Four Poems
Fishing in Snow By Liu Zongyuan From hill to hill no bird inflight; From path to path no man insight A lonely fisherman afloat Is fishing in snow in a lonely boat. | To Wang Lun By Li Bai I, Li Bai, sit aboard a ship about to go When suddenly onshore your farewell songs o’erflow. However deep the lake of Peach Blossoms may be. It is not so deep, O Wang Lun! As your love for me. |
Homesickness Night By Li Bai Before my bed a pool of light Can it be hoar frost on the ground? Looking up, I find the moon bright Bowing, in homesickness I'm drowned. | On the Stork Tower By Wang Zhihuan The sun beyond the mountain glows; The Yellow Rivers e awards flows You can enjoy a grander sight; By climbing to a greater height. |
| (Translated by Xu Yuanchong) NOTES: hoar frost: small pieces of ice glow. shines less brightly seawards: towards the sea grander: greater | |
| A．Creative | B．Confident | C．Regretful | D．Thankful |
| A．忧国 | B．思乡 | C．乐学 | D．壮志 |
| A．The four poems were all about friendship. |
| B．Xu Yuanchong translated the four poems into English. |
| C．The four poems were written in Ming dynasties. |
| D．Wang Zhi huan showed his love to the country in his poem |
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【推荐1】On April 18th—the International Day for Monuments and Sites, China Daily’s digital employee Yuanxi and Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes’official virtual（虚拟的) cartoon figure Jiayao together introduced an interactive digital platform(数字化互动平台) that hosts a virtual copy of the Mogao Grottoes’ Library Cave to the world.
The platform was developed jointly by the Dunhuang Academy and the Chinese tech firm Tencent. It uses gaming technologies to show the historical scenes of the Library Cave in the digital world.
The Library Cave in Mogao Grottoes was discovered in 1900, with more than 60,000 cultural relics dating from the 4th century to the 11th century unearthed. It was one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the 20th century.
On the platform, visitors can role-play and “time travel” to ancient dynasties and talk with eight historical figures. The public can enter the platform through the Digital Dunhuang website and its WeChat mini program.
In the digital age, the model of “culture + technology” has been adopted to promote(促进) the development of Chinese culture. The digitalization rate of China’s precious cultural relics has been more than 70 percent, according to the 2022 China Digital Collection Industry Research Report released by iResearch.
Institutions(机构) such as the Palace Museum have also launched online digital services of their own. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology allows the public to view the interior of the buildings through the Palace Museum’s WeChat mini program.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has also encouraged the development and transformation (转型) of cultural intellectual property by digital means. China Central Television has created a series of digital collections with different Dunhuang themes, such as the Dunhuang divine deer Youyou. It was created based on the image of the nine-colored deer from Dunhuang murals. The public can see the divine deer on CCTV’s own digital platform.
Digital collections cater to(迎合) the consumption habits of young people. They not only protect the intellectual property of the collections but also bring the public closer to China’s “excellent traditional culture”, noted Dunhuang Art Institute.
Su Bomin, director of the Dunhuang Academy, told Xinhua that more efforts will be made to explore new forms for showing cultural relics and offer the public more immersive cultural experiences to develop Dunhuang culture.
1. On the interactive digital platform for the Mogao Grottoes’ Library Cave, visitors can ________.| A．play role-playing games set in ancient times |
| B．play video games named historical characters |
| C．design digital caves showing historical culture |
| D．talk to the designer of the digital Library Cave |
| A．To show the latest gaming technologies. |
| B．To help cultural institutions make money. |
| C．To promote the development of Chinese culture. |
| D．To encourage people to explore new forms of digital collections. |
| A．Presenting Digital Collections | B．Experiencing History Online |
| C．Creating Mini Programs | D．Introducing Gaming Technologies |
Chinese traditional painting and dance are two important parts of the art world.
This poetic dance program was from the 900-year-old Chinese painting A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains, created by Song Dynasty painter Wang Ximeng at about 18.
It brings people a great experience of beauty. It is not only a drama but also a show.
In fact, in recent years, more and more modern performances highlight (突出) Chinese traditional culture and have received warm welcome.
| A．Mountains and rivers are coming to life. |
| B．But what about when they meet each other? |
| C．The leading dancer practiced hard for the performance. |
| D．It is because of people’s great love for traditional culture. |
| E．The dancers were thought as the mountains in the performance. |
| F．Some people even look forward to watching the dance again in the theaters later. |
【推荐3】You may think you cannot live through summer without electric fans. But in ancient China, hand fans were almost the only ones to help people keep cool. There are many types of hand fans with different uses.
Chinese people started to use hand fans over 2000 years ago. The fans came in different shapes such as round and square. They were also made of all kinds of materials. The ancient round fans have different shapes which are made according to their own preferences. Palm leaf (棕桐) fans were cheap and easy to make. Feather fans (羽毛扇) can be used only by the rich. Sandalwood (檀香) fans could send out a sweet smell.
Later, hand fans became far more than just something that could cool you down. They developed into artworks in which tuanshan (round fans) and zheshan (folded fans) were the most common. In the shape of a full moon tuanshan were usually made of silk. They had beautiful birds and flowers on them. Women, especially those in the imperial palace (皇宫) liked to use them.
Meanwhile, men, especially the literati (文人), used zheshan. The literati liked them because zheshan were usually made of paper and they could paint and write poems on them. It was a way for them to show off their ability in literature painting and handwriting. Almost anything can be painted on zheshan.
A small fan can show its unique charm (独特魅力) in the hand and has played an important role in Chinese traditional art for thousands of years. Today Chinese people still use these fans. Fans come in many shapes and materials including plastic cloth and so on. According to different usage we invent electric fans which can be carried around and are more convenient to use.
1. When did Chinese people start to use hand fans? ______| A．Over 3000 years ago. | B．Less than 2000 years ago. |
| C．Over 1000 years ago. | D．More than 2000 years ago. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．In ancient Chinathere were only two types of hand fans. |
| B．Tuanshan were usually made of silk. |
| C．Palm leaf fans could send out a sweet smell. |
| D．In the shape of a full moontuanshan were usually made of cotton. |
| A．Electric fans. | B．Art works. | C．Hand fans. | D．Round fans. |
| A．Hand Fans in Ancient China. |
| B．Differences between Hand Fans and Electric Fans. |
| C．How to Use Hand Fans. |
| D．The Importance of Hand Fans. |
【推荐1】①The word “zhiyin”, which means close friends, comes from the story of Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi in the Warring States Period.
②Boya was good at playing the guqin. One day, he was playing music on his way home on the boat. To Boya’s surprise, Ziqi, a woodcutter (樵夫) who happened to pass by, could understand exactly what he wanted to express through his music. After a long talk, they became good friends. Before Boya had to return to his state, they agreed to meet again in the following year.
③The following year, Boya took his guqin to the place where they met for the first time. It was an exciting date for him to meet Ziqi. He waited for a long time,but Ziqi didn’t appear. Unfortunately, when visiting Ziqi’s father, Boya heard that his good friend had died from a disease. Boya was so sad and in front of Ziqi’s tomb (墓), he played again the music he had played when they first met. The feeling of the music was so strong that it was as if the rivers and the mountains were crying. When finishing playing, Boya broke his guqin into pieces. From then on, Boya never played again.
④People in the Song Dynasty built the Guqin Tai in Hanyang to the memory of the deep friendship between Boya and Ziqi. It became an important part of the local culture.
⑤Zhiyin culture has new development in the new period. The famous ancient Chinese classical music piece Gaoshan Liushui was performed during the G2.0 Summit (峰会) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in 2016. The musical performance not only showed the beauty of traditional Chinese culture, but also expressed China’s willingness to develop its friendship with people from around the world.
1. Why did Boya and Ziqi become good friends? ________| A．They often went out on boat. |
| B．They often cut wood together. |
| C．Ziqi could understand Boya’s music. |
A． |
B． |
C． |
| A．Instead | B．Unhappily | C．Unluckily |
| A．In 2016 |
| B．In the Song Dynasty |
| C．In the Waring States Period |
| A．a true friend is hard to find |
| B．old friends and old wine are best |
| C．a friend to everybody is a friend to nobody |
【推荐2】If you are looking for a creative solution to a piece of work or a school assignment, don’t lock yourself up in a quiet room.
A new study shows that moderate background noise is a better motivation to creative thinking than the sound of silence, a well-known magazine reported.
A paper published in the Journal of Consumer Research says that the perfect working environment should buzz (嗡嗡作响) with a little noise.
Researchers found that test subjects were at their most creative state when background noise was measured a 70 decibels, the level one might find in a busy coffee shop.
A nearly silent environment (50 decibels) was too quiet. Turning up the volume to 85 decibels (a jackhammer tearing up the pavement outside your building) had an opposite effect—the noise became a distraction (分散注意力) .
The researchers asked 65 students at the University of British Columbia, Canada, to perform various creative tasks while noises recorded at a roadside restaurant were played in the background.
In one experiment, scientists asked participants to brainstorm ideas for a new type of mattress (气垫). Test subjects had the most successful discussions when the noise in the background was noticeable but not too loud.
While a quiet environment may make it easier to read a book, the authors of the study say that moderate background noise creates just enough of a distraction to force people to think more imaginatively without breaking their focus so completely that they can’t think at all.
Should we all head for Starbucks to get creative? Not necessarily.
Researchers found limited work time surrounded by the low-level noise of a coffeehouse is what really stimulates creativity.
Equally, working in a café environment isn’t good for everybody. The productivity boost (提高) was most obvious among those who were naturally creative to begin with.
1. What’s the main idea of the passage?| A．The less noise, the better state of study. |
| B．Noise is no bad thing at any time. |
| C．Noise in the coffeehouse is enjoyable. |
| D．Moderate noise helps creativity. |
| A．50 decibels | B．65 decibels | C．70 decibels | D．85 decibels |
| A．copy | B．increase | C．link | D．decrease |
| A．the low-level noise of a coffeehouse may be too loud for people to work with |
| B．if a person is not a creative type, then background noise is of no help to them |
| C．a person’s own creativity ability is as important as the environment they are in |
| D．working in a coffeehouse is creative for most people |
【推荐3】You may have heard about the Ig Nobel Prize (搞笑诺贝尔奖). It is given to scientists who do interesting and maybe silly studies. In China, there is a similar prize called the Pineapple Science Award. On Nov.13, 10 fun studies received the awards. Let’s look at two of them.
Contagious (传染性的) behavior
When your friends check their phones, do you do the same? The prize for psychology went to a study on this. Italian researchers found that looking at your phone makes other people around you do the same in less than a minute. This is because humans subconsciously copy the actions of other people. “We have a need to follow the norms, to match our actions with those of other people.” said the researcher Elisabetta. That’s why people often pick up each others’ moods or gestures during a talk.
No big fan of music
Researchers put mosquitoes and a hamster (仓鼠) together in two environments. One had no music and the other had a speaker playing electronic dance music. Mosquitoes waited longer to bite the hamster if they heard the music. They also mated (交配) less with music on. It seems that electric dance music is a buzzkill (扫兴的事物) for those bloodsuckers.
So this study shows if the mosquitoes are biting you, you are likely to turn up the stereo.
1. What kind of persons can get the Ig Nobel Prize?| A．who will study the psychology. | B．who will study the music. |
| C．who will study some silly things. | D．who will study the animals. |
| A．与众不同地 | B．静悄悄地 | C．无法容忍地 | D．下意识地 |
| A．It leaves mosquitoes unable to bite for long. |
| B．It makes mosquitoes become more active. |
| C．It makes mosquitoes more hungry. |
| D．Mosquitoes will wait longer to bite things. |
| A．a guide book | B．a newspaper | C．a science fiction | D．an ad. |
| A．introduce readers to a funny award |
| B．make more people take part in the study |
| C．introduce some famous scientists |
| D．talk about some future things |
