Answers:
1. A 2. B
I.
Jìn lái, Xí zhǔxí duì fǎguó jìnxíng le guóshì fǎngwèn.
近来，习主席对法国进行了国事访问.
Recently, Chairman Xi made a state visit to France.
访问 (Fǎngwèn) access, pay a visit (more formal expression, like a state visit)
询问 (Xúnwèn) ask, inquire
拜访 (Bàifǎng) call on, drop in. (like visit friends, relatives and seniors)
采访 (Cǎifǎng) interview
II.
After reading the blog, we can see that it is derived from “论语 (lúnyǔ) the Analects of Confucius,” which is often used to welcome friends from afar.
Therefore the correct answers are respectively A and B.
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