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。

A material can be really special when it was named after the place where it    1    （create）originally. That's certainly the case with china, of    2    white porcelain（瓷）is the most famous.

Nowadays, the    3    （tradition） material has taken on a modern look in the hands of four Chinese    4    （art）in the Modern White Porcelain Exhibition. And the key word here is "modern". One of the works is a porcelain boat. But look    5    （attentive）, and you`ll see that the boat    6    （build）with porcelain looks like a takeout box. Inside the boat is a statue of a baby    7    （stand） for humans and the boat is what supports life. It suggests we may have done some damage    8    the environment and that we're treating life like fast food.

All the four craftsmen gave white porcelain a modern style, each in their own way. And this is    9    the exhibition's theme comes from. It's    10    dialogue between the past and the present.

2 . 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。

Chen Guotao,     1     (bear)in a Miao ethnic family in the mountains of Chongqing successfully made her way     2     the big cities. But the love for the Miao embroidery(刺绣) made her quit the job at a bank and return home to promote the folk art.

Chen learned embroidery from her mother. At the age of eight, she could make a skirt by     3     (she). In 2001, Chen learned the skills from the Miao people who live     4     (main)in Hunan and Guizhou provinces. Therefore, her embroidery skills became better     5     before. Her artworks     6     (exhibit)at home and abroad since she set up her company in 2012.

"Every piece of the Miao embroidery     7     (be)all handmade with all kinds of complicated skills, " she said. "A square cloth of one-meter will take at least one year     8     (complete)"

Miao embroidery is a very important part of Miao culture,     9     was named as China's intangible(非物质)cultural heritage in 2006. To let more Miao women inherit(传承)the skills, Chen partnered with local women's     10     (associate)to set up training camps.

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。

A 63-year-old Chinese grandpa's traditional carpentry skills are delighting millions of viewers online as he creates woodwork without glue, screws or nails.

The Chinese master carpenter, Wang Dewen,     1     (know)as "Grandpa Amu" on YouTube, has been called the modern day Lu Ban, thanks     2     his vast carpentry knowledge. His most popular video,     3     shows him making a fantastic wooden arch bridge, becomes a hit online on the platform,     4     (gain) more than 42 million views. Grandpa Amu follows an ancient Chinese mortise and tenon (榫卯) technique with no glue or nails     5     (involve) in the entire process of building the arch bridge.

Grandpa Amu has also made several wooden     6     (toy) for his grandson using the same technique. He created a folding stool(凳子)which looked like the China pavilion from     7     2010 Shanghai Expo. “A block of wood transforms into a stool. It's so     8     (amaze) to see him at work,” a YouTube user named Rey Rey commented under the video.

Among all the items, a walking Peppa Pig and a bubble blowing toy are his grandson's favorites. So far, the master carpenter     9     (attract) over 1.18 million subscribers on YouTube. Grandpa·Amu insists that he is not an internet celebrity     10     just an ordinary farmer.

4 . Directions : After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Time capsule is a container     1     (store) some objects chosen as being typical of the present time, buried for discovery in the future. But what was inside a 132-year-old time capsule? Just follow us to learn more.

A 132-year-old time capsule was found in Utah. It was first buried in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1887, after     2     (put) together by a school committee. When that school was pulled down in 1959, the time capsule was uncovered. Inside there was kind of a little bit of everything: photographs, a student autograph book, and newspapers.     3     the folded newspapers appeared to be in good condition, it was not possible to tell the dates. There were even small items like a button, ribbons and a pebble. “The capsule tells the story of early education in Utah, but it also goes     4     (deep), in showing the ways people want     5       and their work to be remembered. I think that's what time capsules are about. Those who buried the time capsule thought it     6     show their real life to people one day. It's a way of keeping the memory of     7     they felt really matters.” said Alan Barnett, the local government archivist who led the public unveiling.

The news     8    (report) throughout Utah now, and we will keep you updated.

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。

As one of the classic art forms of China, Beijing Opera is a cultural tradition in the modern time. When     1     （reflect） storytelling from as far back as the mid-Qing Dynasty, the actors and actresses,     2     keep the history of China alive, usually wear fantastic costumes and use wonderful voices.

Beijing Opera is     3    （combine） art form of action, singing, dialogue, fighting and dancing to represent a story or describe different characters and their feelings of gladness,     4     （angry）, sorrow and happiness and so on. The characters may be beautiful or ugly, good or bad. Their images are always     5     （vivid） presented in bright costumes that show the styles of ancient China.

There     6    （be） currently four main role categories in Beijing Opera, which are Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou.

The traditional operas consist     7     mainly tales of important historical events, emperors and empresses. They represent stories from the ancient times to Yao, Shun, Yu, the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period and the     8     （dynasty） of Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing.

Some of the newer operas     9     （adopt）from literature and classical novels during the rise of communism. These are all very well known among     10     public but may not be accurate accounts of history.

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。

The Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. It is a time for family members and loved ones to congregate and enjoy the full moon — a symbol of     1     (abundant), harmony and luck. Adults will usually indulge in fragrant mooncakes of many     2     (vary) with a good cup hot Chinese tea,     3     the little ones run around with their brightly-lit lanterns.

The Mid-Autumn Festival probably began as a harvest festival,     4     was later given a mythological flavour with legends of Chang-E, the beautiful lady in the moon. According to Chinese mythology, the earth once had 10 suns     5     (circle) over it. One day, all ten suns appeared together, scorching the earth with their heat. The earth was saved when a strong archer, Hou Yi,     6     (manage) to shoot down nine of the suns. Yi stole the elixir（长生不老药）of life     7     (save) the people from his tyrannical（残暴的）rule, but his wife, Chang-E drank it. Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In the 14th century, the eating of mooncakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival     8     (give) a new significance. The story goes that when Zhu Yuan Zhang was plotting to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty started by the Mongolians,     9     rebels hid their messages in the Mid-Autumn mooncakes. On the night of the Moon Festival, the rebels     10     (success) attacked and overthrew the government.

7 . 语法填空

November 11 this year marks the eleventh "Double Eleven" online shopping festival that     1     (start) by E-commerce giant Alibaba in 2009. Hidden behind the large-scale individual     2     (consume), here is one question: Do the Double Eleven discounts really help you to save money?

Double eleven offers various discounts and customers' eyes are full of     3     (advertisement), which costs customers     4     great deal of patience in front of their computers to go through every price combination to work out which one is more     5     (benefit) than the rest. After the shopping madness ends,     6     customers just find is that they don't     7     (true) need these bargains. “I still remember that last year my friends and colleagues kept talking about what things were cheap.     8     (expose) to the atmosphere, I couldn't help     9     (shop) around online. Those goods arrived later, but I was     10     a loss as to how to use them. I suddenly realized the reason why I bought these things was that I was only attracted by the prices” a customer said.

8 . 语法填空

Calligraphy is something very special for Chinese. It is not only an important part of     1     (tradition) Chinese culture but also a way of life for people of all classes. Like oil painting and sculpture in the West, calligraphy is as much an artistic form     2     a spiritual anchor for many Chinese throughout history. Rarely does any     3     culture in human history attach importance to calligraphy in such a way.

    4     ancient times calligraphy has played a critical role in Chinese culture and history. Calligraphy was well-respected, or even worshiped in history. It was a foundation for scarcely available education opportunities     5    (lead) to the upper class. Nowadays, zhongtang consists of three pieces of calligraphic works and a water-color painting intended to impress the guests, and it is the     6    (elegant) feature of the living room and is still popular in rural areas of northwestern China. The choice of calligraphy and its meaning reflects the social status in the neighborhood and it     7     (consider) as one of the most important possessions for generations.

Calligraphy used to be a privilege among the well-educated elites(精英). Nowadays, a comfortable life encourages more and more people     8    (practice) calligraphy. As much as artistic     9    (appreciate), physical fitness and recreation, calligraphy     10    (become) a part of life among many Chinese people. Therefore, another Golden Age of Chinese calligraphy is coming.

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

Have you ever tasted or perhaps heard of sugar painting? As fewer people choose to make sugar paintings, the traditional Chinese folk craft might have become a    1    (distance) memory in some ways. However, a 38-year-old craftsman, Li Jiangzhong, is devoted to     2     (keep) the art of sugar painting alive.

Li worked as a miner for more than ten years. After the mine closed down, Li turned     3     housing decoration until he     4     (force) to give that up due to a finger injury. Earlier this year, he discovered sugar painting, something he really had     5     interest in.

Since there was no sugar painting craftsman in his village, he studied by     6    (he) through large quantities of videos and information on the Internet. Li loved painting when he was young, and he found it easy to learn the skill in sugar painting. He soon mastered the skill and could make     7     (vary) of sugar paintings. A sugar painting is made with     8            (melt) brown or white sugar. Craftsman     9    (basic) paint animals and flowers on a stone board with the syrup (糖浆). When the sugar cools down,     10    appears is a piece of sugar art.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Beijing Opera,    1    (know) as China's national opera, also called Peking Opera, which originated in the late 18th century, is a combination of music, dance, art and acrobatics (杂技). It is the most influential and representative of all operas in China. It is called Beijing Opera because it is formed in Beijing. Beijing Opera has    2    history of 200 years and its origin can date back to old local operas, especially Anhui Opera,     3    was very popular in northern China in the 18th century. In 1790, the first Anhui Opera performance    4     (hold) in Beijing to celebrate the Emperor's birthday.

Later, some other Anhui Opera troupes (班子)     5     (continue) performing in Beijing. Anhui Opera was easy    6     (move) and good at absorbing the acting styles of other types of operas. Beijing accumulated many local operas,     7     (make) Anhui Opera improve quickly.

    8    the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, after the marriage for 10 years, Beijing Opera finally formed, and became the    9     (big) of all Operas in China. We can    10     (honest) say that Beijing Opera is the most important opera in China.