With the official opening of the National Museum of Classic Books in Beijing after two years of careful 【小题1】 (prepare), China's literary works have finally found a home open to the general public.

The museum,   【小题2】 (establish) by the National Library of China, is the country's first public institution to focus on exhibitions of ancient classic books. These precious classic works are a 【小题3】   (history) witness of China's consistent civilization throughout thousands of years. The combination of museum and library is 【小题4】 new trend. The Chinese characters written on these ancient books have to be seen. The readers will also have a chance 【小题5】   (get) new experiences.

The museum is home to 2.75 million copies of ancient classics,   【小题6】 include metal and stone rubbings (拓片), rare books and old maps, thanks to the library's huge collection of such 【小题7】   (item). The 800 most precious works are 【小题8】 display as an opening gift for visitors. This first exhibition,   【小题9】 （tentative) scheduled to run for three months,   【小题10】   (begin) to receive group visitors, numbering up to 2,000 people a day last month. Individual visitors will be allowed to enjoy the art works from September 9, the 105th anniversary of the library's founding.

Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has adopted digital technology 【小题1】 (preserve) ancient cliff (悬崖) carvings and paintings before their disappearance.

Workers have copied more than 2, 000 immovable rock carvings and paintings at Helan Mountain to digitalize the overall views as well as 【小题2】 (they) accurate locations. The digital information will be sorted and workers will conduct a disease 【小题3】 (analyse).

Rock carvings 【小题4】 (appear) before writing systems were invented. At Helan Mountain, more than 20, 000 cliff paintings and carvings created by the ancestors have been discovered, most of 【小题5】 record the lives of the people who lived 3, 000 to 10, 000 years ago. In general, the majority of images are animals, 【小题6】 (follow) by humans, vehicles, plants, planets, fingerprints and abstract signs. The surfaces were mainly carved with stone or metal, and 【小题7】 (expose) to the open air makes the protection of rock paintings and carvings a 【小题8】 (remarkable) big issue. At present, there is no effective, naturally scientific and technological means to prevent their disappearance. Some experts have predicted 【小题9】 the end of this century, 【小题10】 quarter of the world’s rock paintings will have disappeared ultimately.

Wang Jin is a clock restoration master, who has spent his life 【小题1】 (restore) precious antiques.Although now he is often stopped by admirers wanting their photo 【小题2】 (take) with him, Wang Jin still regards himself 【小题3】 an ordinary worker in the Palace Museum. Today, the Palace Museum has one of the most significant 【小题4】 (collect) of timepieces in the world, mainly 【小题5】 (originate) from Europe and China. Through their painstaking efforts, Mr Wang and his students do more than repair the clocks—they bring them back 【小题6】 life.

Wang Jin thinks the sound of the repaired and polished clocks is the 【小题7】 (beautiful) music in the world. After eight months of 【小题8】 (end) adjustments，the gigantic clocks 【小题9】 date back to the time of Emperor Qianlong come back to life. Mr Wang and his colleagues sedately piece together the past with 【小题10】 (skill) hands and modest hearts. It is as if they have become one with their craft and with the history of the country.