A Fireworks Show

To celebrate the arrival of 2024,Li Chao traveled from Shanghai to Liuyang, Hunan province, to watch a fireworks display. Liuyang is ____31____ as the “hometown of fireworks”, but the 23-year-old girl was ____32____ to obtain a ticket to see a fireworks show at Sky Theatre, because they had sold out. She and her friends, along with people from across China, settled on watching the display, which was also broadcasted live over the Internet, from an open ____33 ____

To witness the delightful display on Dec 31,more than 160,000 people traveled to Liuyang, which ____34____ a population of 1. 4 million and is situated about 70 kilometers from Changsha, the capital of Hunan.

Li said, “I had never seen anything like these fireworks before. The evening was romantic ,thrilling and festive. More ____35____ after three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone in the large crowd was ready to celebrate. ” She ____36 ____ that the fireworks were like stars shining against the dark night ____37____ After watching the display, which lasted more than an hour ,Li said that the fireworks show she had seen at Shanghai Disney Resort seemed ____38____ in comparison.

The entire event on New Year's Eve lasted more than four hours, but Li and her friends ____ 39____ to their hotel early to avoid traffic jam. Wang Biao, head of Sky Theatre ,said the show was broadcasted live on short video ____40 ____— Douyin and Kuaishou —two of the largest such platforms in China, with more than 600 million views.

A. sky

B. unable

C. returned

D. platforms

E. playground

F. boasts

G argued

H. known

l. added

J. small

K. match

L. importantly