A
There are many different stories about the history of the umbrella. According to an old Chinese story, the umbrella was invented(发明) by Luban's wife many years 1. ________.
Luban was the most famous craftsman(工匠) in ancient China. One day, Luban and his wife were walking by a lake. They were enjoying the 2. ________ (beauty) of the lake when it suddenly started to rain 3. ________ (heavy). After 4. ________ (return) home, they were all wet.
“Can you make something to keep the rain out?” Luban's wife asked. “I can build some pavilions(亭子) along the lake and people can hide 5. ________ (they) under the pavilions on rainy days,” Luban replied.
Luban's wife 6. ________ (shake) her head and said, “There must be something 7. ________ (easy) than that.” Then she thought about this question for a long time.
Luban's wife didn't have any ideas 8. ________ one day she saw some children playing in the rain.
When they were holding up large lotus leaves to keep out the rain, she got a good idea 9. ________ the children. The next day, she made the 10. ________ (one) umbrella in ancient China.

1. ago 2. beauty 3. heavily 4. returning
5. themselves 6. shook 7. easier 8. until
9. from 10. first

B
Kun Opera is a kind of traditional Chinese opera 1. ________ has been around for over 600 years. It is considered to be one of 2. ________ (old) forms of Chinese operas. The first record of Kun Opera goes back 3. ________ the 14th century in the Yuan dynasty. The Kunshan area in Jiangsu Province is the birthplace of Kun Opera. Kun Opera became 4. ________ national art form in the 16th century. In the following 200 years, between the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty, Kun Opera 5. ________ (welcome) around the country, becoming an important part of Chinese culture. Sadly, Kun Opera 6. ________ (fall) little by little since the 18th century. With the rise of other operas such as Peking Opera, Kun Opera started 7. ________ (lose) its ground. In the 20th century, Kun Opera almost died out. Thanks to overseas Chinese Kun Opera groups and 8. ________ (fan), some Kun Opera pieces and skills remained. 9. ________ (recent), the rise of “zhe zi xi” could keep this kind of art alive. Instead of acting the whole piece of one play for a long time, now the 10. ________ (art) can perform one or several interesting pieces on their own.

1. that/which 2. the oldest 3. to 4. a
5. was welcomed 6. has fallen 7. to lose/losing
8. fans 9. Recently 10. artists

C
A Spanish - Chinese businessman is popularizing Miao embroidery(刺绣) abroad to raise the income of women in Guizhou Province and promote 1. ________ (they) traditional art internationally. Zhao Naihua watched as Miao women worked on embroidery in Guizhou's Houshan Town for the first time, and was 2. ________ (touch) by the beauty of the traditional art.
The man tried to make a piece himself, to get a much 3. ________ (good) feel for the process. He enjoyed the experience. It allowed him to appreciate the depth of traditional culture, and it also made him understand the difficulty of 4. ________ (woman) who rely on embroidery to make a living.
The Miao woman who taught Zhao Naihua had cancer and was told by doctors at 5. ________ time that she had less than a year to live. She told Zhao that at 6. ________ (one), she broke down, but when she picked up her needles(针) and threads(线), they helped calm her down. 7. ________ (gradual), she learned to make peace with her condition. She continues to embroider as she fights her illness, paying for her medicine with her embroidery.
The woman's story moved Zhao deeply. He planned 8. ________ (use) his connections to introduce Miao embroidery to overseas markets and help the women make more money.
“A machine - embroidered Miao outfit only costs about 200 yuan, 9. ________ one embroidered by hand costs more than 6,000 yuan. Some even cost as much 10. ________ 8,000 yuan,” said Li Zhaofen, a Miao resident(居民) of Houshan who relies on her embroidery to make a living.

1. their 2. touched 3. better 4. women
5. the 6. first 7. Gradually 8. to use 9. but
10. as