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While traveling to big cities in the world, you will see statues（雕像）of     1     (thousand) of characters standing in the streets. Do you believe that they are actually real people working     2     street artists? They often cover themselves     3     (complete) with paint. They have to stand still and keep eyes open for several     4     (hour). Street artists need to be strong-minded and patient. It is not     5     easy job, but there's plenty of fun for them.

Yorge is one of     6     (famous) street artists in Brazil. He stands out thanks to his partner, a cute dog named Jaspe.     7     Yorge goes to work, Jaspe rests on his arm and keeps still as long as she can. Most people are surprised by     8     (they) perfect work together. However, the pair once got into trouble. Some animal lovers thought that Yorge forced his dog     9     (give) a performance in the street. In fact, Yorge never trained Jaspe at all.

The performance of living statues     10     (become) a street art. Now it is really popular in many large cities around the world.

【推荐2】Chinese paper-cutting is one of the     1     /trə'dɪʃənl/ handicrafts (手工艺品) in China. Guangling paper-cutting is one of the country’s most famous craftsmanships (手艺).

There are 38 procedures about     2     (make) paper cuts. It’s a pure handicraft that cannot be replaced by modern machines. But as more and more young people are leaving Guangling to find work, it’s an art that is     3     (slow) dying. However, Zhang Duotang, a descendant（后代）of its founder has decided to do something about it. He organized his family members and tried to explore new ways to bring     4     this skill.

In 2007, Zhang     5    (begin) to build the Guangling paper-cutting cultural industry park and gave over 45 million yuan to the project.     6     he also built China’s first Guangling paper-cutting art     7     /mjuˈzɪəm/ and a training school.

       Zhang considers paper-cutting as     8     (he) life. He also thinks that it is a duty for him to     9     /pɑːs/ on the skill. He and his team do research on       10     to make better paper-cutting from morning to night. It is their efforts that make the world know about Chinese paper-cutting.

【推荐3】What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to become famous? "Well," she begins slowly, "you have to     1     your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult     2    . Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only a very small number of people make it to the top."

Li Wen's     3     his schoolwork. He became less interested in studying. Sometimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations. Finally, Li Wen's parents made the decision to send him to a boarding school. However, Li Wen was shy and was not able to make friends quickly in school he found life there difficult. One day he told his teacher that he wanted to leave the school. His teacher     4     and she called his parents. She advised them to talk with their son in person. So his parents took a 24-hour train and a 5-hour bus ride to get to Li Wen's school.

According to Chinese history, sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming. He sent them out to     5    . Today, sky lanterns are used at festivals and other celebrations. They are made of bamboo and     6    . When the lanterns are lit, they slowly rise into the air like small hot-air balloons for all to see. They are     7     happiness and good wishes.

Chinese clay art is famous because the clay pieces are so small but they look very real. The pieces are usually cute children or lively characters from a Chinese fairy tale or historical story. The pieces     8     from a very special kind of clay and then allowed to air-dry. After drying, they are fired at a very high heat. They are then     9    . It takes several weeks to complete everything. These small pieces of clay art show the love that all Chinese people have     10    .

【推荐1】根据短文内容及所给提示，在文中的空白处填写一个正确的单词。

Do you ride your bike to school? It’s     1     good idea because it’s good exercise. But in Europe and the US not many kids go to school     2     their bicycles. They are usually     3     (take) to school in cars by their parents.

Many kids don’t want to walk    4    o__________ ride to school on bad weather. But it may not be good for     5     (they) health. There are a lot of kids with weight problems. And this is 76. w    6     parents encourage kids to ride and walk to school today. Of course these    7     (parent) are also worried about kids’     8     (safe). So people build many riding roads to keep them safe.

It is     9    g________ for the environment to ride and walk, too.     10     (many) bikes on the road means less pollution.

【推荐2】根据短文内容和首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号相应横线上。

Pandas are so cute and lovely. They have become so p    1     that they are now a symbol (象征) of China. Scientists say there are now f    2     than 2,000 pandas living in the forests. Pandas do not have many babies, m    3     only one every two years. The babies often d    4     from illnesses and do not live very long. Adult pandas s    5     more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to cut d    6     these forests. As the forests get smaller and other human activities l    7     to more problems, pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having fewer babies.

An education program in Chengdu teaches children about pandas and other wild animals in d    8    . They send people to school to tell the children about the importance of saving these animals. And the Chinese government is t    9     hard to help save the pandas. Scientists are doing research to b    10     understand the habits of pandas. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas.

【推荐3】“Good Time” is a programme（节目）of ABC Radio. Jim Green is an announcer（播音员）for the programme. M______ of the girls and boys like the programme. They also like Jim Green. Some of them often telephone him and thank him for his programmes. There are a lot of l____ for him every week.

Jim Green gets up at a quarter past five every morning. He has bread and milk for his breakfast. He l______ home at a quarter to six and gets to his office at a quarter to seven.

The programme begins at seven. He plays the new records of pop songs and m_____ music for his listeners. At eight o'clock it's time for the news.

Jim finishes his work at two in the afternoon. He goes home in his car. He u____ reads newspapers and listens to music in the evening.

An announcer’s job is very interesting and helpful.

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