Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词）

Paper cutting can be seen in many parts of China during the Spring Festival. People paste patterns on the window for the festival atmosphere.

At first, the ancient people cut papers into animals or people. They e    1     buried them with the dead or burned them on the funerals, wishing that things that paper stand for could be with the dead. A thousand years ago, paper cut was used for decoration. According to historic books, women in the Tang Dynasty used paper cut as headdress. In the Song Dynasty, it was the decoration of the gifts. Some people e    2     made a living by it.

Paper cutting is all made by hand. Simple patterns can be cut with knife. For complicated patterns, people first pasted the pattern on the paper and then used various kinds of knives to make it. No mistake can be made during the process otherwise the work would f    3    .

Paper cutting c    4     nearly all topics, from flowers, birds, animals, legendary people, figures in classic. novels, to types of facial make-up in Peking opera. Paper cutting has various styles in different parts of China.

In the past, women living in the countryside gathered in their free time to make paper cutting, which is way to j    5     how skillful they were. As society develops, fewer and fewer people learn this skill while there are some who still take it as a profession. At present, there are factories and organizations for paper cutting in China Exhibitions and exchanges are held r    6     and books of this kind are published. Paper cutting has changed from decoration to a kind of a    7    . At the same time, paper cutting also appears in cartoons, on stage, in magazines or in TV series.

8. Read the passage again and write（阅读文章后写话）
Introduce traditional Chinese skill in your own words.

Paper cutting can be seen in many parts of China during the Spring Festival. People paste patterns on the window for the festival atmosphere.

At first, the ancient people cut papers into animals or people. They either buried them with the dead or burned them on the funerals, wishing that things that paper stand for could be with the dead. A thousand years ago, paper cut was used for decoration. According to historic books, women in the Tang Dynasty used paper cut as headdress. In the Song Dynasty, it was the decoration of the gifts. Some people even made a living by it.

Paper cutting is all made by hand. Simple patterns can be cut with knife. For complicated patterns, people first pasted the pattern on the paper and then used various kinds of knives to make it. No mistake can be made during the process otherwise the work would fail.

Paper cutting covers nearly all topics, from flowers, birds, animals, legendary people, figures in classic. novels, to types of facial make-up in Peking opera. Paper cutting has various styles in different parts of China.

In the past, women living in the countryside gathered in their free time to make paper cutting, which is way to judge how skillful they were. As society develops, fewer and fewer people learn this skill while there are some who still take it as a profession. At present, there are factories and organizations for paper cutting in China Exhibitions and exchanges are held regularly and books of this kind are published. Paper cutting has changed from decoration to a kind of art. At the same time, paper cutting also appears in cartoons, on stage, in magazines or in TV series.

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