Directions: In this part, you will read a passage with 15 words missing. Please read the passage carefully and choose one word for each blank from the following word bank. Make changes where necessary. aesthetic rhyme interrelate position character inscription genre vertically parallelism equal adhere theme decorative paste architecture Duilian (Chinese couplets written on scrolls,etc.or a pair of scroll containing a poetic couplet)is a unique literary 1. in China. Generally speaking, duilian can be classified into Spring Festival,wedding,longevity,elegiac, 2. ,trade,social,and miscellaneous couplets.Couplets can be long or short.These can also be seen on the ancient Chinese 3. .The structure of the couplets can be zhengdui (parallel in meaning), fandui (antithetical in meaning), liushui dui (the samemeaning expressed in two sentences),and jiju dui (a couplet made of two lines from different poets). Duilian developed from the antithesis or antithetical 4. of lvshi ,a poem of eight lines,each containing five or seven characters,with a strict tonal pattern and 5. scheme.A couplet must have the following features.First,each line has a(n)6. number of characters.Second,the writer should strictly 7. to the tonal patterns.Third,characters of corresponding parts of speech in either line should be in the same 8. .Last,there is the interconnection between the contents.The meaning of the first line should be 9. to that of the second,yet the two sentences must not have the same meaning. It is a tradition to write couplets 10. and when they are 11. or hung.The first line should always be on the right and the second on the left. Another piece,closely related to the couplet,is called hengpi ,a horizontal scroll bearing an 12. ,which is in fact the title or 13. of the couplet.A good hengpi adds the finishing touch to the couplet.Whether it is to describe the scenery orto express one's hopes,the writer is expected to be proficient in Chinese soas to produce a couplet in a few 14. ,which is excellent in content and language, full of 15. beauty as well as thought-provoking.