阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

As fewer people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a 【小题1】 (distance) memory in some ways. However, a 38-year-old craftsman, Li Jian zhong, is devoted to 【小题2】 (keep) the art of sugar painting alive.

Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After 【小题3】 mine closed down, Li turned 【小题4】 housing decoration until he 【小题5】 (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had an interest in.

Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by【小题6】 (he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could make a 【小题7】(vary) of sugar paintings, thus encouraging some of young people【小题8】 (follow ) the example of him. Craftsman 【小题9】 (normal) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup(糖浆). When the sugar cools down, 【小题10】 appears is a piece of sugar art.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Good afternoon, boys and girls! Welcome to the school hall. A robot competition organizing by our school is about to begin with. Ten participants would take part on behalf of your class. The competition includes two parts. In the first part, participants are expected to answer a certain number of question about robots. In the second part, they are supposed to finish some operations following that we request. Now the judges are arriving but all of the participants are in position. It has been a long time when we held such an activity last time. Let’s wait patient for their wonderful performances. I believe we’ll surely have unforgettable afternoon here.