1 . 根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: Hi, Judy.     1    ?
B: Hi, Dennis. I read a book this morning.
A:     2    ?
B: It’s about the invention of paper money.
A:     3    ?
B: It was invented in the 11th century in China. And the money was called “jiaozi”. From the book, I learned Sweden people made the first European banknotes in 1661.
A: Really? It’s much later than China. Chinese people are very great!
B: Yes.     4    .
A: Like what?
B: Paper, silk, chopsticks and so on.
A: Wow! There are many inventions in China.     5    .
B: Yes, I agree with you. They have greatly improved our life.

2 . 任务型阅读
请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面方框内的七个选项中，选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。

In Chinese history, lanterns have been part of Chinese culture for centuries and play an important part in many celebrations. In ancient times, there were mainly three kinds of lanterns.

Palace Lantern(宫灯).     1     . When making palace lanterns, fine wood was used. The Palace Lanterns were covered with silk or glass. Different kinds of pictures were drawn on the covers. These lanterns were not only used as lights but also as decorations(装饰) in palaces.

Gauze Lantern(纱灯). Less expensive bamboo and gauze were used to cover the lantern. Red gauze was used when making them .     2    . So red lanterns are always hung on important festivals such as Lantern Festival, Spring Festival and National Day in parks or along main streets . In some famous Chinatowns abroad, you can see red lanterns all the year round     3    .

Shadow-picture Lantern(走马灯).It was usually used for amusement.     4     .There are two layers(层) of covers and pictures were drawn on the inside layer. When the candle was lit, the heat caused a paper wheel inside the lantern to turn around so that moving pictures appeared on the outside cover. Now more kinds of lanterns appear in festivals besides the traditional ones. More modern technology is used on making lanterns.     5    .

A．In Chinese culture, red lanterns are symbols of happiness and good luck.

B．The shapes of the modern lanterns have changed a lot , too.

C．It was mainly used in palaces in ancient times

D．The shape was much like that of the palace lanterns.

E．They have become a symbol of Chinese culture worldwide.

F．Do you like it ?

G．The Palace Lantern is very beautiful.