1 . 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。

The Palace Museum is working to take cultural relics into people’s daily life and bring their cultural value into full play by selling cultural and creative products, on the theme of “Bring the Palace Museum culture home”. The creative products mostly are creative daily necessities, like stationaries, bags, decorations and so on.     1    (Base) on the treasures in the museum, the Palace Museum has developed products such as Qianli Jiangshan series and Qingming Shanghe Tu series, Palace Dolls, folding fans,    2    are very popular with young people. The Palace Museum now     3    (change) the traditional way of communication, learns to use a variety of ways to publicize excellent traditional culture, and lets the Palace Museum cultural heritage resources live. The culture creative products are definitely brilliant choices for     4    (gift) that bear unique royal features.

2 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空自处仅填写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。

Qingming Festival-it is also called tomb-sweeping day. It     1    (fall) on April 4th or 5th. That is a special day for the living     2    show) love and respect to their dead friends or relatives. More importantly,   it is a period to honour and pay respect to one's deceased ancestors and family members. The Qingming Festival is a major    3    (tradition) Chinese festival. The major custom in Qingming Festival is tomb, sweeping. Not only is it a day in memory of the dead, it is also a festival for people to enjoy    4     (they) such as taking a spring outing, flying kites.

3 . 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。

On Februry 14, men around the world take out their wives or girlfriends     1     (have) dinner, buying them flowers and gifts. However, people in Japan do it     2     (different). On that day, a woman usually     3     (give) gifts to the man in her life. This gift comes in the form of chocolate or cookies. One month later, on March 14, they celebrate White Day, when men present gifts to women. Instead of chocolates, they may give handbags, flowers or clothes.     4     if a girl wants to receive more gifts on White Day, she should give gifts generously to her loved ones on Valentine's Day.

4 . The Legend (传说) of Kung Fu

According to a legend, in the fifth century, an Indian master taught some monks at the Shaolin Temple a series of exercises, or forms, inspired by the movement of animals. These forms became the basis of the style of fighting known as Kung Fu. Over 16 centuries, the monks have used Kung Fu for self-defense and in war. With it, they have won many battles against their enemies.

In Dengfeng today, ten kilometers from the Shaolin Temple, there are over 60 martial arts (武术) schools with more than 50,000 students. Students come to the schools for a variety of reasons. Some hope to become movie stars. Others come to learn skills that will ensure good jobs in the military or police force. A few are sent by their parents to learn self-control and hard work.

Master Hu Zhengsheng teaches at a small school in Dengfeng. Recently, he was offered an important role in a Kung Fu movie. It could have been good publicity for his school. However, he did not accept. He doesn't agree with how Kung Fu is often shown in movies. He feels they show too much violence.

Unlike many large schools, which teach acrobatics (特技) and kickboxing, Hu teaches his students traditional Kung Fu forms. He teaches them the way his master — a Shaolin legend taught him. But attracting new students to this style of Kung Fu has become a problem. Hu is afraid his art will soon die out. He has to remind his students that Kung Fu was designed for fighting, not to entertain.

Hu’s students have little. They sleep in unheated rooms and train outside no matter what the temperature. They hit trees with their bare hands and take turns sitting on each other’s shoulders to build leg strength. Why such hardship? To master Kung Fu, they must learn respect, and how to “eat bitterness”, a Mandarin (普通话) expression meaning “to endure suffering”. The life of a Shaolin master, Hu teaches, is not easy or attractive.

Master Hu is in a difficult position. For old traditions to survive, the young must learn. Gradually, he had begun offering a few courses in kickboxing and the acrobatic Kung Fu forms, hoping to attract new students. Then, maybe, he’ll be able to convince them to learn Shaolin Kung Fu the traditional way.

1. What is true about Kung Fu?

A．It’s over 17 centuries old.

B．It was traditionally used for fighting.

C．It was introduced to China from Thailand.

D．It was originally designed to entertain people.

2. What is the purpose of the third paragraph?

A．To show why Hu teaches acrobatics and kickboxing.

B．To convince people that they can be rich and famous.

C．To explain the challenges traditional Kung Fu schools face.

D．To show how Hu’s ideas about Kung Fu are different from other teachers.

3. In the fifth paragraph, the underlined words “endure suffering” mean _________.

A．stop the suffering	B．make someone suffer
C．survive the suffering	D．make the suffering worse

4. Why does the passage mention Hu Zhengsheng?

A．He is a Kung Fu student learning kickboxing.

B．He is a Kung Fu master preserving old traditions.

C．He is the man who introduced Kung Fu to China.

D．He is a famous actor in an exciting Kung Fu movie.