Mount Tai is in Shandong Province in the eastern part of China. It is known as the greatest mountain in our country. It is said that the Chinese god, Pan Gu, created the universe. After he finished the job, he was so ________ that he lay down, and died. Parts of his ________ became the five great mountains of China. His head became Mount Tai. His feet became Mount Hua. His arms became Mounts Heng in the ________ and in the north. His stomach became Mount Song.

Confucius (孔子) visited Mount Tai many times in his life and there are many stories about his visits. ________, Mencius once wrote, “When Confucius went to the top of Mount Tai, the whole country seemed ________.”

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty never got to the top of the mountain ________. He tried three times, but every time he had to give up for different ________ to heaven and earth.

Why do people climb Mount Tai? Because they thought it was a great god before. Now people love to go to the mountain because of ________ wonderful scenery. As the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (遗产) site, it draws thousands of visitors from all over the world every year.

“White crane spread its wings（白鹤亮翅）”

“Part the wild horse’s mane（野马分鬃）”

If you walk through a park in the morning, you might see people ________ these slow and graceful movements. Tai chi, an ancient martial art, is a common kind of ________ in China.

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization（UNESCO联合国教科文组织）recently added Tai chi to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List（非物质文化遗产名录）. Many Tai chi fans are ________ to hear about this.

“This will make Tai chi more ________ around the world. Hopefully more people will become ________ by practising it,” said Chen Bin, a Tai chi master from the village of Cheryiagou, Henan. This village is the birthplace of Chen-style Tai chi.

It’s true that doing Tai chi is good ________ our health. It can strengthen muscles（强壮筋骨）, help us walk and ________ more flexibly（灵活地）, and make our hearts stronger.

________ Tai chi is more than just a sport. “It carries traditional ________ philosophy（哲学）, such as being in harmony（和谐）with nature and using softness to beat hardness,” Chen said.

Over 100 million people in more than 150 countries ________ Tai chi today. It has become an symbol of Chinese culture.

Did ancient (古代的) Chinese people have three meals a day like us now? How many times did they eat a day?

Before and during the Qin and Han dynasties (朝代), _________ people only ate two meals a day. They didn’t have enough food _________ bad farming.

_________, they ate the first meal between 7 and 9 a.m., while the second between 3 and 5 p.m. Breakfast was the main meal,_________ they thought morning was the most important time of a day._________, at the same time, some nobles (贵族) and rich people had three meals a day. But this was not common.

Three meals a day became _________ during the Sui and Tang dynasties. At that time, the country and the farming were _________. Lunch became the main meal. Many poets, _________ Bai Juyi and Jia Dao, used the word “dinner” in their poems (诗歌).

The _________ of meals someone ate also depended on (取决于) their social status and customs (社会地位和习俗). For example, nobles of the Han Dynasty (202 BC—220 AD) enjoyed four meals a day. Nobles of the Qing Dynasty (1636—1912) had only _________. They were Manchu people. Two meals a day was the custom of them.