【推荐1】Direction: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. sourced                      B. gifted                 C. house                 D. demand               E. founding F. contemporary             G. culturally            H. negotiations          I. living                  J. exchange K. urgently

A Nigerian artist who    1    his own work to the British Museum with the hopes of receiving looted (被掠夺的) colonial art back from it has had his offer declined.

The British Museum accepted a bronze plaque made by an artist Osarobo Zeickner-Okoro, from Benin City in Nigeria, who entered into    2    for the museum to return priceless Benin Bronzes that were looted by British troops in 1897. He offered his creation to encourage the museum to give back the sculptures but also to    3    acknowledgement of Benin City’s modern-day culture. The museum told him the    4    for looted artworks was impossible. Its official website acknowledges that it houses over 900 items from the city of Benin, but does not acknowledge how they were    5    . After meeting with two curators (策展人) from the museum’s Africa department, Zeickner-Okoro explained he was delighted they had accepted his gift, even though they rejected the idea of an exchange.

Created from brass and bronze in the once mighty Kingdom of Benin from at least the 16th century onwards, the Benin Bronzes are among Africa’s most    6    significant artefacts. European museums that    7    them have faced years of criticism because of their status as loot and symbols of colonial greed. The British Museum has made no clear commitment despite demands from the Oba, or king, of Benin.

A    8    member of Ahiamwen, a new guild of Benin City bronze casters and artists, Zeickner—Okoro wanted to change the terms of the debate by offering the museum    9    artworks untainted by any history of looting.

“Part of the crime that’s been committed is that Benin has been portrayed as a dead civilisation,” he said. “The reparation is not just returning the Bronzes. It’s also acknowledging us, that we’re a    10    civilisation.”

【推荐2】根据上下文语境，选择合适的单词填入空白处，每个单词仅使用一次，每个方框里有一个是多余的单词。

A. protests        B. led to       C. turned to        D. preserved       E. established        F. proposal

Sometimes, balancing economic development and cultural heritage protection is a complex problem. In Egypt the     1     of building the Aswan Dam met with     2     for fear of damaging the temples and cultural relics. The government     3     the UN for help and     4     a committee to prevent the loss of cultural heritage and raise funds internationally. Thanks to the hard work of the global community, the project was completed successfully with the country’s cultural heritage     5    .