Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. They did it so often {#blank#}1{#/blank#} they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (luck), one evening, Brownie didn't return home. His family went looking for him but with no {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (succeed). To make things worse, though his family made their efforts to find him, by the next week he was still missing. This made the whole family {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (concern) a lot about Brownie. Just then, his friend Spotty showed up, barking and whining (怒叫), but the crazy family ignored {#blank#}5{#/blank#} little nervous dog. The determined dog, however, kept barking, which made Brownie's owner Ted tired {#blank#}6{#/blank#} him. Finally, Spotty refused {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (take) “no” for an answer. He dragged Ted about and led him to an empty ground {#blank#}8{#/blank#} Brownie was trapped and couldn't move. Ted suddenly realized the whole story. Then Ted noticed that Spotty {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (do) more than just leading Brownie's human owner to his friend. During the past days,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} was Spotty that protected and stayed with him at night to warm him.

    Beijing's {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (forbid)City—traditionally off-limits at night for anyone except emperors—was lit up with lanterns after dark Tuesday as China {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (celebrate)the end of the Lunar New Year holiday.

    The palace complex, home to Chinese emperors for five centuries, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (usual)closes by 5 p.m. though some distinguished guests have been taken {#blank#}4{#/blank#} after dark on occasion. It was opened at night for the first time since its rebirth as the Palace Museum 94 years ago.

    The palace walls were brightened with red Chinese lanterns—designed to recreate the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(feel)of the royal court of old—and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} light show lit up the complex while the China National Traditional Orchestra and the Peking Opera performed. An image of a treasured picture called “A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains” was beamed onto the palace roof.

    People rushed to get free {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (ticket)online, for the rare night-time opening, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} were snapped up within minutes.

    “Creativity makes the 600-year-old palace younger and draws traditional culture{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(close)to the public, ”said the People's Daily. The Palace Museum is now on a campaign {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(attract)even more visitors.

    One of China's largest hanfu-themed {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (event), the annual Hanfu Cultural Festival in Xitangancient town, East China's Zhejiang Province. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hold) from October 28 to 31 last year. According to statistics from the organizer, 157,326 visitors attended {#blank#}3{#/blank#} festival, many of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} were hanfu-wearing enthusiasts, called “tongpao”.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (original) from the collection of ancient Chinese Poetry Book of Songs, the word tongpao is-now used to describe whoever appreciates {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (tradition) Han Chinese clothing. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (forbid) during China's last feudal (封建的) dynasty，the Qing Dynasty, hanfu clothing has been little known {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the public for many decades.

    Nowadays, hanfu is making a comeback. Tongpao has risen in number over the past 15 years {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a worker in Central China's Henan Province named Wang Letian made a hanfu-style suit and wore {#blank#}10{#/blank#} in public in 2003.

    Benjamin West, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age. But he did not know about brushes before {#blank#}1{#/blank#} visitor told him he needed one. In those days, a brush was made from camel's hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead. He cut some fur from the family cat {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (make) a brush.

    The brush did not last long. Soon Benjamin needed more fur. Before long, the cat began to look ragged(蓬乱). His father said that the cat {#blank#}3{#/blank#} be sick. Benjamin {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (force) to admit what he had been doing.

    The cat's lot was about to improve. That year, one of Benjamin's cousins, Mr. Pennington, came to visit. He was impressed with Benjamin's drawings. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} he went home, he sent Benjamin a box for paint and some brushes. He also sent six engravings(版画)by an artist. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had even seen. In 1747, when Benjamin was nine years old, Mr. Pennington returned for another visit. He was amazed at {#blank#}7{#/blank#} Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamin's parents {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he might take the boy to Philadelphia for a visit.

    In the city, Mr. Pennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintings. The boy began a landscape painting. William Williams, a well-known painter, came to see him work. Williams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic books on painting to take home. The books were long and dull. Benjamin could read only a little, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) a poor student. But he later said, “Those two books were my companions by day, and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} my pillow at night." While it is likely that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction to classical paintings. The nine-year-old boy decided then that he would be an artist.