【推荐2】The Tongliang dragon dance made people excited when it showed in New York City’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve. A colorful 15-meter-long dragon made of paper, silk, bamboo and sticks danced to traditional songs as it was ________ by eight people.
In Chinese culture, the dragon means power. The dragon dance has been an important ________ during Lunar New Year for over 1,000 years.
Tongliang, a place in Southwest China’s Chongqing City, is ________ for the dragon-dance show. Dragon dances are used to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Different dragon dances are showed every day ________ the 12th lunar month to the second lunar month of the following year. There are usually thousands of people to watch it around the city.
People perform different dragon shows according to the ________. Bamboo dragons are showed in spring, lotus (荷花)dragons in summer, straw (稻草) dragons in autumn and fire dragons in winter. The ________ of them is the Tongliang fire dragon dance. Iron is used to make sparks(火花). The sparks and the ________ that come out of the dragon’s mouth and body are very beautiful.
Both dragon-making and dragon dances have ________ in recent years. The industry has brought money to people. There are ________ than 34 dance groups, 10 dragon-making teams and dragon-themed tourism. ________ of them create about 1 billion yuan a year. This tradition will continue to fly into the future.
1. A.made | B.drew | C.described | D.controlled |
2. A.model | B.activity | C.experience | D.work |
3. A.famous | B.ready | C.thankful | D.harmful |
4. 5. A.order | B.message | C.space | D.time |
6. 7. 8. A.found | B.dropped | C.changed | D.stopped |
9. A.little | B.much | C.less | D.more |
10. A.All | B.Either | C.Neither | D.None |