1 . 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。

Every weekend, Yang Jie spends at least a morning at a book house by the 6,300 km-long Yangtze River     1     (read) while enjoying a cup of coffee. The book house, Pipa Pavilion, which Yang Jie often visits,     2     (inspire) by a famous poem Pipa Xing when it was first built. Shaped like a pipa from a bird’s eye view, Pipa Pavilion stands as a famous landmark in the Jiujiang section of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park.

    3     (locate) in Jiujiang City, east China’s Jiangxi Province, this book house     4     (receive) more than 70,000 visits since June, 2023. In Pipa Pavilion, more than 5,000 books are offered free of charge for reading, in addition     5     a coffee shop and a tearoom. These facilities (设施) are part of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park,     6     aims to pass on the cultural history of Yangtze River,     7     longest river in China.

    8     (similar), China is building cultural parks centered around the Great Wall, the Grand Canal, the Long March and the Yellow River, all of which are typical symbols of Chinese culture. By setting up these parks, China proudly shows the     9     (color) Chinese culture. More importantly, it shows how cultural and environmental protection live so well side by side, offering a sustainable legacy (遗产) for     10     (generation) to come.

2 . 假定你是李华，你的外国朋友Frank给你发邮件，想了解更多的中国文化，尤其是龙的文化。请你给他回一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 感谢他对中国文化的热爱和认可；
2. 介绍关于龙的文化。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Frank,
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Yours,

Li Hua

3 . 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 May, 2023, the National Museum of China (NMC) launched     1     (it) first original stage play, Joyful Songs In A Flourishing Age, as part of a project seeking to make cultural heritage active again.

Inspired by The Pottery Storyteller Beating A Drum, a piece in the NMC’s collection from the Eastern Han Dynasty,     2     play presented a fantasy “dialogue” between the ancient ceramic (陶瓷的) figures and the audience while     3     (integrate) art forms such as drama, musical and opera.

Dialogues across time and space are happening in new ways at the NMC. The bronze (青铜) exhibits from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties    4     (display) inside the NMC’s Ancient China exhibition hall often lead visitors     5     (impress) by ancient Chinese civilization. Collectible (值得收藏的)cards featuring     6     (image) of the museum’s collections have also proven quite popular with visitors.

Since 2018, the NMC     7     (develop) virtual exhibition halls and published short videos on its social media platforms. Therefore, visitors can enjoy exhibitions online, getting a taste of Chinese culture    8    even leaving their homes. Not only can cultural and creative products bridge gaps,     9     they can also help visitors better relate to     10     (hide) cultural meanings.

5 . 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。

Autumn Equinox

Autumn Equinox (秋分), the 16th solar term of the year, lies at the midpoint of autumn,     1     (divide) autumn into two equal parts. After that day, the location of direct sunlight moves to the south, making days shorter and nights longer in the northern hemisphere. Since the Autumn Equinox, most of the areas in China have entered the cool autumn.     2     the cold air southward meets the declining warm and wet air, , precipitation (降水) is     3     result.

As     4     (say) in the ancient book, The Detailed Records of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), “It is on the Autumn Equinox day that the Yin and Yang are in a balance of power.” Thus the day and night are of equal length, and     5     are the cold and hot weather. “In South China, there is a custom     6     (popular)-known as ‘having Qiucai (autumn vegetable) on the Autumn Equinox day. Every Autumn Equinox day’, all the     7     (village) go to pick Qiucai in the wild, which is taken back and made into soup with fish,     8     (name) Qiutang (autumn soup).”

On Autumn Equinox day, there are thousands of people in the world trying to make eggs stand     9     end. According to experts, on the Spring Equinox and Autumn Equinox, the earth’s axis (轴), on its 66.5 degree tilt, is in a relative balance of power with the earth’s orbit around the sun. Thus it is an     10     (easy) time for people to practice the game.

8 . 假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jake对中国春节很感兴趣，想了解你的春节是如何过的，请你给他写封回信，内容如下：
1. 大年三十前后的活动；
2. 你的感受。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Jake,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

9 . 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。

Lanzhou, 9 August 2017. A group of researchers and scientists from China and other countries are working together to help increase knowledge and appreciation of China’s ancient cultural heritage. They are recording and collecting digital images of cultural relics from the Mogao Caves. Nearly 500,000 high quality digital photo-graphs     1     (produce) since the international project started in 1994.

The Mogao Caves have long been a meeting point for different cultures and are part of     2     history of many countries. Today, the caves are just as international as they     3     (be) at the time when people travelled the Silk Road. Tourists     4     all over the world visit Dunhuang to see the caves, and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles has even reproduced a copy of the caves and paintings for people     5     (admire) in America.

By     6     (share) so many digital photos over the Internet, the group hopes to promote even     7     (wide) interest around the world in China’s ancient history, culture, and traditions. They also hope to further educate people about the     8     (important) of safeguarding historic and cultural relics for future generations. As one researcher     9     is working on the project explains, “Appreciating one’s own cultural heritage is very important for understanding     10     (one). Appreciating the cultural heritage of other countries is very important for international communication and understanding.”

10 . 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。

Traditional Chinese culture is beginning to attract the attention of the world. Kung fu,    1    (especial), has had a great effect     2     millions of people who first learnt about China through it. Sometimes, they may come to China and learn about some other aspects of this culture. Some Asian     3     (nation) have long known about the     4    (great) of ancient Chinese culture. Their own cultures are     5     mix of native ones and those Chinese characteristics. South Korea and Japan long ago adopted Confucianism, something that continues today even if it     6    (challenge) by pop culture.This strength comes from the ideas     7    (give) in The Four Books of Confucianism, which were built upon the idea of an even     8    (ancient) period included in The Five Classics. From them, the West learns     9     is uniquely Chinese, for example, feng shui.

So far China has taken steps     10    (increase) this spread of its culture by establishing Chinese Cultural Centres in such places as the United States and Europe.