1 . Born and raised in Dunhuang, Northwest China’s Gansu Province, Yao Yanbei has long been lost in the cultural heritage of the city. She ______ to Dunhuang as a promising ______ after graduating from a college in Xiamen.

In 2016, inspired by patterns in Dunhuang murals (壁画), Yao ______ a toy camel. “Through the toy camel, I intended to ______ the spirit of the locals who are usually tough-minded and hard-working,” Yao said.

In August 2017, Yao spent nearly a month inside grottoes (石窟) drawing the murals. “Staying in the grottoes from dawn to dusk, I felt ______ connected with the ancient artists who ______ the murals. It was an amazing ______,” she said. Inspired by the sculptures and murals, Yao later designed some innovative products, including T-shirts, bookmarks, pocket mirrors and key rings.

Thanks to the efforts of designers like Yao, the ______ and creative industry began to take root in Dunhuang. Starting from 2018, every year the city has ______ an international design week to help ______ the industry. “By pooling the wisdom of designers from home and abroad, we want to make Dunhuang’s creative ______ more fashionable,” said Liu Mengxing, a vice general manager of a local company.

       Looking ahead at her ______ in design, Yao plans to ______ Dunhuang’s ancient art further and apply the wisdom of ancient artists to products of modern life. “I want to design more creative products that ______ more international customers,” said Yao. “I hope my design can bring people ______ to Dunhuang.”1.

A．travelled

B．escaped

C．came

D．returned

2.

A．architect

B．designer

C．author

D．engineer

3.

A．drew

B．bought

C．imagined

D．created

4.

A．obtain

B．test

C．convey

D．comment

5.

A．spiritually

B．emotionally

C．physically

D．materially

6.

A．wrote

B．painted

C．displayed

D．watched

7.

A．experience

B．memory

C．discovery

D．attempt

8.

A．traditional

B．modern

C．cultural

D．ancient

9.

A．pooled

B．showed

C．held

D．taken

10.

A．promote

B．strengthen

C．change

D．enlarge

11.

A．industry

B．products

C．environment

D．pictures

12.

A．preparations

B．job

C．future

D．career

13.

A．apply

B．explore

C．conduct

D．touch

14.

A．test out

B．result in

C．rely on

D．appeal to

15.

A．closer

B．deeper

C．stronger

D．better

2 . Back to the Hanfu-ture: Young Chinese Revive Ancient Fashion

Dressed in a flowing long robe decorated with old-time embroidery(刺绣), stylist Xiao Hang looks like she surfaced from a time machine as she walks across the busy Beijing metro, attracting ________ glances and inquisitive questions.

China has welcomed Western fashion and futuristic technology as its economy boomed in recent decades. ________, a growing number of young people like Xiao are looking to the past for their clothing choices and dressing traditional “hanfu”, or “Han clothing”. These ________ costumes of the Han majority are ________ a renaissance in part because the government is promoting traditional culture. Period dramas have also ________ to the rise in interest in traditional Chinese “hanfu”-The Story of Minglan, a TV series set in the Song Dynasty, appealed to more than 400 million viewers in three days earlier this year.

There is no ________ definition of what counts as “hanfu” since each Han-dominated dynasty had its own style, but the outfits are ________ by loose, flowing robes that drape around the body, with sleeves that hang down to the knees. “When we were little, we would also drape sheets and duvets around ourselves to ________ we were wearing beautiful clothes,” Xiao told AFP. Xiao, who used to work at a state-owned machine manufacturing company, now runs her own “hanfu” business, where she ________ customers for photo shoots and even plans hanfu-style weddings. In modern China, the “hanfu” community gathers people: from history ________ to anime(动画)fans, to students and even young professionals. Yang Jiaming, a high school student in Beijing, wears his outfit under his school uniform. “Two-thirds of my wardrobe is ‘hanfu’,” he said, showing up in a Tang-style beige gown and black boots at a hanfu gathering, adding that his classmates and teachers have been ________ his style. “Clothes are the foundation of culture,” said Jiang Xue, who is part of Beijing-based “hanfu” club. “If we, as a people and as a country, do not even ________ our traditional clothing or don’t wear them, how can we talk about other essential parts of our culture?” she said.

There is some way before the style reaches mainstream ________ in China. Others say they’re ________ by the odd looks they get when wearing “hanfu” in public. “I used to be very embarrassed to wear hanfu out,” screenwriter Cheng Xia told AFP. Yang, the high school student, is more ________. He said, “At the very least, we can wear our own traditional clothes.”

1.

A．weird

B．frightened

C．curious

D．strange

2.

A．Moreover

B．However

C．And

D．Rather

3.

A．fashionable

B．historic

C．trendy

D．important

4.

A．enjoying

B．witnessing

C．suffering

D．resisting

5.

A．lost

B．referred

C．attributed

D．contributed

6.

A．vague

B．foggy

C．scientific

D．uniform

7.

A．decorated

B．characterized

C．designed

D．dotted

8.

A．describe

B．symbolize

C．pretend

D．display

9.

A．dresses

B．takes

C．accompanies

D．represents

10.

A．figures

B．researchers

C．enthusiasts

D．majors

11.

A．suitable for

B．supportive of

C．opposed to

D．different from

12.

A．appreciate

B．wear

C．respect

D．suit

13.

A．preference

B．favour

C．acceptance

D．reception

14.

A．defeated

B．persuaded

C．scared

D．discouraged

15.

A．indifferent

B．pessimistic

C．optimistic

D．keen-edged

4 . A back injury drove Briton Rose Oliver to tai chi, which led her to her husband and then took both of them to China. Twenty years ago, Oliver’s back injury ________ her childhood dream of becoming a ballet dancer. But the injury did ________ her to tai chi, a martial art typically practiced in slow motion. Her original hope was to improve her ________ ; however, it turned out to bring her more. She later married her ________, Rey Nelson, who taught her how to play tai chi, and founded a school with him, teaching the martial art to more than 10,000 students over eight years.

In 2000, the couple moved to Shanghai. They taught ________ in universities and happily learnt tai chi under various masters to enhance their skills in playing. After years of practice, Oliver found her occasional ________ had disappeared amazingly. But her greatest pain ________ when her husband died in 2003, leaving her alone to follow their ________ passion for tai chi. She thought of ________. But she finally determined to carry on to honor her husband.

With the ________ of her tai chi “family” — the masters and students, Oliver spent her time outside tai chi teaching English as she did before and ________ cultural-exchange events. She founded the Double Dragon Alliance, which enables kung fu masters to teach martial arts to westerners and organizes seminars and events for them to ________ Chinese massage, acupuncture, traditional medicine, and calligraphy.

Because of her ________ to cultural exchange, Oliver was given the Shanghai Magnolia Award, an award given to foreigners who have made ________ contributions to the city. And she has been officially ________ as a member of the Order of the British Empire by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth — one of the highest honors to a citizen.

1.

A．realized

B．destroyed

C．promoted

D．decreased

2.

A．limit

B．cheat

C．lead

D．devote

3.

A．figure

B．appetite

C．appearance

D．health

4.

A．instructor

B．colleague

C．director

D．classmate

5.

A．sports

B．language

C．music

D．art

6.

A．backaches

B．headaches

C．toothaches

D．stomachaches

7.

A．strengthened

B．faded

C．came

D．worsened

8.

A．previous

B．separate

C．shared

D．present

9.

A．holding on

B．standing up

C．turning away

D．giving up

10.

A．influence

B．support

C．education

D．agreement

11.

A．collecting

B．attending

C．analyzing

D．covering

12.

A．exchange

B．experience

C．support

D．observe

13.

A．inspiration

B．suggestion

C．adaptation

D．contribution

14.

A．natural

B．professional

C．significant

D．hopeful

15.

A．required

B．celebrated

C．respected

D．announced

5 . “There are two kinds of people in the world—people who love Peking Opera and people who don’t know they love Peking Opera yet,” said Wang Peiyu in the opening section of her latest 12-episode(集) online _________ “My job is to let the _________ know about Peking Opera and then fall in love with it.”

The weekly talk show sees Wang, who is one of the _________ Peking Opera artists in China, explain the traditional art form and _________ its appeal.

With a(n) _________ of various art forms, including singing, dancing, and martial arts(武术), Peking Opera has a long history _________ back to the 19th century. In 2010, UNESCO _________ it an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(非物质文化遗产).

Like many traditional art forms, it is challenged by popular entertainment and is losing its audience, especially among the younger generation.

Wang is trying to change the _________. She has about 1.6 million followers on micro-blogging platform Sina Weibo and has built up a large fan base among young people with her _________ techniques and charm.

Each episode, about 30 minutes long, ____________Wang introduce her unique knowledge about Peking Opera with a particular ____________ such as the making of a Peking Opera star, the ____________ of preparing for a performance, and amusing stories about the age-old art. She uses____________, direct and humorous language to____________ the audience.

One fan commented: “All I knew about Peking Opera was the painted ____________, but thanks to Wang’s show, I now know more about the art form and I look forward to watching a live performance in the theatre.”

1.

A．service

B．show

C．business

D．advertisement

2.

A．fans

B．former

C．students

D．latter

3.

A．hard-working

B．best-selling

C．warm-hearted

D．strong-willed

4.

A．display

B．win

C．change

D．understand

5.

A．competition

B．classification

C．combination

D．explanation

6.

A．going

B．expanding

C．looking

D．pulling

7.

A．named

B．declared

C．gave

D．found

8.

A．opera

B．trend

C．world

D．performance

9.

A．basic

B．literary

C．strange

D．solid

10.

A．sees

B．notices

C．develops

D．expresses

11.

A．note

B．star

C．theme

D．guest

12.

A．aim

B．failure

C．necessity

D．process

13.

A．complex

B．professional

C．simple

D．native

14.

A．be used to

B．joke with

C．argue with

D．appeal to

15.

A．mouth

B．eyes

C．noses

D．face

8 . In Europe, men do not usually wear skirts. But the Scottish national costume for men is a kind of skirt. It is called a kilt. The Scottish like to be ________. They are also proud of their country and its ________ and they feel that the kilt is part of that history. That’s why the men still wear kilts at old-style dances and on national holidays. They believe they are wearing the same clothes as Scottish men always used to wear.

That’s what they believe. ________ kilts are not really so old. Before 1730, Scottish men wore a long shirt and a ________ around their shoulders. These clothes got in the way when the men started to work in ________. So, in 1730 a factory owner changed the blanket into a skirt: the kilt. That’s how the first kilt was made.

Then, in the late 1700s Scottish soldiers in the ________ Army began to wear kilts to be different from the English soldiers. The Scottish soldiers ________ very hard and became famous. The kilt was part of that fame, and in the early 1800s men all round Scotland ________ to wear kilts.

These kilts had ________ stripes going up and down and across. In the 1700s and early 1800s, the colour of the stripes had no ________ meaning. But later the colours became important to the Scottish ________. Most families had special colours for their kilts. In fact, each family just chose the ________ they liked best.

This is not the ________ you will hear today if you are in Scotland. Most Scottish people still believe that kilts are as ________ as Scotland and that the colours are also as old as the Scottish families. Sometimes feelings are stronger than ________!

1.

A．different

B．similar

C．important

D．beautiful

2.

A．clothes

B．language

C．kilt

D．history

3.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Certainly

D．Obviously

4.

A．cloth

B．dress

C．scarf

D．blanket

5.

A．factories

B．companies

C．fields

D．armies

6.

A．Scottish

B．British

C．European

D．Irish

7.

A．studied

B．worked

C．fought

D．quarreled

8.

A．pretended

B．refused

C．began

D．doubted

9.

A．beautiful

B．colourful

C．simple

D．bright

10.

A．important

B．helpful

C．special

D．clear

11.

A．country

B．people

C．soldiers

D．families

12.

A．stripes

B．kilts

C．colours

D．styles

13.

A．story

B．history

C．fact

D．news

14.

A．important

B．old

C．famous

D．different

15.

A．senses

B．stories

C．facts

D．sayings

10 . If Confucius (孔子) were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of ________. He’d need a fan or a ________ to help him put them out.

While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, ________ people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal. Most Americans don’t even ________ the birthdays of their own ________.

But this doesn’t ________ that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a ________ that foreigners must cross if they want to ________ a deeper understanding of China.

In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have ________ huge popularity in Western universities. ________, the Chinese government has ________ Confucius Institutes in more than 80 ________. These schools teach both Chinese ________ and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually ________ Chinese art, history and philosophy (哲学). Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the ________ of Western philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to ________ Chinese. So they will be ________ for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about ________ to understand their Chinese customers. So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive.

Today China ________ the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.

As for the old thinker, he will not be forgotten by people in the West, even if his ________ is.

1.

A．presents

B．parties

C．friends

D．candles

2.

A．tall tree

B．big mouth

C．strong wind

D．young guy

3.

A．few

B．some

C．many

D．other

4.

A．imagine

B．support

C．mind

D．remember

5.

A．popular stars

B．national heroes

C．best friends

D．family relatives

6.

A．say

B．tell

C．mean

D．matter

7.

A．bridge

B．ladder

C．road

D．way

8.

A．touch

B．reach

C．desire

D．confirm

9.

A．agreed

B．related

C．influenced

D．gained

10.

A．More recently

B．Just then

C．What’s more

D．Apart from

11.

A．put up

B．picked up

C．set up

D．taken up

12.

A．districts

B．societies

C．cities

D．countries

13.

A．painting

B．language

C．kungfu

D．calligraphy

14.

A．maintain

B．exclude

C．include

D．educate

15.

A．loss

B．drawbacks

C．cost

D．waste

16.

A．learn

B．speak

C．use

D．choose

17.

A．sure

B．able

C．good

D．ready

18.

A．persons

B．differences

C．Confucius

D．development

19.

A．attracts

B．helps

C．links

D．connects

20.

A．thought

B．birthday

C．hometown

D．life