2 . 请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写到答题卡的相应位置。每个词限用一次。

even   as   start   story   order   such   tons   different   dish   popular   rises

In East China’s Jiangxi province, noodles are more than just a     1     — they’re almost a way of life.

In fact, most people here     2     the day with a bowl of rice noodles in the morning. This dish is so popular that some locals have     3     compared having rice noodles to enjoying fresh sea food.       

Jiangxi is home to nearly 30,000 rice noodle restaurants. According to a report, Jiangxi produced more than 1.4 million     4     of rice noodles in 2020. More than 60% of the foreign sales of China’s rice noodles are from Jiangxi.

This dish is also     5     among people from other parts of China. The report shows that people aged between 18 and 24 make up about 33% of customers. They often     6     rice noodles and takeaway meals online. The percentage (百分比)     7     to over 65% for customers under 30 years old.

“Enjoying     8     a specialty (特产) is one way to get a real experience of local cooking culture,” said a local food expert. He added that more efforts should be made to find out the     9     behind Jiangxi rice noodles. The charm (魅力) of this common dish comes from its stories and     10     tastes—the noodles are prepared differently in each of Jiangxi’s 11 cities.

    11     these noodles are such an important part of Jiangxi culture, locals have done their best to protect its reputation (声誉) as a local specialty.

4 . 阅读下面短文，从框内6个选项中选出能分别填入5个小题空白处的最佳选项。

A．and       B．into       C．famous       D．express       E．widely       F．their

In North China, the most typical food is the steamed bun. Today, the buns of different shapes and colors are made to     1     people’s best wishes. Those buns are called flower buns, or huamo.

Flower buns are     2     used in many important events. People who live along the Yellow River like to show their feelings through flower buns with lively appearances. Wenxi huamo of Wenxi County, Shanxi Province is the most     3     flower bun in China. Wenxi people can make flower buns of all kinds of shapes. Making Wenxi huamo takes several days 34．    4     needs over one hundred steps.

Liu Danmei, a young cook from Hebei Province, turns the traditional steamed buns     5     beautiful artworks by connecting them with modern elements creatively.

5 . 请认真阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。

speed       since        plenty of        pollute        such as

Frogs are an environmental warning system. They have skin which takes in whatever is in the environment. This means that if the environment is     1    , a frog’s skin takes in the pollution and the frog dies. For this reason, if there’s something wrong in the environment, frogs are the first to die. If there are     2     frogs, it’s a good sign that the environment is healthy.

Frog numbers around the world have been dropping at a faster     3     in recent years than ever before. Up to 200 kinds of frogs have died out     4     1980. This is a disaster. Frogs are needed in the food chain as food for animals like snakes, birds and fish. Frogs are also needed in the food chain to eat insects     5     grasshoppers. The world needs frogs.

6 . 请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。每个词限用一次。

easy from when create piece attention traditional however finish teach practice

Recently, a group of students gave a special hanfu show at a sports meet. They are     1     Naoma Primary School in Taiyuan, Shanxi.

Their clothes are made of paper cuttings. And they     2     by Wu Wenxiu and her students. Wu is 54 years old and she is a math teacher at the school. She showed a great interest in paper cutting     3     she was a child. After a long time of     4     in paper cutting, she became very good at it. She even integrated (融入) the skills of paper cutting into her     5    . For example, she used principles (原理) of paper cutting in her math lessons.

Around four years ago, Wu and her students began to make paper-cut hanfu in their free time. It was not very     6     for them. “It usually takes at least 10 days     7     a work including designing (设计), cutting shapes and sewing (缝制),” Wu said.     8    , Wu and her students were willing (愿意) to spend a lot of time on this work. So far, they have created more than 40     9     of paper clothing works. 10 of them were shown at the sports meet and got much     10    .

Wu hopes the show can make more people understand and take an interest in the     11     art. Also, she hopes the culture can be passed on from generation to generation (世代相传).

7 . 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

mean     important     ancient     real     many     impossible     know     they     like     but

The ancient capital city of Chang’an is now Xi’an in Shaanxi Province. It was the capital city of the choice for the     1     number of dynasties in Chinese history. As many as 13 dynasties made     2     capitals there. Chang’an was also     3     to be the world’s longest-serving capital city. Chang’an was designed     4     a chessboard. The city not only served as a model for other ancient capital cities of China,     5     also influenced the design of the capital cities of Japan and Korea.

In the year 618 AD, Li Yuan set up the Tang Dynasty and changed the name of Daxing to Chang’an,     6     “peace forever”. Of course, it’s a(n)     7     dream. To show the     8     of the palace, the streets, the markets of the city as well as the houses of the common people were all built in a strictly symmetrical (对称的) form.

Besides, Chang’an was the eastern starting point of the     9     Silk Road. The Silk Road was not just a road to bring products from one side of the world to the other, but also a(n)     10     important path (小路) for cultural, business and technological exchanges between the east and the west.

9 . 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。

behind        popular        rise        interest        develop

1. Since 5, 000 years ago, Chinese people ________ their own culture.
2. People around the world are ________ in learning Chinese culture now.
3. The widely use of “Loong” let us see the ________ of Chinese culture.
4. Exercise like Baduanjin and Tai Chi become much ________ among young people.
5. As a result, it is quite important for us to know the value ________ Chinese culture.

10 . 阅读下面短文，从框内6个选项中选出能分别填入5个小题空白处的最佳选项。

A. both     B. so     C. across     D. but     E. traditional     F. bikes

Dear everyone,

I’m so glad that you’re now here with me in my beautiful hometown—Pingyao. As your tour guide, I will stay with you for the whole day. Now let me introduce our itinerary (行程) first.

As you know, Pingyao Ancient City was listed as the UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) World Heritage Site in 1997. It is very famous     1     the whole world. The first place we’re going to visit in the morning is Shilou. From there, you will have nearly a bird’s eye view of the town. Next, Rishengchang is a must-see place to know about the development of the bank in China. It was the earliest bank in the Qing Dynasty. It helped develop the economy (经济)     2     in Shanxi and China. We will simply have lunch in the restaurant next to Qingxu Temple, which we will visit in the afternoon. You can enjoy the     3     food like Pingyao Beef. Chenghuang Temple and Shuanglin Temple will be visited after lunch. In order to save time, we can use shared     4     for the one-day trip.

I have lived in Pingyao for 16 years,     5     please feel free to ask me questions. I wish you a happy trip here.