the trade and communication network the Silk Road. Since then the term {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (accept)globally.

    In the nineteenth century, a new type of travelers stepped onto the Silk Road, who were eager {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (look)for adventure. Researchers who came from many countries traveled through the Taklamakan Desert, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} is now in Xinjiang, to explore ancient sites along the Silk Road {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (lead) to many discoveries and studies, and most of all, a renewed interest {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the history of these routes.

    Today, many historic {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (build) and monuments still stand, marking the passage of the Silk Road through hotels, ports and cities. What's more, the remarkable network is reflected in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} large number of cultures, languages, customs and religions that have developed for many years along these routes The passage of merchants and travelers of many {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (difference)nationalities resulted not only in commercial exchange, but in a widespread and continual process of cultural interaction. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (obvious),it has become a driving force in the formation(形式)of diverse societies.

The Best Book I've Ever Read

    Frankly, I have read nearly all of the great works of literature, but no book has ever impressed me as deeply or directly {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Joel Stein's Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masendinity.

    Haven't we all, on some level, been Jewish boys in New Jersey in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} 1970s with only female friends, an Easy-Bake oven and a strong preference for show tunes? Haven't we all had a panic attack {#blank#}3{#/blank#} learning we're going to have a son, since that means we're going to have to figure out how to throw footballs, watch other people throw footballs and decide {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to be happy or sad about the results of football throwing? Haven't we all then tried to correct our lack of maleness by becoming a man, fighting fires with firefighters, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (drive) a Lamborghini and doing three days of Army training camp? I know I have.

    The only parts I didn't fully enjoy were {#blank#}6{#/blank#} in which the author suffered horribly. After just three hours of training camp, he fainted weakly into the arms of a soldier. The film rights to Man Made have already been sold to Fox, and I hope it gets {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (turn) into a movie with George Clooney playing the Stein role, since they remind me so much of each other.

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#} this is only Stein's first book, I would already consider him as someone like David Sedaris, Dave Barry, James Thurber, Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln. I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (recommend) Man Made not just to all my friends and family but also to strangers on Twitter over and over again. My one fear is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} after this great achievement, Stein will lose his ability to be a cruel critic of our shallow times.

    A material can be really special when it was named after the place where it {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (create) originally. That certainly the case {#blank#}2{#/blank#} “china”. And of all types of china, white porcelain(瓷)is among the most famous.

    Nowadays, the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (tradition)material has taken on a modern look in the  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(hand)of four Chinese artists in the Modern White Porcelain Exhibition. And the key word here is “modern”. One of the works {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) a porcelain boat. But look {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (attentive) and you'll see that the boat {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (build) with porcelain looks like a takeout box. Inside the boat is a statue of a baby. The baby stands for humans and the boat is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} supports life. It suggests we may have done some damage to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} environment and that we're treating life like fast food.

    All the four artists gave white porcelain a modem style, each in {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (they)own way. And this is what the exhibition's theme comes from. It's a dialogue between the past and the present.