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The Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese agriculture.     1     （build）over 2,200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering     2    （achieve）is still used today.

In ancient times, the region where Dujiangyan now stands     3    （suffer）from regular floods from the Minjiang River.     4    （help）the victims of the flooding, Li Bing,     5     region governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwaters while leaving the river flowing naturally.     6    （good）still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making     7     suitable for farming.

Once the system     8    （finish）, no more floods happened and the people were able to live     9    （peaceful）. Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of one feature. Unlike modern dams,     10     the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets waterflow through the Minjiang River naturally, making the ecosystem（生态系统）and fish populations exist in peace.

3 . 阅读下面文，在空处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

China’s Liangzhu Archaeological Site     1    (declare) on the list of World Heritage sites on Saturday by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee during its 43^rd session in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

The site,     2    is located in Yuhang District in Hangzhou City in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province, showcases the civilization of prehistoric rice agriculture between 3,300 B.C.     3     2,300 B.C. The ruins of ancient Liangzhu city were discovered in 2007, and then large dam sites     4    (surround) the Liangzhu ancient city were unearthed continuously after 2009. It was     5     (official) submitted to UNESCO in 2019, hoping to win     6     (recognize) as a World Cultural Heritage Site. The site     7     (include) archaeological remains and unearthed cultural relics of the Liangzhu Ancient City as well as a wetland that covers     8     area of 908. 89 hectares in a plain river network. It is also found that the Liangzhu ancestors started to use characters about 5 ,000 years ago, 1 ,000 years     9     (early) than previously thought, according to Colin Renfrew, a retired professor of archaeology at the University of Cambridge.

The World Heritage Committee added Liangzhu to the UNESCO list    10     (encourage) better protection of the site, considered to be of “outstanding universal value” to humanity.

5 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Why is the Forbidden City called “purple forbidden city”? If you have visited it, you may find that the palace    1     (paint)   mainly   in   two   colors,   yellow   and   red.   Red,   the   color   of   fire,   shows   happiness   and    2     (succeed), while yellow, the color of the sun, was only used by the emperors, who were regarded as the Sons of Heaven. Ancient Chinese astronomers believed that Polaris (北极星), “Ziwei star”, was in the center of heaven and the heavenly emperor lived in the Ziwei Palace. So the palace for the emperor on Earth should be like the one in heaven. That is    3     “purple” is in the name.

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In 1972, UNESCO started a programme to protect the world’s cultural and     1    (nature) heritage. Since then, more than 800 cultural sites     2     (add) to the World Cultural Heritage Site List. The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) in India and the Imperial Tombs of the Qing and Ming Dynasties in China    3     (be) two of the best known examples.

The Taj Mahal built between 1631 and 1648, is a masterpiece of architecture. It took more than 20, 000 workers and 1,000 elephants    4     (complete) the project, and the stones came from as far away as China.

    5    makes the Qing and Ming Tombs unique is that they bring together architecture and philosophy.     6     (build) by several emperors between 1368 and 1915, the Tombs represent Chinese cultural and historical    7     (value) that have been handed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.

Human life     8     (last) only a short time but art and culture last forever. The programme attempts to protect and preserve     9     best of human history. Masterpieces such as the Taj Mahal and the Imperial Tombs remind us     10    what we can achieve at our finest, and inspire us to live up to our great past in the future.

7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(不多于3个词汇)或括号中词汇的正确形式。

If you live in northeastern China, you expect long, cold winters. People     1    (live) in Harbin don’t just stand the cold, however, they welcome it. The city is home to the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival,    2    is considered to be the largest ice festival in the world. Even with temperatures usually close to zero, thousands of people head to city parks     3    (see) great ice sculptures, many bathed in colored lights.

The festival includes several thousand ice sculptures. Some of these works are the recreations of castles, historic landmarks and famous people, lit up at night in bright colors. There     4    (visitor) can climb ice stairways and go down ice slides (滑坡). They can also take part    5    sporting events, including skating, ice football     6    well as ice swimming.

The city started     7    (it) icy event in 1963 with the Ice Lantern Garden Party, a     8    (celebrate) of the tradition of creating lanterns out of blocks of ice. The larger festival     9    (begin) in 1985 and added sculptures, which have grown in number and size over the years. As it has gotten bigger, the festival has become popular outside the city.    10    (official), the festival starts on January 5th and lasts over one month.

8 . Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word to make the passage coherent. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

Athens----- the name brings to mind buildings with tall, white columns and statues of Greek gods and goddesses. Museums take visitors back to the time of ancient Greece. When     1     (visit) the city, visitors feel like they are in the middle of a history lesson.

The history of Athens is tied to mythology. The god     2     came up with the most valuable legacy for humans was to give the city its name. Poseidon and Athena each wanted the honor. Athena produced     3     olive tree------ the symbol of peace and wealth. Poseidon offered a strong horse needed for war. The gods decided Athena’s gift would better serve the people, and the city became     4     (know) as Athens.

The Acropolis, or “ high city”, stands on a hill overlooking the city. Western civilization’s most important ancient monument was built by Pericles, the leader of Athens from 461-421BC. He spared no expense when he constructed the buildings of the Acropolis. He used only the     5     (good) materials, architects and artists. His artists created huge statues of marble (大理石) and covered them     6     gold and jewels.

More treasure of ancient Greece lies in the National Archeological Museum. Opened in 1874, the museum contains the best collection of Greek art in the world. It is crammed with treasures ------ more     7     visitors can see in a single visit. Visitors can view treasures from all the ancient civilizations that controlled the city     8    history.