Do you have any idea of New Year paintings?{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (know) as “paper paintings” and “painted pictures”, New Year paintings are a special art form in Chinese folk culture. Without New Year paintings, our traditional Chinese folk culture would be much less {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(color). The paintings get such a name because they are {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(most) posted during the Chinese New Year holiday for {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(decorate) and they are also accepted as a symbol of New Year's greetings.

    New Year paintings appeared around the Tang dynasty, replacing the previous door pictures believed to be able to protect the residents and drive away ghosts. In the Song dynasty the New Year paintings{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (create) on a large scale(规模){#blank#}6{#/blank#} the printing techniques improving, the content and forms of New Year paintings became various. The development of the paintings matured in the Ming and Qing dynasties,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} the art hit its heyday (全盛期).

    There are many {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(tradition) printing methods of New Year paintings,{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (include) woodblock printing, stone-block printing, offset printing, watercolor painting, etc.{#blank#}10{#/blank#} is reported, woodblock-printed New Year paintings are the most popular and interesting ones, according to a recent survey.

    Red is a particularly popular color in China. A pair of red shoes — {#blank#}1{#/blank#}they are for sports, dances or just fashion — is a must-have for every Chinese woman's shoe collection. For most Chinese brides, red shoes should also be worn {#blank#}2{#/blank#} their big day.

    As women's feet {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (connect) with female attraction, red shoes often emphasize this aspect {#blank#}4{#/blank#} convey a special beauty. In some classic Chinese novels, there are{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (describe) of charming women in red silk shoes.

    If you wear a dark dress in cold {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (season), a pair of red shoes can raise your ensemble（整套服装）to a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (high) level. They can also go with different levels of red color,  {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (give) the wearer a lively and joyful look.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sure) red will always be a beloved color for designers, and red shoes have also become a choice for many supermodels. If you are also a fan of this {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (energy) color, consider wearing a pair of red shoes for every Chinese Lunar New Year!

    Keeping a diary in English is one of the effective ways{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (improve) our English writing ability. Compared with other forms of writing, it is{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (short) and takes less time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} we keep practicing, gradually we'll learn how to express{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (us) our-selves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up against many {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (difficult). In the first place, it often happens that we have trouble {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (find) proper words and phrases to give expressing to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things in Chinese. And it is{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (extreme) hard for us to put them into English properly.

    As far as I {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (concern), my suggestion is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. We can also turn to our English teacher {#blank#}9{#/blank#} help, if necessary. In short, I believe that it is of great use to keep a diary in English for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} development of our writing skills.

    The British Museum, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (locate) in the Bloomsbury area of London, is the first national public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture. Its permanent collection numbers some 8 million works, making {#blank#}2{#/blank#} one of the largest in existence. It has been {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (wide) sourced, and documenting the story of human culture {#blank#}4{#/blank#} its beginnings to the present. As with all other national museums in {#blank#}5{#/blank#} United Kingdom, it charges no admission fee. Its ownership of some of its most famous objects {#blank#}6{#/blank#} originally came from other countries is controversial, particularly in the case of the Parthenon Marbles. Today the museum no longer houses {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (collection) of natural history, and the books and manuscripts (手稿) once it {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (hold) now form part of the independent British Library, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} it still keeps its universality in collections of artificial works {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (represent) the cultures of the world, ancient and modern.

    One day, Daily dreamed {#blank#}1{#/blank#} dream. She flew in a wonderful carpet and talked with an antelope in Tibet. The antelope told her they {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hunt) because of their fur {#blank#}3{#/blank#} can be used to make sweaters for people like hers. In the future they may all may die {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Later, she flew to Zimbabwe {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, she talked with an elephant and got {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (know) the farmers there no longer hunted them. That's {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the government decided to help and the farmers {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (final) made a lot of money from the tourism , At last she arrived at the thick rain forest where a monkey told her "No rain forest , no animals {#blank#}9{#/blank#} no drugs." Although everything had gone, she had learned {#blank#}10{#/blank#} much!

Body language is one of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} most powerful means of communication, often even more powerful than {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(speak) language. People around the world show all kinds of feelings, wishes and attitudes that they might never speak aloud. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is possible to "read" others around us, even {#blank#}4{#/blank#}they do not want us {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(catch) their unspoken communication. Of course, body language can be misread, but many{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(gesture) and actions are universal. The most universal {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(face) expression is, of course, the smile—its function is to show happiness and put people {#blank#}8{#/blank#} ease. It does not always mean that we are {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(true) happy, however. Smiles around the world can be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry. There {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(be) unhappy smiles, such as when someone "loses face" and smiles to hide it. However, the general purpose of smiling is to show good feelings.