阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。After 【小题1】 80-minute drive northwest of downtown, Beijing, a village pops up. It houses a shadow puppetry troupe (皮影戏剧团) and Beijing Long zaitian Shadow Puppet Theater.
Shadow puppetry is seen 【小题2】 the prequel (先行篇) to film and animation in China. Besides performances 【小题3】 (create) by light and shadow, performers must master 【小题4】 (vary) skills as the plays combine painting, carving, opera and literature. But due to low revenue and a small market, young people are unwilling 【小题5】 (learn) shadow puppetry.
However, this particular troupe stands out from the crowd. Average performer age is only 25. Moreover, over the years, it has trained 300 performers, many of 【小题6】 are under 1.4 m in 【小题7】 (high). In 2021, the team created Winter Olympics-themed shadow puppets. The troupe also staged different plays 【小题8】 (introduce) ice and snow sports through fairy tales.
“【小题9】 (fortunate), we have these people. They 【小题10】 (devote) to the inheritance of shadow puppetry for over a decade,” said Wang Xi, inheritor of Beijing Western School Shadow Puppetry.