1 . 阅读下面短文，从框内6个选项中选出能分别填入5个小题空白处的最佳选项。

A. help                 B. at                 C. steps                 D. and            E. by          F. popular

Creating paintings with different kinds of grain is known as grain painting (粮画). It has made a small village in Hebei Province     1     and opened the way for this village to sell products.

Shoudong Village in Hebei Province developed 11 grain painting companies     2     four workshops. “It has set up the country’s first school to teach the art,” the local government said.

According to the records, local people have been creating paintings with grain since the Tang Dynasty (618-907). They use different kinds of grain and seeds as materials in different     3    , including sticking and cutting. Their works are rich with views, characters, flowers and birds in a special way.

Many local people make more money     4     creating grain paintings. The post-80s Shi Xianqiao, who has been interested in painting since childhood, began to create paintings with grain in 2014. She also built a grain painting workshop to     5     the local people. Their products are sold at home and abroad. The grain art gives people new ideas towards nature and life.

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Do you know traditional Chinese flower arrangement? Do you know Zhang Yan? Zhang Yan is an inheritor (传承人) of traditional Chinese flower arrangement. She first met traditional Chinese flower arrangement in college from an optional course (选修课程) she took. Back then, she never imagined that a single course could be the starting point of her life-long career.

The art of traditional Chinese flower arrangement has been handed down since 1046 BC. Historical records show it has served as offerings at temples, decorations in the palace and art at homes. “Though flower arrangement has a history of more than 3,000 years, the flower arrangement is still limited to the bouquets (花束) in flower shops,” Zhang said. To break that stereotype (刻板印象), traditional Chinese flower arrangement was included in the second batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage (非物质文化遗产). It is the art form’s rich historical connotation (内涵), and this national recognition (赏识) would lead to more public awareness.

Traditional Chinese flower arrangement is not only a decoration, but can also serve as a form of therapy (治疗) for modern busy people.“Unlike its Western counterpart, Chinese traditional flower management highlights simplicity.” Zhang said. The arranger must decide on what is truly necessary in his or her work and remove the rest. Sometimes learners are moved to tears because they begin to reflect on what is truly necessary in their lives.

“It came from traditional Chinese culture, and it is part of it,” Zhang argued. “Only when it absorbs lots of nutrition (营养) from traditional Chinese culture can it bloom and be world-known. Our aim is to develop and inherit traditional Chinese culture.”

1. What is people’s impression of flower arrangement?
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2. Ask ONE question about one of the following numbers from the passage.
A. 1046     B. 2008
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3. What made the traditional flower arrangement our national heritage?
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4. What can traditional Chinese flower arrangement be used for?
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5. Which sentence in the passage has the similar meaning to the following one?
Sometimes people who learn to arrange flowers are moved to tears because they start to think about what they really need in life.
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6. What can we do to make this art world-known?
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3 . Tangchang, a town in Chengdu, is well-known for cloth shoes. With over 20 types, Tangchang cloth shoes are strong, comfortable, breathable and friendly to the environment. In 2018, they were added to Sichuan’s intangible cultural heritage list (非物质文化遗产名录).

63-year-old Lai Shufang has spent over 40 years making Tangchang cloth shoes. As a master, she says there are 32 steps to make a pair, but the most important step is making the soles. Layers (层) of white cloth are glued together with flour paste (糨糊). “To make good paste, we make it at a temperature of 85℃. If it’s too low or too high, the paste will not work,” Lai said. Then the pasted layers are dried and cut into different shapes. After this, the layered cloth is beaten again and again until it is tight enough to make soles and upper parts. The next step is to shape the two parts and glue them together. But still the soles’ edges (边缘) look fluffy. Through repeated polishing and trimming, the fluffy edges will become smooth. Then the cloth shoes are ready.

Lai’s hard work touched her son Ai Peng. In 2015, Ai decided to leave his job. He used Shu embroidery to make the shoes look more beautiful and opened a cloth shoe store online. He also set up shop windows to show the steps of making shoes, helping more people learn about the art of cloth shoes.

1. What’s the most important step in making Tangchang cloth shoes?

A．Making the soles.

B．Making the upper parts.

C．Making good flour paste.

2. What is the correct order of the following steps of making the cloth shoes?
①Beating the layered cloth.
②Making flour paste at an exact temperature.
③Gluing the upper parts and the soles together.

A．③②①

B．②③①

C．②①③

3. How many things has Lai’s son done to make the cloth shoes more popular?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．The processes of making the cloth shoes.

B．The time Ms. Lai became a master of cloth shoes.

C．The most important material in making cloth shoes.

4 . Chinese paper-cutting is one of the most popular art forms in the world.     1     The first piece of paper-cutting appeared in western China around the 6th century. From the 7th to 13th century, paper cutting became popular especially during Chinese festivals. The art was introduced to the world in the 14th century.

In the beginning, Chinese people used thin materials like leaves to make the cutting. After paper was invented, they found that this material was easy to cut.     2    

People make paper-cutting to show beautiful things and their good wishes.     3     People include everything in paper-cutting, from great people to the things that we can find in everyday life such as birds, flowers and animals. There are also some Chinese characters in traditional Chinese paper-cutting.

    4     People only need a piece of paper and a pair of scissors or a knife. But to make this art perfect is not easy at all because it needs a lot of hard work, practice, skills and imagination. There are two ways of making paper-cutting. One is using scissors, and the other is using knives. Using scissors can make a few pieces of paper-cutting at a time by cutting a few pieces of paper together, while using knives can make only one piece at a time.

    5     It is also a symbol of Chinese culture. In recent years, Chinese paper cutting has been enjoyed by people all over the world. It is not only for decorative (装饰性的) purposes, but also in fashion, advertising and more areas.

阅读短文，把A～E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整。

A．It has a long history.

B．It is easy to learn how to make paper-cutting.

C．And then paper became the main material for paper-cutting.

D．Chinese paper cutting has become more than just a traditional art form.

E．They also show traditional culture or their own feelings with different styles of paper-cutting.

7 . Weifang, Shandong has a long history of making kites. It dated back to 2,000 years ago. At first, kites were used by the army for measuring the distance and communication. During the Ming Dynasty, kites became popular among people for fun.

Weifang kites are made from bamboo and decorated with traditional Chinese paintings. Weifang kite-making was included in the national-level intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. The International Kite Festival has been held in Weifang each year since 1984.

Yang Hongwei, 58, is an inheritor of the Weifang kite-making technique. Yang often saw kites with bright colors and different patterns in her grandfather’s workshop when she was little. Yang learned the technique from her grandfather when she was 16. After practicing the technique for 10 years, she started her own shop in 1992. “Every time I see these beautiful kites, my boredom and bad feelings go away,” said Yang.

On Yang’s kites, people can see not only common patterns like butterflies and swallows, but also some prints telling Chinese myths, legends and history. For example, she once made a kite showing a phoenix (凤凰) that was lined with pictures of 50 famous women from Chinese history on each side. Each woman is different in looks, clothes and makeup style. It took Yang a lot of time to check historical records and talking about details with professionals.

In her free time, she travels to different countries to tell people stories of Chinese kites and the traditional ways they are made. “It is an important job of mine, to spread our heritage around the world and pass it on to the next generation,” she said.

1. Which section of a magazine does this passage come from?

A．Health.

B．Culture.

C．Sports.

D．Transportation.

2. (新考法) According to Paragraph 2, which is the most probably Weifang kite?

A．

B．

C．

D．

3. What does the underlined word “patterns” probably mean in Paragraph 3?

A．Abilities.

B．Prices.

C．Colors.

D．Shapes.

4. From Yang’s kites, we can see something about China EXCEPT ________.

A．myths

B．legends

C．politics

D．history

5. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．Home of Kites	B．Uplifting Tradition of China
C．History of Kites	D．Story of Yang Hongwei