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When Sandra was a child， her family was very poor， but she wanted ?（bad） to believe that her poverty was just a temporary situation， so she looked toward stories ?（escape）. Her favorite book ?（check） out of the library over and over again was called The Little House. Throughout Sandras life， she had to move between cities， never ?（allow） her much time to get settled in one place. Her ?（separate） from family drove her to bury herself in books. Though reading a lot， according to Sandra， she didnt really start writing ?she attended her first creative writing class in college. She then realized that she needed to write what she knew， and ?purpose she adopted a writing style opposite to that of her classmates. Admission to Loyola University ?she earned a BA in English was a turning point for her. Sandras writing ?（shape） by her experiences since then. She doesnt just make up ?（character）， but writes about real people that she has encountered.

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The lion is a special animal to Chinese people. A couple of stone lions， a male and a female， are ? ? ? ?1 ? ? ? ?（common） seen in front of the gates of traditional buildings.

The lion ? ? ? ?2 ? ? ? ?（regard） as the king in the animal world so it represents power. The stone lions are also used to indicate the ranks of ? ? ? ?3 ? ? ? ?（official）.

It is interesting to note that China ? ? ? ?4 ? ? ? ?（have） no lions originally. The earliest stone lions were sculpted at the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty with the introduction of Buddhism ? ? ? ?5 ? ? ? ?ancient China. In the Buddhist faith， the lion， ? ? ? ?6 ? ? ? ?can protect the truth and keep off evils， is considered ? ? ? ?7 ? ? ? ?holy animal of nobleness and dignity. In Chinese folk tales， the lion has become a symbol of ? ? ? ?8 ? ? ? ?（brave）， power and good luck.

It is also popular ? ? ? ?9 ? ? ? ?（decorate） bridges with sculpted stone lions for the same reason. ?The best known of the bridge is the Lugou Bridge， ? ? ? ?10 ? ? ? ?（build） from 1189 to 1192. A famous saying is that “the lions on the Lugou Bridge are uncountable.”

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Visitors to Britain may find the best place to enjoy local culture in a traditional pub. But newcomers may get into trouble in these friendly pubs. Strangers may start with the ?（difficult） of getting a drink. Most pubs have no waiters—you have to go to the bar to buy drinks. This may not sound ?（convenience）， but English people are used to doing so.

Pub culture is formed ?（help） people get along with each other. Standing at the bar for service allows you to chat with others ?（wait） for drinks. The bar counter is ?（possible） the only place in Britain ?a friendly conversation with strangers ?（consider） to be entirely proper and really quite normal behavior. ， if you do not follow the local rules， you may fail to feel the local culture. For example， if you are in a big group， ?is best for one or two people to go to buy the drinks. Nothing makes the regular customers and bar staff ?（angry） than a group of strangers standing in front of the bar while they chat and wonder what to order.

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Wood-block printing first appeared in the early Tang period. During the Song dynasty， the technique of block printing was very ?（advance）. Books were beautifully printed. Even today the books ?（print） at the time are valuable and treasured by libraries and book collectors.

However， block printing ?（be） not very convenient. Every two pages of a book had to be carved on ?wood block， and a big book would require many blocks. Besides， there had to be large places for storing the books. ?（overcome） these shortcomings， Bi Sheng invented the movable type during the years between 1041 and 1048. One word was carved on one piece of clay， ?was hardened with fire. Then clay characters ?（set） on an iron plate according to the text of a book. Then ink was applied to them and ?（sheet） of paper spread over them， and the printing was done. Bi Shengs invention made printing faster and easier than before. Later， movable type of metal and wood was made and widely used.

The technique of printing was gradually known to other Asian countries and Europe. The great influence printing had ?the advance of civilization is too clear to need any ?（explain）.

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Chinese teahouses are the traditional ancient cafes of the east for getting together and chatting with friends and generally ? ?（pass） the time. The teahouse has become a place for people to not only drink tea and relax， ?experience Chinese culture， hold social activities， host private parties and conduct business ?（negotiate）.

The teahouse recreates the character of old Beijing， ?makes it a must for foreigners， who， from around the world， come to China ?（appreciate） Beijing Opera， drama and other Beijing folk arts， as well as drink tea. Jasmine tea is the favorite of many old Beijingers， who love ?（it） pure， clear taste and strong fragrance. Its ?（definite） on the menu at the Lao She Teahouse.

Dawan tea is just as famous as the long-spouted （長壺嘴的） teapot. The Chinese name means “inexpensive tea in a big tea bowl” and it is another old Beijing teahouse specialty. It ?（say） that the founder of Lao She Teahouse ?（start） his business by serving Dawan tea for just two cents each. And today its the only teahouse still serving Dawan tea ?such a low price， though theres no profit in it.

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If you go out to the fields at night in spring or summer， you can hear frogs singing ? ? ? ?1 ? ? ? ?（joy） here and there. It seems as if they ? ? ? ?2 ? ? ? ?（perform） a field symphony.

The frog is a good and useful creature that ? ? ? ?3 ? ? ? ?（ benefit） human beings. They can catch fast-moving insects. Each frog eats a large number of pests that are ? ? ? ?4 ? ? ? ?（harm） to crops. This little creature is regarded as “ the natural enemy of pests”.

But now frogs are getting fewer. This is ? ? ? ?5 ? ? ? ?they are killed and put on the table as a delicious dish by their chief enemy—human beings. It is ? ? ? ?6 ? ? ? ?shameless and cruel act， isnt it？ Another cause responsible ? ? ? ?7 ? ? ? ?the rapid reduction of frogs is that farmers use insecticides （殺蟲劑） to kill pests and frogs get killed as a result of drinking poisoned water or ? ? ? ?8 ? ? ? ?（eat） poison-killed insects.

Since 2008， Beijing ? ? ? ?4 ? ? ? ?（start） a program to provide opera training at ? ? ? ?5 ? ? ? ?（dozen） of primary schools. Peking Opera arose during ? ? ? ?6 ? ? ? ?rule of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. It flourished for decades in China and

7 ? ? ? ?its fame spread， it drew more and more people in other countries， ? ? ? ?8 ? ? ? ?（include） the United States and Japan. Yet over the years， its ? ? ? ?9 ? ? ? ?（popular） faded away. While a significant number of people listened to radio productions of Peking Opera before the 1980s， generations ? ? ? ?10 ? ? ? ?（bear） after that pursued pop culture over the traditional arts.

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