Paddington is one of the most famous 【小题1】（bear) in the world. He first came onto the British scene in 1958 in children's book A Bear Called Paddington by British writer Michael Bond. In the story, Paddington is kind and 【小题2】（humor).He is also polite and always calls people “Mr”，“Mrs” and＂Miss", rarely using 【小题3】first names.

Such a cute bear caught people's hearts 【小题4】（immediate). He first came out on TV in 1975.He's also been made into toys with different costumes. Many children would have a Paddington bear toy 【小题5】 their first gift.

Paddington is so loved that it's common 【小题6】 （find) plates and tea towels with Paddington patterns in British homes. He has 【小题7】 special facial expression. He 【小题8】（know) for giving a hard stare whenever he meets somebody he doesn't like. Therefore, when someone gives a hard stare, you could say that they are making a “Paddington Bear face”.

Today, this classic children's character 【小题9】（grow) into the fabric (组成部分）of British culture. 【小题10】 you want a taste of British culture, Paddington's stories are a great way to get it.

The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) , 【小题1】 was built between 1631 and 1648, is a masterpiece of architecture. 【小题2】 took more than 20,000 workers and 1,000 elephants to complete the project. In 【小题3】 early 17th century, India was ruled by an emperor 【小题4】 (name) Shah Jahan. The emperor loved his wife so much that when she died, he built the TajMahal in her memoy. Shah Jahan was later buried next 【小题5】 his wife, and the couple now rest together forever.

If the Taj Mahal is a 【小题6】 (celebrate) of the heart, then the Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are a monument (纪念碑) to the mind and spirit. Built by several emperors between 1368 and 1915, the Imperial Tombs represent Chinese cultural and 【小题7】 (history) values that have been handed down from generation to generation for 【小题8】 ( thousand) of years.

Over the years the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites programme 【小题9】 (attempt) to design activities and work out laws【小题10】 (preserve) the best of human history. Masterpieces such as the Taj Mahal and the lmperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties remind us of what we can achieve, and inspire us to live up to our great past in the future.

Ineense (香) is material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt. Yang Jinqing, an inheritor of Qingyuan traditional incense making, has a burning desire to develop popular fragrances. For decades, Yang has committed 【小题1】 (he) to the traditional incense craft in Qingyuan, 【小题2】 was named a national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council in June 2021.

The country boasts a profound incense history 【小题3】 (date) back to before the Qin Dynasty. The craft and its culture thrived during the Song Dynasty. It found wider 【小题4】 (popular) during the Ming and Qing dynasties when it 【小题5】 (use) to fend off diseases, insects, mosquitoes and preserve people’s health.

Qingyuan saw many incense workshops set up during the Song Dynasty, thanks to its close geographical location to abundant herbal resources 【小题6】 (hide) in the Taihang Mountains.

Nowadays, with the 【小题7】 (increasing) expanding market, more than 50, 000 people are engaged in the incense business in more than 500 local incense businesses.

Yang Jinqing has helped to establish 【小题8】 engineering center for herbal incense in Hubei that specializes in studying ancient recipes and developing new crafts based on the fragrance. “We might think incense culture is very elegant and, therefore, far away 【小题9】 us, but it is actually very close to our lives.” he says. “When drinking tea, playing chess, reading or writing, lighting an incense stick can help calm the nerves and concentrate the mind.”

“I want future generations 【小题10】 (appreciate) the charm of China’s incense culture and craft.” he adds.